The Johnny Cash Show (album)

The Johnny Cash Show
Live album by Johnny Cash
Released October 1970
Genre Country
Length 28:32
Label Columbia
Producer Bob Johnston
Johnny Cash chronology
The World of Johnny Cash
(1970)
The Johnny Cash Show
(1970)
I Walk the Line
(1970)
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Allmusic [1]

The Johnny Cash Show is a live album by country singer Johnny Cash, recorded at the Grand Ole Opry and released on Columbia Records in 1970. Though one of Cash's lesser-known live records, it spawned the highly successful single "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", which helped kickstart the career of singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson. The song and album reached No. 1 on the Country charts. The album was certified Gold on 2/16/1995 by the R.I.A.A.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" (Kris Kristofferson) – 4:04
  2. "Come Along and Ride This Train" (Cash) – 6:16
    "Six Days on the Road" (Earl Green, Carl Montgomery)
    "There Ain't No Easy Run" (Tom T. Hall, Dave Dudley)
    "Sailor on a Concrete Sea" (Merle Travis)
  3. "These Hands" (Eddie Noack) – 3:45
  4. "I'm Gonna Try to Be That Way" (Cash) – 3:24
  5. "Come Along and Ride This Train" (Cash) – 8:04
    "Mississippi Delta Land" (Harlan Howard)
    "Detroit City" (Mel Tillis, Danny Dill)
    "Uncloudy Day" (Joshua K. Alwood)
    "No Setting Sun" (Ruth Davis)
  6. "Here Was a Man" (Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter) – 2:56

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Charts

Album - U.S. Billboard charts

Year Chart Position
1970 Country Albums 1
Pop Albums 44

Singles - U.S. Billboard charts

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" Country Singles 1
Pop Singles 46

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r105789