The Legend (box set)

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The Legend

Box set by Johnny Cash
Released	August 2, 2005
Recorded	April 2, 1956 - November 2004
Genre	Country
Length	5:05:24
Label	Columbia/Legacy
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Johnny Cash chronology
Unearthed (2003)	The Legend (2005)	The Legend of Johnny Cash (2005)

The Legend is a box set by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music) on Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings. It is one of the few multi-disc sets that contain songs recorded throughout Cash's entire career, from 1955 to 2003. Over four CDs, most of Cash's biggest hits are covered, in addition to numerous traditional compositions Cash recorded versions of; finally, several collaborations with other known artists, including Rosanne Cash, U2 and Bob Dylan. In keeping with Cash's persona as the Man in Black, the data surface of the discs is black.

1 Track listing
2 Limited edition
3 Personnel
- 3.1 Additional personnel
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1 - Win, Place and Show: The Hits

The first disc includes many of Cash's biggest hits, including "I Walk the Line", "Home of the Blues" and "Ring of Fire". The CD covers his first chart successes as well as his more well-known material from the 1970s and 1980s, including Cash's rendering of "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky".

"I Walk the Line" – 2:45
"There You Go" – 2:17
"Home of the Blues" – 2:40
"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" – 2:12
"Guess Things Happen That Way" – 1:50
"The Ways of a Woman in Love" – 2:16
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" – 3:03
"Ring of Fire" – 2:37
"The Matador" – 2:46
"Understand Your Man" – 2:43
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" – 4:09
"Orange Blossom Special" – 3:07
"The One on the Right is on the Left" – 2:48
"Rosanna's Going Wild" – 1:59
"Folsom Prison Blues" – 2:45
"Daddy Sang Bass" – 2:21
"A Boy Named Sue" – 3:46
"What is Truth" – 2:38
"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" – 4:07
"Flesh and Blood" – 2:37
"Man in Black" – 2:52
"A Thing Called Love" – 2:33
"Kate" – 2:17
"Oney" – 3:05
"Any Old Wind That Blows" – 2:46
"One Piece at a Time" – 4:01
"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" – 3:46

[edit] Disc 2 - Old Favorites and New

The second disc was compiled in a similar fashion to the first, also including some of Cash's early hits, like "Hey Porter" and "Cry Cry Cry", the first single he released for Sun Records. It also contains several previously unreleased tracks, a selection of his later work and a number of songs from his famous At Folsom Prison album.

"Hey Porter" – 2:14
"Cry Cry Cry" – 2:25
"Luther Played the Boogie" – 2:03
"Get Rhythm" – 2:14
"Give My Love to Rose" – 2:45
"I Was There When It Happened" – 2:16
"Big River" – 2:32
"I Still Miss Someone" – 2:36
"Pickin' Time" – 1:58
"The Man on the Hill" – 2:09
"Five Feet High and Rising" – 1:47
"Tennessee Flat Top Box" – 2:59
"I Got Stripes" – 2:04
"Troublesome Waters" – 3:51
"The Long Black Veil" – 3:07
"Dark as a Dungeon" – 2:28
"The Wall" – 2:12
"25 Minutes to Go" – 3:12
"Cocaine Blues" – 2:51
"Doin' My Time" – 4:13
"I Will Rock and Roll with You" – 2:51
"Without Love" – 2:30
"The Big Light" – 2:41
"Highway Patrolman" – 5:21
"I'm Never Gonna Roam Again" – 2:34
"When I'm Gray" – 3:33
"Forever Young" – 6:16

[edit] Disc 3 - The Great American Songbook

The third disc is made up primarily of traditional American compositions that have been recorded by hundreds of artists, such as "Streets of Laredo" and "Wreck of the Old '97".

"The Wreck of the Old '97" – 1:47
"Rock Island Line" – 2:11
"Goodnight Irene" – 2:40
"Goodbye, Little Darlin'" – 2:15
"Born to Lose" – 2:10
"Walking the Blues" – 2:13
"Frankie's Man, Johnny" – 2:17
"Delia's Gone" – 3:02 (with alternate lyrics)
"In the Jailhouse Now" – 2:23
"Waiting for a Train" – 2:07
"Casey Jones" – 3:02
"The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" – 8:26
"I've Been Working on the Railroad" – 3:26
"Sweet Betsy from Pike" – 3:18
"The Streets of Laredo" – 3:40
"Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" – 2:28
"Down in the Valley" – 3:11
"Wabash Cannonball" – 2:40
"The Great Speckle Bird" – 2:08
"Wildwood Flower" – 2:12
"Cotton Fields" – 2:34
"Pick a Bale o'Cotton" – 1:58
"Old Shep" – 2:23
"I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" – 2:48
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" – 2:39
"Time Changes Everything" – 1:48

[edit] Disc 4 - Family and Friends

As the title suggests, the fourth disc includes collaborations with Cash's family members and famous country musicians.

"Keep on the Sunny Side" (with the Carter Family)– 2:16
"Diamonds in the Rough" (with Mother Maybelle Carter)– 3:10
"(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (The Carter Family) – 2:48
"Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" (with The Carter Family) – 3:56
"Another Man Done Gone" (with Anita Carter) – 2:36
"Pick the Wildwood Flower" (with Mother Maybelle Carter) – 2:59
"Jackson" (with June Carter) – 2:46
"If I Were a Carpenter" (with June Carter) – 3:00
"Girl from the North Country" (with Bob Dylan) – 3:42
"One More Ride" (with Marty Stuart) – 3:27
"You Can't Beat Jesus Christ" (with Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:39
"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" (with Waylon Jennings) – 3:17
"We Oughta Be Ashamed" (with Elvis Costello) – 2:45
"Crazy Old Soldier" (with Ray Charles) – 3:34
"Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (with Tommy Cash) – 2:48
"Who's Gene Autry?" (with John Carter Cash) – 3:51
"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" (with Waylon Jennings) – 3:24
"I Walk the Line" (Revisited) (with Rodney Crowell) – 3:51
"Highwayman" (with The Highwaymen, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings)– 3:03
"The Wanderer" (with U2)– 4:43
"September When It Comes" (with Rosanne Cash) – 3:39
"Tears in the Holston River" (with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) – 3:41
"Far Side Banks of Jordan" (with June Carter) – 2:42
"It Takes One to Know Me" (with June Carter) – 3:36

[edit] Limited edition

A limited edition of the boxset features a bonus CD of a 1955 radio performance, and a bonus DVD of a March 12, 1980 CBS television special.

[edit] Personnel

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Producer, Arranger, Adaptation
Cindy Cash, June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Anita Carter, Ray Charles, Kris Kristofferson - Vocals
Carlene Carter - Vocals, Background Vocals
Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Billy Joe Shaver - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Willie Nelson - Vocals, Guitar
Waylon Jennings - Vocals, Guitar, Producer
Maybelle Carter - Vocals, Autoharp, Acoustic Guitar
Rodney Crowell - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer
Bill Abbott, Hoyt Axton, Barbara Bennett, Ed Bruce, Sara Bruce, The Carter Family, Don Carter, Tommy Cash, Laura Cash, Donivan Cowart, The Confederates, The Evangel Temple Choir, Lee Holt, Jan Howard, The Jordanaires, Lynn Langham, The Gene Lowery Singers, Cyd Mosteller, Louis Dean Nunley, Judy Rodman, Nita Smith, Wendy Suits, Hershel Wigginton, Asa Wilkerson, Malcolm Yelvington - Background Vocals
John Carter Cash - Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Producer, Executive Producer
Luther Perkins - Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Marshall Grant - Background Vocals, Bass
The Edge - Background Vocals, Synthesizer, Producer
Bob Carter - Harmony Vocals, Accordion
Jeff Hanna - Harmony Vocals, National Steel Guitar
Jimmy Ibbotson - Harmony Vocals, Mandolin
James Burton, Helen Carter, J.R. Cobb, Ray Edenton, Jerry Hensley, Red Lane, Roy Nichols, Jerry Shook, Pete Wade, Doc Watson, Merle Watson, Johnny Western - Guitar
Billy Sanford - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Randy Scruggs - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Producer
Norman Blake - Guitar, Dobro
Tim Goodman - Guitar, Banjo
Bob Johnson - Guitar, Banjo, Lute, Mandocello
Jack Clement - Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Producer
Marty Stuart - Guitar, Mandolin, Producer
Brian Ahern - Guitar, Tambourine, Producer
Chips Moman, Jack Routh - Guitar, Producer
Pete Drake, Don Helms, Ralph Mooney - Steel Guitar
Dale Sellers - Acoustic Guitar
Martin Belmont, Pete Bordonali, Carl Perkins, Jerry Reed, Billy Lee Riley, Stewart Smith, Bob Wootton, Reggie Young - Electric Guitar
Dave Edmunds - Electric Guitar, Producer
Robby Turner - Dobro, Steel Guitar
David Mansfield - Mandocello
John McEuen - Mandolin
Gordon Terry - Fiddle
Hal Blaine, Ritchie Albright, Gene Chrisman, Owen Hale, Buddy Harman, W.S. Holland, Greg Morrow, Pete Thomas, J.M. Van Eaton - Drums
Kenny Malone, Shawn Pelton - Percussion, Drums
Farrell Morris, Richard Morris - Percussion
Chuck Turner - Percussion, Engineer
Joe "Public" Allen, Floyd Chance, T. Michael Coleman, Roy Goin, Byron House, Mike Leech, Nick Lowe, Gary Lunn, Gordon Payne, Michael Rhodes, Jerry Sheff, Henry Strzelecki, Jimmy Tittle - Bass
John Leventhal - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
Chuck Cochran, Floyd Cramer, Marvin Hughes, Larry McCoy, Bill Pursell, Clifford Robertson, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Wilson - Piano
Clayton Ivey - Piano, Organ
Earl Ball - Piano, Producer
Benmont Tench - Electric Piano
Paul Davis, Bobby Emmons, Glen D. Hardin, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood - Keyboards
Larry Butler - Keyboards, Producer
Joe Babcock, Bobby Thompson - Banjo
Jimmie Fadden - Harmonica
Larry Farrell - Trombone
Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney - Trumpet
Jack Hale, Bob Lewin - Trumpet, Horn, French Horn
Jay Patten - Horn
Tony Kladeck - Flugelhorn
Rufus Long - Flute
Charlie McCoy, Danny Petraitis - Harmonica
Terry McMillan - Harmonica, Percussion
Shane Keister - Synthesizer
Brian Eno - Synthesizer, Producer

[edit] Additional personnel

Charlie Bragg, Don Davis, Bob Johnston, Frank Jones, Don Law, Sam Phillips, Billy Sherrill - Producers
Flood - Producer, Loops
Gregg Geller - Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation
Lou Robin - Executive Producer
J.J. Blair - Engineer
Vic Anesini - Mastering
Ian Cuttler - Art Direction, Design
David Santana - Graphic Design
Martin Burckhardt - Illustrations
Sabeen Ahmad, Elizabeth Reilly - Photo Research
Gisela Delgado, Jerri Meyer - Package Production
Abe Vélez - Packaging Manager
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Stacey Boyle - A&R
Patti Matheny - A&R
Mark "Speedy" Gonzalez, Mark Petaccia - Production Assistants
John R. "Ricky" Jackson - Project Director
John A. Lomax - Adaptation, Collection
Patrick Carr - Liner Notes