The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1I Walk the Line
recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
2:46
2Cry, Cry, Cry
2:27
3Hey Porter
engineered in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1955)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1955)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1955) and Sun Record Company (in 1955)
recording of:
Hey, Porter (on 1955-03-22)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
3.52:15
4So Doggone Lonesome
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:36
5Get Rhythm
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02) and Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-03-30)
recording of:
Get Rhythm (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
recording of:
Get Rhythm (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
3.752:15
6There You Go
recording of:
There You Go
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:18
7Train of Love
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Train of Love (on 1956-05-08)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
42:25
8Don't Make Me Go
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go (on 1957-04-04)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
32:30
9Next in Line
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957)
recording of:
Next in Line (on 1957-04-04)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
32:49
10Home of the Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-07-01)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Home of the Blues (on 1957-07-01)
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
32:41
11Give My Love to Rose
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher) and Carlin Music
2:47
12Rock Island Love
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
3.352:12
13(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
cover recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Peer-Southern Productions, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
42:25
14Country Boy
recording of:
Country Boy
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
1:53
15Doin' My Time
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Doing My Time (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Skinner
32:40
16Wreck of the Old '97
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
cover recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97 (in 1957)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
31:48
17Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
samples from:
The Fabulous Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
42:13
18Big 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.
32:34
19Come In, Stranger
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09)
producer:
Jack Clement
performer:
The Tennessee Two
recording of:
Come In Stranger (on 1958-04-09)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:43
20The Ways of a Woman in Love
recording of:
Ways of a Woman in Love
writer:
Bill Justis and Charlie Rich (US country singer)
2:26
▼ CD 2
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1Folsom Prison Blues
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
2:53
2You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
writer:
Jim Atkins (US country musician), John R. Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
version of:
It’s a Little More Like Heaven
2:41
3All Over Again
recording of:
All Over Again
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:15
4What Do I Care?
recording of:
What Do I Care
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:07
5It's Just About Time
recording of:
It’s Just About Time
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:09
6I Just Thought You'd Like to Know
recording of:
I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
2:24
7Don't Take Your Guns to Town
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
3:05
8I Still Miss Someone
recording of:
I Still Miss Someone
lyricist:
Roy Cash Jr.
composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Roy Cash Jr.
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), House of Cash Southwind Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:38
9Thanks a Lot
cover recording of:
Thanks a Lot
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
2:39
10Luther Played the Boogie
engineered in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
recording of:
Luther Played the Boogie (on 1955-07-30)
writer:
Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
42:06
11Frankie's Man, Johnny
recording of:
Frankie’s Man, Johnny (Johnny Cash arr.)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
arrangement of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
2:19
12You Dreamer You
recording of:
You Dreamer You
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
1:52
13Katy Too
recording of:
Katy Too
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
1:59
14I 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)
1:55
15I Got Stripes
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-03-12)
producer:
Don Law
recording of:
I Got Stripes (on 1959-03-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Charlie Williams (Country songwriter)
is based on:
On a Monday
2:06
16Five Feet High and Rising
recording of:
Five Feet High and Rising
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
arrangement of:
Wo ist Zuhause, Mama
1:48
17Goodbye, Little Darlin' Goodbye
recording of:
Goodbye Little Darlin’, Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
publisher:
Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1940-03-15) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (company that specialized in library and production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:16
18You Tell Me
cover recording of:
You Tell Me
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
1:22
19Straight a's in Love
recording of:
Straight ‘A’s in Love
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:17
20I Love You Because
cover recording of:
I Love You Because
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
2:25
▼ CD 3
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1Guess Things Happen That Way
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09)
producer:
Jack Clement
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way (on 1958-04-09)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
cover recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
3.51:55
2Hey, Good Lookin'
cover recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
1:44
3Seasons of My Heart
cover recording of:
Seasons of My Heart
writer:
Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Company
2:32
4Smiling Bill McCall
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-02-16)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
recording of:
Smiling Bill McCall (on 1960-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:08
5Down the Street to 301
recording of:
Down the Street to 301
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:06
6The Story of a Broken Heart
recording of:
Story of a Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:13
7Second Honeymoon
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-12-14)
producer:
Don Law
recording of:
Second Honeymoon (on 1959-12-14)
lyricist and composer:
Autry Inman
cover recording of:
Second Honeymoon
lyricist and composer:
Autry Inman
1:57
8Honky Tonk Girl
cover recording of:
Honky Tonk Girl
composer:
Chuck Harding and Hank Thompson
2:01
9Mean-Eyed Cat
recording of:
Mean Eyed Cat
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd. and Knox Music, Inc.
2:32
10Oh, Lonesome Me
cover recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:32
11Life Goes On
recording of:
Life Goes On
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
2:02
12Locomotive Man
recording of:
Locomotive Man
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
2:51
13The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
1:55
14The Ballad of Boot Hill
2:40
15Sugartime
cover recording of:
Sugartime
composer:
Odis Echols and Charlie Phillips
1:49
16Tennessee Flat-Top Box
recording of:
Tennessee Flat Top Box
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Song of Cash
3:01
17Blue Train
recording of:
Blue Train
lyricist and composer:
Billy Smith (1950s Ohio rockabilly artist)
2:03
18Born to Lose
recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:11
19In the Jailhouse Now
cover recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1978)
2:24
20Bonanza!
recording of:
Bonanza
orchestrator:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
Livingston & Evans Inc. (ASCAP) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)
2:18

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Release

ASIN:US: B016RBROB8 [info]

Release group

part of:The Absolute Essential 3 CD Collection (order: 26)