marți, 17 iulie 2018

Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar (Full album 1957)

“Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar” is the debut album by American country star Johnny Cash, released on October 11, 1957. The album contained four of his hit singles: "I Walk the Line," "Cry! Cry! Cry!," "So Doggone Lonesome," and "Folsom Prison Blues." It was re-issued on July 23, 2002 as an expanded edition, under the label Varese Vintage, containing five bonus tracks, three being alternate versions of tracks already present on the original LP. In 2012, Columbia Records reissued the album with 16 additional non-album Sun tracks as part of its 63-disc Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection box set.
This was one of the first albums ever issued on Sam Phillips' Sun Records label.

“Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar” este albumul de debut al star-ului American de muzica country Johnny Cash, lansat pe 11 octombrie 1957. Albumul contine patru dintre hit-urile sale single: “I Walk the Line”, “Cry! Cry! Cry!”, “So Doggone Lansome” and “Folsom Prison Blues.” A fost relansat pe 23 iulie 2002 ca o editie extinsa, sub marca Varese Vintage, continand 5 piese ca bonus, trei fiind variante alternative ale pieselor deja prezente pe LP-ul original. In 2012 Columbia Records relanseaza albumul cu 16 piese care nu erau pe albumul original de la Sun Records, ca parte al celui de-al 63-lea disc Johnny Cash: “The Complete Columbia Album Collection box set.”
Acesta album a fost primul lansat de catre marca lui Sam Phillips “Sun Records.”

List of tracks
All tracks written by Johnny Cash, except where noted.

No.     Title   Writer(s)       Length
1."The Rock Island Line"   Unknown                                               2:11
2."I Heard That Lonesome Whistle"  Jimmie Davis, 
                                                                   Hank Williams                 2:25
3."Country Boy"                                                                                1:49
4."If the Good Lord's Willing"      Jerry Reed                                 1:44
5."Cry! Cry! Cry!"                                                                              2:29
6."Remember Me"    Stuart Hamblen                                               2:01
7."So Doggone Lonesome"                                                             2:39
8."I Was There When It Happened"  Jimmie Davis, 
                                                             Fern Jones                            2:17
9."I Walk the Line"                                                                            2:46
10."The Wreck of the Old '97"  Traditional (probably Charles
                                                                Noell); arranged Cash      1:48
11."Folsom Prison Blues"                                                                2:51
12."Doin' My Time"    Jimmie Skinner                                             2:40

Personnel
Johnny Cash - Main Performer, Vocals, Guitar
Luther Perkins - Electric Guitar
Marshall Grant - Bass
Sam Phillips - Producer
Cary E. Mansfield - Reissue Producer
Bill Dahl - Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
Dan Hersch - Digital Remastering
Bill Pitzonka - Art Direction