Johnny Cash LP At Folsom Prison 1968 Ex+ CLASSIC & COLLECTABLE Country

	A$		28
	$		19

NOTE : All LP’s have been cleaned and played (except where Mint) to determine an accurate grading as possible ; if anything they have been under-graded to be on the safe side as collectors will always have slightly different interpretations on quality however I definitely feel you can bid with confidence here. …Thanks.

Item : 12” album

Artist : Johnny Cash

Title : At Folsom Prison

Year : 1968

Issue : Australian pressing – CBS label # SBP 233541 ~ Stereo

Recorded ‘live’ in front of a prison audience in the late '60s he selects a set of songs that are all about prison, crime, murder, regret, loss, mother, God, and loneliness. Cash tunes into the audience's emotions, which in turn stimulates his own performance ….especially since he delivers the songs with the conviction of someone who has lived through it.
A gem of a pick-up for fans that is sure to please.

PERSONNEL : Johnny Cash (vocals, guitar); June Carter, The Carter Family, The Staler Brothers (vocals); Luther Perkins, Carl Perkins (electric guitar); Marshall Grant (bass guitar); W. S. "Fluke" Holland (drums).

REVIEWS :
Want to hear part of the reason why Johnny Cash is an icon, a singer respected and influential in country, folk, and rock & roll? THIS is it! In 1968--one of the most tumultuous years in American history since the Depression--Cash recorded an album live in front of a (literally) captive and but wildly appreciative audience inside Folsom Prison. With two guitars, bass, drums, and a small vocal group (including Cash's wife June Carter Cash and the Statler Brothers), Cash sings his hits and lesser-known songs ("Send a Picture of Mother") and some haunting country standards ("Dark as a Dungeon"), as well as songs about REAL outlaws ("Cocaine Blues") to a rapt audience that hangs on every word. That boom-chicka-boom sound is as sharp as the first mean wind of winter, and Cash is in fine fettle (though his voice cracks from time to time). With its unique setting, this is as harrowing an album as any ever recorded.

4 stars out of 5 - ...represents Cash at the peak of his powers, bringing a highly combustible mixture of joy and pain to 2000 excitable inmates.... Q (04/01/2000)
...an impressive performance document that gives a fuller sense of Cash's stage persona and his relationship with the audience.... Dirty Linen (02/01/2000)
...restored here is Cash's salty stage-banter in all of its uncensored glory, alongside every one of the crowd's raucous, foot-stomping, hollering responses....repeatedly delivers the kind of goosebumps that few records can. CMJ (11/01/1999)
4 stars out of 5 - ...It's an effortless and powerful performance.... Uncut (03/01/2000)
...You get the sense that Cash could just as easily be in the audience as on stage at this raucous show, and the inmates know it... Entertainment Weekly (09/26/2003)
Ranked #88 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - ...Essential Cash....The 2,000 inmates roar their approval... Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)

Songs :

• Folsom Prison Blues
• 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 Sucking Dog
• Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
• Jackson -With June Carter
• Give My Love To Rose -With June Carter
I Got Stripes
• Green Green Grass Of Home
• Greystone Chapel.

CONDITION : see 4 photos above
Vinyl : Looks great and plays through accordingly. Shines like new and a great clean sound. A couple of very light small marks. No background noise. No pops. No skips. Heaps of shine and rated a very strong EX+.
Labels : Clean. No spindle-hole traces.
Sleeve : Terrific. Clean laminated front. The predominantly white back-cover is excellent and one of the better covers I’ve seen for this issue. No writing. No splits. No creases. No ring-wear of note. Overall very pleasing.

POSTAGE COSTS (albums are professionally packed and shipped with an outer protector plastic sleeve) :
To anywhere in Australia is AU$7.60. For 2 or 3 x LP’s the cost is $15.00.
For extra items costs will depend upon weight and destination however I will do my best to keep the combined total at a minimum.

1st class Air-Mail overseas :
NEW ZEALAND - $13 AUS
ASIA and JAPAN- $16 AUS
USA, CANADA, MIDDLE EAST - $19.00 AUS
EUROPE & REST OF THE WORLD - $23.00 AUS

PACKING INFORMATION :
Records will be packed in a plastic bag between two strong pieces of cardboard for safe arrival.

PAYMENT METHODS :
within Australia : 1. Paypal (quickest and easiest) OR 2. Bank Deposit (this may take a day or two to confirm)
International : Paypal

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