The Original Sun Albums 1957–1964

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

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
2▶CD: Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
3▶CD: Greatest!
4▶CD: Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams and Other Favorite Tunes
5▶CD: Now Here’s Johnny Cash
6▶CD: All Aboard the Blue Train With Johnny Cash
7▶CD: Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
8▼CD: Rare!
#TitleRatingLength
1Wide Open Road (first recording)
recording of:
Wide Open Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:49
2You’re My Baby (Little Woolly Booger)
recording of:
You’re My Baby
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:48
3My Treasure (false start & take 1)
recording of:
My Treasure
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:29
4Hey, Porter! (take 1)
recording of:
Hey, Porter
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
2:12
5Folsom Prison Blues (take 2)
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
2:35
6Wide Open Road (un‐overdubbed re‐recording take 3)
recording of:
Wide Open Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:37
7My Two Timin’ Woman (un‐overdubbed take 2)
recording of:
Two Timin’ Woman
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Ron Hacker
1:58
8Cry! Cry! Cry! (take 1 extended version)
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry!
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
3:05
9I Couldn’t Keep from Crying
recording of:
I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
2:02
10New Mexico (un‐overdubbed take 1)
recording of:
New Mexico
writer:
Johnny Johnson (US country singer/songwriter John Isaac Johnson) and Leon Lambson
2:07
11Rock and Roll Ruby (demo)
recording of:
Rock and Roll Ruby
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
1:44
12I Walk the Line (take 1)
recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
2:41
13Brakeman’s Blues (incomplete)
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02)
partial cover recording of:
The Brakeman’s Blues (on 1956-04-02)
writer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
recording of:
The Brakeman’s Blues
writer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
1:35
14Get Rhythm (take 3 microphone test)
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
2:16
15Train of Love (re‐recording)
recording of:
Train of Love
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:37
16One More Ride (incomplete)
cover recording of:
One More Ride
lyricist and composer:
Bob Nolan (Western songwriter)
0:53
17I Love You Because (un‐overdubbed take 1)
cover recording of:
I Love You Because
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
2:27
18Goodbye, Little Darlin’ (enhanced stereo version)
cover recording of:
Goodbye Little Darlin’, Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
publisher:
Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1940-03-15) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (library/production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:14
19Don’t Make Me Go (take 5)
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:42
20Home of the Blues (un‐overdubbed take 2 plus false start)
recording of:
Home of the Blues
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
3:01
21Give My Love to Rose (un‐overdubbed take 3 plus false start)
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher) and Carlin Music
3:11
22Belshazzar (un‐overdubbed take 2)
recording of:
Belshazzar
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:26
23Country Boy (demo first recording)
recording of:
Country Boy
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
1:46