The Sound of Johnny Cash

by Johnny Cash

The Sound of Johnny Cash cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 June 1962
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 24:57
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released by Columbia Records, 'The Sound of Johnny Cash' features the original Tennessee Two alongside broader, more traditional Nashville session instrumentation. The album includes early recordings of 'In the Jailhouse Now' and focuses heavily on folk and country balladry during a transitional period in Cash's commercial career.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Lost on the Desert (1:58)
  2. Accidentally on Purpose (1:54)
  3. In the Jailhouse (2:21)
  4. Mr. Lonesome (2:15)
  5. You Won't Have Far to Go (1:49)
  6. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (2:33)
  7. Delia's Gone (2:01)
  8. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (2:26)
  9. You Remembered Me (2:03)
  10. I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now (1:50)
  11. Let Me Down Easy (1:45)
  12. Sing It Pretty, Sue (1:58)

Credits

  • Johnny Cash - primary artist, written-by
  • Leigh Wiener - photography by [cover]
  • Don Law - producer
  • Frank Jones - producer
  • Buddy Mize - written-by
  • Dallas Frazier - written-by
  • Darrell Edwards - written-by
  • George Jones - written-by
  • Jimmie Rodgers - written-by
  • Tompall Glaser - written-by
  • Chuck Glaser - written-by
  • Dick Toops - written-by
  • Karl Silbersdorf - written-by
  • Cecil A. Null - written-by
  • Lou Herscher - written-by
  • Saul Klein - written-by
  • Jim Glaser - written-by

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