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(Redirected from The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983) This article is about the 1992 compilation album. For the 2002 album, see The Essential Johnny Cash (2002 album). 1992 box set by Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983
Box set by Johnny Cash
Released1992
Recorded1955–1983
GenreCountry
Length3:29:11
LabelLegacy
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The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983 is a three-disc compilation album containing Johnny Cash's material from 1955–1983. It was originally released in 1992 by Sony Music, as part of its Columbia Country Classics series, as a long box set containing three individually-cased discs. Later pressings would be housed in a single, standard-side 3-disc jewel case.

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hey Porter"Johnny Cash2:11
2."Cry! Cry! Cry!"Johnny Cash2:23
3."Folsom Prison Blues"Johnny Cash2:48
4."Luther Played the Boogie"Johnny Cash2:01
5."Get Rhythm"Johnny Cash2:12
6."I Walk the Line"Johnny Cash2:42
7."Home of the Blues"Johnny Cash / Glen Douglas / Vic McAlpin2:38
8."Give My Love to Rose"Johnny Cash2:43
9."Rock Island Line"Lead Belly2:08
10."Doin' My Time"Jimmie Skinner2:37
11."Big River"Johnny Cash2:30
12."Ballad of a Teenage Queen"Jack Clement2:10
13."Guess Things Happen That Way"Jack Clement1:48
14."The Ways of a Woman in Love"Bill Justis / Charlie Rich2:14
15."Thanks a Lot"Charlie Rich2:36
16."Oh, What a Dream"Johnny Cash2:03
17."What Do I Care"Johnny Cash2:07
18."All Over Again"Johnny Cash2:05
19."I Still Miss Someone"Johnny Cash / Roy Cash2:34
20."I'd Just Be Fool Enough (to Fall)"Melvin Endsley2:08
21."Walking the Blues"Johnny Cash / Robert Lunn2:08
22."Frankie's Man, Johnny"Johnny Cash2:14
23."Tennessee Flat Top Box"Johnny Cash2:58
24."Sing It Pretty, Sue"Johnny Cash1:57
25."Pickin' Time"Johnny Cash1:57
26."Five Feet High and Rising"Johnny Cash1:46
27."The Old Account"Traditional2:18
28."(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)"Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey2:45
29."Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)"Traditional3:53
Total length:1:08:34
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Take Your Guns to Town"Johnny Cash3:01
2."The Ballad of Boot Hill"Carl Perkins2:34
3."The Rebel – Johnny Yuma"Richard Markowitz1:51
4."The Big Battle"Johnny Cash4:02
5."When the Roses Bloom Again"A. P. Carter2:34
6."The Ballad of Ira Hayes"Peter La Farge4:07
7."The Legend of John Henry's Hammer"Johnny Cash / June Carter Cash8:24
8."Dark as a Dungeon"Merle Travis2:27
9."The Long Black Veil"Danny Dill / Marijohn Wilkin3:06
10."I Got Stripes"Johnny Cash / Charlie Williams2:02
11."25 Minutes to Go"Shel Silverstein3:11
12."The Wall"Harlan Howard2:08
13."Busted"Harlan Howard2:15
14."Bad News"John D. Loudermilk2:56
15."Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog"Jack Clement2:06
16."Orange Blossom Special"Ervin T. Rouse3:05
17."Ring of Fire"June Carter Cash / Merle Kilgore2:36
18."Understand Your Man"Johnny Cash2:42
19."Jackson"Jerry Leiber / Billy Edd Wheeler2:44
20."Blistered"Billy Edd Wheeler2:20
21."See Ruby Fall"Johnny Cash / Roy Orbison2:50
22."Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station"Johnny Cash2:40
23."Daddy Sang Bass"Carl Perkins2:19
Total length:1:08:00
Disc Three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Folsom Prison Blues" (live)Johnny Cash2:41
2."Cocaine Blues" (live)T.J. "Red" Arnall2:44
3."San Quentin 2" (live)Johnny Cash2:32
4."A Boy Named Sue" (live)Shel Silverstein3:46
5."Wanted Man"Bob Dylan2:50
6."Singin' in Viet Nam Talkin' Blues"Johnny Cash2:54
7."Man in Black"Johnny Cash2:52
8."What Is Truth"Johnny Cash2:37
9."Flesh and Blood"Johnny Cash2:35
10."Sunday Morning Coming Down"Kris Kristofferson4:06
11."Oney"Jerry Chesnut3:04
12."One Piece at a Time"Wayne Kemp4:00
13."Hit the Road and Go"Johnny Cash2:41
14."Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)"Johnny Cash3:19
15."I Will Rock and Roll with You"Johnny Cash2:50
16."No Expectations"Mick Jagger / Keith Richards3:10
17."(Ghost) Riders In The Sky"Stan Jones3:46
18."Bull Rider"Rodney Crowell3:08
19."Highway Patrolman"Bruce Springsteen5:20
20."After the Ball"Johnny Cash3:00
21."Without Love"Nick Lowe2:28
22."The Last Time"Kris Kristofferson3:14
23."I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar"Johnny Cash3:00
Total length:1:12:37

References

  1. The Essential Johnny Cash at AllMusic
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