The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983 is a three-disc compilation album containing Johnny Cash's material from 1955–1983. It was originally released in 1992 by Sony Music, as part of its Columbia Country Classics series, as a long box set containing three individually-cased discs. Later pressings would be housed in a single, standard-side 3-disc jewel case.
| The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983 | |
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| Released | 1992 |
| Recorded | 1955–1983 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 3:29:11 |
| Label | Legacy |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hey Porter" | Johnny Cash | 2:11 |
| 2. | "Cry! Cry! Cry!" | Johnny Cash | 2:23 |
| 3. | "Folsom Prison Blues" | Johnny Cash | 2:48 |
| 4. | "Luther Played the Boogie" | Johnny Cash | 2:01 |
| 5. | "Get Rhythm" | Johnny Cash | 2:12 |
| 6. | "I Walk the Line" | Johnny Cash | 2:42 |
| 7. | "Home of the Blues" | Johnny Cash / Glen Douglas / Vic McAlpin | 2:38 |
| 8. | "Give My Love to Rose" | Johnny Cash | 2:43 |
| 9. | "Rock Island Line" | Lead Belly | 2:08 |
| 10. | "Doin' My Time" | Jimmie Skinner | 2:37 |
| 11. | "Big River" | Johnny Cash | 2:30 |
| 12. | "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" | Jack Clement | 2:10 |
| 13. | "Guess Things Happen That Way" | Jack Clement | 1:48 |
| 14. | "The Ways of a Woman in Love" | Bill Justis / Charlie Rich | 2:14 |
| 15. | "Thanks a Lot" | Charlie Rich | 2:36 |
| 16. | "Oh, What a Dream" | Johnny Cash | 2:03 |
| 17. | "What Do I Care" | Johnny Cash | 2:07 |
| 18. | "All Over Again" | Johnny Cash | 2:05 |
| 19. | "I Still Miss Someone" | Johnny Cash / Roy Cash | 2:34 |
| 20. | "I'd Just Be Fool Enough (to Fall)" | Melvin Endsley | 2:08 |
| 21. | "Walking the Blues" | Johnny Cash / Robert Lunn | 2:08 |
| 22. | "Frankie's Man, Johnny" | Johnny Cash | 2:14 |
| 23. | "Tennessee Flat Top Box" | Johnny Cash | 2:58 |
| 24. | "Sing It Pretty, Sue" | Johnny Cash | 1:57 |
| 25. | "Pickin' Time" | Johnny Cash | 1:57 |
| 26. | "Five Feet High and Rising" | Johnny Cash | 1:46 |
| 27. | "The Old Account" | Traditional | 2:18 |
| 28. | "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)" | Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey | 2:45 |
| 29. | "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" | Traditional | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 1:08:34 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Folsom Prison Blues" (live) | Johnny Cash | 2:41 |
| 2. | "Cocaine Blues" (live) | T.J. "Red" Arnall | 2:44 |
| 3. | "San Quentin 2" (live) | Johnny Cash | 2:32 |
| 4. | "A Boy Named Sue" (live) | Shel Silverstein | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Wanted Man" | Bob Dylan | 2:50 |
| 6. | "Singin' in Viet Nam Talkin' Blues" | Johnny Cash | 2:54 |
| 7. | "Man in Black" | Johnny Cash | 2:52 |
| 8. | "What Is Truth" | Johnny Cash | 2:37 |
| 9. | "Flesh and Blood" | Johnny Cash | 2:35 |
| 10. | "Sunday Morning Coming Down" | Kris Kristofferson | 4:06 |
| 11. | "Oney" | Jerry Chesnut | 3:04 |
| 12. | "One Piece at a Time" | Wayne Kemp | 4:00 |
| 13. | "Hit the Road and Go" | Johnny Cash | 2:41 |
| 14. | "Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)" | Johnny Cash | 3:19 |
| 15. | "I Will Rock and Roll with You" | Johnny Cash | 2:50 |
| 16. | "No Expectations" | Mick Jagger / Keith Richards | 3:10 |
| 17. | "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" | Stan Jones | 3:46 |
| 18. | "Bull Rider" | Rodney Crowell | 3:08 |
| 19. | "Highway Patrolman" | Bruce Springsteen | 5:20 |
| 20. | "After the Ball" | Johnny Cash | 3:00 |
| 21. | "Without Love" | Nick Lowe | 2:28 |
| 22. | "The Last Time" | Kris Kristofferson | 3:14 |
| 23. | "I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar" | Johnny Cash | 3:00 |
| Total length: | 1:12:37 | ||
References
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