Description
Label Review.
Included are a handful of hard-to-find rarities, most notably the 45rpm edits of 'Loading Coal' and 'Goiní To Memphis', which are unavailable elsewhere on CD. Jasmine.
Our Overview.
This unique compilation presents the As and B-sides of Johnny Cash's first sixteen singles for Columbia Records, after joining the label from Sun, during the Summer of 1958.
Much of this material finds Cash in a transitional phase, evolving from the sparse 'boom-chicka-boom' simplicity of his earlier Sun hits to the fuller, richer arrangements and the carefully-crafted 'story' songs which began to feature on his concept albums during the 1960s.
Eighteen of these thirty-two sides made the US Country and/or Pop charts.This set features a number of Cash's career signature songs, e.g. 'All Over Again', 'Don't Take Your Guns To Town', 'I Still Miss Someone', 'I Got Stripes', 'Five Feet High And Rising', 'Forty Shades Of Green', 'Tennessee Flat Top Box', 'The Big Battle', 'Busted' and 'Send A Picture Of Mother'.
Also included are a handful of hard-to-find rarities, most notably the 45rpm edits of 'Loading Coal' and 'Goin' To Memphis', which are unavailable elsewhere on CD.
Track Listing
1. ALL OVER AGAIN 2. WHAT DO I CARE 3. DON'T TAKE YOUR GUNS TO TOWN 4. I STILL MISS SOMEONE 5. FRANKIE'S MAN, JOHNNY 6. YOU DREAMER YOU 7. I GOT STRIPES 8. FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING 9. LITTLE DRUMMER BOY 10. I'LL REMEMBER YOU 11. SEASONS OF MY HEART 12. SMILING BILL MCCALL 13. SECOND HONEYMOON 14. HONKY TONK GIRL 15. LOADING COAL (single edit) 16. GOIN' TO MEMPHIS (single edit) 17. GIRL IN SASKATOON 18. LOCOMOTIVE MAN 19. THE REBEL-JOHNNY YUMA 20. FORTY SHADES OF GREEN 21. TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX 22. TALL MEN 23. THE BIG BATTLE 24. WHEN I'VE LEARNED 25. IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW 26. A LITTLE AT A TIME 27. BONANZA! 28. PICK A BALE OF COTTON 29. (There'll Be) PEACE IN THE VALLEY (For Me) 30. WERE YOU THERE (When They Crucified My Lord)? 31. BUSTED 32. SEND A PICTURE OF MOTHER