The Very Best of the Sun Years

by Johnny Cash

The Very Best of the Sun Years cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2001-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:31
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Very Best of the Sun Years' gathers Johnny Cash's recordings for Sam Phillips's Sun Records in the late 1950s. 'I Walk the Line', 'Folsom Prison Blues' and the Tennessee Two's boom-chicka-boom rhythm document the foundations of both country and rock and roll.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, vocal, retro, melodic, piano

Tracklist

  1. I Walk The Line (2:41)
  2. Rock Island Line (2:08)
  3. Hey Porter! (2:11)
  4. New Mexico (2:02)
  5. Straight A's In Love (2:13)
  6. Cry, Cry, Cry (2:23)
  7. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow (2:22)
  8. Get Rhythm (2:11)
  9. Guess Things Happen That Way (1:48)
  10. Fool's Hall Of Fame (2:31)
  11. Folsom Prison Blues (2:45)
  12. The Wreck Of The Old '97 (1:45)
  13. Next In Line (2:44)
  14. Don't Make Me Go (2:26)
  15. Home Of The Blues (2:36)
  16. Give My Love To Rose (2:38)
  17. Wide Open Road (2:21)
  18. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (2:09)
  19. Luther Played Boogie (2:02)
  20. Big River (2:29)
  21. I Forgot To Remember To Forget (1:51)
  22. Katy Too (1:56)
  23. So Doggone Lonesome (2:32)
  24. I Couldn't Keep From Crying (1:59)
  25. There You Go (2:14)
  26. Thanks A Lot (2:53)
  27. The Ways Of A Woman In Love (2:24)
  28. Train Of Love (2:20)
  29. I Just Thought You'd Like To Know (2:19)
  30. Goodnight Irene (2:38)

Credits

  • Johnny Cash - primary artist, written-by, arranged by
  • Huddie Ledbetter - written-by
  • John A. Lomax - written-by
  • Johnny Johnson - written-by
  • Leon Lambson - written-by
  • Hank Williams - written-by
  • Jimmie Davis - written-by
  • Jack Clement - written-by
  • Danny Wolfe - written-by
  • Jerry Freeman - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Glenn Douglas - written-by
  • Lillie McAlpin - written-by
  • Charlie Feathers - written-by
  • Stan Kesler - written-by
  • Marty Robbins - written-by
  • Charlie Rich - written-by
  • Bill Justis - written-by

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