Columbia CS-8255

Released   Original: September, 1960

                   Re-issued: March 19, 2002

Recorded  In Bradley Film & Recording Studio Nashville in February 1960

Genre        Country

Length       Original: 32:20

                   Re-issue: 42:10

Label         Columbia Records

Producer   Don Law, Al Quaglieri

Track listing:

1. 1.Loading Coal (Merle Travis) - 4:58
   

2. 2.Slow Rider (Johnny Cash) - 4:12
   

3. 3.Lumberjack (Leon Payne) - 3:02
   

4. 4.Dorraine of Ponchartrain (Johnny Cash) - 4:47
   

5. 5.Going To Memphis (Johnny Cash, Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax) - 4:26
   

6. 6.When Papa Played The Dobro (Johnny Cash) - 2:55
   

7. 7.Boss Jack (Tex Ritter) - 3:50
   

8. 8.Old Doc Brown (Red Foley) - 4:10
   

The LP was re-issued in 2002 with four bonus tracks:

1. 1.The Fable of Willie Brown (Johnny Cash) - 1:57
   

2. 2.Second Honeymoon (Autry Inman) - 1:57
   

3. 3.Ballad Of The Harp Weaver (Thelma Moore, Edna Millay) - 3:50
   

4. 4.Smiling Bill McCall (Johnny Cash) - 2:06
   

All bonus tracks are new to the album.

Johnny Cash was ever since childhood very interested in trains. He has made many songs with a train theme, and alson made movies like Ridin' These Rails.

Ride This Train is considered as one of the first concept albums (unified by a theme) in the history of popular music.

Personell:

1. •Johnny Cash - Guitar, Vocals
   

2. •Luther Perkins - Electric Guitar
   

3. •Marshall Grant - Bass
   

4. •Shot Jackson - Dobro, Steel Guitar
   

5. •Al Casey - Guitar
   

6. •Marvin Hughes - Piano
   

7. •Buddy Harman - Drums
   

8. •Floyd Cramer - Piano
   

9. •Gordon Terry - Fiddle
   

10. •Al Quagliari - Producer
    

11. •Don Law - Producer
    

12. •Seth Foster - Mastering
    

13. •Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
    

14. •Hal Adams - Photography
    

15. •Don Hunstein - Photography
    

16. •Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
    

17. •Matt Kelly - Tape Research
    

18. •Kay Smith - Tape Research
    

19. •Steven Berkowitz - A & R
    

20. •Darren Salmieri - A & R
    

21. •Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
    

22. •Randall Martin - Design
    

23. •Nick Shaffran - Consultant
    

24. •Arthur Levy - Liner Notes