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Johnny Cash Album: “Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar”
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Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar |
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Release Date:1957-01-01
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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:8013252750311
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Review - :
{$Johnny Cash}'s first album, released on {@Sun} in 1957, was a little more folkloric and {\traditional} in bent than what he put on most of his singles, though not pronouncedly so. In fact, four of the tracks ({&"I Walk the Line,"} {&"Cry! Cry! Cry!,"} {&"So Doggone Lonesome,"} and {&"Folsom Prison Blues"}) had already been hit singles. For the rest of the set, {$Cash} drew on some older {\folk} ({&"Rock Island Line,"} {&"The Wreck of the Old '97"}), {\country} ({&"[I Heard That] Lonesome Whistle,"} {&"Remember Me [I'm the One Who Loves You]"}), prison ({&"Doin' My Time"}), and {\spiritual} ({&"I Was There When It Happened"}) songs. Filling out the set was a good, rollicking {$Cash} original, {&"Country Boy,"} and a rather sassy tune by the young {$Jerry Reed}, {&"If the Good Lord's Willing."} It's a good, solid record that's very much in the mold of his classic early {@Sun} sound, with spare accompaniment that nevertheless often approaches a {\rockabilly}-{\country} bounce. The album's desirability's a little diminished by the presence of the material on numerous other compilations in the CD era, though it still stands well on its own. [The 2002 CD reissue on {@Varese Sarabande} adds five bonus tracks: the fine, brisk B-sides {&"Hey, Porter!"} and {&"Get Rhythm,"} as well as alternate versions of {&"I Was There When It Happened,"} {&"Folsom Prison Blues,"} and {&"I Walk the Line."}] ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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