Tall Man is a compilation album and 61st overall album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Bear Family Records in 1979 (see 1979 in music). Like the preceding two Bear Family Cash releases, it consists of rarities and unreleased songs. "Besser So, Jenny-Jo" and "Kleine Rosemarie" were recorded in German for that audience. "Tall Man" is from the soundtrack to the 1961 film Cindy, and was listed when released by Cash as the 'B' side to "Tennessee Flat Top Box" as "Tall Men". "Pick a Bale of Cotton" and "Hammers and Nails" were previously released as singles. "Rodeo Hand" is an outtake from Sings the Ballads of the True West. "Engine 143," an A.P. Carter song, which was re-recorded for a Carter Family tribute album in 2003.
Tall Man | ||||
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Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | February 1961–October 1967 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Bear Family BFX 15033 | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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1. | "Tall Man" | Ken Darby | February 27, 1961 | 1:56 |
2. | "Foolish Questions" | Johnny Cash | January 12, 1966 | 3:12 |
3. | "Pick a Bale of Cotton" | Lead Belly, Alan Lomax | June 8, 1962 | 1:59 |
4. | "I Tremble for You" | Johnny Cash, Lew DeWitt | October 3, 1967 | 2:14 |
5. | "Besser So, Jenny-Jo" | Burgner, Kurt Hertha | June 20, 1965 | 2:12 |
6. | "Kleine Rosemarie" | Karl Götz, Günter Loose | June 20, 1965 | 1:57 |
7. | "My Old Faded Rose" | June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash | June 29, 1964 | 2:53 |
8. | "Rodeo Hand" | Peter La Farge | March 13, 1965 | 2:26 |
9. | "The Sound of Laughter" | Harlan Howard | January 29, 1966 | 2:35 |
10. | "Hammers and Nails" (with the Statler Brothers) | Lucille Groah | April 3, 1964 | 2:38 |
11. | "Engine 143" | A.P. Carter | December 20, 1964 | 3:35 |
12. | "On the Line" | Traditional | January 12, 1967 | 2:22 |
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