Now, There Was a Song!

Johnny Cash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 11, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002ATZ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,396 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The music is five stars, the time is not., July 21, 2002

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ty7777 "I don't give out m'name" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now, There Was a Song! (Audio CD)

Clocking in at about half an hour or less, this album is still rich and probably Cash at his most country. Cash can often be folk and maybe even a little rock and always very much his own brand of music, but this is completely country and perfectly done at that. His voice never ever sounded better. The songs- Well they're pure country classics, great great great. Talk about hits for Marty robbins, Ernest Tubb, and George jones respectively but also one of the greatest songwriters ever-Hank Sr. too. Cash does all these songs with true respect and care of them. Usually he's on par with the originals themselves. Johnny was great then, before then and now. This record is a treasure and any true blue country fan or fan of Big John Cash can truly enjoy it no matter how short the record is. Highly Recommended.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Johnny's finest albums ever!, October 28, 2003

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"mahes" (Mississauga, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now, There Was a Song! (Audio CD)

Well friends, if there was ever a Johnny Cash album that is true country, this is it. All these great versions of country standards such as My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You, Time Changes Everything, Honky Tonk Girl and the rest are very well done. This is indeed a different Johnny Cash style but like that other reviewer said he is in excellent shape on this album. I wish Johnny recorded more country albums like this, but I think every Cash fan will enjoy this album. I guess back in those days people were so uptight about using words like Cocaine in a song, that's why he had to change it to Transfusion Blues. Now you will hear Johnny's famous style with Luther Perkins on guitar, etc. Enjoy!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Early one morning while making the rounds..., May 23, 2005

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now, There Was a Song! (Audio CD)

This 1960 album marked a departure from past Johnny Cash releases in that it is made up of old country standards. It is also unique in that it was recorded at only one session and no master required more than three takes to complete. "Seasons of the Heart" was released as a single from the album, and it reached #10 on the Country chart. Another notable song from the album is "Transfusion Blues", which is a censored version of "Cocaine Blues", which Cash later more famously recorded under the original title on the Folsom Prison album. This is a decent enough album, but it's not one of my personal favorite Johnny Cash albums. For reasons that I can't explain, it just doesn't grab me that much. But a lot of people seem to like it more than I do, so you may want to give it a try. It should be noted that the CD is very short, clocking in at a mere 27 minutes.