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Johnny Cash Album: “Now Here's Johnny Cash”
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Now Here's Johnny Cash |
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Release Date:1961-01-01
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Country, Gospel, Vintage Country
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:8013252750519
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Review - :
{$Johnny Cash} left {@Sun Records} in 1958 to sign with {@Columbia}, and three years later he was a bigger star than ever and well on his way to becoming one of the living legends of {\country} music. {@Sun}, naturally, wanted to take advantage of {$Cash}'s growing popularity, and 1961's {^Now Here's Johnny Cash} was a "new" album from their former star tacked together from single sides, unreleased tunes and demos gussied up with overdubs for their release on LP. {^Now Here's Johnny Cash} is a rather curious hodgepodge, but it's also a satisfying listen and features a handful of top-shelf tunes. {&"Cry! Cry! Cry!,"} {&"Hey Porter"} and {&"Home of the Blues"} had all been hits for {$Cash}, and with good reason, while two of his early compositions, {&"Port of Lonely Hearts"} and {&"My Treasure,"} made their first public appearances on this album. While {&"Sugartime"} and {&"Down the Street to 301"} are just too sentimental to sound comfortable coming from {$Cash}, he handles them with graceful aplomb, and his take on {$Don Gibson}'s {&"Oh Lonesome Me"} is one of the better renditions of the old chestnut. Much of the rest of the album feels more like filler than anything else, but every song features the voice of {$Johnny Cash}, always an impressive thing to witness, and while there are many better collections of his recordings for {@Sun}, on its own terms it's not a bad way to pass 25 minutes. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
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