Tag: johnny cash
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Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe & Friends, 1983 on MCA Records
Bill Monroe sometimes gets called the “Father of Bluegrass” – no doubt he’s a pretty foundational figure and his Blue Grass Boys may be the source of the genre’s name. This is a great collection of later Bill Monroe (he passed in 1996) doing duets with performers who admire him and his legacy. The guesting…
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Various Artists; The Sam Phillips Years: Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day Volume 9; 2022 on Org Music
Great collection timed to coincide with Sun Records’ 70th anniversary, Record Store Day’s 15th anniversary, and Tito’s Vodka’s 25th anniversary – which is why the inner sleeve is basically a Tito’s ad. Selections: Compilation produced by Michael Kurtz & Carrie Colliton and put out by Org Music My copy via Vinyl Destination (RIP) in Lowell…
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Johnny Cash, I Walk the Line, 1971 on Hilltop / Pickwick.
Labelled as Pickwick/33 on the cover, by arrangement with Share records, but then with Hilltop yellow labels – discount reissue of material previously released on Sun Records. (Share acquired Sun’s catalog in 1969; Pickwick/33 was a subsidiary of Pickwick International which also owned Hilltop – Hilltop focused on country/western.). There are so many reissues of…
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Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline, 1969 on Columbia
Produced by Bob Johnston, liner notes by Johnny Cash – Dylan plays here with Nashville musicians including Bob Wilson, Charlie Daniels, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey, Norman Blake, and Pete Drake. Via Mill No. 5 record fair
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Johnny Cash, Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous, 1958 on Sun Records.
Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous, 1958 on Sun Records. My copy is a 2015 reissue by Org Music – great pressing. Cash’s second LP for Sun records, a compilation of songs he recorded before going to Columbia Records.
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Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 on Columbia.
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 on Columbia. “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash” Great reissue as the initial record in Vinyl Me, Please track for country.
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Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia
Johnny Cash, Everybody Loves A Nut, 1966 on Columbia A bit of a novelty record from Cash – including yodeling by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott on “cup of coffee” – cover illustration by Jack Davis of Mad Magazine fame Via Antiques on Elm, Manchester NH
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Various Artists, Forever Words, 2018 on Legacy/Sony.
Various Artists, Forever Words, 2018 on Legacy/Sony. Songs created based on Johnny Cash’s poetry, letters, and lyrics set to music by contemporary artists. Love this compilation and the pressing & packaging.
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Johnny Cash, Greatest!, 1959 on Sun Records.
Greatest! @johnnycash, 1959, on Sun Records. I Forgot to Rember to Forget, Katy Too, Get Rhythm . . .
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Folsom Prison Blues
Folsom Prison Blues Molly Stevens covering Johnny Cash at Ole Red in Nashville