Johnny Cash - At San Quentin/At Folsom Prison - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Johnny Cash AT SAN QUENTIN (THE COMPLETE 1969 CONCERT)

Johnny's historic 1968 live show restored to original order, 20-bit digitally remastered and uncensored. Highlights include 3 unreleased tracks (InchBusted,Inch InchJoe BeanInch and InchThe Legend of John Henry's HammerInch), plus new personal reflection by Johnny and many unpublished photos from the entire day.

Import only two-disc set features the complete recordings at San Quentin and at Folsom Prison. Johnny Cash had been breaking new ground for a decade when at Folsom Prison suddenly made the world at large take notice. The interaction of a volatile prison population starved for entertainment and a desperately on-form Johnny Cash was electrifying. His somber machismo finally found a home. The songs, which included every prison song Cash knew ('I Got Stripes', 'The Wall', '25 Minutes to Go', 'Cocaine Blues', plus his own 'Folsom Prison Blues') were tailored to galvanize the crowd. As with Folsom, the San Quentin LP had to be edited due to space limitations. Now, 31 years after the fact, the show can at last be heard in true perspective. All the original performances hold up, including the album's hit single Shel Silverstein's 'A Boy Named Sue'. 37-tracks in all. BMG. 2006.