Complete Recording Sessions 1954-1969

Compilation by Johnny Cash

Released 2012

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Digital Media 1
1
Wide Open Road (demo #1)
1:52
2
You're My Baby (demo)
1:48
3
My Treasure (demo)
2:31
4
My Treasure (overdub)
1:17
5
Folsom Prison Blues (demo #1)
2:32
6
Folsom Prison Blues (demo #2)
2:32
7
Wide Open Road (demo #2)
2:36
8
Wide Open Road (demo #3)
2:28
9
My Two Timin' Woman (demo)
1:59
10
Hey Porter (demo)
2:13
11
Hey Porter (m)
2:15
12
Cry, Cry, Cry (m)
2:29
3.6 ★
13
Wide Open Road (demo)
2:30
14
Port of Lonely Hearts
2:36
15
I Couldn't Keep From Crying
2:03
16
New Mexico
2:07
17
Folsom Prison Blues (m)
2:50
4.4 ★
18
Luther Played the Boogie
2:05
4.5 ★
19
So Doggone Lonesome (m)
2:38
20
Mean Eyed Cat (m)
2:30
21
Rock 'n' Roll Ruby (demo)
1:43
22
I Walk the Line (outtake)
2:41
23
Brakeman's Blues (incomplete)
1:02
24
Get Rhythm (mike Test)
2:16
25
Get Rhythm (outtake)
2:16
26
I Walk the Line (m)
2:46
4.2 ★
27
Get Rhythm (m)
2:15
4.0 ★
28
Train of Love (alt.)
2:38
29
Train of Love (outtake)
2:20
30
Train of Love (m)
2:24
4.0 ★
31
There You Go (m)
2:19
32
One More Ride (incomplete)
0:54
Digital Media 2
1
I Love You Because (Outtake)
2:27
2
Goodbye Little Darling (o.d.M)
2:16
3
Straight A's in Love
2:14
4
I Love You Because
2:28
5
Straight A's in Love
2:15
6
Don't Make Me Go
2:45
7
Don't Make Me Go
2:53
8
Don't Make Me Go
2:30
9
Next in Line
2:47
3.0 ★
10
Home of the Blues
3:01
11
Give My Love to Rose
3:12
12
Give My Love to Rose
2:44
13
Give My Love to Rose
2:46
14
Home of the Blues
2:41
15
Rock Island Line
2:11
3.8 ★
16
Wreck of the Old '97
1:48
3.6 ★
17
Belshazzar
2:27
18
Country Boy
1:49
3.5 ★
19
Leave That Junk Alone
1:30
20
Doin' My Time
2:39
3.0 ★
21
Country Boy
1:53
22
If the Good Lord's Willing
1:44
1.0 ★
23
I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
2:25
4.4 ★
24
I Was There When It Happened
2:18
25
I Was There When It Happened
2:17
4.0 ★
26
Remember Me
2:49
27
Big River
3:46
28
Big River
2:32
29
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
2:18
Digital Media 3
1
Goodnight Irene
2:40
2
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
2:14
3
Come in Stranger
2:03
4
Guess Things Happen That Way
1:58
5
Come in Stranger
1:43
6
Oh Lonesome Me
2:30
7
Guess Things Happen That Way
1:52
8
Oh Lonesome Me
2:29
9
Sugartime
1:46
10
Born to Lose
2:10
11
You're the Nearest Thing to He
2:38
4.0 ★
12
You're the Nearest Thing to He
2:41
4.0 ★
13
Sugartime
1:46
14
Born to Lose
2:11
15
The Story of a Broken Heart
2:35
16
The Story of a Broken Heart
2:32
17
The Story of a Broken Heart
1:39
18
The Story of a Broken Heart
2:05
19
The Story of a Broken Heart
2:12
20
Always Alone
1:39
21
Always Alone
1:13
22
Always Alone
1:52
23
You Tell Me
0:34
24
You Tell Me
1:20
25
Life Goes On
2:01
26
You Win Again
0:33
27
You Win Again
2:17
28
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
2:14
29
Hey Good Lookin'
1:43
30
I Can't Help It
1:46
31
Cold, Cold Heart
2:20
32
You Win Again
2:18
33
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
2:14
34
Hey Good Lookin'
1:43
35
I Can't Help It
1:46
36
Cold, Cold Heart
2:21
Digital Media 4
1
Blue Train (m)
2:02
2
Katy Too
1:58
4.0 ★
3
The Ways of Woman in Love
2:28
4
Fools Hall of Fame (outtake)
2:25
5
Fools Hall of Fame (FS+m)
2:34
6
Thanks a Lot
3:10
7
The Ways of Woman in Love (m)
2:17
8
Thanks a Lot
2:38
9
It's Just About Time
2:08
10
I Just Thought You'd Like...
2:23
11
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
2:07
12
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
2:10
13
It's Just About Time
2:10
14
I Just Thought You'd Like...
2:25
15
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
1:54
16
Down the Street to 301
2:03
17
Oh, What a Dream (take 10)
2:05
18
I'll Remember You (take 6)
2:07
19
Drink to Me
1:54
20
What Do I Care
2:08
21
Suppertime
2:51
22
It Was Jesus
2:05
23
Oh, What a Dream
2:03
24
I'll Remember You
2:05
25
Mama's Baby
2:22
26
The Troubadour
2:16
27
Run Softly, Blue River
2:15
28
All Over Again
2:15
4.0 ★
29
That's All Over
1:54
30
Frankie and Johnny
2:17
31
Fools Hall of Fame
2:09
32
Walkin' the Blues
2:14
Digital Media 5
1
Lead Me Father (t01-04)
3:40
2
Lead Me Father (t05-09)
4:32
3
Lead Me Father (t10-12)
3:46
4
Lead Me Father (t13-)
2:35
5
That's Enough (t05-06)
2:28
6
That's Enough (t04-)
2:52
7
I Still Miss Someone (t07-10)
4:07
8
I Still Miss Someone (t06-)
4:19
9
I Still Miss Someone (t09-)
2:55
10
I Still Miss Someone (m)
2:43
11
One More Ride (t11-t12)
3:09
12
One More Ride (t05-)
2:16
13
One More Ride (t12-)
2:06
14
Pickin' Time (t01-)
2:32
15
Pickin' Time (t03-)
2:04
16
Don't Take Your Guns to Town (1-)
2:45
17
Don't Take Your Guns to Town (5-)
3:31
18
Don't Take Your Guns to Town (m)
3:04
19
I'd Rather Die Young
2:53
20
The Shepherd of My Heart
3:31
21
Cold Shoulder
2:15
Digital Media 6
1
Snow in His Hair
2:22
2
I Saw a Man
2:33
3
Lead Me Gently Home
2:00
4
Are All the Children In
1:55
5
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
1:53
6
I Call Him
1:47
7
The Old Account
2:25
8
He'll Be a Friend
1:58
9
These Things Shall Pass
2:16
10
It Could Be You Instead of Him
1:50
11
God Will
2:20
12
I Got Stripes
2:06
13
You Dreamer You
1:50
3.0 ★
14
Five Feet High and Rising
1:47
3.6 ★
15
The Man on the Hill
2:10
5.0 ★
16
Hank and Joe and Me
2:13
4.0 ★
17
The Caretaker
2:06
18
Clementine
2:30
5.0 ★
19
I Want to Go Home
1:58
20
Old Apache Squaw
1:42
4.0 ★
21
Don't Step on Mother's Roses
2:34
22
The Great Speckled Bird
2:10
3.0 ★
23
My Grandfather's Clock
2:44
24
The Rebel Johnny Yuma
1:53
4.0 ★
25
The Little Drummer Boy
2:37
26
Remember the Alamo
2:48
27
Ballad of Boot Hill
Johnny Western
2:37
28
I'll Remember You
1:54
29
Lorena
1:56
30
Heartbeat
Roy Cash Jr.
2:16
31
Hello Again
Roy Cash Jr.
2:10
32
Bandana
2:15
33
Wablash Blues
2:18
34
Viel zu spät
2:09
35
Wo ist zu hause mama?
1:51
Digital Media 7
1
Johnny Yuma Theme
1:57
2
Going to Memphis
3:08
3
Second Honey Moon
1:56
4
When Papa Played the Dobro
1:43
5
Boss Jack
1:42
6
Lumberjack
1:50
7
Slow Rider
2:42
8
Loading Coal
2:19
9
Dorraine of Ponchartrain
3:41
10
Old Doc Brown
2:46
11
The Fable of Willie Brown
1:55
12
Smiling Bill McCall
2:07
13
I Couldn't Keep From Crying
2:09
14
My Shoes Keep Walking Back To
2:24
15
I Will Miss You When You Go
2:02
16
I Feel Better All Over
2:04
17
Why Do You Punish Me?
2:19
18
Just One More
2:14
19
Seasons of My Heart
2:31
20
Honky Tonk Girl
2:00
21
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
2:40
22
Time Changes Everything
1:50
23
I'd Just Be Fool Enough
2:07
24
Transfusion Blues
2:34
25
The Losing Kind
1:50
26
Lovin' Locomotive Man
2:30
Digital Media 8
1
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 1)
2:49
2
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 2)
1:43
3
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 3)
2:46
4
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 4)
0:15
5
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 5)
0:12
6
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 6)
2:43
7
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 7)
0:23
8
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 8)
1:37
9
The Girl in Saskatoon (take 9)
2:38
10
An Empty Chair (take 1)
Roy Cash Jr.
2:16
11
An Empty Chair (take 2)
Roy Cash Jr.
0:16
12
An Empty Chair (take 3)
Roy Cash Jr.
0:27
13
An Empty Chair (take 4)
Roy Cash Jr.
0:13
14
An Empty Chair (take 5)
Roy Cash Jr.
2:18
15
Relief Is Just a Swallow Away (take 1)
Roy Cash Jr.
2:10
16
Relief Is Just a Swallow Away (take 2)
Roy Cash Jr.
2:05
17
Relief Is Just a Swallow Away (take 3)
Roy Cash Jr.
0:19
18
Relief Is Just a Swallow Away (take 4)
Roy Cash Jr.
0:09
19
Relief Is Just a Swallow Away (take 5)
Roy Cash Jr.
1:59
20
Relief Is Just a Swallow Away (take 6)
Roy Cash Jr.
2:07
21
Riot in Cell Block #9 (take 1)
Ray Liberto
3:21
22
Riot in Cell Block #9 (take 2)
Ray Liberto
0:16
23
Riot in Cell Block #9 (take 3)
Ray Liberto
2:50
24
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Ray Liberto
4:13
25
Rocket '69 (take 1)
Ray Liberto
0:55
26
Rocket '69 (take 2)
Ray Liberto
2:00
27
Blueberry Hill
Ray Liberto
3:34
28
Five Minutes to Live (take 1)
2:05
29
The Losing Kind
1:59
30
Five Minutes to Live (take 2)
2:13
31
Blues for Two (instrumental)
2:10
32
Jeri and Nina's Melody (instrumental)
2:44
33
The Girl in Saskatoon
2:16
34
Locomotive Man
2:50
35
A Day in the Grand Canyon
10:49
Digital Media 9
1
The Big Battle
4:05
2
Forty Shades of Green (take 1)
2:54
3
Forty Shades of Green (take 2)
2:54
4
He’ll Understand
2:27
5
Tall Man
1:55
6
God Has My Fortune Laid Away
2:49
7
When I’ve Learnt
2:47
8
I Got Shoes
2:01
9
Let Thelower Lights Be Burning
2:13
10
If We Never Meet Again
3:02
11
When I Take My Vacation in H.
2:26
12
When He Reached Down His Hand
2:04
13
Taller Than Trees
1:52
14
I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan
3:00
15
My God Is Real
2:00
16
These Hands
2:14
17
Folsom Prison Blues (remake)
2:54
18
I Walk the Line (remake)
2:46
19
Hey Porter (remake)
1:59
20
I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever
2:28
21
Mr. Lonesome
2:18
22
There’s a Mother Always Waiting
3:01
23
I’m Free From the Chain Gang
1:51
24
Delia’s Gone (alt. #1)
3:02
25
Sing It Pretty Sue
2:01
26
Blue Bandana (instrumental)
1:44
27
So Doggone Lonesome (instrumental)
2:10

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Release credits

Anita Kerr Singers
vocal [33-34]
Asa Wilkerson
background vocals [9]
Bill Abbott
background vocals [9]
Buddy Harman
drums (drum set) [7.1, 4.28, 6.5, 6.13, 6.22]
Cyd Mosteller
background vocals [9]
Don Carter
background vocals [9]
Don Law
producer [7.1, 7.3, 7.12, 9.5, 9.21-22, 8.33-34, 6.5, 6.12-14, 6.22, 6.24, 6.29, 4.22, 4.28-29]
Floyd Cramer
piano [9.21-22, 8.33-34]
Frank Jones
producer [8.33-34, 9.5, 9.21-22, 7.12]
Gene Lowery Singers
vocal [11-12]
Jack Clement
guitar [9], producer [11-12, 29, 31, 34]
Jimmy Van Eaton
drums (drum set) [11-12]
Jimmy Wilson
piano [11-12]
Johnny Cash
acoustic guitar [3.11-12, 2.9, 2.15-16, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22-23, 2.25, 6.5, 6.22, 1.12, 1.17-18, 1.26-27, 1.30, 4.22, 4.29], arranger [15-16], guitar [8.33-34, 4.28, 6.13-14, 9.21-22, 7.1], lead vocals [1.12, 1.17-18, 1.26-27, 1.30, 2.9, 2.15-16, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22-23, 3.11-12, 6.14], performer [2], vocal [8.33-34, 7.1, 6.5, 6.13, 6.22, 6.24, 1.17, 2.25, 4.22, 4.28-29, 9.21-22]
Johnny Western
guitar [33-34]
Lee Holt
background vocals [9]
Luther Perkins
background vocals [25], electric guitar [1.12, 1.17-18, 1.26-27, 1.30, 8.33-34, 2.9, 2.15-16, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22-23, 2.25, 9.21-22, 7.1, 3.11-12, 4.22, 4.28-29, 6.5, 6.13-14, 6.22]
Marshall Grant
background vocals [25], bass [6.5, 6.13-14, 6.22, 8.33-34, 9.21-22, 7.1, 4.22, 4.28-29], double bass [2.9, 2.15-16, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22-23, 2.25, 3.11-12, 1.12, 1.17-18, 1.26-27, 1.30]
Marvin Hughes
piano [4.22, 4.29, 6.5, 6.22]
Morris Palmer
drums (drum set) [22, 29]
Nita Smith
background vocals [9]
Sam Phillips
producer [2.9, 2.15-16, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22-23, 2.25, 1.12, 1.17, 1.26-27, 1.30]
Tompall Glaser
guitar [21-22]
W.S. Holland
drums (drum set) [8.33-34, 9.21-22]

Complete Recording Sessions 1954-1969

Compilation by Johnny Cash

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