The Sun Years

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Wide Open Road (demo)
recording of:
Wide Open Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:52
2You're My Baby (demo)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recording of:
You’re My Baby
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:42
3Folsom Prison Blues (alternate)
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
2:31
4Wide Open Road (alternate)
recording of:
Wide Open Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:27
5Two Timin' Woman
recording of:
Two Timin’ Woman
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Ron Hacker
1:58
6Goodnight Irene (alternate)
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
2:41
7Port of Lonely Hearts
recording of:
Port of Lonely Hearts
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:35
8My Treasure (demo)
recording of:
My Treasure
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:32
9My Treasure
recording of:
My Treasure
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:18
10Wide Open Road
recorded in:
West Memphis, United States (on 1955-05-21)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-05-21)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1955-05-21)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-05-21)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-05-21)
live recording of:
Wide Open Road (on 1955-05-21)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:25
11Cry! Cry! Cry!
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry!
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
2:27
12Hey Porter
recording of:
Hey, Porter
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
2:14
13Folsom Prison Blues
producer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-07-30)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30) and Luther Perkins (on 1955-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1988)
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1955-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
4.22:49
14Luther Played the Boogie
engineered in:
Memphis, United States (on 1955-07-30)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
recording of:
Luther Played the Boogie (on 1955-07-30)
writer:
Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
32:05
15So Dogone Lonesome
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:36
16Mean Eyed Cat
recording of:
Mean Eyed Cat
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd. and Knox Music, Inc.
2:30
17I Couldn't Keep From Crying
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Marshall Grant
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
cover recording of:
I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
2:02
18New Mexico
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Marshall Grant
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
cover recording of:
New Mexico
writer:
Johnny Johnson (American singer/songwriter) and Leon Lambson
2:05
19Rock 'n' Roll Ruby (demo)
recording of:
Rock and Roll Ruby
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
1:44
20Get Rhythm (Althernate)
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
2:16
21I Walk the Line (alternate)
recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
2:41
22Train of Love (alternate)
recording of:
Train of Love
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:20
23Get Rhythm
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
2:15
24I Walk the Line
recorded in:
Memphis, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, United States (on 1956-03-30)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
4.152:44
25There You Go
recorded in:
Memphis, United States (in 1956, on 1956-05-08)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recording of:
There You Go (on 1956-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
32:17
26Train of Love
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Train of Love (on 1956-05-08)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
42:24
27One More Ride (demo)
cover recording of:
One More Ride
lyricist and composer:
Bob Nolan (Western songwriter)
0:53
28Goodbye Little Darling
recording of:
Goodbye Little Darlin’, Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
publisher:
Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1940-03-15) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (company that specialized in library and production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:11
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