austar Posted May 7, 2019 Share #1 Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author, who was widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of multiple inductions in the Country Music, Rock and Roll and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, free prison concerts, and a trademark look, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally began his concerts with the simple "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash", followed by his signature "Folsom Prison Blues". Much of Cash's music echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation and redemption, especially in the later stages of his career. His best-known songs included "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers like "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson" (followed by many further duets after their marriage); and railroad songs including "Hey, Porter", "Orange Blossom Special" and "Rock Island Line". During the last stage of his career, Cash covered songs by several late 20th century rock artists, most notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails. 1957 - Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar 1958 - Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous 1959 - Greatest! 1959 - Hymns By Johnny Cash 1959 - Songs of Our Soil 1959 - The Fabulous Johnny Cash 1960 - Now, There Was A Song! 1960 - Ride This Train 1960 - Sings Hank Williams 1961 - Now Here's Johnny Cash 1961 - The Lure Of The Grand Canyon 1962 - All Aboard The Blue Train 1962 - Hymns From The Heart 1962 - The Sound of Johnny Cash 1963 - Blood, Sweat, and Tears 1963 - Christmas Spirit 1963 - Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash 1964 - Bitter Tears Ballads of the American Indian 1964 - I Walk The Line 1964 - The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash 1965 - Orange Blossom Special 1965 - Sings Ballads Of The True West 1966 - Everybody Loves a Nut 1966 - Happiness Is You 1966 - Mean as Hell 1967 - Carryin' On With Cash and Carter 1967 - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 1968 - 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Give My Love To Rose 1972 - International Superstar 1972 - The Johnny Cash Family Christmas 1972 - The Johnny Cash Songbook 1972 - Understand Your Man 1973 - Any Old Wind That Blows 1973 - Johnny Cash & His Woman 1973 - Pa Osteraker (live) 1973 - Sunday Morning Coming Down 1973 - The Gospel Road 1973 - This Is Johnny Cash 1974 - Five Feet High And Rising 1974 - Ragged Old Flag 1974 - The Junkie And The Juicehead Minus Me 1975 - Destination Victoria Station 1975 - John R Cash 1975 - Look At Them Beans 1975 - Sings Precious Memories 1975 - Strawberry Cake (live) 1975 - The Children's Album 1976 - One Piece At A Time 1977 - The Last Gunfighter Ballad 1977 - The Rambler 1978 - Gone Girl 1978 - Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 1978 - I Would Like To See You Again 1978 - Johnny & June 1978 - The Unissued Johnny Cash 1979 - A Believer Sings The Truth 1979 - Silver 1979 - Tall Man 1980 - Classic Christmas 1980 - Rockabilly Blues 1981 - Encore 1981 - The Baron 1982 - Biggest Hits 1982 - The Adventures Of Johnny Cash 1982 - 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American Recordings III Solitary Man 2000 - Love God and Murder 2000 - Return To The Promised Land 2000 - The Mercury Years 2001 - 16 Biggest Hits Vol II 2002 - 20th Century Masters Millennium Collection 2002 - American IV The Man Comes Around 2002 - Johnny Cash And Friends 2002 - Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden 2002 - Johnny Cash Sings His Best 40 Original Hits 2002 - The Essential Johnny Cash 2002 - The Heart Of A Legend 2003 - Christmas with Johnny Cash 2003 - Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride (live) 2003 - Unearthed 2004 - Life 2004 - My Mother's Hymn Book 2005 - The Complete Sun Recordings, 1955-1958 2005 - The Legend Of Johnny Cash 2005 - The Legend 2005 - Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings 2006 - 16 Biggest Hits Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash 2006 - American V A Hundred Highways 2006 - Country Christmas 2006 - Country Legends: I Walk the Line 2006 - JC Johnny Cash 2006 - Johnny Cash And June Carter Cash Duets 2006 - Personal File 2006 - The Johnny Cash Children's Album 2006 - 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Greatest Hits 2012 - The Essential Collection 2013 - Life Unheard 2013 - The Classic Christmas Album 2014 - Out Among the Stars 2015 - American Recordings (Box-set) Edited May 7, 2019 by austar 1 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted May 7, 2019 1957 - With His Hot and Blue Guitar Johnny Cash's first album, released on Sun in 1957, is a little more folkloric and traditional than what he put on most of his singles, though not pronouncedly so. In fact, four of the tracks ("I Walk the Line," "Cry! Cry! Cry!," "So Doggone Lonesome," and "Folsom Prison Blues") had already been hit singles. For the rest of the set, Cash drew on some older folk ("Rock Island Line," "The Wreck of the Old '97"), country ("[I Heard That] Lonesome Whistle," "Remember Me [I'm the One Who Loves You]"), prison ("Doin' My Time"), and spiritual ("I Was There When It Happened") songs. Filling out the set is a good, rollicking Cash original, "Country Boy," and a rather sassy tune by the young Jerry Reed, "If the Good Lord's Willing." It's a good, solid record that's very much in the mold of his classic early Sun sound, with spare accompaniment that nevertheless often approaches a rockabilly-country bounce. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. Edit This is the Varese Reissue. The original release only contained tracks 1 to 12. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted May 7, 2019 1958 - Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous 01 Ballad of a Teenage Queen 02 There You Go 03 I Walk The Line 04 Don't Make Me Go 05 Guess Things Happen That Way 06 Train of Love 07 The Ways of a Woman in Love 08 Next in Line 09 You're Nearest Thing to Heaven 10 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) 11 Home Of The Blues 12 Big River Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
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austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted May 7, 2019 1959 - Hymns By Johnny Cash It Was Jesus I Saw A Man Are All The Children In The Old Account Lead Me Gently Home Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Snow In His Hair Lead Me Father I Call Him These Things Shall Pass He'll Be A Friend God Will Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 1 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted May 7, 2019 1959 - Songs of Our Soil 01 Drink to Me 02 Five Feet High And Rising 03 The Man On The Hill 04 Hank And Joe And Me 05 Clementine 06 Great Speckled Bird 07 I Want to Go Home 08 The Caretaker 09 Old Apache Squaw 10 Don't Step On Mother's Roses 11 My Grandfather's Clock 12 It Could Be You (Instead Of Him) Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted May 7, 2019 1959 - The Fabulous Johnny Cash The Fabulous Johnny Cash was Cash's first album for Columbia Records and one of his best for the label. Unlike some of his latter-day albums, there wasn't much filler on the record. At the time of its recording, Cash had just been freed from his contract with Sun. Instead of recording these songs for his last Sun sessions, he wound up saving much of his best material for his Columbia album, and that's what makes The Fabulous so consistent. The album builds on his basic, spare sound, but it is slightly more polished than his Sun records. But what makes it so entertaining are the songs themselves. From "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" and "Frankie's Man, Johnny" to "Pickin' Time" and "The Troubador," the album is filled with first-rate songs, with only a handful of mediocre songs like "Suppertime," which don't distract from the overall quality of the album at all. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted May 7, 2019 1960 - Now, There Was A Song! This is an outstanding album of covers of old country songs, from the familiar (Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, George Jones) to lesser-known gems. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted May 7, 2019 1960 - Ride This Train Ride This Train was the first explicit Americana concept album that Johnny Cash recorded. As the title implies, the album is about railroads, how they developed, and how they changed the land. Apart from a couple of songs, Ride This Train isn't comprised of traditional folk ballads -- they are songs that tell the history of trains and rails, offering an educational lesson. Cash expounds on the songs with brief spoken narratives. Though it is hard to fault Cash's intentions, the songs aren't very good (although "The Shifting Whispering Sands" is a standout) and the history is a bit simplistic and silly. On the whole, Ride This Train sounds as if it were of a piece with the Walt Disney educational features produced at the same time, and like those films, it is more interesting as an historical artifact than a piece of art. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
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austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted May 7, 2019 1961 - Now Here's Johnny Cash 01 Sugartime 02 Down The Street To 301 03 Life Goes On 04 Port of Lonely Hearts 05 Cry !, Cry !, Cry ! 06 My Treasure 07 Oh, Lonesome Me 08 So Doggone Lonesome 09 You're The Nearest Thing to Heaven 10 The Story of a Broken Heart 11 Hey Porter 12 Home Of The Blues Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #12 Posted May 7, 2019 1961 - The Lure Of The Grand Canyon Sunrise Painted Desert On the Trail Sunset Cloudburst A Day in the Grand Canyon Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted May 7, 2019 1962 - All Aboard The Blue Train A1 Blue Train 2:01 A2 There You Go 2:12 A3 Train Of Love 2:20 A4 Goodbye Little Darling 2:12 A5 I Heard That Lonesome Whistle 2:21 A6 Come In Stranger 1:38 B1 Rock Island Line 2:08 B2 Give My Love To Rose 2:44 B3 Hey Porter 2:11 B4 Folsom Prison Blues 2:47 B5 The Wreck Of Old ’97 1:42 B6 So Doggone Lonesome 2:35 Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #14 Posted May 7, 2019 1962 - Hymns From The Heart Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
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austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted May 7, 2019 1963 - Blood, Sweat, and Tears Where Ride This Train was about railroads and how they shaped America, Blood, Sweat and Tears is not only about the folklore of trains, it's about the fables of the American working man. That means there are classic ballads like "Casey Jones" and "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer," but also relatively recent blues like "Busted," the field song "Pick a Bale of Cotton," and the worker's lament "Tell Him I'm Gone." The delivery is plain, simple, and never overly sentimental, but the thing that makes the record really work is the fact that the album consists almost entirely of first-rate material, without much of the unintentionally corny history lessons that weigh down most of Johnny Cash's Americana records. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #17 Posted May 7, 2019 1963 - Christmas Spirit Released in 1963, The Christmas Spirit was Johnny Cash's first full-length holiday-themed album. Featured were four original songs by Cash, along with eight covers including takes of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," "Silent Night," "Blue Christmas," and others. This is a solidly enjoyable entry from Cash, and a must-have for die-hard aficionados of the country icon. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #18 Posted May 7, 2019 1963 - Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash Technically, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash isn't a greatest-hits collection, but it does contain a number of his greatest performances and singles, including "Ring of Fire," "I Still Miss Someone," and "The Rebel -- Johnny Yuma." These are supported by solid originals ("Forty Shades of Green," "I'd Still Be There," "Tennessee Flat-Top Box") and covers ("[There'll Be] Peace in the Valley," "Bonanza"), which help make the record one of Cash's best. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #19 Posted May 7, 2019 1964 - Bitter Tears Ballads of the American Indian A:01. As Long as the Grass Shall Grow 02. Apache Tears 03. Custer 04. The Talking Leaves B: 01. The Ballad of Ira Hayes 02. Drums 03. White Girl 04. The Vanishing Race Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #20 Posted May 7, 2019 1964 - I Walk The Line I Walk the Line is the nineteenth studio album by country and rock and roll singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1964. Half of the album, including its title track, are new versions of songs previously recorded by Cash at Sun Records and one for Columbia. The other half are new performances by Cash, two of which, "Bad News" and "Understand Your Man," became top ten singles on the Country & Western chart. "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Give My Love to Rose," "Hey Porter," "Wreck of the Old '97," and "Big River" are new recordings of songs that had been released as either album tracks or singles on Sun prior to Cash signing with Columbia. "I Still Miss Someone" is a new version of a song that had appeared on Cash's first Columbia LP, The Fabulous Johnny Cash. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1967. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
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austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #22 Posted May 7, 2019 1965 - Orange Blossom Special Even if the best and most popular songs on this 1965 album are the ones most likely to show up on greatest-hits compilations ("The Long Black Veil, "Orange Blossom Special," "It Ain't Me Babe"), it certainly rates as one of Cash's finer non-greatest-hits releases. If nothing else, it would have historical importance for the inclusion of three Bob Dylan covers, at a time when Dylan was just starting to get heavily covered by pop musicians (and not often covered by country ones). "It Ain't Me Babe," with duet vocals by June Carter, was the most notable of them, although hearing it these days, some may be taken aback by the mariachi horns. Ditto for "Mama, You Been on My Mind" (which Dylan himself had not released when Cash recorded it), where it's startling to hear Boots Randolph's yakety sax come in for a bit. "The Long Black Veil," though, is an ageless classic, and the title cut one of his best train-oriented songs. The rest of the album is respectable and diverse, if not as outstanding, and includes the stark Cash original "You Wild Colorado," more duet vocals from Carter on the Johnny Horton cover "When It's Springtime in Alaska," a bouncy rendition of the Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower," the spiritual "Amen," and, less successfully, a sentimental reading of "Danny Boy." The 2002 CD reissue adds three bonus tracks that were previously unavailable in the United States (and had been included on the Bear Family box set The Man in Black: 1963-1969), among them an acoustic cover of A.P. Carter's "Engine 143" and a different version of "Mama, You Been on My Mind" (this time with mariachi horns!). Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 2 2 Link to comment
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austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #24 Posted May 7, 2019 1966 - Everybody Loves a Nut Side 1: Everybody Loves A Nut The One On The Right Is On The Left Cup Of Coffee The Bug That Tried To Crawl Around The World The Singing Star's Queen Side 2: Austin Prison Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog Take Me Home Please Don't Play Red River Valley Boa Constrictor Joe Bean Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
austar Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share #25 Posted May 7, 2019 1966 - Happiness Is You Happiness Is You is the 24th album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1966 (see 1966 in music). It contains, among others, "Guess Things Happen That Way", a re-recording of one of Cash's earliest Sun songs. The record reached No. 10 on the Country charts. The LP was originally to be titled "That's What You Get For Lovin' Me", taking its title from the Gordon Lightfoot tune included in the album, and promo copies and some early commercial pressings show this title on the label. Hidden Content Give reaction to this post to see the hidden content. 1 2 Link to comment
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