Now Here's Johnny Cash [Bonus Tracks] (2003)

About this title: Varese's series of Sun-era Johnny Cash LPs rolls on with Now Here's Johnny Cash, adding five bonus tracks to the original LP release. Recorded between 1954 and 1958, many of the sessions were later tweaked by Sam Phillips and Jack Clement (adding reverb to Cash's vocals, or adding background musicians) for the original 1961 release. One nice thing about the reissue is that four of the bonus tracks are the original undubbed versions, revealing a more stripped-down sound, more indicative of the production sound on the rest of Cash's Sun output. Several big hits ("Hey, Porter!," "Home of the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Sugartime [Phillips/Echols]
2. Down the Street to 301 [Clement]
3. Life Goes On [Clement/Cash]
4. Port of Lonely Hearts [Cash]
5. Cry Cry Cry [Cash]
6. My Treasure [Cash]
7. Oh, Lonesome Me [Gibson]
8. So Doggone Lonesome [Cash]
9. You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven [Cash/Atkins/Johnson]
10. The Story of a Broken Heart [Phillips]
11. Hey Porter [Cash]
12. Home of the Blues [Cash/Douglas/McAlpi]
13. I Couldn't Keep from Crying [Robbins]
14. Sugartime [Phillips/Echols]
15. My Treasure [Cash]
16. Oh, Lonesome Me [Gibson]
17. Home of the Blues [Cash/Douglas/McAlpi]

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