Johnny Cash broke the mould of country and rockabilly music in the mid-1950s, readily transcending the genres to have over 40 pop and country hits between his 1955 debut and 1962, including five country No. 1s. However, after he moved from Sun to Columbia in 1958, he released albums on a regular basis and became a major album seller. This 89-track 3-CD collection comprises all the tracks from eight of his original vinyl LPs on Columbia from these years. It features "The Fabulous Johnny Cash", "Hymns", "Songs Of Our Soil", "Now, There Was A Song", "Ride This Train", "Hymns From The Heart", "The Sound Of Johnny Cash" and "Blood Sweat & Tears". The music ranges from mainstream pop/country, featuring many of Johnny's original songs, to country songs with a religious message, and material that harks back to pioneer roots, some with spoken narratives. It's a varied and enjoyable showcase for one of the true originals of the era, and captures the many facets of his talent and outlook in a substantial overview of this key period in his career.

Track List:

    - Disc 1 -
    1 Run Softly, Blue River
    2 Frankie's Man, Johnny
    3 That's All Over
    4 The Troubadour
    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 Supper-Time
    13 It Was Jesus
    14 I Saw a Man
    15 Are All the Children in
    16 The Old Account
    17 Lead Me Gently Home
    18 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    19 Snow in His Hair
    20 Lead Me, Father
    21 I Called Him
    22 These Things Shall Pass
    23 He'll Be a Friend
    24 God Will
    25 Drink to Me
    26 Five Feet High and Rising
    27 The Man on the Hill
    28 Hank and Joe and Me
    29 Clementine
    30 The Great Speckled Bird
    31 I Want to Go Home
    32 Old Apache Squaw
    33 Don't Step on Mother's Roses
    - Disc 2 -
    1 The Caretaker
    2 My Grandfather's Clock
    3 It Could Be You (Instead of Him)
    4 Seasons of My Heart
    5 Feel Better All Over
    6 I Couldn't Keep from Crying
    7 Time Changes Everything
    8 My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
    9 I'd Just Be Fool Enough
    10 Transfusion Blues
    11 Why Do You Punish Me (For Loving You)
    12 I Will Miss You When You Go
    13 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
    14 Just One More
    15 Honky-Tonk Girl
    16 Loading Coal
    17 Slow Rider
    18 Lumberjack
    19 Dorraine of Ponchartrain
    20 Going to Memphis
    21 When Papa Played the Dobro
    22 Boss Jack
    23 Old Doc Brown
    24 He'll Understand and Say Well Done
    25 God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away
    26 When I've Learned Enough to Die
    27 If We Never Meet Again
    - Disc 3 -
    1 I Got Shoes
    2 Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
    3 When I Take My Vacation in Heaven
    4 When He Reached Down His Hand for Me
    5 Taller Than Trees
    6 I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone
    7 My God Is Real (Yes, God Is Real)
    8 These Hands
    9 Lost on the Desert
    10 Accidentally on Purpose
    11 In the Jailhouse Now
    12 Mr. Lonesome
    13 You Won't Have Far to Go
    14 In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home
    15 Delia's Gone
    16 I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
    17 You Remembered Me
    18 I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now
    19 Let Me Down Easy
    20 Sing It Pretty, Sue
    21 The Legend of John Henry's Hammer
    22 Tell Him I'm Gone
    23 Another Man Done Gone
    24 Busted
    25 Casey Jones
    26 Nine Pound Hammer
    27 Chain Gang
    28 Waiting for a Train
    29 Roughneck

 

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