180 Gram Double LP! Direct Metal Mastering! Re-Mastered from the Original Recordings!
Featuring 48 Hits from The Man In Black!
Includes "Folsom Prison Blues", "Cry, Cry, Cry", "Ring Of Fire", "I Walk The Line" & Many More!
Beginning his career as an outlaw to the Nashville establishment, Johnny Cash has come to define country music over the last 40 years. Transforming into The Man In Black, Johnny spent more than thirty years reinventing and contradicting himself--breaking all of the rules of traditional country music only to emerge as the ultimate mythic hero and archetype of the genre.
At the start, "Cry, Cry, Cry" managed to crack Billboard's Top 20, peaking at No. 14. A long succession of chart singles followed. "So Doggone Lonesome" and "Folsom Prison Blues" both broke into the trade publication's Top 10. But Cash's fourth chart single proved to be his career song. "I Walk The Line" shot to Billboard's No. 1 position and remained on the record charts for an incredible 43 weeks, ultimately selling over 2 million copies.
Throughout the remainder of the 1950's and into the 1960's, Cash continued to produce remarkable records and charted consistently. "Don't Take Your Guns To Town", "I Got Stripes," "Ring Of Fire," "Understand Your Man" and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" all hit the upper registers of the record charts. Appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show and other top-rated network programs followed. In the early 1960s, concept albums such as Bitter Tears and Ballads of the True West made him a favorite among the folk music crowd, culminating in an appearance at the Newport Folk Festival.
Premiering in 1969, The Johnny Cash Show aired on ABC. Taped at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the show featured an eclectic mix of guests ranging from Bob Dylan and Neil Young to Louis Armstrong and Merle Haggard. Through his selection of guests, Cash helped bridge the generation gap and break down musical barriers. He also used the show as a forum to discuss and raise the country's collective consciousness about social issues of the day such as the plight of the Native Americans, prison reform and the conflict in Vietnam.
No other artist has touched the world of music quite like Johnny Cash. He is the only person to be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame AND The Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. His very name is synonymous with the fight for the rights of the poor and downtrodden and the image of "The Man In Black" is as deeply American as the stars and stripes themselves. Johnny Cash is America.
Features:
180 Gram Double LP
Direct Metal Master
Gatefold Jacket
Re-Mastered from the Original Recordings
Made in the E.U.
Selections:
LP1 - Side 1:
1. Hey Porter
2. Cry, Cry, Cry
3. Folsom Prison Blues
4. So Doggone Lonesome
5. Luther Played The Boogie
6. I Walk The Line
7. Get Rhythm
8. There You Go
9. Train Of Love
10. I Love You Because
11. Goodbye Little Darlin'
12. Straight A's In Love
LP1 - Side 2:
13. Next In Line
14. Don't Make Me Go
15. Rock Island Line
16. The Wreck Of The Old '97
17. Home Of The Blues
18. Give My Love To Rose
19. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
20. Big River
21. Guess Things Happen That Way
22. Come In Stranger
23. You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven
24. Katy Too
LP2 - Side 3:
1. The Ways Of A Woman In Love
2. Thanks A Lot
3. It's Just About Time
4. You Win Again
5. Hey, Good Lookin'
6. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
7. What Do I Care
8. It Was Jesus
9. All Over Again
10. That's All Over
11. Frankie's Man, Johnny
12. I Still Miss Someone
LP2 - Side 4:
13. Don't Take Your Guns To Town
14. I'd Rather Die Young
15. The Old Account
16. I Got Stripes
17. You Dreamer You
18. Five Feet High And Rising
19. The Man On The Hill
20. Clementine
21. I Want To Go Home
22. Old Apache Squaw
23. The Great Speckled Bird
24. I'll Remember You
Featuring 48 Hits from The Man In Black!
Includes "Folsom Prison Blues", "Cry, Cry, Cry", "Ring Of Fire", "I Walk The Line" & Many More!
Beginning his career as an outlaw to the Nashville establishment, Johnny Cash has come to define country music over the last 40 years. Transforming into The Man In Black, Johnny spent more than thirty years reinventing and contradicting himself--breaking all of the rules of traditional country music only to emerge as the ultimate mythic hero and archetype of the genre.
At the start, "Cry, Cry, Cry" managed to crack Billboard's Top 20, peaking at No. 14. A long succession of chart singles followed. "So Doggone Lonesome" and "Folsom Prison Blues" both broke into the trade publication's Top 10. But Cash's fourth chart single proved to be his career song. "I Walk The Line" shot to Billboard's No. 1 position and remained on the record charts for an incredible 43 weeks, ultimately selling over 2 million copies.
Throughout the remainder of the 1950's and into the 1960's, Cash continued to produce remarkable records and charted consistently. "Don't Take Your Guns To Town", "I Got Stripes," "Ring Of Fire," "Understand Your Man" and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" all hit the upper registers of the record charts. Appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show and other top-rated network programs followed. In the early 1960s, concept albums such as Bitter Tears and Ballads of the True West made him a favorite among the folk music crowd, culminating in an appearance at the Newport Folk Festival.
Premiering in 1969, The Johnny Cash Show aired on ABC. Taped at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the show featured an eclectic mix of guests ranging from Bob Dylan and Neil Young to Louis Armstrong and Merle Haggard. Through his selection of guests, Cash helped bridge the generation gap and break down musical barriers. He also used the show as a forum to discuss and raise the country's collective consciousness about social issues of the day such as the plight of the Native Americans, prison reform and the conflict in Vietnam.
No other artist has touched the world of music quite like Johnny Cash. He is the only person to be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame AND The Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. His very name is synonymous with the fight for the rights of the poor and downtrodden and the image of "The Man In Black" is as deeply American as the stars and stripes themselves. Johnny Cash is America.
Features:
180 Gram Double LP
Direct Metal Master
Gatefold Jacket
Re-Mastered from the Original Recordings
Made in the E.U.
Selections:
LP1 - Side 1:
1. Hey Porter
2. Cry, Cry, Cry
3. Folsom Prison Blues
4. So Doggone Lonesome
5. Luther Played The Boogie
6. I Walk The Line
7. Get Rhythm
8. There You Go
9. Train Of Love
10. I Love You Because
11. Goodbye Little Darlin'
12. Straight A's In Love
LP1 - Side 2:
13. Next In Line
14. Don't Make Me Go
15. Rock Island Line
16. The Wreck Of The Old '97
17. Home Of The Blues
18. Give My Love To Rose
19. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
20. Big River
21. Guess Things Happen That Way
22. Come In Stranger
23. You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven
24. Katy Too
LP2 - Side 3:
1. The Ways Of A Woman In Love
2. Thanks A Lot
3. It's Just About Time
4. You Win Again
5. Hey, Good Lookin'
6. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
7. What Do I Care
8. It Was Jesus
9. All Over Again
10. That's All Over
11. Frankie's Man, Johnny
12. I Still Miss Someone
LP2 - Side 4:
13. Don't Take Your Guns To Town
14. I'd Rather Die Young
15. The Old Account
16. I Got Stripes
17. You Dreamer You
18. Five Feet High And Rising
19. The Man On The Hill
20. Clementine
21. I Want To Go Home
22. Old Apache Squaw
23. The Great Speckled Bird
24. I'll Remember You
