Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West

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Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West is a concept double album and the twenty-second overall album released by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1965. Covering twenty individual songs, the album, as its title suggests, contains various ballads and other songs on topics related to the history of the American Old West. This includes Carl Perkins' "The Ballad of Boot Hill", "Streets of Laredo", and the sole single from the album, "Mr. Garfield", describing the shock of the population after the assassination of President James Garfield. One of the songs, "25 Minutes to Go", would later be performed at Folsom Prison and appear on Cash's famous At Folsom Prison recording in 1968, while the melody of "Streets of Laredo" would be recycled for the song "The Walls of a Prison" featured on Cash's album From Sea to Shining Sea.

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Tracklist

1. 1Hiawatha’s Vision2:25
2. 2The Road to Kentuck2:42
3. 3The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Part 12:53
4. 4Narration 11:15
5. 5The Ballad of Boot Hill2:34
6. 6I Ride an Old Paint2:56
7. 7Narration 20:31
8. 8Hardin Wouldn’t Run3:48
9. 9Narration 30:50
10. 10Mister Garfield3:46
11. 11The Streets of Laredo3:40
12. 12Narration 40:24
13. 13Johnny Reb2:27
14. 14A Letter From Home2:34
15. 15Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie2:27
16. 16Mean as Hell3:08
17. 17Sam Hall3:16
18. 1825 Minutes to Go3:12
19. 19The Blizzard3:52
20. 20Narration 50:40
21. 21Sweet Betsy From Pike3:17
22. 22Green Grow the Lilacs2:46
23. 23Narration 61:01
24. 24Stampede2:58
25. 25The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Part 22:29
26. 26Reflections2:43

Tracklist from the original release · Data: MusicBrainz