The Original Sun Albums 1957–1964

Tracklist

• CD 1: Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
• 1
  The Rock Island Line
  2:11
• 2
  I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
  2:25
  4.4 ★
• 3
  Country Boy
  1:53
  3.5 ★
• 4
  If the Good Lord’s Willing
  1:43
• 5
  Cry! Cry! Cry!
  2:28
• 6
  Remember Me (I’m the One Who Loves You)
  2:00
• 7
  So Doggone Lonesome
  2:37
• 8
  I Was There When It Happened
  2:16
• 9
  I Walk the Line
  2:45
• 10
  The Wreck of Old ’97
  1:51
• 11
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:50
• 12
  Doin’ My Time
  2:35
• CD 2: Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
• 1
  Ballad of a Teenage Queen
  2:12
  4.5 ★
• 2
  There You Go
  2:18
  3.0 ★
• 3
  I Walk the Line
  2:45
• 4
  Don’t Make Me Go
  2:29
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Guess Things Happen That Way
  1:51
• 6
  Train of Love
  2:23
  4.0 ★
• 7
  The Ways of a Woman in Love
  2:16
• 8
  Next in Line
  2:48
• 9
  You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
  2:40
• 10
  I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)
  1:47
• 11
  Home of the Blues
  2:40
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Big River
  2:30
• CD 3: Greatest!
• 1
  Goodbye Little Darlin’
  2:15
• 2
  I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
  2:24
• 3
  You Tell Me
  1:20
• 4
  It’s Just About Time
  2:09
• 5
  I Forgot to Remember to Forget
  1:54
• 6
  Katy, Too
  1:58
• 7
  Thanks a Lot
  2:38
• 8
  Luther Played the Boogie
  2:04
  4.5 ★
• 9
  You Win Again
  2:23
• 10
  Hey Good Lookin’
  1:43
• 11
  I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
  2:15
• 12
  Get Rhythm
  2:11
  4.0 ★
• CD 4: Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams and Other Favorite Tunes
• 1
  I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)
  1:48
• 2
  You Win Again
  2:19
• 3
  Hey, Good Lookin’
  1:42
• 4
  I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
  2:14
• 5
  Next in Line
  2:48
• 6
  Straight A’s in Love
  2:16
• 7
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:50
  4.4 ★
• 8
  Give My Love to Rose
  2:48
• 9
  I Walk the Line
  2:43
• 10
  I Love You Because
  2:27
• 11
  Come in Stranger
  1:42
• 12
  Mean Eyed Cat
  2:26
• CD 5: Now Here’s Johnny Cash
• 1
  Sugar Time
  1:49
• 2
  Down the Street to 301
  2:05
• 3
  Life Goes On
  2:00
• 4
  Port of Lonely Hearts
  2:35
• 5
  Cry! Cry! Cry!
  2:28
• 6
  My Treasurer
  1:16
• 7
  Oh Lonesome Me
  2:29
• 8
  So Doggone Lonesome
  2:37
• 9
  You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Story of a Broken Heart
  2:11
• 11
  Hey, Porter!
  2:13
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Home of the Blues
  2:37
  3.0 ★
• CD 6: All Aboard the Blue Train With Johnny Cash
• 1
  Blue Train
  2:03
• 2
  There You Go
  2:18
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Train of Love
  2:24
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Goodbye Little Darlin’
  2:15
• 5
  I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
  2:25
  4.4 ★
• 6
  Come in Stranger
  1:41
• 7
  The Rock Island Line
  2:11
• 8
  Give My Love to Rose
  2:47
• 9
  Hey, Porter!
  2:13
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:50
• 11
  The Wreck of the Old ’97
  1:48
• 12
  So Doggone Lonesome
  2:35
• CD 7: Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
• 1
  Always Alone
  1:51
• 2
  Country Boy
  1:53
• 3
  Goodnight Irene
  2:41
• 4
  Wide Open Road
  2:34
• 5
  Thanks a Lot
  2:37
• 6
  Big River
  2:33
• 7
  Belshazzar
  2:25
• 8
  Born to Lose
  2:10
• 9
  New Mexico
  2:06
• 10
  I Forgot to Remember to Forget
  1:54
• 11
  Two Timin’ Woman
  1:59
• 12
  The Story of a Broken Heart
  2:08
• CD 8: Rare!
• 1
  Wide Open Road (first recording)
  1:49
• 2
  You’re My Baby (Little Woolly Booger)
  1:48
• 3
  My Treasure (false start & take 1)
  2:29
• 4
  Hey, Porter! (take 1)
  2:12
• 5
  Folsom Prison Blues (take 2)
  2:34
• 6
  Wide Open Road (un‐overdubbed re‐recording take 3)
  2:36
• 7
  My Two Timin’ Woman (un‐overdubbed take 2)
  1:57
• 8
  Cry! Cry! Cry! (take 1 extended version)
  3:05
• 9
  I Couldn’t Keep from Crying
  2:01
• 10
  New Mexico (un‐overdubbed take 1)
  2:06
• 11
  Rock and Roll Ruby (demo)
  1:43
• 12
  I Walk the Line (take 1)
  2:41
• 13
  Brakeman’s Blues (incomplete)
  1:35
• 14
  Get Rhythm (take 3 microphone test)
  2:15
• 15
  Train of Love (re‐recording)
  2:37
• 16
  One More Ride (incomplete)
  0:53
• 17
  I Love You Because (un‐overdubbed take 1)
  2:27
• 18
  Goodbye, Little Darlin’ (enhanced stereo version)
  2:13
• 19
  Don’t Make Me Go (take 5)
  2:42
• 20
  Home of the Blues (un‐overdubbed take 2 plus false start)
  3:00
• 21
  Give My Love to Rose (un‐overdubbed take 3 plus false start)
  3:10
• 22
  Belshazzar (un‐overdubbed take 2)
  2:26
• 23
  Country Boy (demo first recording)
  1:46

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Out Among the Stars

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Release credits

• Asa Wilkerson
  background vocals [5.12, 2.1, 2.11]
• Bill Abbott
  background vocals [2.1, 2.11, 5.12]
• Cyd Mosteller
  background vocals [2.1, 2.11, 5.12]
• Don Carter
  background vocals [5.12, 2.1, 2.11]
• Gene Lowery Singers
  vocal [9]
• Jack Clement
  guitar [4], producer [5.9, 5.12, 2.1, 2.11]
• Jimmy Van Eaton
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Jimmy Wilson
  piano [9]
• Johnny Cash
  acoustic guitar [4.7, 3.8, 3.12, 1.2-3, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.11, 6.2-3, 6.5, 6.9, 5.9, 5.11-12], guitar [13], lead vocals [4.7, 5.9, 5.11-12, 1.2-3, 3.8, 3.12, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.11, 6.2-3, 6.5, 6.9], vocal [4.7, 8.13]
• Lee Holt
  background vocals [5.12, 2.1, 2.11]
• Luther Perkins
  electric guitar [3.8, 3.12, 4.7, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.11, 5.9, 5.11-12, 6.2-3, 6.5, 6.9, 8.13, 1.2-3]
• Marshall Grant
  bass [13], double bass [5.9, 5.11-12, 4.7, 6.2-3, 6.5, 6.9, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.11, 1.2-3, 3.8, 3.12]
• Nita Smith
  background vocals [2.1, 2.11, 5.12]
• Sam Phillips
  producer [3.12, 8.13, 4.7, 5.11, 6.2-3, 6.5, 6.9, 1.2-3, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6]

Issues

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  The Original Sun Albums 1957–1964

  8x CD
  31 March 2017