The Essential Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  I Walk the Line
  2:45
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Get Rhythm
  2:14
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Hey! Porter
  2:13
• 4
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:48
  4.4 ★
• 5
  Guess Things Happen That Way
  1:49
• 6
  Goodnight, Irene
  2:40
• 7
  Cry, Cry, Cry
  2:26
• 8
  Ballad of a Teenage Queen
  2:11
• 9
  I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
  2:24
• 10
  There You Go
  2:16
• 11
  Train of Love
  2:22
  4.0 ★
• 12
  So Doggone Lonesome
  2:35
• 13
  I Forgot to Remember to Forget
  1:53
• 14
  Katy Too
  1:57
• 15
  Straight ‘A’s in Love
  2:16
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Country Boy
  1:52
• 17
  Don’t Make Me Go
  2:28
• 18
  Mean Eyed Cat
  2:29
• 19
  The Wreck of the Old ’97
  1:47
  3.6 ★
• 20
  Rock Island Line
  2:09
  3.8 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Goodbye, Little Darlin’
  2:16
• 2
  I Was There When It Happened
  2:15
• 3
  Sugartime
  1:49
• 4
  Down the Street to 301
  2:06
• 5
  Doin’ My Time
  2:37
  3.0 ★
• 6
  The Story of a Broken Heart
  2:10
• 7
  Big River
  2:31
• 8
  The Ways of a Woman in Love
  2:17
• 9
  It’s Just About Time
  2:09
• 10
  Belshazzar
  2:24
• 11
  Life Goes On
  2:00
• 12
  You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Luther Played the Boogie
  2:04
  4.5 ★
• 14
  Home of the Blues
  2:39
• 15
  The Port of Lonely Hearts
  2:35
• 16
  Come in Stranger (single version)
  1:41
• 17
  Cold, Cold Heart
  2:20
• 18
  Hey, Good Lookin’
  1:42
• 19
  Blue Train
  2:01
• 20
  Remember Me (I’m the One Who Loves You)
  2:00
  3.5 ★
• DVD-Video 3: Live in Concert 1994
• 1
  Introduction

  Claude Nobs
• 2
  Folsom Prison Blues
• 3
  Get Rhythm
• 4
  Sunday Morning Coming Down
• 5
  Ring of Fire
• 6
  I Walk the Line
• 7
  Guess Things Happen That Way
• 8
  Ghost Riders in the Sky
• 9
  Delia
• 10
  Tennessee Stud
• 11
  Bird on a Wire
• 12
  Let the Train Blow the Whistle
• 13
  The Beast in Me
• 14
  Big River
• 15
  Jackson

  Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash
• 16
  Will the Circle Be Unbroken

  Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash & John Carter Cash
• 17
  Orange Blossom Special
• 18
  San Quentin
• 19
  The Next Time I’m in Town

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Travelin’ Thru, 1967–1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15 2019

The Hits

The Hits 2018

The Singer and the Song

The Singer and the Song 2014

Release credits

• Gene Lowery Singers
  vocal [8, 12]
• Jack Clement
  producer [1.15, 2.8, 2.12]
• Jimmy Van Eaton
  drums (drum set) [8, 12]
• Jimmy Wilson
  piano [8, 12]
• Johnny Cash
  acoustic guitar [2.5, 2.8, 2.12-13, 2.20, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.11, 1.19-20], arranger [19-20], lead vocals [1.1-2, 1.4, 1.11, 1.19-20, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12-13, 2.20], vocal [4]
• Luther Perkins
  electric guitar [1.1-2, 1.4, 1.11, 1.19-20, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12-13, 2.20]
• Marshall Grant
  double bass [2.5, 2.8, 2.12-13, 2.20, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.11, 1.19-20]
• Sam Phillips
  producer [2.5, 2.20, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.11, 1.19-20]

Issues

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  The Essential Collection

  2x CD, DVD-Video
  12 February 2012