FIRST TIME ON VINYL— THE birth of country cool! The Johnny Cash you hear on these two remarkable live per formances is not the venerable legend of today. This was the young, feral Cash, full of piss, vinegar and sly orneriness. Even to those who know every note, joke and guitar lick on Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison or San Quentin, hearing Cash in his prime, aided and abetted by the Tennessee Two, guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant, is a revelation. These historic documents, sourced directly from the 1958 and 1959 kinescope reels, capture Cash in his most revolutionary days, laying the bedrock of all that was to come and—despite age and infirmities—continues today.


Track Listing

Town Hall Party Intro
Guess Things Happen That Way
Five Feet High And Rising
Johnny Introduces The Band
I Got Stripes
The Ways Of A Woman In Love
Big River
Frankie's Man Johnny
I Walk The Line
Pickin' Time
Folsom Prison Blues
Don't Take Your Guns To Town
I Was There When It Happened
Heartbreak Hotel