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Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash

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Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released in 1964 by Sun Records after Cash had left the label and signed with Columbia Records. The album is made up of songs Cash recorded for Sun prior to leaving the label. The album was re-issued in 2003 with 5 bonus tracks. These tracks are alternate or incomplete takes of songs that were already on the album.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Always Alone"Ted Daffan1:52
2."Country Boy"Johnny Cash1:53
3."Goodnight Irene"Lead Belly, John A. Lomax2:42
4."Wide Open Road"Cash2:36
5."Thanks a Lot"Charlie Rich2:39
6."Big River"Cash2:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Belshazzar"Cash2:26
8."Born to Lose"Frankie Brown, Daffan2:12
9."New Mexico"Johnny Johnson, Leon Lambson2:06
10."I Forgot to Remember to Forget"Charlie Feathers, Stan Kesler1:55
11."Two Timin' Woman"Cash, Ron Hacker1:58
12."Story of a Broken Heart"Sam Phillips2:14
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Wide Open Road" (Undubbed Master)Cash2:30
14."Big River" (Alternate Take)Cash3:16
15."Born to Lose" (Undubbed Master)Brown, Daffan2:09
16."Story of a Broken Heart" (Alternate Take)Phillips2:33
17."Get Rhythm" (Alternate Take)Cash2:15
18."One More Ride" (Incomplete Take)Bob Nolan1:24
Total length:41:13

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