Track Listing
1. Folsom Prison Blues
2. Busted (previously unreleased bonus track)
3. Dark As The Dungeon
4. I Still Miss Someone
5. Cocaine Blues
6. 25 Minutes To Go
7. Orange Blossom Special
8. Long Black Veil
9. Send A Picture Of Mother
10. Wall
11. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog
12. Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
13. Joe Bean (previously unreleased bonus track)
14. Jackson
15. Give My Love To Rose
16. I Got Stripes
17. Legend Of John Henry's Hammer (previously unreleased bonus track)
18. Green Green Grass Of Home
19. Greystone Chapel
1. Big River
2. I Still Miss Someone
3. Wreck Of The Ol' 97
4. I Walk The Line
5. Darlin' Companion
6. I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
7. Starkville City Jail
8. San Quentin
9. San Quentin
10. Wanted Man
11. Boy Named Sue
12. There'll Be Peace In The Valley
13. Folsom Prison Blues
14. Ring Of Fire
15. He Turned The Water Into Wine
16. Daddy Sang Bass
17. Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
18. Closing Medley (Folsom Prison blues/I walk the line/Ring of fire/The Rebel Johnny Yuma)
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Producer: | Bob Johnston | | Recording Type: | Live | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
2 LPs on 1 CD: AT FOLSOM PRISON (1968)/AT SAN QUENTIN (1969).Combined here on one disc are both of Cash's famous live "prison albums" of the '60s. Cash has always been a champion of the underdog, as well as cultivating a bit of a badass image (a veneer not harmed by some well-publicized troubles with the law), so these live performances for the prisoners of the Folsom and San Quentin penitentiaries seem more like a preacher delivering a sermon to a faithful parish than a do-gooder slumming in the prison system.Each concert includes a song tailor-made for the event. "San Quentin" is sung from the point of view of a long-time inmate who bears the psychic scars of incarceration. "Folsom Prison Blues," one of Cash's signature songs, is Cash's most cold-eyed examination of the sociopathic criminal mind, containing the famous line "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die." Tunes like these naturally endear Cash to his captive audience, but the prisoners are equally enthused by the humorous, Shel Silverstein-penned "A Boy Named Sue," the sad, romantic "I Still Miss Someone" and the uproarious, Best Country Song Title of All Time-award winner "Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart."
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- At Folsom, he found his most captive audience. He reached perilously deep inside, playing off the taut atmosphere in the prison hall to deliver one of his most electrifying and empathetic performances.
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