Sings the Ballads of the True West was re-issued in 2002 (see 2002 in music) through Legacy Recordings, with two bonus tracks, one of which is an instrumental version of a track available on the album. The original album was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train.
Baltimore based creative folklore/music ensemble Television Hill have recorded a 6-song concept EP called My Name's Hardin, the title of which pokes fun at Bob Dylan's misspelling of outlaw Wes Hardin's name on his 1967 release John Wesley Harding and paying homage to Dylan's record and Johnny Cash's double concept LP Sings the Ballads of the True West. The EP is a biographical work exploring Wes Hardin's life and draws from Hardin's autobiography, Letters from Prison and an assortment of other biographical and relevant source material.
Mean as Hell!edit
In March, 1966 (see 1966 in music), Columbia released Mean as Hell! : Ballads From The True West, a single LP distillation of Sings the Ballads of the True West. It peaked at #4 on the top country albums chart. It has not been released on CD.
^Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 November 1965). (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 246. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West is a concept double album and the 22nd overall album released by country singer Johnny Cash released on Columbia Records in 1965 see 1965 in music Covering twenty individual songs the album as its title suggests contains various ballads and other songs on topics related to the history of the American Old West This includes Carl Perkins The Ballad of Boot Hill Streets of Laredo and the sole single from the album Mr Garfield describing the shock of the population after the assassination of President James Garfield One of the songs 25 Minutes to Go would later be performed at Folsom Prison and appear on Cash s famous At Folsom Prison recording in 1968 while the melody of Streets of Laredo would be recycled for the song The Walls of a Prison featured on Cash s album From Sea to Shining Sea Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True WestStudio album by Johnny CashReleasedAugust 2 1965RecordedAugust 14 1959 April 26 1965GenreCountry folk western bluegrassLength64 52LabelColumbiaProducerDon Law Frank JonesJohnny Cash chronologyOrange Blossom Special 1965 Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West 1965 Everybody Loves a Nut 1966 Singles from Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West Mister Garfield The Streets of Laredo Released June 1 1965 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusiclinkPopMattersfavorableRecord Mirror 1 Sings the Ballads of the True West was re issued in 2002 see 2002 in music through Legacy Recordings with two bonus tracks one of which is an instrumental version of a track available on the album The original album was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Modern Interpretations amp associations 4 Mean as Hell 5 Track listing 6 Charts 7 References 8 External linksTrack listing editSide oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Hiawatha s Vision Johnny Cash2 252 The Road to Kaintuck Cash June Carter2 433 The Shifting Whispering Sands Part I V C Gilbert Mary Hadler2 544 The Ballad of Boot Hill Carl Perkins3 485 I Ride an Old Paint Traditional Cash2 58 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length6 Hardin Wouldn t Run Cash4 197 Mr Garfield Ramblin Jack Elliott4 358 Streets of Laredo Traditional Cash3 399 Johnny Reb Merle Kilgore2 5010 A Letter from Home Maybelle Carter Dearest Dean2 35 Side threeNo TitleWriter s Length11 Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie Traditional Cash2 2612 Mean as Hell Cash3 0713 Sam Hall Tex Ritter3 1514 25 Minutes to Go Shel Silverstein3 1415 The Blizzard Harlan Howard3 53 Side fourNo TitleWriter s Length16 Sweet Betsy from Pike Jimmie Driftwood3 5717 Green Grow the Lilacs Traditional Cash2 4718 Stampede Peter La Farge4 0119 The Shifting Whispering Sands Part II Jack Gilbert Mary Hadler2 2820 Reflections Cash2 58 Bonus TracksNo TitleWriter s Length21 Rodeo Hand La Farge2 2722 Stampede Instrumental La Farge1 07Total length 68 26Personnel editJohnny Cash vocals guitar Luther Perkins guitar Norman Blake Jack Clement acoustic guitar Bob Johnson 12 string guitar flute banjo mandocello Marshall Grant bass W S Holland drums Michael N Kazak drums Bill Pursell piano harpsichord Charlie McCoy harmonica Mother Maybelle Carter autoharp The Carter Family The Statler Brothers background vocalsModern Interpretations amp associations editBaltimore based creative folklore music ensemble Television Hill have recorded a 6 song concept EP called My Name s Hardin the title of which pokes fun at Bob Dylan s misspelling of outlaw Wes Hardin s name on his 1967 release John Wesley Harding and paying homage to Dylan s record and Johnny Cash s double concept LP Sings the Ballads of the True West The EP is a biographical work exploring Wes Hardin s life and draws from Hardin s autobiography Letters from Prison and an assortment of other biographical and relevant source material Mean as Hell editIn March 1966 see 1966 in music Columbia released Mean as Hell Ballads From The True West a single LP distillation of Sings the Ballads of the True West It peaked at 4 on the top country albums chart It has not been released on CD Mean as Hell Ballads From The True West nbsp Studio album by Johnny CashReleasedMarch 1966RecordedAugust 14 1959 April 26 1965GenreCountry folkLength38 15LabelColumbiaProducerDon Law Frank Jones Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp linkTrack listing editSide oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 The Shifting Whispering Sands Part I Jack V C Gilbert Mary Margaret Hadler2 542 I Ride an Old Paint Traditional Cash2 583 The Road to Kaintuck Cash June Carter2 434 A Letter from Home Maybelle Carter Dearest Dean2 355 Mean as Hell Cash3 076 25 Minutes to Go Shel Silverstein3 14 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length7 Mr Garfield Ramblin Jack Elliott4 358 The Blizzard Harlan Howard3 539 Streets of Laredo Traditional Cash3 3910 Sweet Betsy from Pike Jimmie Driftwood3 1411 Stampede Peter La Farge2 5712 Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie Traditional Cash2 26Charts editAlbum Billboard United States Year Chart Position 1965 Country Albums 4 Singles Billboard United States Year Single Chart Position 1965 Mr Garfield Country Singles 15References edit Jones Peter Jopling Norman 27 November 1965 Johnny Cash Sings The Ballads Of The True West PDF Record Mirror No 246 p 8 Archived from the original PDF on 1 April 2022 Retrieved 20 August 2022 External links editLuma Electronic album information for Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West Luma Electronic album information for Mean as Hell nbsp This 1960s country music album related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West amp oldid 1222837180, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
