Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

Copyright: ℗ Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-18 20:36 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Hiawatha’s Vision
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-23)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
autoharp:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1965-03-23)
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1965-03-23)
lute [five-string lute]:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-23)
spoken vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-23)
recording of:
Hiawatha’s Vision (on 1965-03-23)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:25
2The Road to Kaintuck
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-11)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-11)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-11)
five-string banjo:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-11)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-11), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-11)
cover recording of:
The Road to Kaintuck (on 1965-03-11)
composer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Helen Carter (country singer)
2:43
3The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. I
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-10)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-10)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-10)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-10)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10) and Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-10)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-10), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-10)
cover recording of:
Shifting Whispering Sands (1950s song) (on 1965-03-10)
writer:
Jack Gilbert and Mary Hadler (songwriter)
32:53
4Narration 1
1:15
5The Ballad of Boot Hill
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-08-14)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1959-08-14)
drums (drum set):
Michael Kazak (on 1959-08-14)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1959-08-14)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1959-08-14)
mandolute:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1959-08-14)
piano:
James Carter Williams (on 1959-08-14)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1959-08-14) and Anita Kerr Singers (mixed vocal group) (on 1959-08-14)
recording of:
The Ballad of Boot Hill (on 1959-08-14)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
42:33
6I Ride an Old Paint
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-10)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo [twelve-string banjo]:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-10)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-10)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-10)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-10)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-10) and Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10)
recording of:
Old Paint (on 1965-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 915)
2:57
7Narration 2
0:31
8Hardin Wouldn’t Run
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-11)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-11)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-11)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-11)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11)
recording of:
Hardin Wouldn’t Run (on 1965-03-11)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
3:47
9Narration 3
0:50
10Mister Garfield
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-11)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-11)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-11)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-11)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11) and Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-11)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-11), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-11)
recording of:
Mr. Garfield (on 1965-03-11)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:46
11The Streets of Laredo
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-10)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-10)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-10)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-10)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10) and Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-10)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-10), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-10)
recording of:
Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”) (on 1965-03-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23650)
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
3:39
12Narration 4
0:24
13Johnny Reb
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-11)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-11)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-11)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11)
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1965-03-11)
lute [five-string lute]:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-11)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-11), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-11)
cover recording of:
Johnny Reb (on 1965-03-11)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Kilgore
2:27
14A Letter From Home
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-12)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-12)
five-string banjo:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-12)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-12) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-12)
recording of:
A Letter From Home (on 1965-03-12)
writer:
Mother Maybelle Carter and Lorene Donnelly Dean
2:33
15Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-10)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-10)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-10)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-10)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10)
mandocello:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-10)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-10), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-10)
cover recording of:
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy) (on 1965-03-10)
lyricist:
Edward Hubbell Chapin (poet 19th cent)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
32:26
16Mean as Hell
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-18)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
recording of:
Mean as Hell (on 1965-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
3:07
17Sam Hall
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-11)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-11)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-11)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-11)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11) and Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-11)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11)
recording of:
Sam Hall (on 1965-03-11)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
3:16
1825 Minutes to Go
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-12)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-12)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-12)
mandocello:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-12) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-12)
recording of:
25 Minutes to Go (on 1965-03-12)
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
cover recording of:
25 Minutes to Go
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
43:12
19The Blizzard
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-11)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
12 string guitar:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-11)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-11)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-11)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-11)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11)
harpsichord:
Bill Pursell (on 1965-03-11)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-11), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-11) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-11)
cover recording of:
The Blizzard (on 1965-03-11)
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
3:52
20Narration 5
0:39
21Sweet Betsy From Pike
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-18)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
12 string guitar and five-string banjo:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-18)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-18)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-18)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-18)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-18) and Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-18)
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1965-03-18)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-18)
recording of:
Sweet Betsy from Pike (on 1965-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:17
22Green Grow the Lilacs
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
autoharp:
Mother Maybelle Carter
bass:
Marshall Grant
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recording of:
Green Grow the Lilacs
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:46
23Narration 6
1:00
24Stampede
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-13)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
autoharp:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1965-03-13)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-13)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-13)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-13)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-13) and Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-13)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-13), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-13) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-13)
cover recording of:
Stampede (on 1965-03-13)
lyricist and composer:
Peter La Farge
2:59
25The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. II
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19), Jack Clement (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19) and Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
piano:
Bill Pursell (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist) (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
cover recording of:
Shifting Whispering Sands (1950s song) (from 1963-09-18 until 1963-09-19)
writer:
Jack Gilbert and Mary Hadler (songwriter)
2:29
26Reflections
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-15)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
five-string banjo:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-15)
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1965-03-15)
spoken vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-15)
recording of:
Reflections (on 1965-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:46