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Op twaalfjarige leeftijd schreef Cash zijn eerste liedjes, geïnspireerd door de countrymuziek die hij hoorde op de radio. Tijdens zijn diensttijd in West-Duitsland kocht hij zijn eerste gitaar. Na zijn diensttijd trouwde hij Vivian Liberto en verhuisde naar Memphis (Tennessee), waar hij een cursus tot diskjockey volgde. 's Avonds speelde hij in een trio, met de gitarist Luther Perkins en de bassist Marshall Grant.
In 1955 probeerde de groep auditie te doen bij Sun Records. Na enkele mislukte audities vroeg de oprichter van Sun Records, Sam Phillips, of hij met iets commerciëlers wilde terugkomen. Dat werd zijn debuut en eerste hit, het nummer "Hey Porter". Sam Phillips veranderde zijn naam (Johnny werd geboren als J.R., maar toen hij in dienst kwam werd dit veranderd in John R. Cash, want in dienst werden letters niet als naam geaccepteerd) in Johnny Cash, en Perkins en Grant heetten vanaf toen the Tennessee Two. Daarna volgden "Folsom Prison Blues" en zijn eerste grote hit, "I Walk the Line", eind 1956. "I Walk the Line" stond zes weken lang op nummer één in de Country top Five, waarna de single in de Pop top 20 belandde. In november 1957 verscheen zijn eerste lp, Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar, wat hem de eerste artiest maakte bij Sun met zijn eigen elpee. Johnny Cash wilde ook graag een gospelalbum uitbrengen, maar Sun wees zijn verzoeken af. Mede daarom, en een ruzie over de royalty's, vertrok Cash in 1958 naar Columbia Records. Sun bracht daarna nog tot in de jaren zestig niet eerder uitgebracht materiaal van Cash uit.
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CD1
1. JOHNNY CASH - Come Along And Ride This Train [02:32]
2. JOHNNY CASH - Loading Coal [05:02]
3. JOHNNY CASH - Slow Rider [04:14]
4. JOHNNY CASH - The Shifting Whispering Sands (with Lorne Greene)[02:32]
5. JOHNNY CASH - Lumberjack [03:02]
6. JOHNNY CASH - Dorraine Of Ponchartrain [04:47]
7. JOHNNY CASH - Going To Memphis [04:19]
8. JOHNNY CASH - When Papa Played The Dobro [02:55]
9. JOHNNY CASH - Boss Jack [03:57]
10. JOHNNY CASH - Old Doc Brown [04:15]
11. JOHNNY CASH - The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer [08:27]
12. JOHNNY CASH - Tell Him I'm Gone [03:04]
13. JOHNNY CASH - Another Man Done Gone (with Anita Carter) [02:37]
14. JOHNNY CASH - Casey Jones [03:03]
15. JOHNNY CASH - Nine Pound Hammer [03:19]
16. JOHNNY CASH - Chain Gang [02:41]
17. JOHNNY CASH - Busted [02:18]
18. JOHNNY CASH - Waiting For A Train [02:08]
19. JOHNNY CASH - Roughneck [02:13]
20. JOHNNY CASH - Pick A Bale Of Cotton [01:59]
21. JOHNNY CASH - Cotton Pickin' Hands [02:21]
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CD2
1. JOHNNY CASH - Hiawatha's Vision [02:25]
2. JOHNNY CASH - The Road To Kaintuck [02:43]
3. JOHNNY CASH - Hammer And Nails (with The Statler Brothers)[02:40]
4. JOHNNY CASH - The Shifting Whispering Sands, Part 1 [02:55]
5. JOHNNY CASH - The Ballad Of Boot Hill [03:49]
6. JOHNNY CASH - I Ride An Old Paint [02:58]
7. JOHNNY CASH - Hardin Wouldn't Run [04:19]
8. JOHNNY CASH - Mr. Garfield [04:36]
9. JOHNNY CASH - The Streets Of Laredo [03:39]
10. JOHNNY CASH - Johnny Reb [02:51]
11. JOHNNY CASH - A Letter From Home [02:36]
12. JOHNNY CASH - Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie [02:26]
13. JOHNNY CASH - Mean As Hell [03:08]
14. JOHNNY CASH - Sam Hall [03:15]
15. JOHNNY CASH - 25 Minutes To Go [03:13]
16. JOHNNY CASH - The Blizzard [03:54]
17. JOHNNY CASH - Sweet Betsy From Pike [03:58]
18. JOHNNY CASH - Green Grow The Lilacs [02:46]
19. JOHNNY CASH - Rodeo Hand [02:26]
20. JOHNNY CASH - Stampede [04:00]
21. JOHNNY CASH - The Shifting Whispering Sands, Part 2 [02:29]
22. JOHNNY CASH - Remember The Alamo [02:49]
23. JOHNNY CASH - Reflections [02:44]
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CD3
1. JOHNNY CASH - Intro - Big Foot [02:49]
2. JOHNNY CASH - As Long As The Grass Shall Grow [06:10]
3. JOHNNY CASH - Apache Tears [02:37]
4. JOHNNY CASH - Custer [02:22]
5. JOHNNY CASH - The Talking Leaves [03:57]
6. JOHNNY CASH - The Ballad Of Ira Hayes [04:10]
7. JOHNNY CASH - Drums [05:05]
8. JOHNNY CASH - White Girl [03:03]
9. JOHNNY CASH - Old Apache Squaw [01:42]
10. JOHNNY CASH - The Vanishing Race [04:06]
11. JOHNNY CASH - Open Dialogue [00:23]
12. JOHNNY CASH - Paul Revere [02:17]
13. JOHNNY CASH - Begin West Movement [00:26]
14. JOHNNY CASH - The Road To Kaintuck [01:21]
15. JOHNNY CASH - To The Shining Mountains [00:48]
16. JOHNNY CASH - The Battle Of New Orleans [02:21]
17. JOHNNY CASH - Southwestward [00:37]
18. JOHNNY CASH - Remember The Alamo [02:26]
19. JOHNNY CASH - Opening The West [00:54]
20. JOHNNY CASH - Lorena [01:52]
21. JOHNNY CASH - The Gettysburg Address [02:38]
22. JOHNNY CASH - The West [00:57]
23. JOHNNY CASH - Big Foot [03:02]
24. JOHNNY CASH - Like A Young Colt [00:38]
25. JOHNNY CASH - Mr. Garfield [03:53]
26. JOHNNY CASH - A Proud Land [00:24]
27. JOHNNY CASH - The Big Battle [03:05]
28. JOHNNY CASH - On Wheels And Wings [00:30]
29. JOHNNY CASH - Come Take A Trip On My Airship [01:05]
30. JOHNNY CASH - Reaching For The Stars [00:41]
31. JOHNNY CASH - These Are My People [02:36]
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CD4
1. JOHNNY CASH - From Sea To Shining Sea [01:38]
2. JOHNNY CASH - The Whirl And The Suck [03:07]
3. JOHNNY CASH - Call Daddy From The Mines [03:03]
4. JOHNNY CASH - THe Frozen Four Hundred Pound Fair To Middlin' Cotton Picker[02:32]
5. JOHNNY CASH - The Walls Of A Prison [04:01]
6. JOHNNY CASH - The Masterpiece [02:47]
7. JOHNNY CASH - You And Tennessee [03:08]
8. JOHNNY CASH - She Came From The Mountains [04:59]
9. JOHNNY CASH - Another Song To Sing [02:00]
10. JOHNNY CASH - The Flint Arrowhead [02:56]
11. JOHNNY CASH - Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station [02:42]
12. JOHNNY CASH - Shrimpin' Sailin' [03:06]
13. JOHNNY CASH - From Sea To Shining Sea [00:57]
14. JOHNNY CASH - Hit The Road And Go [02:35]
15. JOHNNY CASH - Dialogue #1 [02:33]
16. JOHNNY CASH - If It Wasn't For The Wabash River [02:09]
17. JOHNNY CASH - Dialogue #2 [02:22]
18. JOHNNY CASH - Lady [02:48]
19. JOHNNY CASH - Dialogue #3 [02:27]
20. JOHNNY CASH - After The Ball [02:48]
21. JOHNNY CASH - Dialogue #4 [02:02]
22. JOHNNY CASH - No Earthly Good [02:46]
23. JOHNNY CASH - Dialogue #5 [01:51]
24. JOHNNY CASH - A Wednesday Car [02:12]
25. JOHNNY CASH - Dialogue #6 [00:55]
26. JOHNNY CASH - My C
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