It's a varied and enjoyable showcase for one of the true originals

Johnny Cash broke the mould of country and rockabilly music in the mid-1950s, readily transcending the genres to have over 40 pop and country hits between his 1955 debut and 1962, including five country No. 1s. However, after he moved from Sun to Columbia in 1958, he released albums on a regular basis and became a major album seller. This 89-track 3-CD collection comprises all the tracks from eight of his original vinyl LPs on Columbia from these years. It features 'The Fabulous Johnny Cash', 'Hymns', 'Songs Of Our Soil', 'Now, There Was A Song', 'Ride This Train', 'Hymns From The Heart', 'The Sound Of Johnny Cash' and 'Blood Sweat & Tears'. The music ranges from mainstream pop/country, featuring many of Johnny's original songs, to country songs with a religious message, and material that harks back to pioneer roots, some with spoken narratives. It's a varied and enjoyable showcase for one of the true originals of the era, and captures the many facets of his talent and outlook in a substantial overview of this key period in his career.

Track Listing

• Run Softly, Blue River
• Frankie's Man, Johnny
• That's All Over
• The Troubadour
• One More Ride
• That's Enough
• I Still Miss Someone
• Don't Take Your Guns To Town
• I'd Rather Die Young
• Pickin' Time
• Shepherd Of My Heart
• Supper-Time
• It Was Jesus
• I Saw A Man
• Are All The Children In
• The Old Account
• Lead Me Gently Home
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Snow In His Hair
• Lead Me, Father
• I Called Him
• These Things Shall Pass
• He'll Be A Friend
• God Will
• Drink To Me
• Five Feet High And Rising
• The Man On The Hill
• Hank And Joe And Me
• Clementine
• The Great Speckled Bird
• I Want To Go Home
• Old Apache Squaw
• Don't Step On Mother's Roses

• The Caretaker
• My Grandfather's Clock
• It Could Be You (Instead Of Him)
• Seasons Of My Heart
• Feel Better All Over
• I Couldn't Keep From Crying
• Time Changes Everything
• My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
• I'd Just Be Fool Enough
• Transfusion Blues
• Why Do You Punish Me (For Loving You)
• I Will Miss You When You Go
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
• Just One More
• Honky-Tonk Girl
• Loading Coal
• Slow Rider
• Lumberjack
• Dorraine Of Ponchartrain
• Going To Memphis
• When Papa Played The Dobro
• Boss Jack
• Old Doc Brown
• He'll Understand And Say Well Done
• God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away
• When I've Learned Enough To Die
• If We Never Meet Again

• I Got Shoes
• Let The Lower Lights Be Burning
• When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
• When He Reached Down His Hand For Me
• Taller Than Trees
• I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone
• My God Is Real (Yes, God Is Real)
• These Hands
• Lost On The Desert
• Accidentally On Purpose
• In The Jailhouse Now
• Mr. Lonesome
• You Won't Have Far To Go
• In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home
• Delia's Gone
• I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
• You Remembered Me
• I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now
• Let Me Down Easy
• Sing It Pretty, Sue
• The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
• Tell Him I'm Gone
• Another Man Done Gone
• Busted
• Casey Jones
• Nine Pound Hammer
• Chain Gang
• Waiting For A Train
• Roughneck

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Country

Run Time: 210 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 05/09/25

UPC: 824046916626