Two live albums of legendary country star Johnny Cash are set to be released, from 1971 and 1978, via Coloumbia/Legacy over the next four months.
In 1971, Cash was asked to star in his own concert special for Danish Television. That performance will be released on December 4th as Johnny Cash’s Man in Black: Live in Denmark 1971. Previously only available on DVD, this edition will be out both on CD and on a 2-LP red and white vinyl edition.
Track list:
01. A Boy Named Sue
02. Sunday Morning Coming Down
03. I Walk the Line
04. Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
05. Matchbox – Carl Perkins
06. Me and Bobby McGee
07. Guess Things Happen That Way
08. Bed of Roses – The Statler Brothers
09. Flowers on the Wall – The Statler Brothers
10. Folsom Prison Blues
11. Darlin’ Companion – with June Carter Cash
12. If I Were a Carpenter – with June Carter Cash
13. Help Me Make It Through the Night – with June Carter Cash
14. Man in Black
15. Introduction to The Carter Family
16. A Song to Mama – The Carter Family
17. No Need to Worry – with The Carter Family & The Statler Brothers
18. Rock of Ages – with The Carter Family & The Statler Brothers
19. Children, Go Where I Send Thee – with Carl Perkins, The Carter Family & The Statler Brothers
On February 5th, the April 11th 1978 concert at Sportovní hala in Prague, Czechoslovakia will be released as a single CD.
The show was the first by a music artist of Cash’s stature behind the iron curtain and was arranged by the Czech government to see how audiences would react to American music. Cash played four shows before a total of 40,000 people.
The concert was previously available in the 2012 box set Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection and as a red vinyl limited edition for Record Store Day 2015. This is the first time it has been put out on a standalone CD.
Track list:
01. Ring Of Fire
02. Folsom Prison Blues
03. I Still Miss Someone
04. Big River
05. Cowboy Medley: I Ride an Old Paint / Streets Of Laredo
06. Sunday Morning Coming Down
07. I Walk the Line
08. Last Date
09. City of New Orleans
10. Railroad Medley: Hey Porter / Wreck Of the Old ’97 / Casey Jones / Orange Blossom Special
11. Wabash Cannonball
