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AVID Country launches with its Four Classic Country album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Johnny Cash, complete with original artwork and liner notes. With His Hot and Blue Guitar; Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous; The Fabulous Johnny Cash; Now, There Was A Song. We all know the story of Johnny Cash, born into a large, poor family, working in the cotton fields by the age of five. Being discovered at Sun Studios alongside Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison before going on to sell over 90 million records worldwide while becoming an iconic living legend! We also all know, of course, what he sounds like, that familiar boom chaka boom chaka boom riff behind that deep, dark voice! We also know that they just dont make em like that anymore! Here at Avid we thought it only appropriate that our first foray into country music should feature one of its greatest legends! Here we present four very early albums from the 1950s displaying the range of music covered by the man in black. He takes us from gospel to folk and blues, to rockabilly and rock n roll to country and pop. Whatever the genre, whether he wrote it himself or he sings a cover version, the sound is always that of the inimitable and unique Johnny Cash. If, like me, you cannot get that haunting image of him from his final Hurt video out of your head, take a listen to these early albums, they will lift your spirits and take you back to where it all started.
CD1 1-12: With His Hot And Blue Guitar 1. Rock Island Line 2. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle 3. Country Boy 4. If The Good Lords Willing 5. Cry, Cry, Cry 6. Remember Me 7. So Doggone Lonesome 8. I Was There When It Happened 9. I Walk The Line 10. The Wreck Of Old 97 11. Folsom Prison Blues 12. Doin My Time 13-24: Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous 13. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen 14. There You Go 15. I Walk The Line 16. Dont Make Me Go 17. Guess Things Happen That Way 18. Train Of Love 19. The Ways Of A Woman In Love 20. Next In Line 21. Youre The Nearest Thing To Heaven 22. I Cant Help It 23. Home Of The Blues 24. Big River
CD2 1-12: The Fabulous Johnny Cash 1. Run Softly, Blue River 2. Frankies Man, Johnny 3. Thats All Over 4. The Troubador 5. One More Ride 6. Thats Enough 7. I Still Miss Someone 8. Dont Take Your Guns To Town 9. Id Rather Die Young 10. Pickin Time 11. Shepherd Of My Heart 12. Suppertime 13-24: Now, There Was A Song 13. Seasons Of My Heart 14. I Feel Better All Over 15. I Couldnt Keep From Crying 16. Time Changes Everything 17. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You 18. Id Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall) 19. Transfusion Blues 20. Why Do You Punish Me (For Loving You) 21. I Will Miss You When You Go 22. Im So Lonesome I Could Cry 23. Just One More 24. Honky-Tonk Girl
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