The Man in Black 1954–1958
1990 box set by Johnny Cash
The Man in Black 1954–1958 | ||||
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Box set by Johnny Cash | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1954–1958 | |||
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Length | Seven hours | |||
Label | Bear Family | |||
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The Man in Black 1954–1958 is a Bear Family Records 5-CD box set of Johnny Cash's music. It contains every known recording from Sun to Columbia from the years 1954-1958. It's the first of three box sets in the Man In Black box set series.
The box itself is shaped as a square border box as it holds cases for the discs, and a booklet for a welcome bonus.
Track listing
No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
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1. | "Wide Open Road" | The Sun Years | 1:50 |
2. | "You're My Baby" | The Sun Years | 1:48 |
3. | "My Treasure" | The Sun Years | 2:31 |
4. | "My Treasure" | Now Here's Johnny Cash | 1:17 |
5. | "Hey Porter" | Previously unreleased | 2:13 |
6. | "Folsom Prison Blues" | Previously unreleased | 2:32 |
7. | "Wide Open Road" | The Sun Years | 2:36 |
8. | "My Two Timin' Woman" | The Roots of Rock, Vol. 10: Sun Country | 1:59 |
9. | "Hey Porter" | Now Here's Johnny Cash | 2:15 |
10. | "Cry! Cry! Cry!" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:29 |
11. | "Wide Open Road" | Story Songs of the Trains and Rivers | 2:30 |
12. | "Port of Lonely Hearts" | Now Here's Johnny Cash | 2:36 |
13. | "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" | The Singing Storyteller | 2:03 |
14. | "New Mexico" | The Sun Years | 2:07 |
15. | "Folsom Prison Blues" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:50 |
16. | "So Doggone Lonesome" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:39 |
17. | "Mean Eyed Cat" | Sings Hank Williams | 2:30 |
18. | "Luther Played the Boogie" | Greatest! | 2:05 |
19. | "Rock and Roll Ruby" | The Sun Years | 1:44 |
20. | "I Walk the Line" | The Sun Years | 2:41 |
21. | "Brakeman's Blues" (Incomplete) | Previously unreleased | 1:32 |
22. | "Get Rhythm" | Previously unreleased | 2:16 |
23. | "Get Rhythm" | Greatest! | 2:15 |
24. | "I Walk the Line" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:46 |
25. | "Train of Love" | Sun Records, The Country Years | 2:38 |
26. | "Train of Love" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:24 |
27. | "There You Go" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:19 |
28. | "One More Ride" (Incomplete) | The Sun Years | 00:50 |
29. | "I Love You Because" | The Sun Years | 2:27 |
30. | "Goodbye Little Darlin'" | Greatest! | 2:16 |
31. | "I Love You Because" | Sings Hank Williams | 2:28 |
32. | "Straight A's In Love" | Sings Hank Williams | 2:14 |
No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
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1. | "Don't Make Me Go" | Previously unreleased | 2:53 |
2. | "Next In Line" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:48 |
3. | "Don't Make Me Go" | The Sun Years | 2:33 |
4. | "Don't Make Me Go" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:30 |
5. | "Home of the Blues" (Undubbed Master) | Previously unreleased | 3:01 |
6. | "Give My Love to Rose" | Previously unreleased | 3:12 |
7. | "Give My Love to Rose" | Sings Hank Williams | 2:46 |
8. | "Home of the Blues" (Overdubbed Master) | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:41 |
9. | "Rock Island Line" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:01 |
10. | "Wreck of the Old 97" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 1:48 |
11. | "Belshazzar" | The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash | 2:27 |
12. | "Country Boy" | The Sun Years | 1:49 |
13. | "Leave That Junk Alone" | The Sun Years | 1:30 |
14. | "Doin' My Time" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:39 |
15. | "Country Boy" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 1:53 |
16. | "If the Good Lord's Willing" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 1:44 |
17. | "I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:25 |
18. | "I Was There When It Happened" | Sun Records, The Country Years | 2:18 |
19. | "Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:49 |
20. | "I Was There When It Happened" | With His Hot and Blue Guitar | 2:17 |
21. | "Big River" | Previously unreleased | 3:46 |
22. | "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" | Previously unreleased | 2:18 |
23. | "Goodnight Irene" | The Sun Years | 2:41 |
24. | "Big River" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:33 |
25. | "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:14 |
26. | "Come In Stranger" | The Roots Of Rock, Vol. 4: Cotton City Country | 2:03 |
27. | "Guess Things Happen That Way" (Undubbed Master) | Previously unreleased | 1:58 |
28. | "Come In Stranger" | Sings Hank Williams | 1:43 |
29. | "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Undubbed Master) | Previously unreleased | 2:30 |
30. | "Guess Things Happen That Way" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 1:52 |
31. | "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Overdubbed Master) | Now Here's Johnny Cash | 2:29 |
No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
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1. | "Sugartime" | Previously unreleased | 1:46 |
2. | "Born To Lose" (Undubbed Master) | The Sun Years | 2:10 |
3. | "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:41 |
4. | "Born to Lose" | The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash | 2:11 |
5. | "Sugartime" (Overdubbed Master) | Now Here's Johnny Cash | 1:50 |
6. | "Story of a Broken Heart" | The Sun Years | 2:33 |
7. | "Always Alone" (Incomplete) | The Sun Years | 1:35 |
8. | "Always Alone" | The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash | 1:52 |
9. | "Story of a Broken Heart" (False Starts) | Previously unreleased | 2:28 |
10. | "Story of a Broken Heart" | Now Here's Johnny Cash | 2:12 |
11. | "You Tell Me" | Greatest! | 1:55 |
12. | "Life Goes On" | Now Here's Johnny Cash | 2:01 |
13. | "You Win Again" | Previously unreleased | 2:18 |
14. | "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" | Previously unreleased | 2:14 |
15. | "Hey Good Lookin'" | Previously unreleased | 1:43 |
16. | "I Can't Help It" | Previously unreleased | 1:46 |
17. | "Cold Cold Heart" | Previously unreleased | 2:21 |
18. | "Blue Train" | All Aboard the Blue Train | 2:03 |
19. | "Katy Too" | Greatest! | 1:58 |
20. | "The Ways of a Woman in Love" | The Sun Years | 2:28 |
21. | "Fools Hall of Fame" | Previously unreleased | 2:25 |
22. | "The Ways of a Woman in Love" | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | 2:17 |
23. | "Thanks a Lot" | Greatest! | 2:38 |
24. | "It's Just About Time" | Previously unreleased | 2:08 |
25. | "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" | Previously unreleased | 2:10 |
26. | "I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" | Greatest! | 2:25 |
27. | "It's Just About Time" | Greatest! | 2:10 |
28. | "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" | Greatest! | 1:55 |
29. | "Down The Street to 301" | Now Here's Johnny Cash | 2:03 |
No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
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1. | "Oh What a Dream" | Previously unreleased | 2:05 |
2. | "I'll Remember You" | Previously unreleased | 2:07 |
3. | "Drink to Me" | Songs of Our Soil | 1:54 |
4. | "What Do I Care" | "All Over Again" B-side | 2:08 |
5. | "Suppertime" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:51 |
6. | "It Was Jesus" | Hymns by Johnny Cash | 2:05 |
7. | "Oh What a Dream" | Columbia Records 1958-1986 | 2:03 |
8. | "I'll Remember You" | Previously unreleased | 2:05 |
9. | "Mama's Baby" | The Unissued Johnny Cash | 2:22 |
10. | "The Troubadour" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:16 |
11. | "Run Softly Blue River" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:15 |
12. | "All Over Again" | Single A-side | 2:15 |
13. | "That's All Over" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 1:54 |
14. | "Frankie's Man Johnnie" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:17 |
15. | "Fool's Hall of Fame" | The Unissued Johnny Cash | 2:09 |
16. | "Walkin' the Blues" | The Unissued Johnny Cash | 2:14 |
17. | "Lead Me Father" | Hymns by Johnny Cash | 2:27 |
18. | "That's Enough" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:42 |
19. | "I Still Miss Someone" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:36 |
20. | "One More Ride" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:02 |
21. | "Pickin' Time" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 1:59 |
22. | "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 3:04 |
23. | "I'd Rather Die Young" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:31 |
24. | "The Shepherd of My Heart" | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:12 |
25. | "Cold Shoulder" | The Unissued Johnny Cash | 1:52 |
No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
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1. | "Lead Me Father" (Takes 1-4) | Previously unreleased | 3:41 |
2. | "Lead Me Father" (Takes 5-9) | Previously unreleased | 4:32 |
3. | "Lead Me Father" (Takes 10-12) | Previously unreleased | 3:47 |
4. | "Lead Me Father" (Master-Take 13) | Hymns by Johnny Cash | 2:36 |
5. | "That's Enough" (Takes 1-3) | Previously unreleased | 2:28 |
6. | "That's Enough" (Master-Take 4) | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:52 |
7. | "I Still Miss Someone" (Takes 1-5) | Previously unreleased | 4:07 |
8. | "I Still Miss Someone" (Takes 6-8) | Previously unreleased | 4:19 |
9. | "I Still Miss Someone" (Takes 9-10) | Previously unreleased | 2:55 |
10. | "I Still Miss Someone" (Master-Take 11) | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:43 |
11. | "One More Ride" (Takes 1-4) | Previously unreleased | 3:09 |
12. | "One More Ride" (Takes 5-11) | Previously unreleased | 2:16 |
13. | "One More Ride" (Master-Take 12) | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:06 |
14. | "Pickin' Time" (Takes 1-2) | Previously unreleased | 2:32 |
15. | "Pickin' Time" (Master-Take 3) | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:04 |
16. | "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Takes 1-4) | Previously unreleased | 2:46 |
17. | "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Takes 5-6) | Previously unreleased | 3:31 |
18. | "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Master) | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 3:04 |
19. | "I'd Rather Die Young" (Take 1 and Master-Take 2) | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 2:53 |
20. | "The Shepherd of My Heart" (Takes 1-2 and Master-Take 3) | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 3:31 |
21. | "Cold Shoulder" (Master-Take 1 and Master-Take 2) | The Unissued Johnny Cash | 2:15 |
Song information
Previously unissued:
- CD 1: tracks 5, 6, 21, 22
- CD 2: tracks 1, 5, 6, 21, 22, 27, 29
- CD 3: tracks 1, 13 to 17, 21, 24, 25
- CD 4: tracks 1, 2, 7, 8,3
CD 5 contains a complete session: false starts, breakdowns, rejected and finished masters of songs recorded on August 13, 1958.
Numbers next to some songs indicate the year of the release.
Credits
- Mastered By - Bob Jones
- Producer - Don Law, Jack Clement, Sam Phillips
- Reissue Producer - Colin Escott, Richard Weize
References
- Bear Family Records
- Discogs entry
- Amazon.com entry
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- 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
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- The Unissued Johnny Cash
- Johnny & June
- Tall Man
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- Biggest Hits
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- The Man in Black 1959–1962
- Come Along and Ride This Train
- The Essential Johnny Cash (1992)
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- The Man in Black 1963–1969
- The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits
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- The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)
- Unearthed
- The Legend
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- 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
- The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
- The Complete Columbia Album Collection
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- "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"
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- "I Walk the Line"
- "If I Had a Hammer"
- "If I Were a Carpenter"
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- "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
- "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
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- The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
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