Ride this Train

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Ride This Train

Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	Original: 1960 Re-issued: March 19, 2002
Recorded	December 14, 1959 - February 15, 1960
Genre	Country
Length	Original: 32:20 Re-issue: 42:10
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Don Law, Al Quaglieri
All Music Guide link
Johnny Cash chronology
Sings Hank Williams (1960)	Ride This Train (1960)	Now, there Was a Song! (1960)

Ride This Train is the eighth album by country singer Johnny Cash. It was originally released in 1960 (see 1960 in music), but later re-issued on March 19, 2002 (see 2002 in music) with four bonus tracks. It is considered one of the first concept albums in the history of pop music.

[edit] Track listing

"Loading Coal" (Merle Travis) – 4:58
"Slow Rider" (Cash) – 4:12
"Lumberjack" (Leon Payne) – 3:02
"Dorraine of Ponchartrain" (Cash) – 4:47
"Going to Memphis (Cash, Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax) – 4:26
"When Papa Played the Dobro" (Cash) – 2:55
"Boss Jack" (Tex Ritter) – 3:50
"Old Doc Brown" (Red Foley) – 4:10

[edit] Bonus tracks

"The Fable of Willie Brown" (Cash) – 1:57
"Second Honeymoon" (Autry Inman) – 1:57
"Ballad of the Harp Weaver" (Thelma Moore, Edna Millay) – 3:50
"Smiling Bill McCall" (Cash) – 2:06

[edit] Personnel

Johnny Cash - Guitar, Liner Notes, Main Performer, Leader, Vocals
Al Casey - Guitar
Luther Perkins - Guitar
Johnny Western - Guitar
Shot Jackson - Dobro, Guitar (Steel)
Marshall Grant - Bass
Gordon Terry - Fiddle
Floyd Cramer - Piano
Buddy Harman - Drums

Additional personnel

Don Law - Original Recording Producer
Al Quaglieri - Reissue Producer
Seth Foster - Mastering
Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
Matt Kelly - Tape Research
Kay Smith - Tape Research
Arthur Levy - Liner Notes
Darren Salmieri - A&R
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Patti Matheny - A&R
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Alan Lomax - Adaptation, Arranger
Randall Martin - Design
Don Hunstein - Photography
Nick Shaffran - Series Consultant
Dick Miller - CD Art Adaptation

[edit] See also

Johnny Cash discography

[edit] External links

Luma Electronic entry on Ride This Train

Discography
Johnny Cash
Studio albums : With His Hot and Blue Guitar \| Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous \| The Fabulous Johnny Cash \| Greatest! \| Hymns by Johnny Cash \| Songs of Our Soil \| Sings Hank Williams \| Ride This Train \| Now, There Was a Song! \| Now Here's Johnny Cash \| The Lure of the Grand Canyon \| Hymns from the Heart \| The Sound of Johnny Cash \| All Aboard the Blue Train \| Blood, Sweat and Tears \| Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash \| The Christmas Spirit \| I Walk the Line \| Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian \| Orange Blossom Special \| Sings the Ballads of the True West \| Everybody Loves a Nut \| Happiness is You \| Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter \| From Sea to Shining Sea \| Old Golden Throat \| Heart of Cash \| The Holy Land \| More of Old Golden Throat \| Hello, I'm Johnny Cash \| Man in Black \| A Thing Called Love \| America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song \| The Johnny Cash Family Christmas \| Any Old Wind That Blows \| Johnny Cash and His Woman \| Ragged Old Flag \| Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me \| The Johnny Cash Children's Album \| Sings Precious Memories \| John R. Cash \| Look at Them Beans \| One Piece at a Time \| The Last Gunfighter Ballad \| The Rambler \| I Would Like to See You Again \| Gone Girl \| Silver \| A Believer Sings the Truth \| Rockabilly Blues \| Classic Christmas \| The Baron \| The Adventures of Johnny Cash \| Johnny 99 \| Rainbow \| Believe in Him \| Heroes \| Johnny Cash is Coming to Town \| Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series \| Water from the Wells of Home \| Boom Chicka Boom \| The Mystery of Life \| American Recordings \| Unchained \| American III: Solitary Man \| American IV: The Man Comes Around \| American V: A Hundred Highways \| American VI
Live albums: At Folsom Prison \| At San Quentin \| The Johnny Cash Show \| På Österåker \| Strawberry Cake \| The Survivors Live \| VH1 Storytellers \| At Madison Square Garden
Soundtrack albums: I Walk the Line \| Little Fauss and Big Halsy \| The Gospel Road \| Return to the Promised Land
Compilation albums: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 \| The World of Johnny Cash \| Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 \| International Superstar \| Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 \| The Unissued Johnny Cash \| Johnny & June \| Tall Man \| Encore \| Love, God and Murder \| The Essential Johnny Cash\| Unearthed \| The Legend \| The Legend of Johnny Cash \| Personal File\| The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
Songs
"25 Minutes to Go" \| "A Boy Named Sue" \| "Cocaine Blues" \| "Cry Cry Cry" \| "Dark as a Dungeon" \| "Engine 143" \| "Folsom Prison Blues" \| "Get Rhythm" \| "Goodnight, Irene" \| "Green Green Grass of Home" \| "Greystone Chapel" \| "Hey Porter" \| "Home of the Blues" \| "Hurt" \| "I Walk the Line" \| "In My Life" \| "It Ain't Me Babe" \| "Jackson" \| "Like the 309" \| "The Man Comes Around" \| "One Piece at a Time" \| "The One on the Right is on the Left" \| "Remember the Alamo" \| "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" \| "Ring of Fire" \| "What'd I Say"
Family
June Carter Cash \| John Carter Cash \| Rosanne Cash \| Carlene Carter \| Vivian Liberto \| Tommy Cash \| Carter Family
Related articles
Sun Records \| Columbia Records \| Mercury Records \| American Recordings \| Legacy Recordings \| Lost Highway Records \| Sam Phillips \| Jack Clement \| Rick Rubin \| Carl Perkins \| Jerry Lee Lewis \| The Highwaymen \| Waylon Jennings \| Kris Kristofferson \| Willie Nelson \| Folsom Prison \| San Quentin State Prison \| Outlaw country \| Tennessee Three \| Shel Silverstein \| Walk the Line \| Man in Black \| Cash: The Autobiography
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