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DISC 1: THE LEGEND: WIN, PLACE AND SHOW - THE HITS:
1. I Walk the Line
2. There You Go
3. Home of the Blues
4. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
5. Guess Things Happen That Way
6. Ways of a Woman in Love, The
7. Don't Take Your Guns to Town
8. Ring of Fire
9. Matador, The
10. Understand Your Man
11. Ballad of Ira Hayes, The
12. Orange Blossom Special
13. One on the Right Is on the Left, The
14. Rosanna's Going Wild
15. Folsom Prison Blues
16. Daddy Sang Bass
17. Boy Named Sue, A
18. What Is Truth
19. Sunday Morning Coming Down
20. Flesh and Blood
21. Man in Black
22. Thing Called Love, A
23. Kate
24. Oney
25. Any Old Wind That Blows
26. One Piece at a Time
27. Ghost Riders in the Sky
DISC 2: THE LEGEND: OLD FAVORITES AND NEW:
1. Hey Porter
2. Cry Cry Cry
3. Luther Played the Boogie
4. Get Rhythm
5. Give My Love to Rose
6. I Was There When It Happened
7. Big River
8. I Still Miss Someone
9. Pickin' Time
10. Man on the Hill, The
11. Five Feet High and Rising
12. Tennessee Flat Top Box
13. I Got Stripes
14. Troublesome Waters
15. Long Black Veil, The
16. Dark as a Dungeon
17. Wall, The
18. 25 Minutes to Go
19. Cocaine Blues
20. Doin' My Time
21. I Will Rock and Roll With You
22. Without Love
23. Big Light, The
24. Highway Patrolman
25. I'm Never Gonna Roam Again
26. When I'm Gray
27. Forever Young
DISC 3: THE LEGEND: THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK:
1. Wreck of the Old 97, The
2. Rock Island Line
3. Goodnight Irene
4. Goodbye Little Darling
5. Born to Lose
6. Walkin' the Blues
7. Frankie's Man, Johnny
8. Delia's Gone
9. In the Jailhouse Now
10. Waiting For a Train
11. Casey Jones
12. Legend of John Henry's Hammer, The
13. I've Been Working on the Railroad
14. Sweet Betsy From Pike
15. Streets of Laredo, The
16. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prarie
17. Down in the Valley
18. Wabash Cannonball
19. Great Speckled Bird, The
20. Wildwood Flower
21. Cotton Fields
22. Pick a Bale O'Cotton
23. Old Shep
24. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
25. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
26. Time Changes Everything
DISC 4: THE LEGEND: FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
1. Keep on the Sunny Side - (with The Carter Family)
2. Diamonds in the Rough - (with The Carter Family)
3. Peace in the Valley, (There'll Be) - (with The Carter Family)
4. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord - (with The Carter Family)
5. Another Man Done Gone - (with Anita Carter)
6. Pick the Wildwood Flower - (with Mother Maybelle Carter)
7. Jackson - (with June Carter)
8. If I Were a Carpenter - (with June Carter)
9. Girl From the North Country - (with Bob Dylan)
10. One More Ride - (with Marty Staurt)
11. You Can't Beat Jesus Christ - (with Billy Joe Shaver)
12. There Ain't No Good Chain Gang - (with Waylon Jennings)
13. We Ought to Be Ashamed - (with Elvis Costello)
14. Crazy Old Soldier - (with Ray Charles)
15. Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - (with Tommy Cash)
16. Who's Gene Autry - (with John Carter Cash)
17. Night Hank Williams Came to Town, The - (with Waylon Jennings)
18. I Walk the Line Revisited - (with Rodney Crowell)
19. Highwayman - (with Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Kris Kristofferson)
20. Wanderer, The - (with U2)
21. September When It Comes - (with Rosanne Cash)
22. Tears in the Holston River - (with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
23. Far Side Banks of Jordan - (with June Carter Cash)
24. It Takes One to Know Me - (with June Carter Cash/Carlene Carter/John Carter Cash)
Album Notes
Personnel include: Johnny Cash (vocals, guitar); Waylon Jennings, Elvis Costello, Billy Joe Shaver, Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar); Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, Ray Charles (vocals); Bob Johnson (guitar, mandocello); Dave Edmunds, Doc Watson, Jack Clement, Jerry Hensley, Jerry Reed, Marty Stewart, Merle Watson, Randy Scruggs, Ray Edenton, Billy Lee Riley, Billy Sanford, Luther Perkins, Bob Wootton, Carl Perkins (guitar); Don Helms, Pete Drake (steel guitar); Norman Blake (dobro); Maybelle Carter (autoharp); Rufus Long (flute); Charlie McCoy (harmonica); Jo-El Sonnier (accordion); Floyd Cramer, Ben Tench, Bill Pursell (piano); Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Larry Butler (keyboards); Brian Eno (synthesizer); Nick Lowe (bass guitar); Kenny Malone, Buddy Harman (drums); Flood (loops).
Recording information: Nashville, Tennessee; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Hollywood, California; Dublin, Ireland; Memphis, Tennessee (1955 - 2004).
Few artists in any genre can rival the recorded legacy of Johnny Cash, so it's impressive that Columbia took on the daunting task of compiling a box set that spans his career from 1955 to 2002. While this collection doesn't feature tracks from any of Cash's acclaimed albums for the American label, it does present a few songs recorded during that '90s/early-'00s era, offering listeners selections that touch upon each decade of the country superstar's studio output.
With its thematically arranged CDs, THE LEGEND revisits a number of Cash's finest Sun singles, showcasing his unmistakable deep voice and signature "boom-chicka-boom" sound on classics such as "I Walk the Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues." The bulk of the songs here, however, come from Cash's extensive Columbia '58-'86 run, most notably the passionate "Ring of Fire" (co-penned by his future wife, June Carter) and "A Boy Named Sue," his tongue-in-cheek narrative hit. The fourth disc focuses on Cash's many collaborations, presenting the Man in Black paired with everyone from the Carter Family to Bob Dylan to U2. While longtime Cash fans may own many of these recordings, this set is ideal for aficionados of his latter-day American albums who want an excellent overview of his truly legendary history.
Industry Reviews
[T]his four-disc box has all the great old stuff, plus a sprinkling from his Rick Rubin-produced renaissance.
5 stars out of 5 - Prolific, restless, ambitious and contradictory, Cash became a genre unto himself, swerving from rockabilly to gospel, drug-addled outlawry to staunch moralism, homespun folk to grand Nashville productions.
4.5 out of 5 stars - ...even without his astonishing final chapter, this is a feast of Cash.
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