With the records home and digitally restored, the album saves the intimate side of the singer Woody Guthrie 58 years after his death
A lost treasure of the American popular legend is about to win the world Woody at home, vol. 1 and 2an album with domestic records never published before by Woody Guthrie (1912-1967), will be launched on August 14, 2025.
In 1951, Guthrie He received a Reverer T -12 Crescent domestic recorder (a rarity for the time) and recorded 32 ribbons in his home in New Jersey. The records included unpublished songs, alternative versions of classical music and even spoken interludes.
The project promises to bring 20 musical tracks and 2 spoken interludes, including: 13 songs that, so far, existed only in the form of a letter. A record of Guthrie Interpretation of “This land is your land” in one of the briefly annotated versions. Trace “Deported”Available on July 14, a date that would mark the 113th anniversary of the artist.
Despite serious quality problems, since the songs had only one voice and guitar in balance of the microphone, the new restoration tools allowed to clean the audios and highlight the singer’s voice, which has experienced his last years with the effects of Huntington’s disease.
The problem of hereditary health, which affects three out of 100,000 people, causes the death of brain cells, leading to a progressive loss of motor coordination, locomotion, movement and language.
The singer, who was induced to the Hall of Fame of Cantautori (1970) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1988), now receives a further testimony of his lasting influence.
Source: People
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