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From Sea to Shining Sea
From Sea to Shining Sea is a concept album and 26th album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1968 (see 1968 in music). Each track on the album was written by Cash; none of them were released as singles. The album was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train.
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| Released | January 15, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | March 1 – April 13, 1967 | |||
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| Length | 31:54 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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"The Walls of a Prison" reuses the melody of "Streets of Laredo" from Cash's 1965 album Sings the Ballads of the True West.
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Johnny Cash
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "From Sea to Shining Sea" | 1:38 |
| 2. | "The Whirl and the Suck" | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Call Daddy from the Mines" | 3:03 |
| 4. | "The Frozen Four-Hundred-Pound Fair-to-Middlin' Cotton Picker" | 2:32 |
| 5. | "The Walls of a Prison" | 4:01 |
| 6. | "The Masterpiece" | 2:47 |
| 7. | "You and Tennessee" | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Another Song to Sing" | 2:00 |
| 9. | "The Flint Arrowhead" | 2:56 |
| 10. | "Cisco Clifton's Filling Station" | 2:42 |
| 11. | "Shrimpin' Sailin'" | 3:06 |
| 12. | "From Sea to Shining Sea (Finale)" | 0:54 |
| Total length: | 31:54 | |
Personnel edit
- Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
- Carl Perkins, Luther Perkins – guitar
- Bob Johnson – guitar, banjo, dobro
- Norman Blake – dobro
- Marshall Grant – bass
- W.S. Holland – drums
- Charlie McCoy – harmonica
- The Carter Family – backing vocals
Additional personnel edit
- Produced by: Don Law
- Engineering: Charlie Bragg and Jerry Watson
- Cover photo: Bob Cato
References edit
- The Sky I Scrape entry on From Sea to Shining Sea[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- Maninblack.net Great Johnny Cash Fansite