Music CD - Johnny Cash: The Essential Johnny Cash

	Music CD: The Essential Johnny Cash Artist: Johnny Cash List Price: $24.98 Our Price: $8.61 Your Save: $ 16.37 ( 66% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks: 1. Hey Porter 2. Cry, Cry, Cry 3. I Walk The Line 4. Get Rhythm 5. There You Go 6. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen 7. Big River 8. Guess Things Happen That Way 9. All Over Again 10. Don't Take Your Guns To Town 11. Five Feet High And Rising 12. The Rebel-Johnny Yuma 13. Tennessee Flat-Top Box 14. I Still Miss Someone 15. Ring Of Fire 16. The Ballad Of Ira Hayes 17. Orange Blossom Special 18. Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0696998629028 Format: Limited Edition Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 2002-02-12 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The Essential Johnny Cash Comment: Even though I bought this CD for my 86 year old Mother who is living with me, I also enjoy listening to every song. Customer Rating: Summary: Essential Johnny...Just Like It Says Comment: This is the only Johnny Cash CD I own and I'm really glad I finally purchased it. He is clearly both a country music and overall music icon. Few country artists have contributed any more. This captures the essence of his contributions and his life. Customer Rating: Summary: A must have for all Johnny Cash Fans. Comment: The unique sound and style that sets Johnny Cash apart from the rest, is transparent, addictive and always keeps you interested in hearing more. Lyrics are simple yet elegant with a catchy rhythm. Customer Rating: Summary: Mandatory Comment: If you are a fan, get it, its that simple. -Richie Etwaru Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent Selections from Cash's stash... Comment: "The Man in Black" Don't confuse this two cd set with other Johnny Cash releases of the same name. This is a solid collection of his better known songs. Anyone experiences Johnny Cash for the first time - this is where to start. I do recommend expanding your music library to include some of his later works as well, like some of his live performances which really showcase his charisma and vigor with an audience. His Christmas and gospel works are legendary. The compilation "Unearthed" is one of the best collections of Johnny Cash's lesser known works... but this two cd set "The Essential Johnny Cash" is a nice set of the more famous stuff. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: It's a great and perhaps impossible challenge to encapsulate the highlights of Johnny Cash's vast musical catalog in a two-CD, 36-song collection like this. Yet, though it barely scratches the surface, 2002's The Essential Johnny Cash--part of a series of compilations and reissues celebrating Cash's 70th birthday--does present three-dozen satisfying and balanced snapshots of some of the Man in Black's most memorable work for the Sun, Columbia, and Mercury labels. Above all else, these 36 selections are wonderful reminders of Cash's rustic eclecticism. Cuts range from '50s Sun rockabilly classics like "Hey Porter" and "I Walk the Line" to '60s country-folk gems like "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" and Cash's memorable duet with Bob Dylan on Dylan's "Girl from the North Country." Also included are more recent samplings of Cash's celebrated collaborations, including "Highwayman," which he recorded in 1984 with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson as part of the on-again, off-again supergroup the Highwaymen, and "The Wanderer," a fervent gospel collaboration with U2 that appeared on the band's 1993 album, Zooropa. --Bob Allen