Man in Black the Very Best of Johnny C [Import]

Johnny Cash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Columbia Europe
• ASIN: B00005YTBS
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,068 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hey Porter ( Mono )

2. Cry,Cry,Cry ( Mono )

3. So Doggone Lonesome

4. I Walk The Line

5. Get Rhythm

6. There You Go

7. Ballad Of Teenage Queen

8. Big River

9. Guess Things Happen That Way

10. All Over Again

11. Don't Take Your Guns To Town

12. Five Feet High And Rising

13. Rebel - Johnny Yuma

14. Forty Shades Of Green

15. Tennessee Flat-Top Box

16. I Still Miss Someone

17. Ring Of Fire

18. Understand Your Man

19. Ballad Of Ira Hayes

20. We're You There ( When They Crusified My Lord )

See all 40 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent compilation despite an obvious omission, September 17, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Man in Black the Very Best of Johnny C (Audio CD)

No Johnny Cash compilation can ever include everything but this collection contains all the essentials from the fifties and sixties, his most productive period that yielded classic songs such as Hey porter, I walk the line, Big river, Don't take your guns to town, Five feet high and rising, I still miss someone, Ring of fire, Understand your man, It ain't me babe (with June Carter Cash), Orange blossom special, Jackson (with June Carter Cash) and A boy named Sue. All these songs and many others are included here.

The fifties and sixties take up the whole of the first CD and almost half of the second CD so, inevitably, there isn't a lot of room for his later music. Even so, the omission of A thing called love (a top five pop hit in Britain and also a big hit in America) will surprise some people. Of the seventies songs included here, the best is One piece at a time, an amusing song about assembling a car from stolen car parts.

Another feature of this compilation is the number of guests including Bob Dylan (Girl from the north country), Marty Robbins (Song of the patriot), Waylon Jennings (The night Hank Williams came to town) and U2 (The wanderer). On Highwaymen, Johnny is joined by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, who recorded three albums together as the Highwaymen. This name was originally used by a sixties folk group (famous for Michael row the boat ashore) and sometimes causes confusion.

This compilation is based on another double CD (Essential) with four tracks added - So doggone lonesome, Daddy sang bass, Forty shades of green and Man in white.

Despite the omission of A thing called love, this is an excellent collection of Johnny's music.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Caveat Emptor, August 21, 2006

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John Engstrom "wino" (Dublin, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Man in Black the Very Best of Johnny C (Audio CD)

Buyer beware

This may a great CD. However, the CD you'll receive will probably differ from the one depicted here in the track listing.

The cover and title are identical. But I still haven't (as of August 21, 2006) found the CD listed here (with Folsom Prison Blues as the first track). Instead, I have received (on two occasions) received a different CD with "Hey Porter" as the first track