Johnny Cash - Complete Live at San Quentin
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Artist: Johnny CashEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Live, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-07-04
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Big River
- I Still Miss Someone
- Wreck Of The Old 97
- I Walk The Line
- Darlin' Companion
- I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
- Starkville City Jail
- San Quentin
- San Quentin
- Wanted Man
- A Boy Named Sue
- (There'll Be) Peace In the Valley
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Ring Of Fire
- He Turned The Water Into Wine
- Daddy Sang Bass
- The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
- Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line/Ring Of Fire/The Rebel - Johnny Yuma by Johnny Cash with The Carter Family The Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins
Free Music Notes for Complete Live at San Quentin
Free Music Review: Better Than JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON! More Relaxed, Energetic, and More Variety!
Hit: 5 Stars
I like this live album, JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN, more than his more famous, previous live prison concert album, JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON. They each have their different aspects to make them both worthwhile, but the AT SAN QUENTIN performance has more musical variety, is more relaxed (less serious, less nervous, more humorous), and is more fun to listen to.
JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON seems more famous because of his early, classic hit, "Folsom Prison Blues," and it is prominently featured in the 2005 movie, WALK THE LINE; but JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN is the album containing the debut of another, equally famous song, "A Boy Named Sue," and it was a bigger hit on the sales charts when it first was released, nearly 40 years ago.
This re-issue, re-master is a very nice CD! It has the entire concert, for the first time, and is nearly one hour long! It has more guest musicians, beyond June Carter, there is also her mom and sisters, and also the Statler Brothers.
Some of Johnny's very early songs seem more appealing to me on AT SAN QUENTIN. Some of his lesser known songs from the 1950's sometimes seem very dated to me, but they seem more revved up on AT SAN QUENTIN, and with repeated listening, I like them more each time I hear them on this live album.
I also like that AT SAN QUENTIN has many Gospel tunes, many of my favorite Johnny Cash Gospel songs, at that! Though sometimes the backup vocals are mixed a little too low in volume, you can still hear the pitch perfect harmonies of the Carter women--beautiful singing, indeed!
The drummer and guitar player are more energetic and dynamic on AT SAN QUENTIN, than on AT FOLSOM PRISON. Sometimes they almost get too rowdy, but mostly they complement the songs well. The guitar player has an added edge of electric guitar distortion, which really gives the musical texture a little more of a rock-n-roll attitude.
The CD booklet has many b/w photos of the day, and tells a lot about the event, (similar to the AT FOLSOM PRISON re-issue, re-mastered CD).
There is some cussing, so be aware of that. Apparently, this concert was being filmed for the BBC from England, but their cameramen and crew get in Johnny's way, onstage, and block Johnny from his audience of prisoners, so he gets irate. There is a photo of Johnny angrily flashing his middle finger.
I would recommend buying both AT SAN QUENTIN and AT FOLSOM PRISON, but if I had to choose only one, I would start with this one, JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN.
I can also highly recommend Johnny Cash's spoken word reading of the entire NEW TESTAMENT of the Holy Bible! This is a 16 CD set, that is priced very reasonably (at about $2 per disc, total). My favorite Gospel CD by Johnny Cash is GOSPEL GLORY, which is also a bargain priced CD, and it has many classic Gospel tunes, some of which are played on AT SAN QUENTIN!
THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH may be the best CD to start with if you are new to Johnny Cash's works. It has tons of famous songs from his entire career, and is a CD collection from recent years, so presumably the re-mastering and technical aspects are as modern and as perfect as possible.
If you liked the WALK THE LINE film, or are a Johnny Cash listener, then you will thoroughly enjoy JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN!
Complete Live at San Quentin Poster
Digipak reissue of 1969 album that's out-of-print in the US. 2001.While Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, the 1968 album that made Cash a household word, spent only two weeks at No. 1, this 1969 follow-up topped the charts for 20 weeks. As with Folsom, the San Quentin LP had to be edited due to space limitations. Now, 31 years after the fact, the show can at last be heard in true perspective. All the original performances hold up, including the album's hit single: Shel Silverstein's "A Boy Named Sue," presented unbleeped for the first time. Equally impressive are the eight restored tracks and unexpurgated between-song patter. Cash's opening renditions of "Big River" and "I Still Miss Someone" are bracing. So are four closing songs teaming Cash with his complete performing troupe (the Carter Family, Carl Perkins, and the Statler Brothers). Their gospel performances ("He Turned the Water into Wine," "The Old Account," and an early version of "Daddy Sang Bass") are electrifying, as is a concluding medley featuring everyone. Cash is presented here at his roaring, primal best. --Rich Kienzle
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