The Essential Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  My Treasure
  1:17
• 2
  Hey Porter
  2:13
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Cry, Cry, Cry
  2:26
• 4
  Wide Open Road
  2:36
• 5
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:48
  4.4 ★
• 6
  Luther Played The Boogie
  2:04
• 7
  So Doggone Lonesome
  2:35
• 8
  Mean Eyed Cat
  2:29
• 9
  I Walk The Line
  2:44
• 10
  Get Rhythm
  2:14
• 11
  Train Of Love
  2:23
• 12
  There You Go
  2:17
• 13
  Goodbye Little Darling
  2:16
• 14
  I Love You Because
  2:27
• 15
  Straight A's In Love
  2:15
• CD 3
• 1
  Guess Things Happens That Way
  1:49
• 2
  Oh Lonesome Me
  2:30
• 3
  You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven
  2:41
• 4
  Born To Lose
  2:09
• 5
  Always Alone
  1:50
• 6
  You Win Again
  2:16
• 7
  I Could Never Be AshamedOf You
  2:14
• 8
  Hey Good Lookin'
  1:42
• 9
  I Can't Help It
  1:45
• 10
  Cold, Cold Heart
  2:19
• 11
  Blue Train
  2:01
• 12
  The Ways Of A Woman I Love
  2:16
• 13
  It's Just About Time
  2:09
• 14
  I Just Thought You'd Like To Know
  2:23
• 15
  I Forgot To Remember I Forget
  1:53

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The Hits

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The Singer and the Song

The Singer and the Song 2014

Release credits

• Asa Wilkerson
  background vocals [14]
• Bill Abbott
  background vocals [14]
• Cyd Mosteller
  background vocals [14]
• Don Carter
  background vocals [14]
• Jack Clement
  producer [3.8, 2.14]
• Johnny Cash
  acoustic guitar [1.2, 1.5, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.14], arranger [6], lead vocals [1.2, 1.5, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.14], vocal [5]
• Lee Holt
  background vocals [14]
• Luther Perkins
  electric guitar [1.2, 1.5, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.14]
• Marshall Grant
  double bass [1.2, 1.5, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.14]
• Nita Smith
  background vocals [14]
• Sam Phillips
  producer [1.2, 1.5, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.12]

Issues

• T
  The Essential Collection

  2x CD
  2009