Johnny Cash Anthology Songbook

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By the end of the year, he had released his first single for the label, "All Over Again," which became another Top Five success.

Sun continued to release singles and albums of unissued Cash material into the '60s. Throughout that year, Columbia and Sun singles vied for the top of the charts. That same year, Cash had the chance to make his gospel record -- Hymns by Johnny Cash -- which kicked off a series of thematic albums that ran into the '70s. Though he was continuing to have hits, the relentless pace of his career was beginning to take a toll on Cash. In , he had begun taking amphetamines to help him get through his schedule of nearly shows a year. By , his drug intake had increased dramatically and his work was affected, which was reflected by a declining number of hit singles and albums.

By , he had moved to New York, leaving his family behind. He was running into trouble with the law, most notably for starting a forest fire out West. June Carter -- who was the wife of one of Cash's drinking buddies, Carl Smith -- would provide Cash with his return to the top of the charts with "Ring of Fire," which she co-wrote with Merle Kilgore.

Cash continued his success in as "Understand Your Man" became a number one hit. However, Cash's comeback was short-lived as he sank further into addiction, and his hit singles arrived sporadically. Cash was arrested in El Paso for attempting to smuggle amphetamines into the country through his guitar case in That same year, the Grand Ole Opry refused to have him perform and he wrecked the establishment's footlights.

In , his wife Vivian filed for divorce. After the divorce, Cash moved to Nashville. At first, he was as destructive as he ever had been, but he became close friends with June Carter, who had divorced Carl Smith.

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With Carter's help, he was able to shake his addictions; she also converted Cash to fundamentalist Christianity. Early in , Cash proposed marriage to Carter during a concert; the pair were married that spring. Recorded during a prison concert, the album spawned the number one country hit "Folsom Prison Blues," which also crossed over into the pop charts. By the end of the year, the record had gone gold. The following year, he released a sequel, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, which had his only Top Ten pop single, "A Boy Named Sue," which peaked at number three; it also hit number one on the country charts.

Cash guested on Bob Dylan's country-rock album Nashville Skyline. The Johnny Cash Show ran for two years, between and Cash was reaching a second peak of popularity in In , he became the youngest inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. However, the '80s were a rough time for Cash as his record sales continued to decline and he ran into trouble with Columbia. The Highwaymen -- a band featuring Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson -- released their first album in , which was also moderately successful.

The following year, Cash and Columbia Records ended their relationship and he signed with Mercury Nashville. The new label didn't prove to be a success, as the company and the singer fought over stylistic direction. Furthermore, country radio had begun to favor more contemporary artists, and Cash soon found himself shut out of the charts. Nevertheless, he continued to be a popular concert performer. The Highwaymen recorded a second album in , and it was more commercially successful than any of Cash's Mercury records. Around that time, his contract with Mercury ended.

In , he signed a contract with American Records. His first album for the label, American Recordings, was produced by the label's founder, Rick Rubin, and was a stark, acoustic collection of songs. American Recordings, while not a blockbuster success, revived his career critically and brought him in touch with a younger, rock-oriented audience. His VH1 Storytellers outing was released in , and in the spring of , Cash compiled Love, God, Murder, a three-disc retrospective focusing on the major songwriting themes dominant throughout his career.

The new studio album American III: Solitary Man appeared later that year. A few days later he came up with Cry Cry Cry which he wrote after hearing DJ Eddie Hill announce "stay tuned, we're gonna bawl, squall and run up the wall. A few weeks later, an exact date is unknown but May is the most likely date, they returned with their new composition which, along with Hey Porter , became the first single to be credited to Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two and a top twenty country hit.

The master of Cry Cry Cry featured an instrumental break after the second and fourth verse but here we present the rare 'extended' version with Luther playing a break after every verse.

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It was only issued, probably by mistake, on a budget album simply titled Johnny Cash. Recorded at KWEM Radio it was preserved on an acetate and demonstrates that Cash was not really suited to rock 'n' roll although it is far more confident performance than You're My Baby. Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two spent the rest of on the road and in January they landed a regular spot on the Louisiana Hayride. With both Hey Porter and Folsom Prison Blues achieving respectable chart positions they were a hot property on the concert circuit and were booked for dates across the southern states.

In late Cash scored his first pop hit with a track that would become the closing number at most of his concerts in the eighties and nineties. I Walk The Line , recorded in April , was a beautiful adult 'pledge of love' and there is no doubt that it has become Cash's most famous song. To create the snare drum effect Cash put some paper between the strings of his guitar which, along with Luther's runs up and down the bass string, gave the song an hypnotic beat. There were rumours that alternate takes existed of the song performed at differing tempos. Cash recalled how the song came about in a interview.

I was working the five-to-eleven shift one night, and I came in right after eleven and saw that someone had been fooling with my recorder, so I rewound it and punched the play button. Here was one of the strangest sounds I'd ever heard.

At the beginning it sounded like someone saying 'Father. I finally found out who did it. He put the tape on upside down and backward. All he was doing was strumming chords on the guitar, and at the end he said, 'Turn it off,' which sounds like 'Father' when it's backward. I never got that chord progression out of my mind. I had a brand new baby and I said, 'Not me, buddy.

I walk the line. Recorded at the same session was Jimmie Rodgers' Brakeman's Blues. It is an ideal song well suited to Cash's style but for some reason, following this short false start and incomplete take where it breaks down on the instrumental break, they did not continue to work on the track.

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It has often been said that Cash wrote Get Rhythm with Elvis Presley in mind and although Elvis would have made a good job of the song it would have been a shame if Cash hadn't recorded his own version, as it is one of his greatest performances. It is one of the few songs where Cash starts a song vocally rather than Luther playing a lead-in. This is more than likely a microphone test and was never intended for release. The final take has a very energetic performance from Cash but is let down by Luther's guitar solo on which he appears to hesitate on some notes.

On Train Of Love we find him following the theme first explored on Hey Porter and one that he would cover many times on singles and albums throughout his career. Of the two alternates featured here, the first is similar to the released take but it is the second that stands out. Taken at a slightly faster tempo there are noticeable differences in Luther's playing.

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He opens and closes the song with a totally different guitar figure and it leaves you wondering whose decision it was to abandon this style for the simpler work that featured on the released version. With their popularity spreading most of their time was spent out on the road and it was hard to find time to go back to Memphis and record any new material.

Between June and April they only managed two sessions and these only produced a couple of tracks. One More Ride , like Brakeman's Blues , is another incomplete take that falls apart. It is a mystery as to why they gave up on what would have been another song suited to Cash's style. It was the only song recorded at this session in October This name will appear next to your review. Leave it blank if you wish to appear as "Anonymous". Used to contact you regarding your review. If you do not wish to be contacted, leave it blank. Tell a friend or remind yourself about this product.

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