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Fabulous Johnny Cash / Songs of Our Soul

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Songs of our Soul is one of the earliest Columbia albums that Johnny did after leaving Sun Records. I have it on vinyl, and there are some absolute though rarely heard classics such as Hank and Joe and me, Drink to me, Great Speckled Bird etc. If you like Johnny, and you like that old time country style with the Jordanires-type background singers, this one is for you.

My dad had this record while I was growing up. It was one of only two or three that I was allowed to put on the turntable myself. I listened to it all the the time. At about age 8 or 9 I started getting into Rock n Roll (the Beatles, Beach Boys, Who, etc.) and this record kinda just disappeared from the the stack of records we had. I hadn't heard this record for over 30 years. I recently found this compilation on Amazon and ordered it immediatley. I could'nt believe how much I've missed these tunes. 'Run Softly Blue River' sounds so beautiful still. That opening 'C' note on the electric guitar still makes me cringe. It was Johnny's guitar player ( I think it's Luther Perkins on this one) that turned me on to Rock players like George Harrison and Keith Richards. And Johnny's voice...........Oh my god, WHAT A VOICE!!! For me, this record is where it all started. My love for Rock n Roll music started here. Say what you may, but this is an early Rock n Roll record. I highly recommend this one.
From the song 'That's Enough': "(I've got) I've got Jesus(Johnny) and that's enough (that's enough) THAT'S ENOUGH!!!

I'm delighted that those two are finally on CD together. These are the first two albums JC released at Columbia in 1958/59 and still two greatest ones alongside BItter Tears and Unchained. Some Jimmie Rodgers and Tex Ritter spirits on it and this CD is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if you wanna start your J. R. Cash collection

This is a very clear CD. I gave it to my dad and he really liked it.

I first encountered Johnny Cash on his TV show when I was 8 years old. For the next few years, my father got me just about every Johnny Cash album he could then lay his hands on. I got into trouble at school, bringing the San Quentin album to fourth grade show and tell. I may have been a little too young to fully appreciate Cocaine Blues. The two albums on this CD come from the beginning of Cash's career on Columbia. The songs have a wide eyed quality that Cash would dispense with during the years of his pills addiction. The singing on this CD is simply fabulous. As a combination of singer and songwriter, this country never has produced an artist greater than Johnny Cash. The most enduring song on the CD is I Still Miss Someone, which remained a staple of Cash's shows to the end of his career. Five Feet High and Rising and Don't Take Your Guns to Town were prime examples of Cash tapping into his rural and western roots. Indeed, it's hard to listen to this CD without recognizing the source of this music in a Southern way of life that has vanished from our country. Few CDs will show as well this side of Johnny Cash that endeared him to his fans.