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There are several Cash boxes available, but The Legend--spanning the years 1955-2002 but concentrating on his long tenure at Columbia and, to a lesser degree, his beginnings at Sun--probably belongs at the top of the list. Cash's greatest strengths are dramatized on these four, thematically programmed discs: Win, Place and Show: The Hits; Old Favorites and New; The Great American Songbook (mostly traditional songs); and Family and Friends (collaborations). For starters, consider the staggering depth and breadth of his repertoire (perhaps matched only by those of Bob Dylan and Ray Charles), embracing ancient folk tunes ("Streets of Laredo"), teen pop ("Ballad of a Teenage Queen"), mature contemporary rock ("Highway Patrolman"), gospel ("Were You There When They Crucified My Lord"), topical fare ("Ballad of Ira Hayes"), country standards ("Time Changes Everything"), novelties ("One Piece at a Time"), and more. Then there's the way his spare, spacious sound opens up to take in horns ("Ring of Fire"), strings ("Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"), anything. The Legend includes seven previously unissued sides, most prominently "It Takes One to Know Me," a stirring salute to his wife June. --John Morthland
Spotlight Reviews
Reviewer: James Cantrell (Tennessee)
This 4 disc set is the best overview of of the career of Johnny Cash, whom I rank as the second most important Country music artist of all time and certainly one of the half dozen greatest American musical artists regardless of genre. This set is the best because it contains the most great recordings.
I have but two small quibbles with it. I greatly prefer to have the discs arranged chronologically rather than by categories. More important is that this set remains incomplete even at 4 discs. Any dedicated fan of the Man in Black will be able to name at least a half dozen songs that definitely belong here, and most could name a dozen or more. If this set had a 5th disc with some 20-25 songs selected by me, then it would be perfect, save for not being arranged chronologically.
For those who purchase this set and would like more of Cash, I recommend 'Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash' (which is NOT a collection of previously released hits), 'At Folsum Prison,' and 'At San Quentin.' The latter pair in their restored full concert glory are masterpieces of the Live record genre, and the first is, I long have believed, the best studio album Cash made: each cut being perfect as it is and where it is on the album.
'The Original Sun Albums: Complete Collection" is a virtual must for those who love 1950s Country, rockabilly, or early rock 'n' roll. 'The Complete Original Sun Singles' will suffice and costs less.
If you can find a used copy, I also recommend 'Classic Cash,' his late 1980s 20-song volume of remakes of classic recordings from the Sun and Columbia years. Some of the remakes are equal to the originals, and all are interesting.
TRACK LISTING
Disc: 1
1. I Walk The Line
2. There You Go
3. House Of The Blues
4. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
5. Guess Things Happen That Way
6. The Ways Of A Woman To Love
7. Don't Take Your Guns To Town
8. Ring Of Fire
9. The Matador
10. Understand Your Man
11. The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
12. Orange Blossum Special
13. The One On The Right Is On The Left
14. Rosanna's Going Wild
15. Folsom Prison Blues
16. Daddy Sang Bass
17. A Boy Named Sue
18. What Is Truth
19. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
20. Flesh And Blood
21. Man In Black
22. A Thing Called Love
23. Kate
24. Oney
25. Any Old Wind That Blows
26. One Piece At A Time
27. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
Disc: 2
1. Hey Porter
2. Cry, Cry, Cry
3. Luther Played The Boogie
4. Get Rhythm
5. Give My Love To Rose
6. I Was There When It Happened
7. Big River
8. I Still Miss Someone
9. Pickin' Time
10. The Man On The Hill
11. Five Feet And Rising
12. Tennessee Flat Top Box
13. i Got Stripes
14. Troublesome Waters
15. The Long Black Veil
16. Dark As A Dungeon
17. The Wall
18. 25 Minutes To Go
19. Cocaine Blues
20. Doin' My Time
21. I Will Rock And Roll With You
22. Without Love
23. The Big Light
24. Highway Patrolman
25. I'm Never Gonna Roam Again
26. When I'm Gray
27. Forever Young
Disc: 3
1. The Wreck Of The Old 97
2. Rock Island Line
3. Good Night Irene
4. Goodbye, Little Darlin'
5. Born To Love
6. Walking The Blues
7. Frankie's Man, Johnny
8. Delia's Gone
9. In The Jailhouse Now
10. Waiting For A Train
11. Casey Jones
12. The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
13. I've Been Working On The Railroad
14. Sweet Betsy From Pike
15. The Streets Of Laredo
16. Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
17. Down In The Valley
18. Wabash Cannonball
19. The Great Speckle Brid
20. Wildwood Flower
21. Cotton Fields
22. Pick A Bale O' Cotton
23. Old Shep
24. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
25. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
26. Time Changes Everything
Disc: 4
1. Keep In The Sunny Side
2. Diamonds In The Rough
3. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley
4. Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
5. Another Man Done Good
6. Pick The Wildwood Flower
7. Jackson
8. If I Were A Carpenter
9. Girl From The North Country
10. One More Ride
11. You Can't Beat Jesus Christ
12. There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
13. We Ought To Be Ashamed
14. Crazy Old Soldier
15. Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
16. Who's Gene Autry
17. The Night Hank Williams Came To Town
18. I Walk The Line (Revisited)
19. Highwayman
20. The Wanderer
21. September When It Comes
22. Tears In The Holston River
23. Far Side Banks Of Jordan
24. It Takes One To Know Me
JOHNNY CASH I-TUNES
Johnny Cash - The Legend - I Walk the Line (USA)
Johnny Cash - Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous - There You Go (USA)
Johnny Cash - Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous - Ballad of a Teenage Queen (USA)
Johnny Cash - Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous - Guess Things Happen That Way (USA)
Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash's Give My Love to Rose - The Ways of a Woman in Love (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns to Town (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - The Matador (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 - Understand Your Man (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash - The Ballad of Ira Hayes (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash - The One On the Right Is On the Left (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Rosanna's Going Wild (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 - Daddy Sang Bass (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - What Is Truth (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash - Flesh and Blood (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash - Man In Black (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash, Vol. 2 - A Thing Called Love (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Kate (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 - Oney (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash, Vol. 2 - Any Old Wind That Blows (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time (USA)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash - (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (USA)
Johnny Cash - Now Here's Johnny Cash - Hey Porter (USA)
Johnny Cash - Now Here's Johnny Cash - Cry Cry Cry (USA)
Johnny Cash - Greatest - Luther Played the Boogie (USA)
Johnny Cash - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Best of Johnny Cash - Get Rhythm (USA)
Johnny Cash - American IV - The Man Comes Around - Give My Love to Rose (USA)
Johnny Cash - With His Hot and Blue Guitar - I Was There When It Happened (USA)
Johnny Cash - Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous - Big River (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash - I Still Miss Someone (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash - Pickin' Time (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - The Man On the Hill (USA)
Johnny Cash - Songs of Our Soil - Five Feet High and Rising (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 - Tennessee Flat-Top Box (USA)
Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (Live) [Remastered] - I Got Stripes (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Troublesome Waters (USA)
Johnny Cash - Unearthed - Long Black Veil (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 - Dark As a Dungeon (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 - The Wall (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 - 25 Minutes to Go (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Cocaine Blues (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Doin' My Time (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - I Will Rock and Roll With You (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Without Love (USA)
Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town/Boom Chicka Boom - The Big Light (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Highway Patrolman (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - I'm Never Gonna Roam Again (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - When I'm Gray (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - The Wreck of the Old 97 (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Rock Island Line (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Goodnight Irene (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Goodbye, Little Darlin' (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Walking the Blues (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Frankie's Man, Johnny (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Delia's Gone (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - In the Jailhouse Now (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Waiting for a Train (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Casey Jones (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - The Legend of John Henry's Hammer (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - I've Been Working On the Railroad (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Sweet Betsy from Pike (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - The Streets of Laredo (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Down In the Valley (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Wabash Cannonball (USA)
Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special - Wildwood Flower (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Pick a Bale O' Cotton (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Old Shep (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Time Changes Everything (USA)
Johnny Cash & The Carter Family - Keep On the Sunny Side - June Carter Cash: Her Life In Music - Keep On the Sunny Side (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Diamonds In the Rough (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - (There'll Be) Peace In the Valley (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Pick the Wildwood Flower (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Jackson (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - If I Were a Carpenter (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Girl from the North Country (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - One More Ride (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - You Can't Beat Jesus Christ (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - We Ought to Be Ashamed (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Crazy Old Soldier (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Silver Haired Daddy of Mine (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Who's Gene Autry? (USA)
Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town/Boom Chicka Boom - The Night Hank Williams Came to Town (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - I Walk the Line (Revisited) (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Highwayman (USA)
U2 & Johnny Cash - The Complete U2 - Zooropa - The Wanderer (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Very Best of Rosanne Cash - September When It Comes (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - Far Side Banks of Jordan (USA)
Johnny Cash - The Legend - It Takes One to Know Me (USA)
