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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

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

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

Johnny Cash: Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West

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On August 2,1965, “Columbia” label released “Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West”, the 22nd Johnny Cash album. It was recorded August 1959 – April 1965, and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Luther Perkins – guitar
  • Norman Blake, Jack Clement – acoustic guitar
  • Bob Johnson – 12-string guitar, flute, banjo, mandocello
  • Bill Pursell – piano, harpsichord
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • Michael N. Kazak – drums
  • Mother Maybelle Carter – autoharp
  • The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Hiawatha’s Vision – Johnny Cash
  2. The Road to Kaintuck – Johnny Cash, June Carter
  3. The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part I – V. C. Gilbert, Mary Hadler
  4. The Ballad of Boot Hill – Carl Perkins
  5. I Ride an Old Paint – traditional, Johnny Cash
  6. Hardin Wouldn’t Rain – Johnny Cash
  7. Mr. Garfield – Ramblin’ Jack Elliot
  8. Streets of Laredo – traditional, Johnny Cash
  9. Johnny Reb – Merle Kilgore
  10. A Letter from Home – Maybelle Carter, Dearest Dean
  11. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie – traditional, Johnny Cash
  12. Mean as Hell – Johnny Cash
  13. Sam Hall – Tex Ritter
  14. 25v Minutes to Go – Shel Silverstein
  15. The Blizzard – Harlan Howard
  16. Sweet Betsy from Pike – Jimmie Driftwood
  17. Green Grow the Lilacs – traditional, Johnny Cash
  18. Stampede – Peter La Farge
  19. The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part II – Jack Gilbert, Mary Hadler
  20. Reflections – Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash: The Sound of Johnny Cash

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On June 4, 1962, “Columbia” label released “The Sound of Johnny Cash”, the eighth Johnny Cash studio album. It was recorded April 1961 – February 1962, and was produced by Frank Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Luther Perkins – lead guitar
  • Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Don Helms – steel guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Leigh Wiener – photography

Track listing:

  1. Lost on the Desert – Dallas Frazier, Buddy Mize
  2. Accidentally on Purpose – Darrell Edwards, George Jones
  3. In the Jailhouse Now – Jimmie Rodgers
  4. Mr. Lonesome – Tompall Glaser
  5. You Won’t Have Far to Go – Charles Glaser
  6. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) – Lead Belly
  7. Delia’s Gone – Karl Silbersdorf, Dick Toops
  8. I Forgot More than You’ll Ever Know – Cecil A. Null
  9. You Remembered Me – Johnny Cash
  10. I’m Free from the Chain Gang Now – Lou Herscher, Saul Klein
  11. Let Me Down Easy – Tompall Glaser, Jim Glasser
  12. Sing It Pretty, Sue – Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash: Happiness Is You

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On October 10, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Happiness Is You”, the 24th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded June 1962 – December 1965, and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Luther Perkins – guitar
  • Norman Blake – guitar, dobro
  • Bob Johnson – guitar, flute
  • Bill Pursell – piano
  • Maybelle Carter – autoharp
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Happiness Is You – Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
  2. Guess Things Happen That Way – Jake Clement
  3. Ancient History – Wayne P. Walker, Irene Stanton
  4. You Comb Her Hair – Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran
  5. She Came from the Mountain – Peter La Farge
  6. For Lovin’ Me – Gordon Lightfoot
  7. No One Will Ever Know – Fred Rose, Mel Force
  8. Is This My Destiny – Helen Carter
  9. A Wound Time Can’t Erase – Bill D. Johnson
  10. Happy to Be with You – Merle Kilgore, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash
  11.  Wabash Cannonball – A.P. Carter

Johnny Cash & June Carter: Carryin’ On with Johnny Cash & June Carter

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On August 1, 1967, “Columbia” label released “Carryin’ On with Johnny Cash & June Carter” album by Johnny Cash and June Carter. It was recorded August 1964 – May 1967, and was produced by Don Law.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • June Carter – vocals
  • Carl Perkins, Luther Perkins, Bob Johnson – guitar
  • Norman Blake – guitar, dobro
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Bill McElhiney, Karl Garvin – trumpet
  • Phil Balsey, Jan Howard, The Carter Family – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Long Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man – Marshall Grant
  2. Shantytown – Johnny Cash, June Carter
  3. It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan
  4. Fast Boat to Sydney – June Helen Carter, Anita Carter
  5. Pack Up Your Sorrows – Richard Farina, Pauline Marden
  6. I Got a Woman – Ray Charles
  7. Jackson – Billy Ed Wheeler, Jerry Leiber
  8. Oh What a Good Thing We Had – Johnny Cash, June Carter
  9. You’ll Be All Right – Johnny Cash, June Carter
  10. No No No – Johnny Cash
  11. What’d I Say – Ray Charles

Johnny Cash: From Sea to Shining Sea

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On January 15, 1968, “Columbia” label released “From Sea to Shining Sea”, the 26th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded March – April 1967, and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Carl Perkins – guitar 
  • Luther Perkins – guitar
  • Bob Johnson – guitar, banjo, dobro
  • Norman Blake – dobro
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • The Carter Family – background vocals
  • Charlie Bragg – engineer
  • Jerry Watson – engineer
  • Bob Cato – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Cash.

  1. From Sea to Shining Sea
  2. The Whirl and the Suck
  3. Call daddy from the Mines
  4. The Frozen Four-Hundred-Pound Fair-to-Middlin’ Cotton Picker
  5. The Walls of a Prison
  6. The Masterpiece
  7. You and Tennessee
  8. Another Song to Sing
  9. The Flint Arrowhead
  10. Cisco Cliffton’s Filling Station
  11. Shrimpin’ Sailin’
  12. From Sea to Shining Sea (Finale)

Johnny Cash: The Holy Land

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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

Johnny Cash: Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous

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On November 13, 1958, “Sun” label released “Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous”, the second Johnny Cash studio album. It was recorded April  1956 – July 1958, and was produced by Sam Phillips and Jack Clement.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash — vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Luther Perkins- guitar
  • Marshall Grant- bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Cash, except where noted.

  1. Ballad of a Teenage Queen – Jack Clement
  2. There You Go
  3. I Walk the Line
  4. Don’t Make Me Go
  5. Guess Things Happen That Way – Jack Clement
  6. Train of Love
  7. The Ways of a Woman in Love – Bill Justis, Charlie Rich
  8. Next in Line
  9. You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven – Jim Atkins, Johnny Cash, Hoyt Johnson
  10. I Can’t Help It – Hank Williams
  11. Home of the Blues – Johnny Cash, Douglas Glenn Tubb, Little McAlpin
  12. Big River