The Essential Johnny Cash

Tracklist

• 1
  Hey Porter
  2:13
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Cry, Cry, Cry
  2:23
• 3
  I Walk the Line
  2:43
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Get Rhythm
  2:12
  4.0 ★
• 5
  There You Go
  2:17
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (mono)
  2:09
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Big River (Mono)
  2:29
• 8
  Guess Things Happen That Way (mono)
  1:49
  3.8 ★
• 9
  All Over Again
  2:12
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
  3:02
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Five Feet High and Rising
  1:45
• 12
  The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
  1:52
• 13
  Tennessee Flat-Top Box
  2:58
• 14
  I Still Miss Someone
  2:34
• 15
  Ring of Fire
  2:35
• 16
  The Ballad of Ira Hayes
  4:07
• 17
  Orange Blossom Special
  3:06
• 18
  Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
  3:51
• 19
  It Ain’t Me, Babe

  Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash
  3:02
• 20
  The One on the Right Is on the Left
  2:47
• 21
  Jackson

  Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash
  2:44
  4.0 ★
• 22
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:42
  4.4 ★
• 23
  Daddy Sang Bass
  2:20
  3.5 ★
• 24
  Girl from the North Country
  3:42
  3.9 ★
• 25
  A Boy Named Sue (live at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA - February 1969)
  3:46
  4.4 ★
• 26
  If I Were a Carpenter
  2:59
  4.0 ★
• 27
  Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live)
  4:09
• 28
  Flesh and Blood
  2:36
• 29
  Man in Black
  2:52
  3.5 ★
• 30
  Ragged Old Flag
  3:08
• 31
  One Piece at a Time
  4:01
• 32
  (Ghost) Riders In the Sky
  3:44
• 33
  Song of the Patriot

  Johnny Cash with Marty Robbins
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 34
  Highwayman

  The Highwaymen
  3:03
  4.5 ★
• 35
  The Night Hank Williams Came to Town
  3:23
• 36
  The Wanderer
  4:43

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The Hits

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The Singer and the Song

The Singer and the Song 2014

Out Among the Stars

Out Among the Stars 2014

Release credits

• Asa Wilkerson
  background vocals [6]
• Bill Abbott
  background vocals [6]
• Bill Busby
  background vocals [8]
• Bob Breault
  engineer [25]
• Bob Dylan
  guitar [24], vocal [24]
• Bob Johnston
  producer [23-26]
• Bob Wootton
  electric guitar [29, 33], guitar [25]
• Bobby Emmons
  keyboard [34]
• Bobby Wood
  keyboard [34]
• Buddy Harman
  drums (drum set) [9-10]
• Carl Perkins
  electric guitar [23], guitar [25]
• Chips Moman
  background vocals [34], engineer [34], guitar [34], producer [34]
• Cyd Mosteller
  background vocals [6]
• Dave Kirby
  guitar [33]
• Dave LaBonte
  background vocals [8]
• David Cherry
  engineer [34]
• Don Carter
  background vocals [6]
• Don Law
  producer [9-10, 21]
• Earl Poole Ball
  piano [33], producer [33]
• Frank Jones
  producer [21]
• Gene Chrisman
  drums (drum set) [34]
• George Evans
  background vocals [8]
• Jack Clement
  producer [6, 8]
• Jack Routh
  guitar [33]
• Jan Howard
  background vocals [23]
• Jerry Hensley
  guitar [33]
• Jimmy Tittle
  bass [34]
• Jimmy Van Eaton
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Jimmy Wilson
  piano [8]
• Joe Allen
  bass [33]
• Johnny Cash
  acoustic guitar [1, 3-6, 8, 10, 22-23, 29, 33], background vocals [34], guest [24], guitar [9, 25], instrument [21], lead vocals [1, 3-6, 8, 22, 25], performer [34], producer [29], vocal [9-10, 21-23, 29, 33-34]
• Johnny Rodriguez
  background vocals [34], guitar [34]
• June Carter Cash
  additional [26], performer [21, 26], vocal [21]
• Ken Criblez
  assistant [34]
• Kris Kristofferson
  background vocals [34], guitar [34], performer [34], vocal [34]
• Larry Greenhill
  assistant [34]
• Lee Holt
  background vocals [6]
• Luther Perkins
  electric guitar [1, 3-6, 8-10, 22-23]
• Marshall Grant
  bass [9-10, 23, 25, 29], double bass [1, 3-6, 8, 22]
• Marty Robbins
  background vocals [33], performer [33]
• Marty Stuart
  guitar [33], mandolin [34]
• Mickey Raphael
  harmonica [34]
• Mike Leech
  bass [34]
• Neil Wilburn
  engineer [25]
• Nita Smith
  background vocals [6]
• Paul Davis
  background vocals [34], guitar [34], keyboard [34]
• Rufus Long
  flute [33]
• Sam Phillips
  producer [1, 3-5, 22]
• The Carter Family
  background vocals [23]
• The Statler Brothers
  background vocals [23]
• W.S. Holland
  drums (drum set) [23, 25, 29, 33]
• Wally Singleton
  background vocals [8]
• Waylon Jennings
  background vocals [34], guitar [34], performer [34], vocal [34]
• Willie Nelson
  background vocals [34], guitar [34], performer [34], vocal [34]
• Show all credits (54)

Issues

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  The Essential Johnny Cash

  2x CD
  12 February 2002
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  The Essential Johnny Cash

  Digital Media
  12 February 2002
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  The Essential Johnny Cash

  2x CD
  12 February 2002
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  The Essential Johnny Cash

  2x CD
  2002
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  T
  The Essential Johnny Cash

  2x CD
  2002
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  The Essential Johnny Cash

  2x CD
  2002
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  T
  The Essential Johnny Cash: Limited Edition 3.0

  3x CD
  26 August 2008
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  The Essential Johnny Cash

  2x 12" Vinyl
  2015