Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (Reissue)

Johnny Cash was a country legend even during his lifetime, although, or perhaps because, he was very different from the numerous country singers with chequered shirts. When performing he chose to wear black as a symbol of solidarity with the oppressed and those who had no rights. His chosen outlaw image was just as convincing as the train-like boom-tiddy-boom sound of his rhythm group who lent their typical sound to many of his 500 songs. At the very zenith of his career, Cash (who himself had committed a few minor offenses) had the idea of singing and playing for the bad guys behind the prison walls for nothing. Initially his suggestion to market the live recording was rejected, but finally his record company decided to release the album ""At Folsom Prison"". Fired by the success of his jailhouse recording, Columbia Records released ""At San Quentin"" shortly afterwards. The recording, in which Cash and his combo were frenetically applauded more or less at the end of each verse, exceeded all expectations. Today it is still considered by Cash fans to be the best live recording by the 'man in black'.."" Recording: 24 February 1969 live at San Quentin State Prison, USA, by Neil Wilburn and Bob BreaultProduction: Bob Johnston."" ""Johnny Cash At San Quentin"" - Johnny Cash (voc, g); June Carter Cash, Carter Family (voc); Bob Wootton (el-g); Marshall Grant (b); W.S. Holland (dr)."" standard sleeve

Vinyl LP pressing. A year after the runaway success of At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash took his stellar live concert behind the walls of California's oldest penitentiary. The resulting album, At San Quentin, was The Man In Black's first to top both Billboard's country and pop charts, and spun off his biggest pop hit, ""A Boy Named Sue."" Released alongside the premiere of his successful television show and featuring classic renditions of ""I Walk The Line"" and the Bob Dylan-penned ""Wanted Man,"" this album is a must for vinyl collectors seeking to discover the legend of Johnny Cash.