The Walls of a Prison

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1The Great Speckle Bird
cover recording of:
The Great Speckled Bird
lyricist:
Guy Smith (Reverend)
composer:
Roy Carter (country songwriter)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated)
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A2Clemetine
cover recording of:
Clementine
writer:
Billy Mize and Buddy Mize (Country music singer-songwriter, steel guitarist and actor)
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A3The Ballad of Boot Hill
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Boot Hill
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
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A4I'd Rather Die Young
cover recording of:
I’d Rather Die Young
writer:
Beasley Smith, Billy Vaughn and Randy Wood (producer)
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A5Guess Things That Happen That Way
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-04-09)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-04-09)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (on 1958-04-09)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-04-09)
piano:
Jimmy Wilson (rockabilly piano) (on 1958-04-09)
background vocals:
Bill Busby (in 1958-05), George Evans (barbershop tenor vocalist) (in 1958-05), Dave LaBonte (in 1958-05) and Wally Singleton (in 1958-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09, in 1958-05)
cover recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way (from 1958-04-09 until 1958-05)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
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B1The Walls of a Prison
recording of:
The Walls of a Prison
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
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B2Going to Memphis
recording of:
Going to Memphis (Johnny Cash arrangement)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Hollie “Bull” Dew (Blues singer, former Parchman inmate) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
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B3The Shifting, Whispering Sands
cover recording of:
Shifting Whispering Sands (1950s song)
writer:
Jack Gilbert and Mary Hadler (songwriter)
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B4When It's Springtime in Alaska
cover recording of:
When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below)
writer:
Tillman Franks and Johnny Horton
publisher:
Universal Cedarwood Publishing
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B5Troublesome Waters
cover recording of:
Troublesome Waters
writer:
Ezra J. Carter, Mother Maybelle Carter and Dixie Deen
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
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Release

manufactured in:Canada
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/914647 [info]