1940, Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C., sessions with Alan Lomax

American Studio of the Air, Radio Show

1940, RCA Victor Sessions, Dust Bowl Ballads

* These recording were released on the record Talking Dust Bowl on Folkways Records in 1950 by Moe Asch, but without RCA's licences. All these recordings were made by RCA Records in 1940 and released on the albums Dust Bowl Ballads vol 1 and 2. These records have been subsequently reissued in 1964 and 1977.^[24]

1941, Bonneville Power Administration, The Columbia River Songs

The masters of this session were lost, but a collection of 6 discs was collected from BPA employee copies from the time. Most were eventually released on Rounder Records Woody Guthrie, Columbia River Collection C1036 in 1987.^[26] The 6 discs are housed in the National Archives, Washington D.C. The catalogue numbers here relate to National Archive listings.

Unissued LOC Recordings: Home Disc Recordings & 1941 Almanac Singers

Series of Discs for the Library of Congress, recorded by the Almanac Singers, only those written by or featuring Woody Guthrie are included here. Notes are Woody's parts.

Keynote Recordings

* Songs that have been released on Songs for Political Action, Bear Family Records BCD 15270

General Records

The Martins and the Coys: A Contemporary Folk Tale

Recorded by Decca Records in March 1944, and written by Elizabeth Lomax. Alan Lomax shopped this around but no stations were interested, eventually it was sold the BBC. The recordings included Woody as well as several members of the Almanac singers.

1944 & 1945, The Asch Recordings

Possibly Guthrie's most famous recordings, conducted over a series of days by Moses "Moe" Asch in 1944 and 1945. They were issued on a variety of labels under Asch, Asch-Stinson, Asch-Signature-Stinson, Disc, Folkways and Verve/Folkways.

Many recordings have unknown session dates. These are included in a list available at the United States Library of Congress titled "Surviving Recordings in the Smithsonian Folklife Archive Made by Woody Guthrie for Moses Asch". Moe Asch says Woody's kids song were recorded sometime in early 1947 and the Sacco and Vanzetti ballads were recorded January 1947.

1947 Songs to Grow On

The recording dates for the Songs to Grow On series of children's song are mostly lost due to the record keeping of Moe Asch, but the tracks are included here as they are some of Guthrie's most well known tracks. In this case the Date is the release date of the original 78 records.