AVID Country launches with it’s 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 don’t 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 Lord’s 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. Don’t 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. You’re The Nearest Thing To Heaven
22. I Can’t Help It
23. Home Of The Blues
24. Big River
CD2
1-12: ‘The Fabulous Johnny Cash’
1. Run Softly, Blue River
2. Frankie’s Man, Johnny
3. That’s All Over
4. The Troubador
5. One More Ride
6. That’s Enough
7. I Still Miss Someone
8. Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
9. I’d 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 Couldn’t Keep From Crying
16. Time Changes Everything
17. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
18. I’d 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. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
23. Just One More
24. Honky-Tonk Girl
