At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (September 28, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B003WWZ148
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,089 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Folsom Prison Blues

2. Dark as the Dungeon

3. I Still Miss Someone

4. Cocaine Blues

5. 25 Minutes to Go

6. Orange Blossom Special

7. The Long Black Veil

8. Send a Picture of Mother

9. The Wall

10. Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog

11. Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart

12. Jackson (With June Carter)

13. Give My Love to Rose (With June Carter)

14. I Got Stripes

15. Green, Green Grass of Home

16. Greystone Chapel

Editorial Reviews

Johnny Cash's five-decade musical career was loaded with bigger-than-life landmark moments. None were more memorable than the Man in Black's historic concerts at Folsom Prison and San Quentin State Prison, and the beloved albums that documented those shows. Cash's passion for prison reform and rehabilitation inspired him to perform a series of concerts for inmate audiences, and two of these unique events were documented on Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison and Johnny Cash at San Quentin. These albums, originally released in 1968 and 1969 respectively, remain among Cash's best-selling and best-loved recordings. At the time of their original release, they revitalized his career, and played a crucial role in his crossover from the country music world to the mainstream pop charts.

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison fully captures Cash's gritty intensity and hard-headed humanity, capturing a high-energy set performed for an equally spirited audience. With a set list tailored for the occasion, Cash focuses on songs dealing with crime and imprisonment, balancing dark subject matter with wry, playful humor. The album opens, appropriately enough, with the venerable "Folsom Prison Blues," and continues with such outlaw anthems as "Cocaine Blues," "25 Minutes to Go, "The Wall" and "I Got Stripes," alongside such Cash classics as "I Still Miss Someone," "Orange Blossom Special" and "Jackson," with the latter track featuring Cash's wife and frequent duet partner June Carter. The album closes on an inspirational note with "Greystone Chapel," a song written by convict Glen Shirley, which Cash and his band learned especially for this show.

Perhaps even more so than its predecessor, Johnny Cash at San Quentin captures Cash at his most raw and uninhibited. The artist's raucous rapport with his captive audience is obvious on an inspired mix of Cash classics ("I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues"), jailhouse ballads ("Starkville City Jail," "San Quentin"), traditional tunes ("Wreck of the Old 97," "There'll Be Peace in the Valley") and well-chosen covers (Bob Dylan's "Wanted Man," the Lovin' Spoonful's "Darling Companion"). The album's most popular track, though, remains the Shel Silverstein-penned novelty number "A Boy Named Sue," which became the biggest hit single of Cash's career.

These timeless examples of Johnny Cash's individuality and artistry are pressed on high-quality high-definition vinyl and have been mastered from the original stereo tapes, with exact reproductions of the albums' iconic original cover art.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great album, from start to finish, January 12, 2012

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This is by far one of the best albums I've ever listened to. Johnny Cash's energy makes it worth listening to all the way through.