The Best of Johnny Cash

Compilation by Johnny Cash

Released 1988

Alisa Jones
hammered dulcimer [12]
Bill McElhiney
trumpet [1]
Bill Pursell
piano [1]
Bob Breault
engineer [7]
Bob Johnson
banjo [12], guitar [19], mandocello [12]
Bob Johnston
producer [7, 9, 13]
Bob Lewin
French horn [12], trumpet [12]
Bob Wootton
electric guitar [12, 17], guitar [7]
Boots Randolph
saxophone [2]
Brian Ahern
producer [12]
Buddy Harman
drums (drum set) [5]
Carl Perkins
electric guitar [13], guitar [7]
Charlie McCoy
harmonica [2]
Don Law
producer [1-2, 4-5, 15-16, 19-20]
Earl Poole Ball
piano [12]
Frank Jones
producer [1-2, 4, 15, 19-20]
Jack Clement
guitar [1, 12]
Jack Hale
French horn [12], trumpet [12]
Jack Routh
guitar [12]
Jan Howard
background vocals [13], vocal [12]
Jerry Hensley
guitar [12]
Johnny Cash
acoustic guitar [5, 10, 13, 17], guitar [1-2, 7, 12, 16, 19], instrument [4], lead vocals [1-2, 7, 10, 16, 19], producer [17], vocal [4-5, 10, 12-13, 17]
June Carter Cash
additional [9], performer [4, 9], vocal [4]
Larry Butler
producer [18]
Luther Perkins
electric guitar [1-2, 5, 10, 13, 16, 19]
Mark Morris
percussion [12]
Marshall Grant
bass [1-2, 5, 7, 13, 16-17, 19], double bass [10], electric bass guitar [12]
Neil Wilburn
engineer [7]
Norman Blake
guitar [19], resonator guitar [19]
Ray Edenton
guitar [2]
Ricky Skaggs
fiddle [12]
Rufus Long
flute [19]
Sam Phillips
producer [10]
The Carter Family
background vocals [13], performer [1-2], vocal [1, 12, 19]
The Statler Brothers
background vocals [13]
W.S. Holland
drums (drum set) [1-2, 7, 12-13, 17, 19]
Wayne Jackson
trumpet [12]