Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (2006)

Artist: Johnny Cash
Title Of Album: At San Quentin
Year: 2006
Label: Sony
Style: Country
Format: APE (image +.cue, log + scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Size: 708 MB (+ 3% rec.)

In 2000, Sony Legacy issued an expanded CD version of this landmark 1969 live Cash LP, which included "A Boy Named Sue," the Shel Silverstein novelty number that became one of Cash's biggest hits. The original LP contained ten songs from Cash's show, which actually ran far longer; the CD release added eight additional Cash performances. That, of course, happened before his death and the unexpected success of the Walk the Line. Now, this 2-CD set presents the entire concert, start to finish. Still grippingly intense after 37 years, it not only assembles all Cash's performances, but those by the other members of his stage show: June Carter, her mother and sisters (performing as the Carter Family), Cash's buddy Carl Perkins of "Blue Suede Shoes" (and "Daddy Sang Bass") fame, and the Statler Brothers, known then for their 1965 hit "Flowers on the Wall." Cash's performances remain beyond criticism, but Perkins, the Carters, and the Statlers smoke nearly as much. Among the high points is their unreleased, spine-chilling gospel medley of "He Turned the Water into Wine," "Daddy Sang Bass," and "The Old Account." The accompanying DVD comprises a documentary shot at the show by Britain's Granada TV, in which the Cash performances act mainly as a leitmotif to its focus on San Quentin and its inmates.

Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) [3:51]
02. Flowers On The Wall (The Statler Brothers) [3:26]
03. The Last Thing On My Mind (The Carter Family) [3:34]
04. June Carter Talks To The Audience (The Carter Family) [2:41]
05. Wildwood Flower (The Carter Family) [3:48]
06. Big River (Johnny Cash) [1:43]
07. I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash) [1:49]
08. Wreck Of The Old 97 (Johnny Cash) [3:24]
09. I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) [2:27]
10. Medley: The Long Black Veil/Give My Love To Rose (Johnny Cash) [4:06]
11. Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) [3:00]
12. Orange Blossom Special (Johnny Cash) [3:02]
13. Jackson (Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash) [3:23]
14. Darlin' Companion (Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash) [2:24]
15. Break My Mind (The Carter Family) [2:56]
16. I Don't Know Where I'm Bound (Johnny Cash) [5:13]
17. Starkville City Jail (Johnny Cash) [3:32]
CD2:
01. San Quentin (Johnny Cash) [4:09]
02. San Quentin (Johnny Cash) [3:13]
03. Wanted Man (Johnny Cash) [3:29]
04. Restless (Carl Perkins) [3:53]
05. A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash) [3:45]
06. Blistered (Johnny Cash) [1:45]
07. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (Johnny Cash) [3:13]
08. The Outside Looking In (Carl Perkins) [2:59]
09. Less Of Me (The Statler Brothers) [2:44]
10. Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash With The Carter Family) [2:06]
11. He Turned The Water Into Wine (Johnny Cash With The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins) [4:00]
12. Daddy Sang Bass (Johnny Cash With The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins) [2:42]
13. The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago (Johnny Cash With The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins) [2:16]
14. Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line/Ring Of Fire/The Rebel-Johnny Yuma (Johnny Cash With The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins) [5:08]