Import only two-disc set features the complete recordings at San Quentin and at Folsom Prison. Johnny Cash had been breaking new ground for a decade when at Folsom Prison suddenly made the world at large take notice. The interaction of a volatile prison population starved for entertainment and a desperately on-form Johnny Cash was electrifying. His somber machismo finally found a home. The songs, which included every prison song Cash knew ('I Got Stripes', 'The Wall', '25 Minutes to Go', 'Cocaine Blues', plus his own 'Folsom Prison Blues') were tailored to galvanize the crowd. As with Folsom, the San Quentin LP had to be edited due to space limitations. Now, 31 years after the fact, the show can at last be heard in true perspective. All the original performances hold up, including the album's hit single: Shel Silverstein's 'A Boy Named Sue'. 37-tracks in all. BMG. 2006.
R**K
Great
Marvelous as usual!!
K**T
You Had To Be There To Appreciate What He Did At San Quentin Prison
You had to be there to appreciate what this man, Johnny Cash, did for the prisoners souls; I know, I was there…bought the albumin (I have others) because I think I can see myself in the cover picture…and this was the first 'concert' I ever attended. A historical point, only North and West block prisoners and kitchen workers were able to see the show due to space…in the North Dining Room! Johnny Cash will live in my heart forever and previously I didn't even like his kind of music.
H**N
Truly the BEST of Johnny Cash!
Great price for Great Music....covers EVERY SINGLE Greatest Hit and so enjoyable to listen live, it is as if you are there in the Prison with him and the other prisoners and can literally FEEL the energy!
M**N
Very nice
I love to lissten to Johnny Cash. But it is sad that he is singing to prisioners. But the men in prison are enjoying his music.
J**M
I wanted my 2 vinyl albums on 1 CD after all this time.
My used CD had a nice price, as described, packaged well & arrived quickly. I use this seller & recommend them!
P**A
Johnny Cash, the greatest country music star
Excellent collection of Johnny Cash songs. He is my favorite country singer.
B**N
If you like the real thing
If you like the real thing, old Americana music that touches the soul, there is nothing like Johnny Cash reaching out with his love and concern to maximum security inmates. What a great guy for giving these inmates a day to remember. Great recordings.
B**T
Enjoyable and informative.
Good representation of story telling via the composition and the artist’s rendering.
P**P
Wonderful live recording
Like many I bought this after watching Walk the Line, and listening to the Man in Black.The Folsom prison CD is full of banter and enthusiastic reception by the inmates.I really enjoyed this
I**S
The man in charge
In 1968 and then in 1969 Cash played concerts at two legendary tough prisons and had some of the hardest men in America eating out of his hand and showing his heart on his sleeve (excuse the use of cliche).With an enormous repertoire at his fingertips, there is a great emphasis on crime, punishment and imprisonment. This could have been dark and grim and sometimes it is but there is as much light as there is shade and Cash makes his audience laugh as much as he rouses them. It's a masterclass in audience control as he has these hundreds of hard hard men exactly where he wants them. On the second album his song San Quentin is a searing angry masterpiece which goes down so well he sings it again straight afterwards. These are his people he's playing and singing for, the working class and dispossessed of America and they know it and respond accordingly. If they are his people, he is their voice.Extra tracks aside, this is an excellent box set. Each 20+ page booklet includes new material written by Cash as well as others and plenty of photographs. Only one caveat: I can't listen to one after the other because it's too much of a good thing. That apart this is a magnificent piece of work.
J**M
A class act - and the more I listen the better it gets
Like many I discovered Johnny Cash properly following the excellant "Walk The Line" movie although I was aware of his contribtiution in the those early pioneering days at Sun. This prompted me to get the "Legend of Johnny Cash" album that came out shortly afterwards.These two concerts are excellant. San Quentin is the best one as this as this feels more familiar of the two and Folsom has a more specialised American Country feel to it.For those like me who may only have seen the film and bough the "Legend" CD afterwards this combined CD set is highly recommended and worthy of it's historical standing.**A few months on after listening to these concerts a good few times all I can add is that the more I listen the better they get. I've now upgraded my initial rating from 4* to 5* and can't imagine how I could have rated this less than 5* in the first place!
S**E
TWO CLASSIC HIT ALBUMS ON ONE CD
A great space saver, plus a couple of Bonus tracks which were left out of the original two separate albums. Both are still electrifying. The price is decent too. Surely a 'must' in anybody's collection as this is true ground breaking stuff from Johnny and his touring support musicians at their peak!
T**S
2 Great Albums
I have both these albums on vinyl but had so many clicks and pops when I tried to "rip" them to a digital format, I decided to just buy the CDs. The fact that the 2 came in one package at a sensible price was a definite bonus. Also there are additional tracks on the CDs missing from the vinyl versions so a double bonus! Like others have said, the background noise and announcements only add to the atmosphere. I'm not big on live performances generally as often the poor sound balancing gives too much emphasis to the audience drowning out the performer's vocals - not so with these 2 historic recordings. A must for any C&W fans.
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