Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.9 / 5.0

Crucial record for every music fan:

The impact of Johnny Cash's proto bad-boy on country, blues, and rock is inestimable, which doesn't even speak to the fact that the man is a great entertainer. If you are a serious music fan, your musical education isn't complete without Live At Folsom Prison.

This isn't a singles record, this is an album; you put it on to hear the whole thing. The performance itself is tight and structured, just like the venue. The recording is especially atmospheric - the reverb bouncing off the concrete walls, the... more info

Thank God for modern technology:

For anyone who listened to the original Live At Folsom Prison on their Grandma's record player and didn't quite think it told the whole story, they have released this masterpiece of a performance. I'm a young feller, but I do believe Johnny had the right idea when he went to play in prisons for prisoners. It only seems right that he played for the people that were guilty of many of the crimes that are the basis of his songs. How many rap artists go to prisons (on their own accord) to play for the people... more info

How do you please 2000 high-security convicts?:

Give 'em Johnny Cash!

From the opener "Folsom Prison Blues," through the addictive (no pun intended) "Cocaine Blues" and the epitomy of gallows humor ("25 Minutes to Go"), this CD is a pure classic. Through such classics as "Orange Blossom Special" and the powerful adultery/murder song "Long Black Veil," you'll wonder how the CD could get any better. When the humorous tunes "Dirty Ol Egg Suckin Dog" and "Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart" meet your ears, you'll think you're in heaven. When June... more info

Tracks:

1. Folsom Prison Blues
2. Busted
3. Dark As The Dungeon
4. I Still Miss Someone
5. Cocaine Blues
6. 25 Minutes To Go
7. Orange Blossom Special
8. The Long Black Veil
9. Send A Picture Of Mother
10. The Wall
11. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog
12. Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
13. Joe Bean
14. Jackson
15. Give My Love To Rose
16. I Got Stripes

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