Album
At Folsom Prison
1968 · Folk, World, & Country
149 collectors on Gatefold own this
At Folsom Prison is a Country album by Johnny Cash, originally released in 1968. On Gatefold: 141 pressings tracked, owned by 149 collectors.
About
Though the term "outlaw country" wasn’t yet coined when Johnny Cash recorded <i>At Folsom Prison</i> in 1968, it's tough to imagine a more literal example. Cash's status as a country superstar was fading by the late ’60, but the raw excitement and immediacy of the album he made in front of a roomful of convicts at California's Folsom State Prison brought him back into the spotlight and earned him a whole new audience. Cash started his sets for years with one of his first big hit, 1955’s stark jailhouse tale "Folsom Prison Blue," and naturally that song kicks things off here. Cash had always shunned the trappings of stardom, and his uncompromising, black-clad, champion-of-the-underdog persona and rough-edged style helped him connect with the Folsom prisoner. With his faithful Tennessee Three offering their typically terse, barbed-wire backing, Cash sounds energized by the event. He throws himself into tough-minded stompers like "Cocaine Blues" and the death-row rave-up "25 Minutes to Go" with wild-eyed abandon, sometimes sounding nearly unhinged. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Folsom Prison Blues2:43
- A2Dark As The Dungeon2:45
- A3I Still Miss Someone1:57
- A4Cocaine Blues2:47
- A525 Minutes To Go3:12
- A6Orange Blossom Special3:37
- A7The Long Black Veil3:53
Side B
- B1Send A Picture Of Mother2:24
- B2The Wall1:36
- B3Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog1:30
- B4Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart2:15
- B5Jackson3:20
- B6Give My Love To Rose2:40
- B7I Got Stripes1:48
- B8Green, Green Grass Of Home2:30
- B9Greystone Chapel6:07
Sound DNA
- Country
- Classic Country & Honky Tonk
- raw
- rowdy
- outlaw
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anita CarterPERFORMER , VOCALS, GUITAR
- Carl PerkinsELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR
- Don ReidPERFORMER , VOCALS
- Harold ReidPERFORMER , VOCALS
- Helen CarterPERFORMER , VOCALS, GUITAR
- Johnny CashGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS PERFORMER, VOCALS, GUITAR
- June CarterVOCALS BACKING VOCALS FEATURING
- June Carter CashPERFORMER, VOCALS VOCALS
- Lewis De WittPERFORMER , VOCALS
- Luther PerkinsELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR PERFORMER, ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Marshall GrantBASS PERFORMER, BASS
- Maybelle CarterPERFORMER , VOCALS, GUITAR
- Phil BalsleyPERFORMER , VOCALS
- The Carter FamilyBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, VOCALS, GUITAR VOCALS
- The Statler BrothersBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, VOCALS VOCALS
- W.S. HollandDRUMS PERFORMER, DRUMS
149 collectors on Gatefold own this · 141 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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