The Man in Black: 1959-1962

by Johnny Cash

Overview

Picking up where the previous set left off, The Man In Black: 1959-1962 collects all of the recordings Johnny Cash made for Columbia between '59 and '62; the only music that was left off are his historical albums, which Bear Family had already released on Come Along on Ride Train. Like the other set, it has an abundance of alternate takes and outtake, plus a disc that captures an actual recording sessions. Again, it is primarily of interest for historians and dedicated fans willing to take the time to delve deeply into this music -- since the songs are presented in chronological order according to their session date, it doesn't make for casual listening. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/1994
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127155627
Rank:	107927

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Snow in His Hair
2. I Saw a Man
3. Lead Me Gently Home
4. Are All the Children In
5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
6. I Call Him
7. The Old Account
8. He'll Be a Friend
9. These Things Shall Pass
10. It Could Be You (Instead of Him)
11. God Will
12. The Great Speckled Bird
13. Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
14. He'll Understand and Say Well Done
15. God Has My Fortune Laid Away
16. When I've Learned
17. I Got Shoes
18. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
19. If We Never Meet Again
20. When I Take My Vacation in Heaven
21. When He Reached Down His Hand For Me
22. Taller Than Trees
23. I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone
24. My God Is Real (Yes, God Is Real)
25. These Hands
26. Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
27. Peace in the Valley (For Me), (There'll Be)
28. A Day in the Grand Canyon

Disc 2

29. I'll Remember You
30. I Got Stripes
31. You Dreamer You
32. Five Feet High and Rising
33. The Rebel Johnny Yuma
34. Lorena
35. Second Honeymoon
36. The Fable of Willie Brown
37. Smiling Bill McCall
38. Johnny Yuma Theme
39. The Man on the Hill
40. Hank and Joe and Me
41. The Caretaker
42. Clementine
43. I Want to Go Home
44. Old Apache Squaw
45. Don't Step on Mother's Roses
46. My Grandfather's Clock
47. I Couldn't Keep From Crying
48. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
49. I Will Miss You When You Go
50. I Feel Better All Over
51. Bandana
52. Wabash Blues
53. Viel Zu Spat
54. Wo Ist Zuhause, Mama
55. Heartbeat
56. Hello Again

Disc 3

57. Tall Man
58. Girl in Saskatoon
59. Locomotive Man
60. The Losing Kind
61. Five Minutes to Live
62. Forty Shades of Green
63. The Big Battle
64. Blues For Two
65. Jeri and Nina's Melody
66. Why Do You Punish Me?
67. Just One More
68. Seasons of My Heart
69. Honky Tonk Girl
70. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
71. Time Changes Everything
72. I'd Just Be Fool Enough
73. Transfusion Blues
74. Lovin' Locomotive Man
75. Five Minutes to Live
76. Mr. Lonesome
77. Forty Shades of Green
78. Folsom Prison Blues
79. I Walk the Line
80. Hey Porter
81. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know About Her
82. There's a Mother Always Waiting
83. The Losing Kind

Disc 4

84. Tennessee Flat Top Box
85. Sing It Pretty Sue
86. A Little at a Time
87. So Do I
88. Bonanza
89. Shamrock Doesn't Grow in California
90. I'm Free From the Chain Gang Now
91. Delia's Gone
92. Lost on the Desert
93. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know About Her
94. Accidentally on Purpose
95. You Remembered Me
96. In the Jailhouse Now
97. Let Me Down Easy
98. In Them Cottonfields Back Home
99. You Won't Have Far to Go
100. Delia's Gone
101. No One Will Ever Know
102. The Danger Zone
103. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
104. Send a Picture of Mother
105. Hardin Wouldn't Run
106. Sing It Pretty Sue
107. Blue Bandana
108. So Doggone Lonesome
109. Johnny Reb
110. Delia's Gone
111. I Walk the Line
112. I Walk the Line

Disc 5

113. The Girl in Saskatoon
114. The Girl in Saskatoon
115. The Girl in Saskatoon
116. The Girl in Saskatoon
117. The Girl in Saskatoon
118. The Girl in Saskatoon
119. The Girl in Saskatoon
120. An Empty Chair
121. An Empty Chair
122. An Empty Chair
123. Relief Is Just a Swallow Away
124. Relief Is Just a Swallow Away
125. Relief Is Just a Swallow Away
126. Relief Is Just a Swallow Away
127. Relief Is Just a Swallow Away
128. Riot in Cell Block #9
129. Riot in Cell Block #9
130. Riot in Cell Block #9
131. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
132. Rocket '69
133. Rocket '69
134. Blueberry Hill