Man in Black 1954-58 [Box set] [Import]

Disc: 1

1. Wide Open Road

2. You're My Baby

3. My Treasure

4. My Treasure

See all 32 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Don't Make Me Go

2. Next in Line

3. Don't Make Me Go

4. Don't Make Me Go

See all 31 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Sugartime

2. Born to Lose [Undubbed Master]

3. You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven

4. Born to Lose

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Oh, What a Dream

2. I'll Remember You

3. Drink to Me

4. What Do I Care

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Lead Me Father

2. Lead Me Father

3. Lead Me Father

4. Lead Me Father

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
'All' of his Sun recordings (including some 30 unissued tracks) taken from the original tapes for the first time, plus the fruits of his first year at Columbia ('I Still Miss Someone', etc.) newly mixed to stereo. The fifth CD contains an entire session, false starts, outtakes and all. And, of course, there's the obligatory 40-page booklet. Deluxe box (LP size, 1 inch thick) from Bear Family Records. 1990.

Tracks:

Wide Open Road
You're My Baby
My Treasure
My Treasure
Hey Porter
Folsom Prison Blues
Wide Open Road
My Two Timin' Woman
Hey Porter
Cry Cry Cry
Wide Open Road
Port of Lonley Hearts
I Couldn't Keep from Crying
New Mexico
Folsom Prison Blues
So Doggone Lonesome
Mean Eyed Cat
Luther Played the Boogie
Rock and Roll Ruby
I Walk the Line
Brakeman's Blues [Incomplete Take]
Get Rhythm
Get Rhythm
I Walk the Line
Train of Love
Train of Love
There You Go
One More Ride [Incomplete Take]
I Love You Because
Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye
I Love You Because
Straight A's in Love

Tracks:

Don't Make Me Go
Next in Line
Don't Make Me Go
Don't Make Me Go
Home of the Blues [Undubbed Master]
Give My Love to Rose
Give My Love to Rose
Home of the Blues [Overdubbed Master]
Rock Island Line
Wreck of the Old '97
Belshazzar
Country Boy
Leave That Junk Alone
Doin' My Time
Country Boy
If the Good Lord's Willing
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
I Was There When It Happened
Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)
I Was There When It Happened
Big River
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Goodnight Irene
Big River
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Come in Stranger
Guess Things Happen That Way [Undubbed Master]
Come in Stranger
Oh, Lonesome Me [Undubbed Master]
Guess Things Happen That Way
Oh, Lonesome Me [Overdubbed Master]

Tracks:

Sugartime
Born to Lose [Undubbed Master]
You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
Born to Lose
Sugartime [Overdubbed Master]
Story of a Broken Heart
Always Alone [Incomplete Take]
Always Alone
False Starts to Story of a Broken Heart
Story of a Broken Heart
You Tell Me
Life Goes On
You Win Again
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
Hey, Good Lookin'
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)
Cold, Cold Heart
Blue Train
Katy Too
Ways of a Woman in Love
Fool's Hall of Fame
Ways of a Woman in Love
Thanks a Lot
It's Just About Time
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
I Just Thought You'd Like to Know
It's Just About Time
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
Down the Street to 301

Tracks:

Oh, What a Dream
I'll Remember You
Drink to Me
What Do I Care
Suppertime
It Was Jesus
Oh, What a Dream
I'll Remember You
Mama's Baby
Troubadour
Run Softly, Blue River
All over Again
That's All Over
Frankie's Man Johnny
Fool's Hall of Fame
Walking the Blues
Lead Me Father
That's Enough
I Still Miss Someone
One More Ride
Pickin' Time
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
I'd Rather Die Young
Shepherd of My Heart
Cold Shoulder

Tracks:

Lead Me Father
Lead Me Father
Lead Me Father
Lead Me Father
That's Enough
That's Enough
I Still Miss Someone
I Still Miss Someone
I Still Miss Someone
I Still Miss Someone
One More Ride
One More Ride
One More Ride
Pickin' Time
Pickin' Time
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
I'd Rather Die Young
Shepherd of My Heart
Cold Shoulder

Album Description

'All' of his Sun recordings (including some 30 unissued tracks) taken from the original tapes for the first time, plus the fruits of his first year at Columbia ('I Still Miss Someone', etc.) newly mixed to stereo. The fifth CD contains an entire session, false starts, outtakes and all. And, of course, there's the obligatory 40-page booklet. Deluxe box (LP size, 1 inch thick) from Bear Family Records. 1990.

Album Details

Five CDs in an LP Size Box Set with a 36 Page Book.

Customer Reviews:

Sun Shines on Cash.......2005-12-16

One word for this collection: exhuastive.

If you are a Cash enthusiast, this collection, containing an extraordinary number of outtakes, is a must have. The liner notes are thorough and make for good reading. I understand there is still a lot of unreleased material from this time period, but this collection has everything that's publically available. The organization of the material is raw, presenting a number of tunes repeating themselves back-to-back, and is clearly intended for the collector.

Johnny`s amazing SUN recordings complete........2005-02-27

This amazing box from Bear Family Records includes all SUN recordings plus an eye on the wall at his first Columbia session.Amazing good sound.
Here you can hear Johnny sing "Rock and roll Ruby" pure rockabilly.It is amazing how his last rockabilly recordings 45 years later has the same good rocking sound.Compare it to the rockabilly recordings on "Unearthed".If you buy this and "Unearthed" you will find out that Johnny got back to his country roots.Buy it you will not regret it,well spent money.

Luther played the boogie.......2004-06-17

This five cd set includes everything that Johnny Cash recorded for Sun Records. All of his fifties hits are here "Hey Porter", "I Walk The Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", few Hank Williams' songs "Hey, Good Lookin'", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With", "Cold, Cold Heart", "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" and some alternate takes are featured here. Must for Johnny's fans!

A great introduction to the Man in Black's career!.......2003-10-18

This is a superb complete box set of Cash's Sun material and early Columbia work. There are other CD's available of his sun work and a lot more overdubbing are on some of thoese CD's, but on this box set you will hear them as they were recorded originally! There are a few surprises on this box set and quite a few outtakes and chatter in the studio which I know you will really enjoy. The best CD is disc 5 though. There is an uninterrupted recording session from 1959 with Johnny, the Tennessee Three and the Jordanaires recording Lead Me Father, That's Enough, Picking Time, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, I Still Miss Someone, One More Ride and Cold Shoulder. I highly recommend it to all Cash fans as it is a graet introduction to his career!

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