No other artist has touched the world of music quite like Johnny Cash. He is the only person to be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and The Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. His very name is synonymous with the fight for the rights of the poor and downtrodden and the image of The Man In Black is as deeply American as the stars and stripes themselves.
The all encompassing 28 track 2LP set The Essential Johnny explores the breadth of Cash's brilliant career milestones from "Ring of Fire" and the aforementioned "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk The Line" through to catalog classics like "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," "Jackson" "Daddy Sang Bass," "A Boy Named Sue," "Sunday Morning Coming Down," "Man In Black," "Big River," and "One Piece at a Time" to name a few.
Tracklist:
Side 1
Hey Porter
Cry, Cry, Cry
I Walk The Line
Get Rhythm
There You Go
Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
Big River
Guess Things Happen That Way
Side 2
All Over Again
Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
Five Feet High And Rising
The Rebel – Johnny Yuma
Tennessee Flat – Top Box
I Still Miss Someone
Ring Of Fire
Side 3
The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
Orange Blossom Special
It Ain’t Me Babe (with June Carter Cash)
The One On The Right It On The Left
Jackson (with June Carter Cash)
Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
Side 4
Daddy Sang Bass
Girl From The North Country (with Bob Dylan)
A Boy Named Sue (live)
If I Were A Carpenter (with June Carter Cash)
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Man In Black
One Piece At A Time