The Man in Black: The Definitive Collection

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Ring of Fire
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-03-25)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
performer:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1963, in 1977)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 87) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 201)
cover recording of:
Ring of Fire (on 1963-03-25)
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
Johnny Cash4.352:39
2I Walk the Line
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) (in 1964) and Don Law (in 1964)
recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash4.352:34
3Get Rhythm (live)
live recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
Johnny Cash2:37
4It Ain't Me Babe
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1964-08-27)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
performer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1970)
cover recording of:
It Ain’t Me, Babe (on 1964-08-27)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1964-05)
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner/Chappell (from 1964 until 1992) and Special Rider Music (from 1992 to present)
Johnny Cash3:04
5I Still Miss Someone
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (on 1958-08-13)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
recording of:
I Still Miss Someone (on 1958-08-13)
lyricist:
Roy Cash Jr.
composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Roy Cash Jr.
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), House of Cash Southwind Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Johnny Cash42:35
6(Ghost) Riders in the Sky
producer:
Brian Ahern
banjo [banjo-lute] and mandocello:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
electric bass guitar:
Marshall Grant (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
electric guitar:
Bob Wootton (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
fiddle:
Ricky Skaggs (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
French horn:
Jack Hale (trombone) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Bob Lewin (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Jack Clement (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Jerry Hensley (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Jack Routh (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
hammered dulcimer:
Alisa Jones (US hammered dulcimer player) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
percussion:
Mark Morris (drummer & percussionist) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
piano:
Earl Poole Ball (US country pianist) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
trumpet:
Jack Hale (trombone) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Bob Lewin (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Jan Howard (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1979)
cover recording of:
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
lyricist and composer:
Stan Jones (US songwriter and actor “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky”) (on 1948-06-05)
publisher:
Revega Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Johnny Cash4.353:48
7The Baron
recording of:
The Baron
writer:
Paul Richey, Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger) and Jerry Lee Taylor
Johnny Cash33:37
8Sunday Morning Coming Down
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1970)
recorded at:
Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
live cover recording of:
Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
Johnny Cash2.654:06
9Daddy Sang Bass
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1968-07-30)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-07-30)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1968-07-30)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1968-07-30)
electric guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1968-07-30) and Luther Perkins (on 1968-07-30)
background vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1968-07-30), Jan Howard (on 1968-07-30) and The Statler Brothers (on 1968-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1968) and Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2007)
cover recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass (on 1968-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Johnny Cash32:21
10Jackson
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-01-11)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
instruments:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Johnny Cash (country music legend)
performer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
live cover recording of:
Jackson (on 1967-01-11)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Johnny Cash with June Carter42:46
11One Piece at a Time
engineer:
Charlie Bragg, Chuck Bragg, Danny Jones (engineer) and Roger Tucker (engineer)
producer:
Charlie Bragg and Don Davis (American country guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1976) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1976)
recorded at:
House Of Cash Recording Studios in Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
One Piece at a Time
lyricist and composer:
Wayne Kemp
Johnny Cash44:02
12Orange Blossom Special
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1964-12-20)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1964-12-20)
instruments:
Boots Randolph (on 1964-12-20)
performer:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1965)
cover recording of:
Orange Blossom Special (on 1964-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Thomas Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
recording of:
Orange Blossom Special
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Thomas Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Johnny Cash43:09
13Folsom Prison Blues (live)
additional producer:
Bob Irwin
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1968-01-13)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1968-01-13)
electric guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1968-01-13) and Luther Perkins (on 1968-01-13)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-01-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-01-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California, United States (on 1968-01-13)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 164)
live recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1968-01-13)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
Johnny Cash52:44
14San Quentin (live)
live recording of:
San Quentin
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
Johnny Cash2:47
15A Boy Named Sue (live)
engineer:
Bob Breault and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1969)
recorded at:
San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, United States (on 1969-02-24)
live recording of:
A Boy Named Sue (on 1969-02-24)
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
Johnny Cash4.653:47
16A Thing Called Love
cover recording of:
A Thing Called Love
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
publisher:
Sixteen Stars Music (BMI-affiliated)
Johnny Cash22:34
17Don't Take Your Guns to Town
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (on 1958-08-13)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (on 1958-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Johnny Cash43:02
18Wanted Man
recording of:
Wanted Man
lyricist:
Bob Dylan
composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1967)
publisher:
Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan)
Johnny Cash2:52
19Big River
recording of:
Big River
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
Johnny Cash2:18
20Without Love
producer:
Nick Lowe (UK singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer)
recording of:
Without Love
lyricist and composer:
Nick Lowe (UK singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer)
Johnny Cash32:29
21No Expectations
cover recording of:
No Expectations
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Gideon Music (publisher)
Johnny Cash3:11
22Highway Patrolman
producer:
Brian Ahern
cover recording of:
Highway Patrolman
publisher:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1982)
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1981 until 1982)
publisher:
Intersong Music Ltd.
Johnny Cash45:22
23Singin' in Vietnam Talkin' Blues
recording of:
Singin' in Vietnam Talkin' Blues
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
Johnny Cash2:59
24Man in Black
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-02-16)
producer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1971-02-16)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1971-02-16)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1971-02-16)
electric guitar:
Bob Wootton (on 1971-02-16)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1971-02-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1971)
recording of:
Man in Black (on 1971-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
Johnny Cash3.352:53