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The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983

The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Tracks
1. Hey Porter
2. Cry Cry Cry
3. Folsom Prison Blues
4. Luther Played the Boogie
5. Get Rhythm
6. I Walk the Line
7. Home of the Blues
8. Give My Love to Rose
9. Rock Island Line
10. Doin' My Time
11. Big River
12. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
13. Guess Things Happen That Way
14. Ways of a Woman in Love
15. Thanks a Lot
16. Oh, What a Dream
17. What Do I Care
18. All over Again
19. I Still Miss Someone
20. I'd Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall)
21. Walking the Blues
22. Frankie's Man Johnny
23. Tennessee Flat Top Box
24. Sing It Pretty, Sue
25. Pickin' Time
26. Five Feet High and Rising
27. Old Account
28. Peace in the Valley
29. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
30. Don't Take Your Guns to Town
31. Ballad of Boot Hill
32. Rebel - Johnny Yuma
33. Big Battle
34. When the Roses Bloom Again
35. Ballad of Ira Hayes
36. Legend of John Henry's Hammer
37. Dark as a Dungeon
38. Long Black Veil
39. I Got Stripes
40. 25 Minutes to Go
41. Wall
42. Busted
43. Bad News
44. Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog
45. Orange Blossom Special
46. Ring of Fire
47. Understand Your Man
48. Jackson
49. Blistered
50. See Ruby Fall
51. Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station
52. Daddy Sang Bass
53. Folsom Prison Blues [Live]
54. Cocaine Blues [Live]
55. San Quentin [#2] [Live]
56. Boy Named Sue [Live]
57. Wanted Man
58. Singing in Vietnam Talking Blues
59. Man in Black
60. What Is Truth?
61. Flesh and Blood
62. Sunday Morning Coming Down
63. Oney
64. One Piece at a Time
65. Hit the Road and Go
66. Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)
67. I Will Rock and Roll With You
68. No Expectations
69. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
70. Bull Rider
71. Highway Patrolman
72. After the Ball
73. Without Love
74. Last Time
75. I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Review
As country music progressed through numerous stages, Cash's music retained the blunt, pared-down chug first displayed on his 1950s Sun hits. His straightforward lyrics, aggressive strumming, and brooding baritone were backed by the rock-solid Tennessee Two: The simple twang of guitarist Luther Perkins and the foundation of bassist Marshall Grant would remain at the core until 1967. Columbia's comprehensive 3 CD set opens with 15 Sun classics including "Hey Porter" and "Folsom Prison Blues," and the middle disc is ripe with stark and vivid songs of rebels and outlaws, such as the ominous "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" and the riveting steel-driving suite "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer." Cash puts his personal stamp on a variety of songwriters, from Merle Travis and Harlan Howard to Dylan, Springsteen, and the Stones. --Marc Greilsamer


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5
If I'm not mistaken, Johnny Cash is the only artist to be in the Country Music AND Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's not the official accolades that matter though. His music, his voice, and his lyrics can hit you in the gut or the heart. This is an excellent selection of songs. Hear the nuance in his voice. Listen to the stories he tells. What an awesome and sensitive human being !
Posted by Anonymous, on 1998-06-18
A wonderful introduction to the music of Johnny Cash.
5
With a career spanning over forty years (or, with respect to the era of this box, over 25 years), how can you condense Johnny Cash's musical and spiritual legacy enough to fit it on three compact discs? Well, you can't. But if you were going to TRY, you could do no better than THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH 1955-1983. If you have never listened, really listened, to Johnny Cash before, what album(s) should I buy to start? Until this box, this was an unanswerable question. The "greatest hit" type releases had too many holes. Although Mr. Cash has had many standard releases that are, at least to a Cash fan like me, indispensable parts of one's record collection, they are like snapshots of a moment in his spiritual and artistic development; this is the photo ALBUM. I discovered most of Johnny Cash's music retroactively, so, perhaps, I see more importance in this type of collection than someone who is in their sixties and has followed Mr. Cash since his Sun days. Still, this is just no punches pulled, no holds barred Johnny Cash at his best. After listening to this box, one realizes that there are many country artists, many rockabilly artists, many folk artists...and only one Johnny Cash.
Posted by Anonymous, on 1998-07-02