Sun LP-1220

Released   Original: October 10, 1957

                   Re-issued: 1969

                   Re-issued: 2002

Recorded  In Sun Studios, Memphis from May 1955 through August 1957

Genre        Country

Length       Original: 27:40

                   Re-issue (2002): 39:41

Label         Sun Records

Producer   Sam Phillips

Track listing:

1. 1.Rock Island Line (Lead Belly) - 2:11
   

2. 2.(I Heard That) Lonesome Wistle (Jimmie Davis, Hank Williams) - 2:25
   

3. 3.Country Boy (Johnny Cash) - 1:49
   

4. 4.If The Good Lord’s Willing (Jerry Reed) - 1:44
   

5. 5.Cry Cry Cry (Johnny Cash) - 2:29
   

6. 6.Remember Me (I’m The One Who Loves You) (Stuart Hamblen) - 2:01
   

7. 7.So Doggone Lonesome (Johnny Cash) - 2:39
   

8. 8.I Was There When It Happened (Davis, Fern Jones) - 2:17
   

9. 9.I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) - 2:46
   

10. 10.Wreck of The Old ’97 (Norman Blake, Johnny Cash, Bob Johnson) - 1:48
    

11. 11.Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - 2:51
    

12. 12.Doin’ My Time (Skinner) - 2:40
    

The LP was re-issued on July 23 in 2002 with 5 bonus tracks:

1. 1.Hey Porter (Johnny Cash) - 2:14
   

2. 2.Get Rhytm (Johnny Cash) - 2:15
   

3. 3.I Was There When It Happened (Davis, Jones) - 2:18
   

4. 4.Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - 2:34
   

5. 5.I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) - 2:40
   

The re-issue was released by a small label called Varese Vintage. Three of the bonus tracks are (as you may have noticed) the same as the ones on the actuall album, but they are alternative versions.

The LP contains four huge hits singles: I Walk The Line, Cry cry cry, So Doggone Lonesome and Folsom Prison Blues. All of them had success on the Country Billboard Chart:

Year    Single                             Chart                   Position

1955:   Cry Cry Cry                     Country Singles      14

1956:   Folsom Prison Blues       Country Singles        4

1955:   So Doggone Lonesome  Country Singles        4

1956:   I Walk The Line               Country Singles        1

1956:   I Walk The Line               Pop Singles            17

Personell:

In all, six persons contributed on the original issue of the album. An additional four persons were involved in the re-issues.

1. •Johnny Cash - Guitar, Vocals
   

2. •Luther Perkins - Electric Guitar
   

3. •Marshall Grant - Bass
   

4. •Al Casey - Guitar
   

5. •Sam Phillips - Producer
   

6. •Cary E. Mansfield - Re-issue producer
   

7. •Bill Dahl - Liner Notes, re-issue producer
   

8. •Dan Hersch - Digital Remastering
   

9. •Bill Pitzonka - Art Direction