The Essential Johnny Cash (Remastered)

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

3 × CD, Compilation, Box Set, Remastered, Long Box
Housed in a 6" x 12" x 1-3/8" box; barcode variant

Annotation last modified on 2020-04-25 11:50 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1
▼CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Don't Take Your Guns To Town
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (on 1958-08-13)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (on 1958-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
43:01
2The Ballad Of Boot Hill
2:34
3The Rebel
recording of:
The Rebel
writer:
Andrew Fenady and Richard Markowitz
1:51
4The Big Battle
recording of:
The Big Battle
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
4:02
5When The Roses Bloom Again
2:34
6The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1964-03 until 1964-06)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1964)
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Ira Hayes (from 1964-03 until 1964-06)
lyricist and composer:
Peter La Farge
recording of:
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
lyricist and composer:
Peter La Farge
44:07
7The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
recording of:
The Legend of John Henry's Hammer
lyricist and composer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Johnny Cash (country music legend)
8:24
8Dark As A Dungeon
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-11-12)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
cover recording of:
Dark as a Dungeon (on 1963-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
recording of:
Dark as a Dungeon
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
2:27
9The Long Black Veil
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1964-12-17)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
cover recording of:
The Long Black Veil (on 1964-12-17)
lyricist and composer:
Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin
publisher:
Cedarwood Music, Cedarwood Pub. Co., Inc. and PolyGram Music Publishing
recording of:
The Long Black Veil
lyricist and composer:
Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin
publisher:
Cedarwood Music, Cedarwood Pub. Co., Inc. and PolyGram Music Publishing
43:06
10I Got Stripes
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-03-12)
producer:
Don Law
recording of:
I Got Stripes (on 1959-03-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Charlie Williams (Country songwriter)
is based on:
On a Monday
2:02
1125 Minutes To Go
3:11
12The Wall
cover recording of:
The Wall
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
2:08
13Busted
recording of:
Busted
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
2:15
14Bad News
recording of:
Bad News
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI)
2:56
15Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog
recording of:
Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:06
16Orange Blossom Special
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1964-12-20)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1964-12-20)
instruments:
Boots Randolph (on 1964-12-20)
performer:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1965)
cover recording of:
Orange Blossom Special (on 1964-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Thomas Rouse
recording of:
Orange Blossom Special
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Thomas Rouse
43:05
17Ring Of Fire
recording of:
Ring of Fire
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
2:36
18Understand Your Man
recording of:
Understand Your Man (1964 song)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
2:42
19Jackson
recording of:
Jackson
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:44
20Blistered
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1969-09-10)
producer:
Bob Johnston (American record producer)
cover recording of:
Blistered (on 1969-09-10)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Edd Wheeler
2:20
21See Ruby Fall
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1969-08-20)
producer:
Bob Johnston (American record producer)
recording of:
See Ruby Fall (on 1969-08-20)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Roy Orbison
2:50
22Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station
recording of:
Cisco Clifton's Filling Station
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:40
23Daddy Sang Bass
recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
2:19
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