The Complete Original Sun Singles (1999)

About this title: This two-CD, 40-song set includes both sides of all 20 of the singles released by Johnny Cash on Sun through 1964. (Even though Cash left the label in 1958, Sun plundered its vaults for more Cash singles for about five years, with some of the 45s doing quite well on the country charts and denting the lower reaches of the pop ones.) This is really an excuse for a compilation that's more comprehensive than the usual greatest-hits set, but more affordable and digestible than the box sets of his Sun stuff. There's nothing wrong with that, either. It's well-packaged, the music is good to classic, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Cry Cry Cry [Cash]
2. Hey Porter [Cash]
3. So Doggone Lonesome [Cash]
4. Folsom Prison Blues [Cash]
5. I Walk the Line [Cash]
6. Get Rhythm [Cash]
7. There You Go [Cash]
8. Train of Love [Cash]
9. Next in Line [Cash]
10. Don't Make Me Go [Cash]
11. Home of the Blues [Cash/Douglas/McAlpi]
12. Give My Love to Rose [Cash]
13. Ballad of a Teenage Queen [Clement]
14. Big River [Cash]
15. Guess Things Happen That Way [Clement]
16. Come in Stranger [Cash]
17. The Ways of a Woman in Love [Rich/Justis]
18. You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven [Atkins/Cash/Johnson]
19. It's Just About Time [Clement]
20. I Just Thought You'd Like to Know [Rich]
21. Luther Played the Boogie [Cash]
22. Thanks a Lot [Rich]
23. Katy Too [Clement/Cash]
24. I Forgot to Remember to Forget [Kesler/Feathers]
25. You Tell Me [Phillips]
26. Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye [Autry/Marvin]
27. Straight A's in Love [Cash]
28. I Love You Because [Payne]
29. The Story of a Broken Heart [Phillips]
30. Down the Street to 301 [Clement]
31. Mean Eyed Cat [Cash]
32. Port of Lonely Hearts [Cash]
33. Oh, Lonesome Me [Gibson]
34. Life Goes On [Clement/Cash]
35. Sugartime [Phillips/Echols]
36. My Treasure [Cash]
37. Blue Train [Smith]
38. Born to Lose [Brown/Daffan]
39. Wide Open Road [Cash]
40. Belshazzar [Cash]

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