With His Hot and Blue Guitar

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Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar
Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar cover
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released Original: October 1957
Re-issued: 1969
Re-issued: 2002
Recorded May 1955 - August 4, 1957
Genre Country
Length Original: 27:40
Re-issue: 39:41
Label Sun
Producer Sam Phillips
Professional reviews
Johnny Cash chronology
Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar
(1957)		 Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
(1958)

Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar is the debut album of country singer Johnny Cash, released on 11 October 1957 (see 1957 in music). The album contained four of his hit singles: "I Walk the Line," "Cry Cry Cry," "So Doggone Lonesome," and "Folsom Prison Blues." It was re-issued on July 23, 2002 (see 2002 in music) as an expanded edition, under the label Varese Vintage, containing five bonus tracks, three being alternate versions of tracks already present on the original LP.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Rock Island Line" (Lead Belly) – 2:11
  2. "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" (Jimmie Davis, Hank Williams) – 2:25
  3. "Country Boy" (Cash) – 1:49
  4. "If the Good Lord's Willing" (Jerry Reed) – 1:44
  5. "Cry Cry Cry" (Cash) – 2:29
  6. "Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)" (Stuart Hamblen) – 2:01
  7. "So Doggone Lonesome" (Cash) – 2:39
  8. "I Was There When It Happened" (Davis, Fern Jones) – 2:17
  9. "I Walk the Line" (Cash) – 2:46
  10. "Wreck of the Old '97" (Norman Blake, Cash, Bob Johnson) – 1:48
  11. "Folsom Prison Blues" (Cash) – 2:51
  12. "Doin' My Time" (Skinner) – 2:40

[edit] Bonus tracks

  1. "Hey Porter" (Cash) – 2:14
  2. "Get Rhythm" (Cash) – 2:15
  3. "I Was There When It Happened" (Davis, Jones) – 2:18
  4. "Folsom Prison Blues" (Cash) – 2:34
  5. "I Walk the Line" (Cash) – 2:40

[edit] Personnel

  • Johnny Cash - Main Performer, Vocals
  • Luther Perkins - Electric Guitar
  • Marshall Grant - Bass
  • Al Casey - Guitar
  • Sam Phillips - Producer
  • Cary E. Mansfield - Reissue Producer
  • Bill Dahl - Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
  • Dan Hersch - Digital Remastering
  • Bill Pitzonka - Art Direction

[edit] Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1955 "Cry Cry Cry" Country Singles 14
1956 "Folsom Prison Blues" Pop Singles 17
1956 "Folsom Prison Blues" Country Singles 4
1955 "So Doggone Lonesome" Country Singles 4
1956 "I Walk the Line" Country Singles 1
1956 "I Walk the Line" Pop Singles 17

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