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Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison

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

Johnny Cash: The Holy Land

On January 6, 1969, “Columbia” label released “The Holy Land” the 20th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Bob Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Carl Perkins, Luther Perkins – electric guitar
  • Marshall Grant – bass guitar
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • The Carter Family, Jan Howard, The Statler Brothers – backing vocals
  • Charlie Bragg – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Cash, except where noted.

  1. Prologue (narrative)
  2. Land of Israel
  3. Mother’s Love (narrative)
  4. This is Nazareth (narrative)
  5. Nazarene
  6. Town of Cana (narrative)
  7. He Turned Water into Wine
  8. My Wife June at the Sea of Galilee (narrative by June Carter Cash)
  9. Beautiful Words (narrative with sung interjection by Johnny Cash)
  10. Our Guide to Jacob at Mount Tabor (narrative interview)
  11. The Ten Commandments – Lew DeWitt
  12. Daddy Sang Bass – Carl Perkins
  13. At the Wailing Wall (narrative)
  14. Come to the Wailing Wall
  15. In Bethlehem (narrative)
  16. In Garden of Gethsemane (narrative)
  17. The Fourth Man – Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith
  18. On the Via Delorosa (narrative)
  19. Church of the Holy Sepulchre (narrative)
  20. At Calvary (narrative)
  21. God is Not Dead