The Man in Black: 1954-1958
Johnny Cash
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Release Date: 15/01/2000
(5-CD LP-sized Box-Set with 36-page book) It has been the most remarkable career in modern country music. ''Nobody But Nobody More Original Than Johnny *'' was the slogan they coined in the '60s, and it was nothing less than the truth. Our retrospective (1954-1958) starts with the Sun recordings. They are on countless compilations - endlessly duplicated and overdubbed - but here, they're complete, undubbed and in premium sound quality for the first time. There are even some unissued performances. The set is rounded out with Johnny's first recordings for Columbia including I Still Miss Someone and Don't Take Your Guns To Town. The fifth CD is a complete Columbia session, including false starts, chatter and out-takes, for a real fly-on-the-wall listening experience!
Disc 1
1: Wide Open Road
2: You're My Baby
3: My Treasure
4: My Treasure
5: Hey Porter
6: Folsom Prison Blues
7: Wide Open Road
8: My Two Timin' Woman
9: Hey Porter
10: Cry, Cry, Cry
11: Wide Open Road
12: Port of Lonely Hearts
13: I Couldn't Keep from Crying
14: New Mexico
15: Folsom Prison Blues
16: So Doggone Lonesome
17: Mean Eyed Cat
18: Luther Played the Boogie
19: Rock and Roll Ruby
20: I Walk the Line
21: Brakeman's Blues (Incomplete)
22: Get Rhythm
23: Get Rhythm
24: I Walk the Line
25: Train of Love
26: Train of Love
27: There You Go
28: One More Ride (Incomplete)
29: I Love You Because
30: Goodbye Little Darling
31: I Love You Because
32: Straight A's in Love
Disc 2
1: Don't Make Me Go
2: Next in Line
3: Don't Make Me Go
4: Don't Make Me Go
5: Home of the Blues (Undubbed Master)
6: Give My Love to Rose
7: Give My Love to Rose
8: Home of the Blues (Overdubbed Master)
9: Rock Island Line
10: Wreck of the Old 97
11: Belshazzar
12: Country Boy
13: Leave That Junk Alone
14: Doin' My Time
15: Country Boy
16: If the Good Lord's Willing
17: I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
18: I Was There When It Happened
19: Remember Me
20: I Was There When It Happened
21: Big River
22: Ballad of a Teenage Queen
23: Goodnight Irene
24: Big River
25: Ballad of a Teenage Queen
26: Come in Stranger
27: Guess Things Happen That Way (Undubbed Master)
28: Come in Stranger
29: Oh, Lonesome Me (Undubbed Master)
30: Guess Things Happen That Way
31: Oh, Lonesome Me (Overdubbed Master)
Disc 3
1: Sugartime
2: Born to Lose (Undubbed Master)
3: You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
4: Born to Lose
5: Sugartime (Overdubbed Master)
6: Story of a Broken Heart
7: Always Alone (Incomplete)
8: Always Alone
9: (False Starts To) Story of a Broken Heart
10: Story of a Broken Heart
11: You Tell Me
12: Life Goes On
13: You Win Again
14: I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
15: Hey Good Lookin'
16: I Can't Help It
17: Cold Cold Heart
18: Blue Train
19: Katy Too
20: The Ways of a Woman in Love
21: Fools Hall of Fame
22: The Ways of a Woman in Love
23: Thanks a Lot
24: It's Just About Time
25: I Forgot to Remember to Forget
26: I Just Thought You'd Like to Know
27: It's Just About Time
28: I Forgot to Remember to Forget
29: Down the Street to 301
Disc 4
1: Oh What a Dream
2: I'll Remember You
3: Drink to Me
4: What Do I Care
5: Suppertime
6: It Was Jesus
7: Oh What a Dream
8: I'll Remember You
9: Mama's Baby
10: The Troubadour
11: Run Softly Blue River
12: All Over Again
13: That's All Over
14: Frankie's Man Johnny
15: Fool's Hall of Fame
16: Walkin' the Blues
17: Lead Me Father
18: That's Enough
19: I Still Miss Someone
20: One More Ride
21: Pickin' Time
22: Don't Take Your Guns to Town
23: I'd Rather Die Young
24: The Shepherd of My Heart
25: Cold Shoulder
Disc 5
1: Lead Me Father (Takes 1-4)
2: Lead Me Father (Takes 5-9)
3: Lead Me Father (Takes 10-12)
4: Lead Me Father (Master-take 13)
5: That's Enough (Takes 1-3)
6: That's Enough (Master-take 4)
7: I Still Miss Someone (Takes 1-5)
8: I Still Miss Someone (Takes 6-8)
9: I Still Miss Someone (Takes 9-10)
10: I Still Miss Someone (Master-take 11)
11: One More Ride (Takes 1-4)
12: One More Ride (Takes 5-11)
13: One More Ride (Master-take 12)
14: Pickin' Time (Takes 1-2)
15: Pickin' Time (Master-take 3)
16: Don't Take Your Guns to Town (Takes 1-4)
17: Don't Take Your Guns to Town (Takes 5-6)
18: Don't Take Your Guns to Town (Master)
19: I'd Rather Die Young (Take 1 and Master-take 2)
20: The Shepherd of My Heart (Takes 1-2 and Master-take 3)
21: Cold Shoulder (Master-take 1 and Master-take 2)