Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Always Alone
cover recording of:
Always Alone
lyricist and composer:
Ted Daffan
1:52
2Country Boy
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
recording of:
Country Boy (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
3.51:53
3Goodnight Irene
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
cover recording of:
Goodnight Irene (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
32:42
4Wide Open Road
recording of:
Wide Open Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:36
5Thanks a Lot
cover recording of:
Thanks a Lot (made popular by Johnny Cash: “You’re tellin’ everyone in town that I don’t treat you right / You even say I stay away and don’t come home at night”)
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
42:39
6Big River
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-11-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-11-12)
guitar:
Jack Clement (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957) and Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Big River (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
3.252:33
7Belshazzar
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1957)
bass:
Marshall Grant (in 1957)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (in 1957)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1957)
recording of:
Belshazzar (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:26
8Born to Lose
recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:12
9New Mexico
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Marshall Grant
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
cover recording of:
New Mexico
writer:
Johnny Johnson (US country singer/songwriter John Isaac Johnson) and Leon Lambson
recording of:
New Mexico
writer:
Johnny Johnson (US country singer/songwriter John Isaac Johnson) and Leon Lambson
2:06
10I Forgot to Remember to Forget
cover recording of:
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
writer:
Charlie Feathers and Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
recording of:
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
writer:
Charlie Feathers and Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
1:55
11Two Timin’ Woman
recording of:
Two Timin’ Woman
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Ron Hacker
1:58
12The Story of a Broken Heart
recording of:
Story of a Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:14
13Wide Open Road (undubbed master)
recording of:
Wide Open Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:30
14Big River (alternate take)
recording of:
Big River
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
3:16
15Born to Lose (undubbed master)
recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:09
16The Story of a Broken Heart (alternate take)
recording of:
Story of a Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:33
17Get Rhythm (alternate take)
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
2:15
18One More Ride (incomplete)
cover recording of:
One More Ride
lyricist and composer:
Bob Nolan (Western songwriter)
1:24