Release Date: 02 March 2018
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988370829
Genres: Country
Description
This unique compilation presents the As and B-sides of Johnny Cash's first sixteen singles for Columbia Records, after joining the label from Sun, during the Summer of 1958.
Much of this material finds Cash in a transitional phase, evolving from the sparse "boom-chicka-boom" simplicity of his earlier Sun hits to the fuller, richer arrangements and the carefully-crafted 'story' songs which began to feature on his concept albums during the 1960s.
Eighteen of these thirty-two sides made the US Country and/or Pop charts. This set features a number of Cash's career signature songs, e.g. 'All Over Again', 'Don't Take Your Guns To Town', 'I Still Miss Someone', 'I Got Stripes', 'Five Feet High And Rising', 'Forty Shades Of Green', 'Tennessee Flat Top Box', 'The Big Battle', 'Busted' and 'Send A Picture Of Mother'.
Also included are a handful of hard-to-find rarities, most notably the 45rpm edits of 'Loading Coal' and 'Goin' To Memphis', which are unavailable elsewhere on CD.
Tracklisting
The Mighty Sparrow
Skip James
Ricky Valance
Ethel Waters
Gene & Eunice
Harold Burrage
Bill Carlisle & The Carlisles
Alberta Slim
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Various Artists
Johnny Cash
Various Artists
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
