The Man in Black: 1954-1958

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

5×CD, Compilation, Box Set
CD 5 contains a complete session: false starts, breakdowns, rejected and finished masters of songs recorded on August 13, 1958.

Annotation last modified on 2018-09-23 17:46 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Don’t Make Me Go
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:53
2Next in Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-04-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-04-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-04-04)
guitar:
Jack Clement (on 1957-04-04)
background vocals:
Bill Abbott (barbershop lead vocalist) (on 1957-11-22), Don Carter (barbershop baritone vocalist) (on 1957-11-22), Lee Holt (on 1957-11-22), Cyd Mosteller (on 1957-11-22), Nita Smith (on 1957-11-22) and Asa Wilkerson (on 1957-11-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04, on 1957-11-22)
recording of:
Next in Line (from 1957-04-04 until 1957-11-22)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
32:48
3Don’t Make Me Go
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:34
4Don’t Make Me Go
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-04-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-04-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-04-04)
guitar:
Jack Clement (on 1957-04-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04)
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go (on 1957-04-04)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
32:31
5Home of the Blues (undubbed master)
recording of:
Home of the Blues
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
3:01
6Give My Love to Rose
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher) and Carlin Music
3:12
7Give My Love to Rose
producer:
Jack Clement
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957)
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose (from 1957-07 until 1957-08)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher) and Carlin Music
32:46
8Home of the Blues (overdubbed master)
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-07-01)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-07-01)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-07-01)
background vocals:
Bill Abbott (barbershop lead vocalist) (on 1957-08-01), Don Carter (barbershop baritone vocalist) (on 1957-08-01), Lee Holt (on 1957-08-01), Cyd Mosteller (on 1957-08-01), Nita Smith (on 1957-08-01) and Asa Wilkerson (on 1957-08-01)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-07-01, on 1957-08-01)
recording of:
Home of the Blues (from 1957-07-01 until 1957-08-01)
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
32:41
9Rock Island Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1957)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (in 1957)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (in 1957)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
3.752:11
10Wreck of the Old 97
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1957)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (in 1957)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (in 1957)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
cover recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97 (in 1957)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
3.651:48
11Belshazzar
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1957)
bass:
Marshall Grant (in 1957)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (in 1957)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1957)
recording of:
Belshazzar (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:28
12Country Boy
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
recording of:
Country Boy (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
3.51:50
13Leave That Junk Alone
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
producer:
Jack Clement
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
recording of:
Leave That Junk Alone (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:30
14Doin’ My Time
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
Doing My Time (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Skinner
32:39
15Country Boy
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
recording of:
Country Boy (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
3.51:54
16If the Good Lord’s Willing
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
If the Lord’s Willing and the Creeks Don’t Rise (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
11:45
17I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
4.352:26
18I Was There When It Happened
recording of:
I Was There When It Happened
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Fern Jones
2:18
19Remember Me
cover recording of:
(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
2:49
20I Was There When It Happened
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
background vocals:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04) and Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
I Was There When It Happened (on 1957-08-04)
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Fern Jones
42:17
21Big River
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-11-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-11-12)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
recording of:
Big River (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
3:47
22Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:18
23Goodnight Irene
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
cover recording of:
Goodnight Irene (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
32:41
24Big River
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-11-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-11-12)
guitar:
Jack Clement (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957) and Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Big River (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
3.252:33
25Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:14
26Come in Stranger
recording of:
Come in Stranger
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:03
27Guess Things Happen That Way (undubbed master)
recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
1:58
28Come in Stranger
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-04-09)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-04-09)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (on 1958-04-09)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-04-09)
piano:
Jimmy Wilson (rockabilly piano) (on 1958-04-09)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09)
recording of:
Come in Stranger (on 1958-04-09)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:43
29Oh, Lonesome Me (undubbed master)
cover recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:31
30Guess Things Happen That Way
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-04-09)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-04-09)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (on 1958-04-09)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-04-09)
piano:
Jimmy Wilson (rockabilly piano) (on 1958-04-09)
background vocals:
Bill Busby (in 1958-05), George Evans (barbershop tenor vocalist) (in 1958-05), Dave LaBonte (in 1958-05) and Wally Singleton (in 1958-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09, in 1958-05)
cover recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way (from 1958-04-09 until 1958-05)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
3.81:52
31Oh, Lonesome Me (overdubbed master)
cover recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
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Credits

Release

manufactured in:Germany
photography and illustration:Richard Andreas
Dan Bass
producer:Colin Escott
Richard Weize
mastering:Bob Jones (English mastering and cutting engineer)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Bear Family Records (in 1990)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/815864 [info]
ASIN:DE: B0000282XT [info]