AVID Country continues with its Five Classic Albums series with a second re-mastered 2CD release from Johnny Cash, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details and bonus tracks.
“Songs Of Our Soil”; “Sings Hank Williams”; “The Sound Of Johnny Cash”; “Now Here’s Johnny Cash” and “Ride The Train”.
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 chikka boom chikka boom riff behind that deep, dark voice! We also know that they just don’t make ‘em like that anymore! Here at AVID we thought it only appropriate that our second foray into the great man’s vast catalogue of country music should feature not 4 but 5 classic albums plus bonus tracks from one of country music’s greatest legends! Here we present five mid period albums from the late 1950s and early 1960s 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. And as an extra treat to add to the pleasure of listening to Johnny’s unique singing voice we have included his classic American travelogue album “Ride This Train”. This unique album not only features many songs written and sung by Johnny but also his equally unique speaking voice as he sings and adds narration for us during a stunning train journey across America. This absolutely authentic Cash narration alongside the sound of the moving trains and screaming whistles blasting in the background offers the listener a truly unique look at the wonder that is the U.S.A. And indeed, also, the wonder that is Johnny Cash! A unique experience not to be missed.
Check out: Chet Atkins (AMSC1335); Jimmie Rodgers (AMSC1362); Webb Pierce (AMSC1378); Kitty Wells (AMSC1328); Patsy Cline (AMSC1313); Jean Shepard (AMSC1355); Hank Snow (AMSC1393); Marty Robbins (AMSC1281); Hank Thompson (AMSC1371); Jim Reeves (AMSC1294); Hank Williams (AMSC1267); Johnny Cash (AMSC1252); Slim Whitman (AMSC1346).
CD1
1-12: ‘Songs Of Our Soil’
1. Drink To Me
2. Five Feet High And Rising
3. The Man On The Hill
4. Hank And Joe And Me
5. Clementine
6. The Great Speckled Bird
7. I Want To Go Home
8. The Caretaker
9. Old Apache Squaw
10 Don’t Step On Mother’s Roses
11 My Grandfather’s Clock
12. It Could Be You (Instead Of Him)
13-24: ‘Sings Hank Williams’
13. I Can’t Help It
14. You Win Again
15. Hey Good Lookin’
16. I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
17. Next In Line
18. Straight A’s In Love
19. Folsom Prison Blues
20. Give My Love To Rose
21. I Walk The Line
22. I Love You Because
23. Come In Stranger
24. Mean Eyed Cat
25-30: ‘The Sound of Johnny Cash’
25. Lost On The Desert
26. Accidentally On Purpose
27. In The Jailhouse Now
28. Mr. Lonesome
29. You Won’t Have Far To Go
30. In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home
31. Get Rhythm (Bonus Track)
32. What Do I Care (Bonus Track)
33. All Over Again (Bonus Track)
CD2
1-6: ‘The Sound of Johnny Cash’
1. Delia’s Gone
2. I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know
3. You Remembered Me
4. I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now
5. Let Me Down Easy
6. Sing It Pretty, Sue
7-18: ‘Now Here’s Johnny Cash’
7. Sugartime
8. Down The Street To 301
9. Life Goes On
10. Port Of Lonely Hearts
11. Cry Cry Cry
12. My Treasure
13. Oh Lonesome Me
14. So Doggone Lonesome
15. You’re The Nearest Thing To Heaven
16. Story Of A Broken Heart
17. Hey Porter
18. Home Of The Blues
19. The Rebel-Johnny Yuma (Theme From The [American] ABC-TV Production, “The Rebel”) from Johnny Cash Sings The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (EP)
20 Remember The Alamo from Johnny Cash Sings The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (EP)
21 The Ballad Of Boot Hill from Johnny Cash Sings The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (EP)
22 Lorena from Johnny Cash Sings The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (EP)
23-30: ‘Ride The Train’
23. Loading Coal
24. Slow Rider
25. Lumberjack
26. Dorraine Of Ponchartrain
27. Going To Memphis
28. When Papa Played The Dobro
29. Boss Jack
30. Old Doc Brown
