| Product Summary | | Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records | | UPC: 00696998629028 | | Release Date: 2/12/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60515952 | | Item#: M6GN4D | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Hey Porter ~ Johnny Cash |  | | 2. Cry, Cry, Cry ~ Johnny Cash | | | 3. I Walk The Line ~ Johnny Cash | | | 4. Get Rhythm ~ Johnny Cash | | | 5. There You Go ~ Johnny Cash | | | 6. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen ~ Johnny Cash | | | 7. Big River ~ Johnny Cash | | | 8. Guess Things Happen That Way ~ Johnny Cash | | | 9. All Over Again ~ Johnny Cash | | | 10. Don't Take Your Guns To Town ~ Johnny Cash | | | 11. Five Feet High And Rising ~ Johnny Cash | | | 12. Rebel Johnny Yuma, The ~ Johnny Cash | | | 13. Tennessee Flat Top Box ~ Johnny Cash | | | 14. I Still Miss Someone ~ Johnny Cash | | | 15. Ring Of Fire ~ Johnny Cash | | | 16. Ballad Of Ira Hayes, The ~ Johnny Cash | | | 17. Orange Blossom Special - (with Charlie McCoy/Boots Randolph/The Carter Family) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 18. Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) - (with The Carter Family) ~ Johnny Cash | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. It Ain't Me, Babe - (with June Carter Cash) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 2. One On The Right Is On The Left, The ~ Johnny Cash | | | 3. Jackson - (with June Carter Cash) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 4. Folsom Prison Blues - (live) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 5. Daddy Sang Bass ~ Johnny Cash | | | 6. Girl From The North Country - (with Bob Dylan) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 7. Boy Named Sue, A - (live) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 8. If I Were A Carpenter - (with June Carter Cash) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 9. Sunday Morning Coming Down ~ Johnny Cash | | | 10. Flesh And Blood ~ Johnny Cash | | | 11. Man In Black ~ Johnny Cash | | | 12. Ragged Old Flag ~ Johnny Cash | | | 13. One Piece At A Time ~ Johnny Cash | | | 14. Riders In The Sky, (Ghost) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 15. Song Of The Patriot - (with Marty Robbins) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 16. Highwayman - (with Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings/Kris Kristofferson) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 17. Night Hank Williams Came To Town, The - (with Waylon Jennings) ~ Johnny Cash | | | 18. Wanderer, The - (with U2) ~ Johnny Cash | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Marty Robbins, The Carter Family, June Carter Cash, U2. | | Producers include: Sam Phillips, Jack Clement, Don Law, Frank Jones, Bob Johnston. | | Compilation producers: Nick Shaffran, Nedra Olds-Neal. | | Recorded between May 1955 and May 1993. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | Recording information: Dublin, Ireland (05/??/1955-03/05/1993); Folsom Prison, Sacramento, CA (05/??/1955-03/05/1993); Hendersonville, TN (05/??/1955-03/05/1993); Hollywood, CA (05/??/1955-03/05/1993); Los Angeles, CA (05/??/1955-03/05/1993); Memphis, TN (05/??/1955-03/05/1993); Nashville, TN (05/??/1955-03/05/1993); San Quentin Prison, CA (05/??/1955-03/05/1993). | | Photographers: Don Hunstein; Urve Kuusik; Sandy Speiser; Marvin Koner. | | Arranger: Johnny Cash. | | Issued in commemoration of Cash's 70th birthday, this double CD is a good survey of 1955-1993 career highlights (and a different release than the similarly titled three-CD The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983). Is it a good place to start? That depends on what you have or don't have already, considering that so many greatest-hits compilations containing some or much of this material appeared prior to this, yet another repackage. All of his very biggest hits are here, and it leans very heavily on his first 15 years of recordings, with just eight of the 36 tracks postdating 1970 (and only one of them, his 1993 U2 collaboration "The Wanderer," postdating 1986). For that reason some may complain that it doesn't give some phases of his career proper weight, and certainly not evenly distributed weight. But let's be cold about this: Cash's best records were between 1955 and 1970, and focusing on his early work, as this compilation does, means higher overall quality. It's too bad nothing is included from his acclaimed, unadorned 1994 album, American Recordings, but otherwise this will serve as a quite satisfactory best-of for those who want both the familiar hits and a few good, not-so-overplayed ones, like his versions of "It Ain't Me Babe," "Jackson," and "If I Were a Carpenter." ~ Richie Unterberger | | In the past, if you wanted a Johnny Cash compilation, you were basically confined by licensing issues, as Cash's seminal Sun recordings weren't generally available in the same place as his more eclectic Columbia output. THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH solves that problem, tying together the various eras of Cash's career on a generous 35-track, two-disc set. Accordingly, this anthology is damn near definitive. From the raw, sparse rockabilly flavor of "Hey Porter" and "Get Rhythm" to the gospel roots of "Where You There (When They Crucified My Lord," the first disc moves neatly through Cash's early career. | | Disc two documents Cash's expansion into ever more varied stylistic avenues. Countrified covers of Bob Dylan ("It Ain't Me Babe") and Tim Hardin ("If I Were a Carpenter") exemplify his fascination with folk-rock. The socially conscious "Man in Black" and the patriotic "Ragged Old Flag" perfectly display the ostensibly conflicting sides of this complex artist's sensibilities. Album-closer "The Wanderer" finds Cash collaborating with U2, filling his role as icon to a whole new generation of artists. |
Musical Guests | | Willie Nelson | | Bob Dylan | | Kris Kristofferson | | U2 | | Waylon Jennings | | Marty Robbins | | June Carter Cash |
| | Artist Overview | | Johnny Cash was part rockabilly rebel, part campfire storyteller, part outlaw in black. Cash made country and rockabilly history on the Sun label in the 1950s. During the '60s, the ruggedly charismatic Cash rose to superstardom, ending the decade with both his marriage to June Carter and his own television show. In the '90s, Cash began his highly successful and acclaimed AMERICAN RECORDINGS series, reaching a new audience with an amazingly diverse set of songs, ranging from traditional tunes to alternative rock covers. With his lean, angular sound and hearty, passionate baritone, Cash forged one of the most unique styles in all of popular music, one that delved into gospel, folk, and rock, but also remained the essence of country music. Four months after his wife died, Johnny Cash passed away on September 12, 2003. And in 2005, the Oscar-nominated biopic WALK THE LINE brought Cash's music and legend to his largest audience yet. |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Cash From Chaos ~ Artists, Various | | Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Boxcar Willie | | It's All In The Family ~ Carter, June | | Carter, June | | Carter, June | | It's All in the Family ~ Cash, June Carter | | Cash, June Carter | | Cash, June Carter | | Dogg, Snoop | | Jonboy Langford & The Pine Vall | | Live At the Louisiana Hayride ~ Jones, George | | Langford, Jon | | Langford, Jonboy | | Johnny Cash's America (Sdtk) ~ Original Soundtrack | | Perkins, Carl | | The Complete Million Dollar Quartet ~ Presley, Elvis | | Snoop Dogg | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | A Tribute to the Legendary Man in Black: Johnny Ca ~ Various Artists | | Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | A Tribute To Johnny Cash ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | We the People ~ Various Artists | | Sing Like Cash: Perform The Songs Of Johnny Cash ~ Various Artists | | The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Johnny Cash Remixed ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 02/12/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 86290 | | Label : Legacy Recordings | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00696998629028 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (2/28/02, p.58)
- 4.5 stars out of 5- "...It's the intro to pick up today if you don't have one, and further proof that he's a man for all situations - emotional, political and cultural..."Down Beat (June 2002, p.62)
- 4 out of 5 stars - "...The true blue American wrapped in Old Glory..." |
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