Name: Greatest par Johnny Cash
Brand: Johnny Cash
SKU: 015047800155
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 3 (84 reviews)

COMPILATION

The title of Johnny Cash's third album for Sun Records, 1959's Greatest!, suggests that Cash's career already merited an anthology of hits a mere four years after he first hit the charts with "Cry! Cry! Cry!." However, this wasn't quite the case, and Greatest! was actually a collection of B-side and unreleased tunes Cash had left behind when he parted ways with Sun to sign with Columbia in 1958. The irony is there's a dearth of actual hits on Greatest!, and while the sizable majority of Cash's Sun output was outstanding, this album is decidedly weaker than the two Sun long-players which had preceded it. However, there are a handful of gems to be found here -- the rollicking "Get Rhythm," a fine cover of Charlie Feathers' "I Forgot to Remember to Forget," a pair of solid Hank Williams interpretations ("You Win Again" and "Hey Good Lookin'"), and his tribute to the singular talents of guitarist Luther Perkins, "Luther Played the Boogie." While Sam Phillips and his staff polished a few of these tunes with overdubs after the fact, they still sound leaner and more intense than Cash's early Columbia sides, and while Greatest! is second-tier stuff from his Sun period, there's still some great music here from one of the most powerful voices in country music.
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1. Goodbye Little Darlin'

par Johnny Cash

Artiste Vedette: The Tennessee Two; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Gene Autry
Johnny Marvin; Compositeur
Producteur: Sun Record Co.; Production
Composer Lyricist: Gene Autry
Johnny Marvin; Autre
Éditeur De Musique: The Gene Autry Music Co Ascap; Autre

2. I Just Thought You'd Like to Know

par Johnny Cash

Artiste Vedette: The Tennessee Two; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Charlie Rich; Compositeur
Producteur: Sun Record Co.; Production
Composer Lyricist: Charlie Rich; Autre
Éditeur De Musique: Hi Lo Music Inc Bmi; Autre

3. You Tell Me

par Johnny Cash

Artiste Vedette: The Tennessee Two; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Sam Phillips; Compositeur
Producteur: Sun Record Co.; Production
Composer Lyricist: Sam Phillips; Autre
Éditeur De Musique: Hi Lo Music Inc Bmi; Autre

4. It's Just About Time

par Johnny Cash

Artiste Vedette: The Tennessee Two; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Jack Clement; Compositeur
Producteur: Sun Record Co.; Production
Composer Lyricist: Jack Clement; Autre
Éditeur De Musique: Universal Songs Of Polygram Inc Bmi; Autre

5. I Forgot to Remember to Forget

par Johnny Cash

Artiste Vedette: The Tennessee Two; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Charlie Feathers
Stanley Kesler; Compositeur
Producteur: Sun Record Co.; Production
Composer Lyricist: Stanley Kesler
Charlie A. Feathers; Autre
Éditeur De Musique: Edward B Marks Music Co Bmi
C Feathers Publishing Bmi; Autre

6. Katy Too

par Johnny Cash

Artiste Vedette: The Tennessee Two; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Jack Clement
Johnny Cash; Compositeur
Producteur: Sun Record Co.; Production
Composer Lyricist: Jack Clement
Johnny Cash; Autre
Éditeur De Musique: Universal Songs Of Polygram Inc Bmi
House Of Cash Inc Bmi; Autre