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  • With His Hot and Blue Guitar
  • Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
  • The Fabulous Johnny Cash
  • Songs of Our Soil
  • Hymns by Johnny Cash
  • Ride This Train
  • Now, There Was a Song!
  • Now Here's Johnny Cash
  • The Lure of the Grand Canyon
  • The Sound of Johnny Cash
  • Hymns from the Heart
  • All Aboard the Blue Train
  • Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
  • The Christmas Spirit
  • Blood, Sweat and Tears
  • I Walk the Line
  • Bitter Tears (Ballads of the American Indian)
  • Sings the Ballads of the True West
  • Orange Blossom Special
  • Mean as Hell!
  • Happiness Is You
  • Everybody Loves a Nut
  • Carryin' On
  • Old Golden Throat
  • From Sea to Shining Sea
  • At Folsom Prison
  • More of Old Golden Throat
  • Johnny Cash at San Quentin
  • Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
  • Little Fauss and Big Halsy [Original Soundtrack]
  • The Johnny Cash Show
  • The Man, The World, His Music
  • A Man in Black
  • A Thing Called Love
  • Johnny Cash Family Christmas
  • America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song
  • På Österåker
  • Johnny Cash and His Woman
  • The Gospel Road
  • Any Old Wind That Blows
  • Ragged Old Flag
  • John R. Cash
  • I Walk the Line [Original Soundtrack]
  • Sings Precious Memories
  • Look at Them Beans
  • The Johnny Cash Children's Album
  • One Piece at a Time
  • The Rambler
  • Last Gunfighter Ballad
  • I Would Like to See You Again
  • Gone Girl
  • Silver
  • Rockabilly Blues
  • Classic Christmas
  • The Survivors Live
  • Inside a Swedish Prison
  • Koncert V Praze: In Prague Live
  • Johnny 99
  • Heroes
  • Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming
  • Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
  • We the People
  • Water From the Wells of Home
  • Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series
  • Boom Chicka Boom
  • The Mystery of Life
  • Christmas
  • American Recordings
  • Unchained
  • VH1 Storytellers
  • American III: Solitary Man
  • American IV: The Man Comes Around
  • A Concert Behind Prison Walls
  • My Mother's Hymn Book
  • American V: A Hundred Highways
  • Music That Inspired Walk the Line
  • American VI: Ain't No Grave
  • Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited

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Release Date

March 13, 2001

Duration

39:57

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

1954 - July 10, 1958
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Johnny Cash

Roads Less Travelled: Sun Recordings

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Varese's Roads Less Travelled contains 18 hard-to-find Sun recordings from Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two, songs that were either not released or weren't issued as A-sides or languished as album tracks. This is actually a bit of a godsend, since Cash and the Tennessee Two were at their peak at Sun and it's a little difficult to dig deep into their catalog for lost treasures, unless you're willing to delve into Bear Family's overly exhaustive Man in Black set. This culls the very best elements of that set, and while there's no revelations, there are plenty of small gems to enjoy and it's easily the best choice for serious listeners (who are not completists) after they've absorbed the very best of his Sun material.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Johnny Johnson / Leon Lambson
Johnny Cash
2:07
2
Lead Belly / John A. Lomax
Johnny Cash
2:41
3
Marty Robbins
Johnny Cash
2:01
4
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
2:25
5
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
2:52
6
Billy Smith
Johnny Cash
2:03
7
Johnny Cash / Bill Justis / Charlie Rich
Johnny Cash
2:26
8
Jimmie Skinner
Johnny Cash
2:38
9
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
1:28
10
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
2:31
11
Clarence Snow / Hank Snow
Johnny Cash
1:56
12
Leon Payne
Johnny Cash
2:26
13
Jimmie Davis / Fern Jones
Johnny Cash
2:17
14
Frankie Brown / Ted Daffan
Johnny Cash
2:10
15
Jerry Reed
Johnny Cash
1:42
16
Ted Daffan
Johnny Cash
1:50
17
Norman Blake / Johnny Cash / Bob Johnson
Johnny Cash
1:46
18
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
2:38
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