Cat. no: JASCD1216
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988121629
Release Date: 01 Nov 2024
Genre: Country

This compilation of classic Johnny Cash repertoire is drawn from EPs issued variously in the US and the UK between 1958-60

It features several of his early hits (e.g. 'I Walk The Line', 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Frankie's Man, Johnny', 'Seasons Of My Heart'), a few fips (e.g. 'Give My Love To Rose', 'Honky Tonk Girl') a number of killer albumtracks (e.g. 'The Wreck Of The Old '97') and seven sides from a pair of dedicated EPs (e.g. 'Remember The Alamo', 'The Ballad Of Boot Hill').

These records appeared on either Sun or Columbia in the United States, and/or their licensees, London American or Philips, in the UK.

In order to keep these two bodies of work apart, as their sound was so different, the Sun recordings are sequenced frst (tracks 1-15), followed by Columbia (tracks 16-34).

Tracks: I Can't Help It / You Win Again / I Could Never Be Ashamed / Country Boy / Rock Island Line / I Walk The Line / The Wreck Of The Old '97 / Folsom Prison Blues / Guess Things Happen That Way / Train Of Love / The Ways Of A Woman In Love / Next In Line / Home Of The Blues / Give My Love To Rose / Cry, Cry, Cry / Frankie's Man, Johnny / The Troubadour / One More Ride / Clementine / The Great Speckled Bird / Old Apache Squaw / My Grandfather's Clock / The Rebel - Johnny Yuma / Remember The Alamo / The Ballad Of Boot Hill / Lorena / Seasons Of My Heart / I Couldn't Keep From Crying / My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You / Transfusion Blues / Honky Tonk Girl / Second Honeymoon / Locomotive Man / Girl In Saskatoon