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Sings the Ballads of the True West - Johnny Cash
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  1. Hiawatha's Vision
  2. The Road to Kaintuck
  3. The Shifting Whispering Sands, Pt. 1
  4. The Ballad of Boot Hill
  5. I Ride an Old Paint]
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  1. Hiawatha's Vision
  2. The Road to Kaintuck
  3. The Shifting Whispering Sands, Pt. 1
  4. The Ballad of Boot Hill
  5. I Ride an Old Paint]
  6. Hardin Wouldn't Run
  7. Mr. Garfield
  8. The Streets of Laredo]
  9. Johnny Reb
  10. A Letter from Home
  11. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie]
  12. Mean as Hell
  13. Sam Hall
  14. 25 Minutes to Go
  15. The Blizzard
  16. Sweet Betsy from Pike
  17. Green Grow the Lilacs]
  18. Stampede
  19. The Shifting Whispering Sands, Pt. 2
  20. Reflections
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One of the projects Johnny Cash wanted to do when he was on Sun Records was to record an album of songs from the Old West. Of course, Sam Phillips wouldn't hear of it, but the idea -- along with concept albums of gospel, train songs, and others -- all came to fruition when he moved to Columbia Records. This concept album is a 20-track set that combines songs and narrations, the bulk of which were recorded in 1965 (the lone exception is Carl Perkins' "The Ballad of Boot Hill," which originates from a 1959 session). The ...

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Sings the Ballads of the True West 2009, Sbme Special Mkts.

UPC: 886974856221

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