The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 (1992)

About this title: Assembling a comprehensive multi-disc Johnny Cash collection is a difficult task for a variety of reasons, not the least of it being the sheer number of records Cash put out in the '60s and '70s. Counting duets, he had over 130 charting singles, which is far too much for the average box set, plus those singles don't necessarily tell the full story of Cash the recording artist, since he was a prolific album artist, as well. Then, there's the sheer variety of what he recorded -- rockabilly, folk tunes, tales of gunslingers and Indians, scores of novelty numbers, gospel, Americana kitsch, train ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hey Porter [Cash]
2. Cry Cry Cry [Cash]
3. Folsom Prison Blues [Cash]
4. Luther Played the Boogie [Cash]
5. Get Rhythm [Cash]
6. I Walk the Line [Cash]
7. Home of the Blues [Cash/Douglas/McAlpi]
8. Give My Love to Rose [Cash]
9. Rock Island Line [Leadbelly]
10. Doin' My Time [Skinner]
11. Big River [Cash]
12. Ballad of a Teenage Queen [Clement]
13. Guess Things Happen That Way [Clement]
14. The Ways of a Woman in Love [Justis/Rich]
15. Thanks a Lot [Rich]
16. Oh, What a Dream [Cash]
17. What Do I Care [Cash]
18. All over Again [Cash]
19. I Still Miss Someone [Cash/Cash]
20. I'd Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall) [Endsley]
21. Walking the Blues [Cash/Lunn]
22. Frankie's Man Johnny [Cash]
23. Tennessee Flat Top Box [Cash]
24. Sing It Pretty, Sue [Cash]
25. Pickin' Time [Cash]
26. Five Feet High and Rising [Cash]
27. The Old Account [Traditional]
28. Peace in the Valley [Dorsey]
29. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? [Traditional]
30. Don't Take Your Guns to Town [Cash]
31. The Ballad of Boot Hill [Perkins]
32. The Rebel - Johnny Yuma [Fenady/Markowitz]
33. The Big Battle [Cash]
34. When the Roses Bloom Again [Carter]
35. The Ballad of Ira Hayes [LaFarge]
36. The Legend of John Henry's Hammer [Cash/Cash]
37. Dark as a Dungeon [Travis]
38. Long Black Veil [Dill/Wilkin]
39. I Got Stripes [Cash/Williams]
40. 25 Minutes to Go [Silverstein]
41. The Wall [Howard]
42. Busted [Howard]
43. Bad News [Loudermilk]
44. Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog [Clement]
45. Orange Blossom Special [Rouse]
46. Ring of Fire [Cash/Kilgore]
47. Understand Your Man [Cash]
48. Jackson [Rodgers/Wheeler]
49. Blistered [Wheeler]
50. See Ruby Fall [Cash/Orbison]
51. Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station [Cash]
52. Daddy Sang Bass [Perkins]
53. Folsom Prison Blues [Live] [Cash]
54. Cocaine Blues [Live] [Arnall]
55. San Quentin [#2][Live] [Cash]
56. A Boy Named Sue [Live] [Silverstein]
57. Wanted Man [Dylan]
58. Singing in Vietnam Talking Blues [Cash]
59. Man in Black [Cash]
60. What Is Truth? [Cash]
61. Flesh and Blood [Cash]
62. Sunday Morning Coming Down [Kristofferson]
63. Oney [Chesnut]
64. One Piece at a Time [Kemp]
65. Hit the Road and Go [Cash]
66. Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955) [Cash]
67. I Will Rock and Roll With You [Cash]
68. No Expectations [Jagger/Richards]
69. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky [Jones]
70. Bull Rider [Crowell]
71. Highway Patrolman [Springsteen]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.