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Moses Asch

Moses Asch is credited on 703 releases across 224 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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703

Pressings credited

224

Albums

8

Decades active

74

In collections

Biography

Moses Asch (December 2, 1905 – October 19, 1986) was an American recording engineer and record executive. He founded Asch Records, which then changed its name to Folkways Records when the label transitioned from 78 RPM recordings to LP records. Asch ran the Folkways label from 1948 until his death in 1986. Folkways was influential in bringing folk music into the American cultural mainstream. Some of America's greatest folk songs were originally recorded for Asch, including "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie and "Goodnight Irene" by Lead Belly. Asch sold many commercial recordings to Verve Records; after his death, Asch's archive of ethnic recordings was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution, and released as Smithsonian Folkways Records.

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703 releases · 224 albums · active 1950–2020

  • Engineering · 370
  • Production · 268
  • Other credits · 138

Studios: WFMT Studio · Nomanji Temple · Town Hall, New York · The King Street Recording Company

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