The Original Sun Sound Of Johnny Cash [Translucent Violet LP]

by Johnny Cash

Overview

Unreleased until 1965, seven years after Johnny Cash's 1958 departure from Sun for the greater artistic and financial freedom of Columbia Records, Original Sun Sound spans both his first and final recordings for the label. The early "Wide Open Road" shows the singer still under influence of Hank Williams (as well being a rarity in featuring the steel guitar of A.W. "Red" Kernodle, who left the group shortly afterwards), but the sardonic, Charlie Rich-penned "Thanks a Lot," from one of his final Sun sessions, finds Cash beholden to no one but himself. There's also Cash's self-penned gospel song, "Belshazah," an unusual inclusion in that his producer, Sam Phillips, usually recorded only the performer's secular material.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2024
Label:	Sun Records
UPC:	0015047809868
Rank:	43145

Tracks

1. Always Alone
2. Country Boy
3. Goodnight Irene
4. Wide Open Road
5. Thanks A Lot
6. Big River
7. Belshazzar
8. Born To Lose
9. New Mexico
10. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
11. Two Timin' Woman
12. The Story Of A Broken Heart

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Cash   Primary Artist
Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Frankie Brown   Composer
Charlie Rich   Composer
Ted Daffan   Composer
Charlie Feathers   Composer
John A. Lomax   Composer
Huddie Ledbetter   Composer
Bob Nolan   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Jack Clement   Producer
Stan Kesler   Composer
Lead Belly   Composer
Stanley Kesler   Composer
John Lomax   Composer
Leon Lambson   Composer
Johnny Johnson   Composer
Ron Hacker   Composer
Sam Phillips   Composer