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Johnny Cash Sun Records discography
Studio albums	18
Singles	20
No.1 Single	4

The Johnny Cash Sun Records discography details the music recorded by country music legend Johnny Cash and released on Sun Records. From late 1954 to July, 1958, Cash recorded for Sun Records, a label founded by Sam Phillips and located at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Despite making his final recordings for Sun in 1958 and subsequently moving to Columbia Records, Phillips amassed sufficient backlog to continue to release new material by Cash in single and album format until as late as 1964.

LPs

Cash was the first Sun artist to release an LP

Singles

The following are the singles released by Sun Records. Cash left Sun for Columbia in July, 1958. Sun continued to release singles through 1964.

Sun recording history

Between September 1, 1954, and July 17, 1958, Cash recorded several sessions at Memphis Sun Studios. The Sun singles and albums were recorded at the sessions described below; "master" indicates which take of a song was used for singles and albums.

Demo session, September 1, 1954

1. "Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:26
2. "You're My Baby" (demo) – 1:42
3. "My Treasure" (demo) – 2:31
4. "My Treasure" (overdubbed master) – 1:17

Demo session, March 22, 1955

1. "Folsom Prison Blues" (demo) – 2:32
2. "Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:36
3. "Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:28
4. "My Two Timin' Woman" (demo) – 1:59
5. "Hey Porter" (demo) – 2:13

Studio session, September 1, 1954

1. "Hey Porter" (master) – 2:14
2. "Cry, Cry, Cry" (master) – 2:29
3. "Wide Open Road" (master) – 2:24

Studio sessions, April 26, 1955

1. "Port of Lonely Hearts" (master) – 2:36
2. "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" (master) – 2:02
3. "New Mexico" (master) – 2:07

Studio session, July 30, 1955

1. "Folsom Prison Blues" (master) – 2:50
2. "Luther Played the Boogie" (master) – 2:05
3. "So Doggone Lonesome" (master) – 2:38
4. "Mean Eyed Cat" (master) – 2:30

Demo session for KWEM, November 2, 1955 – KWEM Radio Studio, West Memphis, Arkansas

1. "Rock 'n' Roll Ruby" (demo) – 1:42

Studio session, April 2, 1956

1. "I Walk the Line" (outtake) – 2:41
2. "Brakeman's Blues" (FS+incomplete) – 1:02
3. "Get Rhythm" (outtake, mike test) – 2:16
4. "Get Rhythm" (outtake) – 2:16
5. "I Walk the Line" (master) – 2:46
6. "Get Rhythm" (master) – 2:15
7. "Train of Love" (alternate) – 2:37

Studio session, August 8, 1956

1. "Train of Love" (outtake) – 2:20
2. "Train of Love" (master) – 2:24
3. "There You Go" (master) – 2:19

Studio session, October 1, 1956

1. "One More Ride" (incomplete) – 0:54

Studio session, December 13, 1956

1. "I Love You Because" (outtake) – 2:27
2. "Goodbye Little Darlin'" (overdubbed master) – 2:15
3. "Straight A's in Love" (undubbed master) – 2:14
4. "I Love You Because" (overdubbed master) – 2:28
5. "Straight A's in Love" (overdubbed master) – 2:15

Studio session, April 4, 1957

1. "Don't Make Me Go" (outtake) – 2:45
2. "Don't Make Me Go" (outtakes) – 2:53
3. "Don't Make Me Go" (master) – 2:30
4. "Next in Line" (master) – 2:47

Studio session, July 1, 1957

1. "Home of the Blues" (undubbed master) – 3:01
2. "Give My Love to Rose" (outtakes) – 3:12
3. "Give My Love to Rose" (outtake) – 2:44
4. "Give My Love to Rose" (master) – 2:46
5. "Home of the Blues" (overdubbed master) – 2:41

Studio session, July 13, 1957

1. "Rock Island Line" (master) – 2:11
2. "Wreck of the Old '97" (master) – 1:48
3. "Belshazar" (master) – 2:27

Demo session, August 2, 1957

1. "Country Boy" (demo) – 1:49
2. "Leave That Junk Alone" (demo) – 1:30

Studio session, August 4, 1957

1. "Doin' My Time" (master) – 2:39
2. "Country Boy" (master) – 1:53
3. "If the Good Lord's Willing" (master) – 1:44
4. "I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow" (master) – 2:25
5. "I Was There When It Happened" (outtake) – 2:18
6. "I Was There When It Happened" (master) – 2:17
7. "Remember Me" (master) – 2:48

Studio session, November 12, 1957

1. "Big River" (outtakes) – 3:46
2. "Big River" (master) – 2:32
3. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (undubbed master) – 2:18

Overdub session, November 22, 1957

1. "Goodnight Irene" (overdubbed master) – 2:41
2. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (overdubbed master) – 2:14

Studio session, December 3, 1957

1. "Come in Stranger" (alternate) – 2:03

Studio session, April 9, 1958

1. "Guess Things Happen That Way" (undubbed master) – 1:58
2. "Come in Stranger" (master) – 1:43
3. "Oh Lonesome Me" (undubbed master) – 2:30

Overdub session, May 1, 1958

1. "Guess Things Happen That Way" (overdubbed master) – 1:52
2. "Oh Lonesome Me" (overdubbed master) – 2:29

Studio session, May 15, 1958

1. "Sugartime" (undubbed master) – 1:46
2. "Born to Lose" (undubbed master) – 2:10
3. "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" (undubbed master) – 2:38
4. "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" (overdubbed master) – 2:41
5. "Sugartime" (overdubbed master) – 1:46
6. "Born to Lose" (overdubbed master) – 2:11

Studio session, May 15, 1958

1. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (outtake) – 2:35
2. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (outtake) – 2:32
3. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (outtakes) – 1:39
4. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (outtakes) – 2:05
5. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (master) – 2:12
6. "Always Alone" (outtakes) – 1:40
7. "Always Alone" (outtake) – 1:13
8. "Always Alone" (master) – 1:52
9. "You Tell Me" (outtakes) – 0:34
10. "You Tell Me" (master) – 1:20
11. "Life Goes On" (master) – 2:01

Studio session, May 15, 1958

1. "You Win Again" (false starts) – 0:33
2. "You Win Again" (undubbed master) – 2:17
3. "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" (undubbed master) – 2:14
4. "Hey Good Lookin'" (undubbed master) – 1:43
5. "I Can't Help It" (undubbed master) – 1:46
6. "Cold, Cold Heart" (undubbed master) – 2:20
7. "You Win Again" (overdubbed master) – 2:18
8. "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" (overdubbed master) – 2:14
9. "Hey Good Lookin'" (overdubbed master) – 1:43
10. "I Can't Help It" (overdubbed master) – 1:46
11. "Cold, Cold Heart" (overdubbed master) – 2:21

Studio session, May 28, 1958

1. "Blue Train" (master) – 2:02
2. "Katy Too" (master) – 1:58

Studio session, July 10, 1958

1. "The Ways of a Woman in Love" (ondubbed master) – 2:28
2. "Fools Hall of Fame" (outtake) – 2:25
3. "Fools Hall of Fame" (FS + master) – 2:34
4. "Thanks a Lot" (outtakes) – 3:10
5. "The Ways of a Woman in Love" (overdubbed master) – 2:17
6. "Thanks a Lot" (overdubbed master) – 2:38

Studio session, July 17, 1958

1. "It's Just About Time" (undubbed master) – 2:08
2. "I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" (undubbed master) – 2:23
3. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (outtake) – 2:07
4. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (outtake) – 2:10
5. "It's Just About Time" (overdubbed master) – 2:10
6. "I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" (overdubbed master) – 2:25
7. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (overdubbed master) – 1:55
8. "Down the Street to 301" (overdubbed master) – 2:03

References

1. Liner Notes, Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two: The Complete Original Sun Singles, Varese Sarabande, 1999.

External links

• Discography with track listings
• Rolling Stone biography with a focus on his discography
• A fansite featuring track listings and liner notes for each album

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Albums Singles Sun Records Songs Awards
Studio albums	1950s Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! The Fabulous Johnny Cash Hymns by Johnny Cash Songs of Our Soil 1960s Ride This Train Now, There Was a Song! Hymns from the Heart The Sound of Johnny Cash Blood, Sweat and Tears The Christmas Spirit I Walk the Line Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Orange Blossom Special Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter From Sea to Shining Sea The Holy Land 1970s Hello, I'm Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Any Old Wind That Blows Johnny Cash and His Woman Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me The Johnny Cash Children's Album Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad The Rambler I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver A Believer Sings the Truth Johnny Cash Sings with B.C. Goodpasture Christian School 1980s Rockabilly Blues Classic Christmas The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Highwayman Rainbow Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming Heroes Believe in Him Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash Water from the Wells of Home 1990s Highwayman 2 Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life Country Christmas American Recordings The Road Goes on Forever American II: Unchained 2000–2020s American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around My Mother's Hymn Book American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars Songwriter
Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake The Survivors Koncert v Praze (In Prague – Live) VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls Live from Austin, TX
Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy The Gospel Road Return to the Promised Land
Compilations	Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous Greatest! Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams Now Here's Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down International Superstar Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "A Wonderful Time Up There" "The Ballad of Boot Hill" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Give My Love to Rose" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say" "Without Love" "You Are My Sunshine"
Film	Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
Television	The Johnny Cash Show
Biographies	Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music My Father and the Man in Black Walk the Line Ring of Fire (musical) Ring of Fire (2013 film) My Darling Vivian
Tribute albums	The Sound Behind Johnny Cash Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Remixed We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Forever Words
Associated acts	The Highwaymen The Tennessee Three Bob Wootton Carl Perkins W. S. Holland Marshall Grant Luther Perkins Million Dollar Quartet The Great Eighties Eight
Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Cindy Cash Carlene Carter Tommy Cash Carter Family
Historical sites	Dyess, Arkansas Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Johnny Cash Museum House of Cash Carter Family Fold
Legacy	Statue of Johnny Cash
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