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Various Artists (Woody Guthrie tribute)

A Tribute To Woody Guthrie Part I

c. 1974 · CBS/Sony SOPL-29 · Stereo · Japan (CBS/Sony, Tokyo) · LP, gatefold, promo (Sample Not For Sale) · 33 1/3 RPM

Pressing details

Label	CBS/Sony
Catalogue number	SOPL-29
Year	c. 1974
Mono / Stereo	Stereo
Country	Japan (CBS/Sony, Tokyo)
Format	LP, gatefold, promo (Sample Not For Sale)
Speed	33 1/3 RPM
Genre	Folk / Folk Rock
Producer	Harold Leventhal (produced by); Millard Lampell (adapted and staged by); Terry Sullivan (assistant to producer)
Composer	Woody Guthrie
Musicians	Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Odetta, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger (vocals/guitar, original concert performances); narration by Will Geer and Robert Ryan; backing musicians: John Beland (dobro), Ry Cooder (bottleneck guitar, mandolin), Rick Danko (bass), Chris Ethridge (bass), Raphael Grinage (bass), Gib Guilbeau (fiddle), Levon Helm (drums), Garth Hudson (organ), Bill Lee (bass), Richard Manuel (piano), John Pilla (acoustic guitar), Stan Pratt (drums), Robbie Robertson (guitar)

Matrix / Runout

Side A:  SOLP-29A1 1 A 1
Side B:  SOLP-29B1 2 A 3

Condition

Cover: NM
Vinyl: NM

Variant chronology

1972 - US Columbia KC 31171, stereo gatefold, first release
1972 - UK CBS 64861, stereo gatefold
1972 - Netherlands CBS S 64861, stereo gatefold
1972 - Spain CBS S 64861, stereo gatefold
1972 - Australia CBS SBP 234096, stereo gatefold, compilation
1974 (early) - Japan CBS/Sony SOPL-29, promotional sample pressing, black-and-white SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE labels <- this copy
1974-75 - Japan CBS/Sony SOPL-29, commercial pressing, orange/cream CBS/Sony labels
1979 - Italy Warner Bros. W 66051, reissue

This Pressing

Japanese CBS/Sony promotional sample pressing (c. 1974) - black-and-white SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE labels, stamped matrix numbers mirroring the catalogue number on both sides.

The Album

This record preserves highlights of the two all-star memorial concerts staged for Woody Guthrie, at Carnegie Hall in 1968 and the Hollywood Bowl in 1970, assembled by Guthrie's longtime manager Harold Leventhal and adapted and staged by Millard Lampell. Guthrie, the itinerant Dust Bowl balladeer whose songs of migrant workers, union struggles and the American landscape shaped the folk revival, had died in 1967 after a long illness, and these concerts gathered the generation of performers he most directly influenced to carry his songs forward. Arlo Guthrie, singing his father's

Tracklist

Side 1

1. This Train Is Bound For Glory - Arlo Guthrie
2. Narration - Will Geer
3. Oklahoma Hills - Arlo Guthrie
4. Narration - Robert Ryan
5. Rambling Round Your City (Ramblin' Round) - Odetta
6. I Ain't Got No Home - Bob Dylan
7. So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust) - Judy Collins
8. Do Re Mi - Arlo Guthrie

Side 2

1. Curly Headed Baby - Pete Seeger
2. Vigilante Man - Richie Havens
3. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt - Bob Dylan
4. Narration - Robert Ryan
5. Pastures of Plenty - Tom Paxton
6. The Grand Coulee Dam - Bob Dylan

The Label

Both sides carry a black-and-white CBS/Sony label with the oval CBS logo and a banner reading SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE above the catalogue number SOPL-29 and the 33 1/3 speed mark, with Japanese text at the rim stating the manufacturer's rights and the CBS Sony Records Inc., Tokyo, Japan address; the catalogue number on the jacket reads simply SOPL 29 without the side letter or stereo tag the label carries, a routine jacket/label mismatch. This black-and-white sample-label design is the promotional pressing CBS/Sony issued ahead of its commercial Japanese release, which carries the same catalogue number on an orange/cream label; the sample design therefore places this copy at the head of the Japanese pressing run, ahead of the commercial copies that followed with the recoloured label. The US, UK, Spanish, Dutch and Australian editions that preceded it on other catalogue numbers remain the first appearances of the title worldwide; this is the first Japanese appearance of Part One.

Fidelity

The album sources two different live recordings - the 1968 Carnegie Hall and 1970 Hollywood Bowl concerts - mastered together for this compilation, so fidelity varies track to track with the limitations of early-1970s multi-artist live concert recording rather than a single studio chain. Collectors generally treat the performances as historically valuable documents first and audiophile objects second; no audiophile remastering of this title is widely recognized. As a Japanese CBS/Sony pressing this copy benefits from that era's generally well-regarded vinyl formulation and quiet surfaces relative to contemporary US or European commercial copies.

Notes

This is the Japanese CBS/Sony issue of Part One, catalogue SOPL-29, in its black-and-white promotional sample-label form rather than the later orange/cream commercial Japanese label. The stamped side-1 and side-2 runout numbers mirror the catalogue number, consistent with the Japanese pressing of this release rather than the differently numbered US, UK or European editions of the same title. The jacket's printed catalogue number omits the side letter and stereo tag that the label itself carries, a minor jacket/label discrepancy typical of the title's international pressings.

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