Columbia CS-9246

Released   Original: March, 1966

Recorded  In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in March, 1965

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in April, 1965

Genre        Country

Length       Original: 37:23

Label         Columbia Records

Producer   Don Law, Frank Jones

"Mean As Hell" is, in all it's glory, a short version of the album "Sings The Ballads Of The True West".

Track listing:

1. 1.The Shifting Whispering Sands (Jack V. C. Gilbert, Mary Margaret Hadler) - 2:54
   

2. 2.I Ride an Old Paint (Traditional) - 2:58
   

3. 3.The Road to Kaintuck (June Carter) - 2:43
   

4. 4.A Letter From Home (Maybelle Carter, Dearest Dan) - 2:35
   

5. 5.Mean As Hell - 3:07
   

6. 6.25 Minutes to go (Shel Siverstein) - 3:14
   

7. 7.Mr. Garfield (Ramblin' Jack Elliott) - 4:35
   

8. 8.The Blizzard (Harlan Howard) - 3:53
   

9. 9.Streets of Laredo (Traditional) - 3:39
   

10. 10.Sweet Betsy From Pike (Jimmie Driftwood) - 3:57
    

11. 11.Stampede (Peter La Farge) - 4:01
    

12. 12.Bury Me Not on The Lone Prairie (Traditional) - 2:26
    

Personell:

1. •Johnny Cash - Guitar, Vocals
   

2. •Luther Perkins - Electric Guitar
   

3. •Norman Blake - Guitar
   

4. •Jack Clement - Guitar
   

5. •Marshall Grant - Bass
   

6. •W.S. Holland - Drums
   

7. •Michael N. Kazak - Drums
   

8. •Bill Pursell - Piano
   

9. •Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
   

10. •Mother Maybelle Carter - Autoharp
    

11. •The Carter Family - Backing vocals
    

12. •The Statler Brothers - Backing vocals
    

13. •Don Law - Producer
    

14. •Frank Jones - Producer
    

Charts

The album achieved a position on the billboard, as opposed to the original album:

Year    Chart                    Position

1965:   Country Albums          4