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Johnny Cash: Rockabilly Blues

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On October 22, 1980, “Columbia” label released “Rockabilly Blues”, the 42nd Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Quadrafonic Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Earl Poole Ball, Jack Clement and Nick Lowe.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Bob Wootton, Pete Wade, Cliff Parker – electric guitar
  • Martin Belmont, Jerry Hensley, Jack Routh, Marty Stuart, Eddy Shaver – guitar
  • Jack Clement – dobro, acoustic guitar, producer
  • Dave Kirby – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Jerry Hensley – electric, acoustic and rhythm guitar, dobro, harmony vocals
  • Billy Joe Shaver – guitar, gut-string guitar
  • Philip Donnelly – guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Dave Edmunds – guitar, engineer
  • Earl Poole Ball – acoustic and electric piano
  • Shane Keister – Moog synthesizer, Prophet 5 synthesizer
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica
  • Floyd Chance – upright bass
  • Daniel Sarenana, John Willis – brass
  • Joe Allen, Joe Osborn – electric bass
  • Nick Lowe – electric bass
  • W.S. Holland, Jerry Carrigan, Larrie Londin, Kenny Malone, Pete Thomas – drums
  • Don Sheffield, George Cunningham – trumpet
  • Irv Kane, Rex Peer – trombone
  • June Carter Cash – additional vocals
  • Charles Cochran – horn arrangement
  • Gene Eichelberger – engineer
  • Curt Allen – engineer
  • Dave Edmunds – engineer
  • Willie Pevear, Barbara Cline – engineer assistant
  • Leonard Kamsler – front cover photography
  • Kajetan Koci – project coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Cold Lonesome Morning – J. R. Cash
  2. Without Love – Nick Lowe
  3. W-O-M-A-N – J.R. Cash
  4. The Cowboy Who Started the Fight – Billy Joe Shaver
  5. The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over – Steve Goodman, John Prine
  6. Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955) – J.R. Cash
  7. The Last Time – Kris Kristofferson
  8. She’s a Go-er – J.R. Cash
  9. It Ain’t Nothing New Babe – Billy Joe Shaver
  10. One Way Rider – Rodney Crowell

Merle Haggard And The Strangers: Mama Tried

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On October 3, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Mama Tried”, the seventh Merle Haggard and the Strangers studio album. It was recorded February – March, 1968, ay “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson. In 1999, the album title song won the “Grammy Hall of Fame Award”.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar
  • Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums
  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • Tommy Collins – guitar
  • Billy Mize – guitar
  • Glen Campbell – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Merle Haggard, except where noted.

  1. Mama Tried
  2. Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
  3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me – Dick Jennings, Hank Mills
  4. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) – Dolly Parton
  5. I Could Have Gone Right – Mel Tillis
  6. I’ll Always Know
  7. The Sunny Side of Me
  8. Teach Me to Forget – Leon Payne
  9. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  10. Run ‘Em Off – Troy Martin, Onie Wheeler
  11. You’ll Never Love Me Now
  12. Too Many Bridges to Cross Over – Dallas Frazier

Johnny Cash: Ride This Train

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On August 1, 1960. “Columbia’ label released “Ride This Train”, the sixth Johnny Cash album. It was recorded December – February 1960, and was produced by Don Law.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangements

The Tennessee Two

  • Luther Perkins – lead guitar
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • Johnny Western – guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Shot Jackson – dobro, steel guitar
  • Gordon Terry – fiddle
  • Alan Lomax – adaptation, arrangements
  • Mark Wilder – mixing, mastering
  • Seth Foster – mastering
  • Stacey Boyle – tape research
  • Matt Kelly – tape research
  • Kay Smith – tape research
  • Arthur Levy – liner notes
  • Howard Fritzson – art direction
  • Randall Martin – design
  • Don Hunstein – photography
  • Darren Salmieri – A&R
  • Steven Berkowitz – A&R
  • Patti Matheny – A&R

Track listing:

  1. Loading Coal – Merle Travis
  2. Slow Rider – Johnny Cash
  3. Lumberjack – Leon Payne
  4. Dorraine of Ponchrtrain – Johnny Cash
  5. Going to Memphis – Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax, (new words and music) by Johnny Cash
  6. When Papa Played the Dobro – Johnny Cash
  7. Boss Jack – Tex Ritter
  8. Old Doc Brown – Red Foley
  9. Second Honeymoon – Autry Inman
  10. Ballad of the Harp Weaver – Thelma Moore, Edna Millay
  11. Smiling Bill McCall – Johnny Cash

U2: Zooropa

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On July 5, 1993, “Island” label released “Zooropa”, the eighth U2 studio album. It was recorded February – May 1993, at “The Factory”, “Windmill Lane”, “Westland” in Dublin, and was produced by Brian Eno, Flood and The Edge.

Personnel:

  • Bono – vocals, guitar
  • The Edge – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers
  • Adam Clayton – bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen Jr. – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Brian Eno – synthesizers, piano, arcade sounds, loops, strings, harmonium, backing vocals
  • Des Broadbery – loops
  • Flood – loops, engineer, mixing
  • Johnny Cash – lead vocals
  • Robbie Adams – engineer
  • Willie Mannion – engineer and mixing assistant
  • Rob Kirwan – engineer and mixing assistant 
  • Mary McShane – engineer and mixing assistant
  • Terry Cromer – additional recording facilities
  • Julian Douglas – additional recording facilities
  • Arnie Acosta – mastering
  • Stewart Whitmore – digital editing
  • Anne-Louise Kelly – album production manager
  • Suzanne Doyle – studio production manager
  • Cheryl Engels – post production coordinator
  • Steve Averill – art direction
  • Brian Williams – design, computer treatments
  • Shaughn McGrath – baby illustration

Track listing:

All music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr., all lyrics by Bono, except where noted.

  1. Zooropa
  2. Babyface
  3. Numb – The Edge
  4. Lemon
  5. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
  6. Dady’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car)
  7. Some Days Are Better Than Others
  8. The First Time
  9. Dirty Day – Bono, The Edge
  10. The Wanderer

The Highwayman: Same

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On May 6, 1985, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Highwayman (The) album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Moman’s Recording” and “Woodland” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Chips Moman. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by ARIA, and Platinum in US by RIAA.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals
  • Waylon Jennings – vocals, guitar
  • Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar
  • Kris Kristofferson – vocals
  • Johnny Rodriguez – lead and backing vocals
  • Chips Moman – guitars, backing vocals
  • J. R. Cobb – guitars
  • Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
  • Reggie Young – guitars
  • Bobby Wood – keyboards
  • Bobby Emmons – keyboards
  • Paul Davis – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Mike Leech – bass guitar
  • Jimmy Tittle – bass guitar
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Chips Moman – engineer
  • David Cherry – engineer
  • Ken Criblez – engineer assistant
  • Larry Greenhill – engineer assistant
  • Denny Purcell – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Highwayman – Jimmy Webb
  2. The Last Cowboy Song – Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson
  3. Jim, I Wore a Tie Today – Cindy Walker
  4. Big River – Johnny Cash
  5. Committed to Parkview – Johnny Cash
  6. Desperados Waiting for a Train – Guy Clark
  7. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) – Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman
  8. Welfare Line – Paul Kennerley
  9. Against the Wind – Bob Seger
  10. The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over – Steve Goodman, John Prine

Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison

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On May 6, 1968, “Columbia” label released “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison”, the first live Johnny Cash album. It was recorded on January 13, 1968, at “Folsom State Prison” in California, and was produced by Bob Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • June Carter – vocal
  • Carl Perkins – vocals, electric guitar
  • Luther Perkins – electric guitar
  • Marshall Grant – bass guitar
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • The Statler Brothers (Lew DeWitt, Don Reid, Harold Reid, Phil Balsley) – vocals
  • Bob Breault – engineer
  • Bill Britain – engineer
  • Jim Marshall – photography

Track listing:

  1. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  2. Dark as the Dungeon – Merle Travis
  3. I Still Miss Someone – Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr,
  4. Cocaine Blues – T.J. Arnall
  5. 25 Minutes to Go – Shel Silverstein
  6. Orange Blossom Special – Ervin T. Rouse
  7. The Long Black Veil – Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill
  8. Send a Picture of Mother – Johnny Cash
  9. The Wall – Harlan Howard
  10. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog – Jack H. Clement
  11. Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart – Jack H. Clement
  12. Jackson – Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber
  13. Give My Love to Rose – Johnny Cash
  14. I Got Stripes – Johnny Cash, Charlie Williams
  15. Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
  16. Greystone Chapel – Glen Sherley

Linda Ronstadt: Same

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On January 17, 1972, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, third Linda Ronstadt studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “The Troubadour”, “Muscle Shoals” in Sheffield. Alabama, “Quadrafonic Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, “United Western” in Hollywood, and was produced by John Boylan.

Personnel:

  • Linda Ronstadt – lead vocals, tambourine, arrangements
  • John Boylan – guitar, arrangements
  • Glenn Frey – guitar, arrangements, backing vocals
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
  • Richard Bowden – electric guitar
  • Tippy Armstrong – guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Bernie Leadon – guitar, backing vocals
  • Herb Pedersen – guitar, banjo, backing vocals 
  • Dean Webb – mandolin 
  • Moon Martin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Michael Bowden – bass guitar
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Wesley Pritchett – bass guitar
  • Randy Meisner – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Lyle Ritz – bass guitar
  • Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Mike Botts – drums
  • Jimmie Fadden – harmonica
  • Gib Guilbeau – fiddle, backing vocals
  • JD Souther – lead, harmony and backing vocals
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocals
  • Dianne Davidson – backing vocals
  • Miss Ona – backing vocals
  • Don Blake – engineer
  • Larry Hamby – engineer
  • Ray Thompson – engineer
  • Rudy Hill – engineer
  • Wally Heider – engineer
  • Mike Shields – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • John Hoernle – art direction
  • Dean Torrence – design
  • Ed Caraeff – photography
  • Al Coury – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Rock Me on the Water – Jackson Brown
  2. Crazy Arms – Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals
  3. I Won’t Be Hangin’ Round – Eric Kaz
  4. I Still Miss Someone – Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.
  5. In My Reply – Livingston Taylor
  6. I Fall to Pieces – Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard
  7. Ramblin’ Round – Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, John A. Lomax
  8. Birds – Neil Young
  9. I Ain’t Always Been Faithful – Eric Andersen
  10. Rescue Me – Raynard Miner, Carl Smith

Johnny Cash: Bitter Tears: Ballad Of The American Indian

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On October 26, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian”, the 13th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded March – June 1964, and was produced by Frank Jones and Dom Law. In 2010, the “Western Writers of America” chose “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” as one of the “Top 100 Western songs of all time”.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Luther Perkins, Norman Blake, Bob Johnson – guitar
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • The Carter Family – vocal accompaniment
  • Bob Cato – cover photography
  • Hugh Cherry – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Cash, except where noted.

  1. As Long as the Grass Shall Grow – Peter La Farge
  2. Apache Tears
  3. Custer – Peter La Farge
  4. The Talking Leaves
  5. The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Peter La Farge
  6. Drums – Peter La Farge
  7. White Girl – Peter La Farge
  8. The Vanishing Race – Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton

Gladys Knight & The Pips: Imagination

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On October 9, 1973, “Buddah” label released “Imagination”, the eleventh Gladys Knight & the Pips studio album. It was recorded June – September 1973, at “Venture Sound” in Somerville, New Jersey, “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Tony Camillo, Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise, Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight, William Guest and Edward Patten.

Personnel:

  • Gladys Knight – lead vocals
  • Merald “Bubba” Knight – backing vocals
  • William Guest – backing vocals
  • Edward Patten – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Weatherly, except where noted.

  1. Midnight Train to Georgia
  2. I’ve Got My Imagination – Gerry Goffin, Barry Goldberg
  3. Storms of Troubled Times
  4. Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
  5. Once in a Lifetime Thing
  6. Where Peaceful Waters Flow
  7. I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Cash
  8. Perfect Love – Paul Williams
  9. Window raisin Granny – William Guest, Gladys Knight, Merald Knight, Edward Patten

Johnny Cash And June Carter Cash: Johnny Cash And His Woman

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On September 3, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Johnny Cash and His Woman”, album by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (the 27th Johnny Cash album album). It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Don Law.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • June Carter Cash – vocals
  • Bob Wootton, Carl Perkins, David Jones – guitar
  • Bill Walker, Jerry Whitehurst – piano, keyboards
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • WS Holland – drums
  • Bill Walker – arrangements, conductor
  • Charlie Bragg, Roger Tucker, Joey Watson – engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Color of Love – Billy Edd Wheeler
  2. Saturday Night in Hickman County – Johnny Cash
  3. Allegheny – Chris Gantry
  4. Life Has Its Little Ups and Down – Margaret Ann Rich
  5. Matthew 24 (is Knocking at the Door) – Johnny Cash
  6. The City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman
  7. Tony – D. C. Powers
  8. The Pine Tree – Billy Edd Wheeler
  9. We’re for Love – Reba Hancock, M. S. Tubb
  10. Godshine – D. C. Powers