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Johnny Cash  Main Performer

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1 Wide Open Road Cash 2:35
2 Hey, Porter Cash 2:13
3 Cry, Cry, Cry Cash 2:29
4 My Two Timin' Woman Snow 1:57
5 Port of Lonely Hearts Cash 2:35
6 I Couldn't Keep from Crying Robbins 2:02
7 Trail to Mexico Public Domain 2:05
8 Folsom Prison Blues Jenkins/Cash 2:49
9 So Doggone Lonesome Cash 2:38
10 Mean Eyed Cat Cash 2:30
11 Luther Played the Boogie Cash 2:03
12 Get Rhythm Cash 2:14
13 I Walk the Line Cash 2:46
14 Train of Love Cash 2:23
15 There You Go Cash 2:19
16 I Love You Because Payne 2:26
17 Goodbye Little Darlin' Autry/Marvin 2:14
18 Staight A's in Love Cash 2:15
19 You're My Baby (Little Woolly Booger) Cash 1:47
20 My Treasure Cash 2:28
21 Next in Line Cash 2:48
22 Don't Make Me Go Cash 2:29
23 Give My Love to Rose Cash 2:45
24 Home of the Blues McAlpine/Douglas/Ca 2:40
25 Rock Island Line Ledbetter 2:11
26 Wreck of the Old 97 Public Domain 1:47
27 Country Boy Cash 1:53
28 Doin' My Time Skinner 2:40
29 If the Good Lord's Willing Reed 1:44
30 I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow Davis/Williams 2:26
31 I Was There When It Happened Jones/Davis 2:17
32 Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You) Hamblen 2:14
33 Belshazzar Cash 2:26
34 Big River Cash 2:32
35 Goodnight Irene Lomax/Ledbetter 2:40
36 Ballad of a Teenage Queen Clement 2:12
37 Come in, Stranger Cash 1:42
38 Guess Things Happen That Way Clement 1:50
39 Oh, Lonesome Me Gibson 2:30
40 Leave That Junk Alone   1:26
41 You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven Atkins/Cash/Johnson 2:40
42 The Story of a Broken Heart Phillips 2:37
43 Sugartime Phillips/Echols 1:44
44 Born to Lose Brown 2:10
45 Always Alone Daffan 3:26
46 You Tell Me Orbison 1:48
47 Life Goes On Cash/Clement 1:59
48 You Win Again Williams 2:18
49 I Could Never Be Ashamed of You Williams 2:14
50 Hey, Good Lookin' Williams 1:41
51 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) Williams 1:45
52 Cold, Cold Heart Williams 2:19
53 Blue Train Smith 2:03
54 Katy Too Cash/Clement 1:57
55 The Ways of a Woman in Love Justis/Rich 2:16
56 Fool's Hall of Fame Wolfe 2:25
57 Thanks a Lot Rich 2:37
58 It's Just About Time Clement 2:07
59 I Forgot to Remember to Forget Feathers/Kesler 2:09
60 I Just Thought You'd Like to Know Rich 2:23
61 Down the Street to 301 Clement 2:03
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The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Time/Life Music

Category: Pop/Rock

The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958

UPC: 610583174724

Release Date: 11/08/2005

Original Release Date: 11/08/2005

Number of Discs: 3

Tracks: [Wide Open Road, Hey, Porter, Cry, Cry, Cry, My Two Timin' Woman, Port of Lonely Hearts, I Couldn't Keep from Crying, Trail to Mexico, Folsom Prison Blues, So Doggone Lonesome, Mean Eyed Cat, Luther Played the Boogie, Get Rhythm, I Walk the Line, Train of Love, There You Go, I Love You Because, Goodbye Little Darlin', Staight A's in Love, You're My Baby (Little Woolly Booger), My Treasure, Next in Line, Don't Make Me Go, Give My Love to Rose, Home of the Blues, Rock Island Line, Wreck of the Old 97, Country Boy, Doin' My Time, If the Good Lord's Willing, I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow, I Was There When It Happened, Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You), Belshazzar, Big River, Goodnight Irene, Ballad of a Teenage Queen, Come in, Stranger, Guess Things Happen That Way, Oh, Lonesome Me, Leave That Junk Alone, You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven, The Story of a Broken Heart, Sugartime, Born to Lose, Always Alone, 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, The Ways of a Woman in Love, Fool's Hall of Fame, Thanks a Lot, It's Just About Time, I Forgot to Remember to Forget, I Just Thought You'd Like to Know, Down the Street to 301]
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Johnny Cash's classic recordings for Sun have been reissued many times, and they have been issued in complete form before, most notably in Bear Family's exhaustive five-disc 1990 box set, The Man in Black: 1954-1958. Because of this glut of product, it's easy to look at Time-Life's 2005 three-disc set, The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958, and wonder if it's necessary, or just a quick cash-in tied into the release of the Joaquin Phoenix-starring 2005 biopic Walk the Line. After all, if you're nitpicking, this doesn't even contain the complete Sun recordings -- meaning that this doesn't contain all the alternate takes and false starts that are on the Bear Family box. But if you're looking for alternate takes -- or for that matter, the fly-on-the-wall fifth disc documenting a full recording session from The Man in Black -- you already have the Bear Family set in your library anyway and you wouldn't be interested in another complete Sun set unless it unearths forgotten recordings, which this does not. Instead, Time-Life's box does something useful: it presents one version of each of song Cash recorded at Sun in one convenient package. There are a handful of tracks that include false starts and, at times, undubbed masters are used, but if the hit version is better-known with overdubs -- as on "Guess Things Happen That Way" -- they wisely choose to use that instead. Consequently, this winds up as a useful, succinct summary of Cash's Sun recordings -- a package for the dedicated listener who doesn't need the alternate takes or the actual albums, but wants it all anyway. For that audience, this is an excellent choice. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi