At Folsom Prison | 
 enlarge | Artist: Johnny Cash
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  196 reviews
Sales Rank: 24
Format: Extra Tracks, Live, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 65955
UPC: 074646595527
EAN: 0074646595527
ASIN: B000028U0Y
Release Date: October 19, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Folsom Prison Blues | | • | Busted | | • | Dark As The Dungeon | | • | I Still Miss Someone | | • | Cocaine Blues | | • | 25 Minutes To Go | | • | Orange Blossom Special | | • | The Long Black Veil | | • | Send A Picture Of Mother | | • | The Wall | | • | Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog | | • | Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart | | • | Joe Bean | | • | Jackson | | • | Give My Love To Rose | | • | I Got Stripes | | • | The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer | | • | Green, Green Grass Of Home | | • | Greystone Chapel |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Johnny Cash had been breaking new ground for a decade when At Folsom Prison suddenly made the world at large take notice. The interaction of a volatile prison population starved for entertainment and a desperately on-form Johnny Cash was electrifying. His somber machismo finally found a home. The songs, which included every prison song Cash knew ("I Got Stripes," "The Wall," "25 Minutes to Go," "Cocaine Blues," plus his own "Folsom Prison Blues") were tailored to galvanize the crowd. This set is all about atmosphere. Live at the Grand Ole Opry this ain't. The 1999 version drops the San Quentin portion of the original CD reissue, instead adding three cuts to complete the full and uncensored Folsom show. --Colin Escott
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JCFolsom June 18, 2008
It's fantastic. I orginially had this recording years ago on a 33rpm record, and like a fool got rid of it. I got it as a replacement on a CD format and its the way I always remembered it.
Cash at his peak June 12, 2008
Cash is basically the only country artist that I like. The very fact that he sings about life and its hardships is very appealing to me. Running on the notion that his material is about the struggles of existence, it is only fitting that he would record an album within the walls of a tough state penitentiary.
Songs about life in prison (Folsom Prison Blues, I Got Stripes), the difficulties of life (Busted), and being free (Orange Blossom Special), are strong examples of how Cash expresses himself musically and how he can relate to the audience. In one sense, since the material on this album relates to the prisoners, it can be considered a concept album. A must have for everyone's musical library.
THE best May 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to say, I have come to realize this is one of my favorite albums of TIME tied with Houston Marchman's - Naked The Best of Houston Marchman. Both are soooo good and I can listen to their voices over and over again and never get tired. Houston Marchman is special in that his music is filled with soul, passion, and solid lyrics. He truley has THE best singing vioce I have ever heard in my entire life. You should check out the cd if you enjoy j CASH. Both have the best songs EVER!
 Lyp Sync-er May 18, 2008
0 out of 34 found this review helpful
I haven't heard anything like this since Ashlee Simpson was on Saturday Night Live. Indeed, I suspect this guy lyp synced at concerts. In fact, someone else sang for him in the studio and he pretended to sing on stage. His music is not true to the great rock and roll tradition handed down to us from Chuck Berry and his contemporaries. Anyone who already has this should throw it on the floor and stomp on it.
Real Music! March 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My favorite is not at all country, but this is some of my favorite music. The spirit of a live Johhny Cash show in Folsom Prison is deffinetely felt through the music. If you want real country music, buy.
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