Columbia CBS S-63316

Released   Original: June, 1968

Recorded  In Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nasville in August, 1958

                   In Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nasville in March, 1959

                   In Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nasville in February, 1960

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Hollywood in July, 1961

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in March, 1962

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in August, 1962

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in June, 1963

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in November, 1963

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in June, 1965

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in January, 1967

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in January, 1967

Genre        Country

Length       Original: 34:12

Label         Columbia Records

                   Reissue: Legacy Recordings

Producer   Bob Johnston

                   Reissue: Bob Irwin

Old Golden Throat is a compiliation album, consisting of 14 songs. 12 of the singles had never appeared on an album prior to this, while "Still In Town" and "Tennessee Flat Top Box" are exceptions. The recordings spans over a decade from 1958 to 1967.

Track listing:

1. 1.I Got Stripes (Johnny Cash, Charlie Williams) - 2:05
   

2. 2.A Certain Kinda Hurtin' (Johnny Cash) - 2:03
   

3. 3.Little a Time (Johnny Cash, Gordon Terry) - 1:57
   

4. 4.All Over Again (Johnny Cash) - 2:12
   

5. 5.Still In Town (Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran) - 2:36
   

6. 6.Smiling Bill McCall (Johnny Cash) - 2:07
   

7. 7.The Wind Changes (Johnny Cash) - 2:49
   

8. 8.The Sons Of Katie Elder (Ernie Sheldon, Elmer Bernstein) - 2:35
   

9. 9.Dark As a Dungeon (Merle Travis) - 2:29
   

10. 10.Tennessee Flat Top Box (Johnny Cash) - 3:01
    

11. 11.The Matador (Johnny Cash, June Carter) - 2:48
    

12. 12.Send a Picture of Mother (Johnny Cash) - 2:53
    

13. 13.You Dreamer You (Johnny Cash) - 1:49
    

14. 14.Red Velvet (Ian Tyson) - 2:48
    

Personell:

1. •Johnny Cash - Guitar, Vocals
   

2. •Luther Perkins - Electric Guitar
   

3. •Carl Perkins - Guitar
   

4. •Norman Blake - Guitar
   

5. •Jack Clement - Guitar
   

6. •Johnny Western - Guitar
   

7. •Bob Johnson - Lute/Mandocello/Guitar
   

8. •Buddy Harman - Drums
   

9. •Marshall Grant - Bass
   

10. •W.S. Holland - Drums
    

11. •Don Helms - Steel
    

12. •Shot Jackson - Steel/Dobro
    

13. •Marvin Hughes - Piano
    

14. •Floyd Cramer - Piano
    

15. •Bill Pursell - Piano
    

16. •Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
    

17. •Gordon Terry - Fiddle
    

18. •Maybelle Carter - Harpischord
    

19. •Karl Gavin - Trumpet
    

20. •Bill McElhiney - Trumpet
    

21. •Lew DeWitt - Whistle
    

22. •The Anita Kerr Singers - Background Vocals
    

23. •The Carter Family - Background Vocals
    

24. •The Statler Brothers - Background Vocals
    

Charts

All of the songs are previously released singles, and reached the billboards in their individual release years:

Year    Single                                              Chart                    Position

1967:   The Wind Changes                          Country Singles        60

1965:   The Sons Of Katie Elder                  Country Singles        10

1964:   Dark As a Dungeon                         Country Singles        49

1963:   The Matador                                    Country Singles          2

1961:   Tennessee Flat Top Box                 Country Singles         11

1960:   Smiling Bill McCall                           Country Singles        13

1959:   You Dreamer You                           Country Singles         13

1959:   I Got Stripes                                    Country Singles          4

1958:   All Over Again                                 Country Singles          4