Ride This Train
Ride This Train | ||||
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Studio album by Johnny Cash | ||||
Released | September 1960 | |||
Recorded | December 14, 1959 – February 16, 1960 | |||
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Length | 32:20 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Ride This Train is the eighth album by country singer Johnny Cash. It was originally released in September 1960 (see 1960 in music) and re-issued on March 19, 2002, (see 2002 in music) with four bonus tracks.
It is considered to be Cash's first concept album. The album is billed as a "travelogue", with Cash providing spoken narration before each song to give context, in several cases playing historical characters, such as John Wesley Hardin, and describing different destinations around the United States visited by train. The songs themselves are not generally railroad-themed.
The original album was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train. The success of this LP inspired his first label, Sun, to release the compilation LP, All Aboard the Blue Train which consisted of previously released "train" inspired songs, including his hit, "Folsom Prison Blues".
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Loading Coal" | Merle Travis | 4:58 |
2. | "Slow Rider" | Johnny Cash | 4:12 |
3. | "Lumberjack" | Leon Payne | 3:02 |
4. | "Dorraine Of Ponchartrain" | Cash | 4:47 |
5. | "Going To Memphis" | Cash, Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax | 4:26 |
6. | "When Papa Played The Dobro" | Cash | 2:55 |
7. | "Boss Jack" | Tex Ritter | 3:50 |
8. | "Old Doc Brown" | Red Foley | 4:10 |
Total length:
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32:20 |
Bonus tracks | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
9. | "The Fable Of Willie Brown" | Cash | 1:57 |
10. | "Second Honeymoon" | Autry Inman | 1:57 |
11. | "Ballad Of The Harp Weaver" | Thelma Moore, Edna Millay | 3:50 |
12. | "Smiling Bill McCall" | Cash | 2:06 |
Total length:
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42:10 |
Personnel
- Johnny Cash - Guitar, Liner Notes, Main Performer, Leader, Vocals
- Luther Perkins - Guitar
- Johnny Western - Guitar
- Shot Jackson - Dobro, Steel Guitar
- Marshall Grant - Bass
- Gordon Terry - Fiddle
- Floyd Cramer - Piano
- Buddy Harman - Drums
Additional personnel
- Don Law - Original Recording Producer
- Al Quaglieri - Reissue Producer
- Seth Foster - Mastering
- Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
- Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
- Matt Kelly - Tape Research
- Kay Smith - Tape Research
- Arthur Levy - Liner Notes
- Darren Salmieri - A&R
- Steven Berkowitz - A&R
- Patti Matheny - A&R
- Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
- Alan Lomax - Adaptation, Arranger
- Randall Martin - Design
- Don Hunstein - Photography
- Nick Shaffran - Series Consultant
- Dick Miller - CD Art Adaptation
References
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