The Man in Black: 1954-1958

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Wide Open Road
  1:50
• 2
  You’re My Baby
  1:48
• 3
  My Treasure
  2:31
• 4
  My Treasure
  1:17
• 5
  Hey Porter
  2:13
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:32
• 7
  Wide Open Road
  2:36
• 8
  My Two Timin’ Woman
  1:59
• 9
  Hey Porter
  2:15
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Cry, Cry, Cry
  2:29
  3.6 ★
• 11
  Wide Open Road
  2:30
• 12
  Port of Lonely Hearts
  2:36
• 13
  I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
  2:03
• 14
  New Mexico
  2:07
• 15
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:50
  4.4 ★
• 16
  So Doggone Lonesome
  2:39
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Mean Eyed Cat
  2:30
• 18
  Luther Played the Boogie
  2:05
  4.5 ★
• 19
  Rock and Roll Ruby
  1:44
• 20
  I Walk the Line
  2:41
• 21
  Brakeman’s Blues (incomplete)
  1:35
• 22
  Get Rhythm
  2:16
• 23
  Get Rhythm
  2:15
  4.0 ★
• 24
  I Walk the Line
  2:46
  4.2 ★
• 25
  Train of Love
  2:38
• 26
  Train of Love
  2:24
  4.0 ★
• 27
  There You Go
  2:19
  3.0 ★
• 28
  One More Ride (incomplete)
  1:28
• 29
  I Love You Because
  2:27
• 30
  Goodbye Little Darling
  2:16
• 31
  I Love You Because
  2:28
• 32
  Straight A’s in Love
  2:14
  4.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Don’t Make Me Go
  2:53
• 2
  Next in Line
  2:48
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Don’t Make Me Go
  2:33
• 4
  Don’t Make Me Go
  2:30
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Home of the Blues (undubbed master)
  3:01
• 6
  Give My Love to Rose
  3:12
• 7
  Give My Love to Rose
  2:46
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Home of the Blues (overdubbed master)
  2:41
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Rock Island Line
  2:11
  3.8 ★
• 10
  Wreck of the Old 97
  1:48
  3.6 ★
• 11
  Belshazzar
  2:27
• 12
  Country Boy
  1:49
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Leave That Junk Alone
  1:30
• 14
  Doin’ My Time
  2:39
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Country Boy
  1:53
  3.5 ★
• 16
  If the Good Lord’s Willing
  1:44
  1.0 ★
• 17
  I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
  2:25
  4.4 ★
• 18
  I Was There When It Happened
  2:18
• 19
  Remember Me
  2:49
• 20
  I Was There When It Happened
  2:17
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Big River
  3:46
• 22
  Ballad of a Teenage Queen
  2:18
• 23
  Goodnight Irene
  2:41
  3.0 ★
• 24
  Big River
  2:33
  3.2 ★
• 25
  Ballad of a Teenage Queen
  2:14
• 26
  Come in Stranger
  2:03
• 27
  Guess Things Happen That Way (undubbed master)
  1:58
• 28
  Come in Stranger
  1:43
• 29
  Oh, Lonesome Me (undubbed master)
  2:30
• 30
  Guess Things Happen That Way
  1:52
  3.8 ★
• 31
  Oh, Lonesome Me (overdubbed master)
  2:29
• CD 3
• 1
  Sugartime
  1:46
• 2
  Born to Lose (undubbed master)
  2:10
• 3
  You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Born to Lose
  2:11
• 5
  Sugartime (overdubbed master)
  1:50
• 6
  Story of a Broken Heart
  2:33
• 7
  Always Alone (incomplete)
  1:35
• 8
  Always Alone
  1:52
• 9
  False Starts to Story of a Broken Heart
  2:28
• 10
  Story of a Broken Heart
  2:12
• 11
  You Tell Me
  1:55
• 12
  Life Goes On
  2:01
• 13
  You Win Again
  2:18
  3.0 ★
• 14
  I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
  2:14
• 15
  Hey Good Lookin’
  1:43
• 16
  I Can’t Help It
  1:46
• 17
  Cold Cold Heart
  2:21
• 18
  Blue Train
  2:03
  3.0 ★
• 19
  Katy Too
  1:58
  4.0 ★
• 20
  The Ways of a Woman in Love
  2:28
• 21
  Fools Hall of Fame
  2:25
• 22
  The Ways of a Woman in Love
  2:17
• 23
  Thanks a Lot
  2:38
• 24
  It’s Just About Time
  2:08
• 25
  I Forgot to Remember to Forget
  2:10
• 26
  I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
  2:25
• 27
  It’s Just About Time
  2:10
• 28
  I Forgot to Remember to Forget
  1:55
• 29
  Down the Street to 301
  2:03
• CD 4
• 1
  Oh, What a Dream
  2:05
• 2
  I’ll Remember You
  2:07
• 3
  Drink to Me
  1:54
• 4
  What Do I Care
  2:08
• 5
  Suppertime
  2:51
• 6
  It Was Jesus
  2:05
• 7
  Oh What a Dream
  2:03
• 8
  I’ll Remember You
  2:05
• 9
  Mama’s Baby
  2:22
• 10
  The Troubador
  2:16
• 11
  Run Softly Blue River
  2:15
• 12
  All Over Again
  2:15
  4.0 ★
• 13
  That’s All Over
  1:54
• 14
  Frankie’s Man Johnnie
  2:17
• 15
  Fool’s Hall of Fame
  2:09
• 16
  Walkin’ the Blues
  2:14
• 17
  Lead Me Father
  2:27
• 18
  That’s Enough
  2:42
• 19
  I Still Miss Someome
  2:36
  4.0 ★
• 20
  One More Ride
  2:02
• 21
  Pickin’ Time
  1:59
  3.0 ★
• 22
  Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
  3:04
  4.0 ★
• 23
  I’d Rather Die Young
  2:31
• 24
  The Shepherd of My Heart
  2:12
• 25
  Cold Shoulder
  1:51
• CD 5
• 1
  Lead Me Father (takes 1–4)
  3:41
• 2
  Lead Me Father (takes 5–9)
  4:32
• 3
  Lead Me Father (takes 10–12)
  3:47
• 4
  Lead Me Father (master‐take 13)
  2:36
• 5
  That’s Enough (takes 1–3)
  2:28
• 6
  That’s Enough (master‐take 4)
  2:52
• 7
  I Still Miss Someone (takes 1–5)
  4:07
• 8
  I Still Miss Someone (takes 6–8)
  4:19
• 9
  I Still Miss Someone (takes 9–10)
  2:55
• 10
  I Still Miss Someone (master‐take 11)
  2:43
• 11
  One More Ride (takes 1–4)
  3:09
• 12
  One More Ride (takes 5–11)
  2:16
• 13
  One More Ride (master‐take 12)
  2:06
• 14
  Pickin’ Time (takes 1–2)
  2:32
• 15
  Pickin’ Time (master‐take 3)
  2:04
• 16
  Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (takes 1–4)
  2:46
• 17
  Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (takes 5–6)
  3:31
• 18
  Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (master)
  3:04
  4.0 ★
• 19
  I’d Rather Die Young (take 1 and master‐take 2)
  2:53
• 20
  The Shepherd of My Heart (takes 1–2 and master‐take 3)
  3:31
• 21
  Cold Shoulder (master‐take 1)
  2:15

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Release credits

• Asa Wilkerson
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Bill Abbott
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Bill Busby
  background vocals [30]
• Bob Jones
  mastering
• Buddy Harman
  drums (drum set) [5.18, 4.12, 4.18-24]
• Colin Escott
  producer
• Cyd Mosteller
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Dan Bass
  illustration, photography
• Dave LaBonte
  background vocals [30]
• Don Carter
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Don Law
  producer [5.18, 4.5-6, 4.10, 4.12-13, 4.18-24]
• Gene Lowery Singers
  vocal [3, 16, 22]
• George Evans
  background vocals [30]
• Jack Clement
  guitar [2, 4, 24], producer [3.3, 3.13-16, 3.22, 1.32, 2.7-8, 2.11, 2.13, 2.21, 2.23-24, 2.28, 2.30]
• Jimmy Van Eaton
  drums (drum set) [3.3, 3.16, 3.22, 2.28, 2.30]
• Jimmy Wilson
  piano [2.28, 2.30, 3.3, 3.16, 3.22]
• Johnny Cash
  acoustic guitar [3.3, 3.16, 3.22, 1.5, 1.9-10, 1.15-16, 1.18, 1.23-24, 1.26-27, 5.18, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8-12, 2.14-17, 2.20, 2.24, 2.28, 2.30, 4.5-6, 4.10, 4.13, 4.18-24], arranger [9-10], guitar [4.12, 2.13, 2.21, 2.23, 1.1, 1.13-14, 1.21], lead vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.14-17, 2.28, 2.30, 3.3, 3.16, 3.22, 1.5, 1.9-10, 1.15-16, 1.18, 1.23-24, 1.26-27], performer [19, 23], vocal [2.11, 2.13, 2.20-21, 2.23-24, 4.5-6, 4.10, 4.12-13, 4.18-24, 5.18, 1.1, 1.13-15, 1.21]
• Lee Holt
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Luther Perkins
  background vocals [20], electric guitar [5.18, 1.5, 1.9-10, 1.13-16, 1.18, 1.21, 1.23-24, 1.26-27, 3.3, 3.16, 3.22, 4.5-6, 4.10, 4.12-13, 4.18-24, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8-12, 2.14-17, 2.20-21, 2.24, 2.28, 2.30]
• Marshall Grant
  background vocals [20], bass [4.5-6, 4.10, 4.12-13, 4.18-24, 1.13-14, 1.21, 2.11, 2.21, 2.24, 5.18], double bass [1.5, 1.9-10, 1.15-16, 1.18, 1.23-24, 1.26-27, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.14-17, 2.20, 2.28, 2.30, 3.3, 3.16, 3.22]
• Marvin Hughes
  piano [5-6, 10, 13]
• Morris Palmer
  drums (drum set) [5-6, 10, 13]
• Nita Smith
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Richard Andreas
  illustration, photography
• Richard Weize
  producer
• Sam Phillips
  producer [2.2, 2.4, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.14-17, 2.20, 1.1, 1.5, 1.9-10, 1.13-17, 1.21, 1.23-24, 1.26-27]
• The Tennessee Two
  performer [24]
• Wally Singleton
  background vocals [30]
• Show all credits (28)

Issues

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  The Man in Black: 1954-1958

  5x CD
  September 1990