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The Man in Black: 1954-1958 | 
| Artist: Johnny Cash
Label: Bear Family
Category: Music
List Price: $105.98
Buy New: $84.03
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 442230
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 12.5 x 1.1
UPC: 790051155179
EAN: 0790051155179
ASIN: B000001AX3
Release Date: June 27, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Wide Open Road | | • | You're My Baby | | • | My Treasure | | • | My Treasure | | • | Hey Porter | | • | Folsom Prison Blues | | • | Wide Open Road | | • | My Two Timin' Woman | | • | Hey Porter | | • | Cry Cry Cry | | • | Wide Open Road | | • | Port of Lonley Hearts | | • | I Couldn't Keep from Crying | | • | New Mexico | | • | Folsom Prison Blues | | • | So Doggone Lonesome | | • | Mean Eyed Cat | | • | Luther Played the Boogie | | • | Rock and Roll Ruby | | • | I Walk the Line | | • | Brakeman's Blues [Incomplete Take] | | • | Get Rhythm | | • | Get Rhythm | | • | I Walk the Line | | • | Train of Love | | • | Train of Love | | • | There You Go | | • | One More Ride [Incomplete Take] | | • | I Love You Because | | • | Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye | | • | I Love You Because | | • | Straight A's in Love |
Disc 2
| • | Don't Make Me Go | | • | Next in Line | | • | Don't Make Me Go | | • | Don't Make Me Go | | • | Home of the Blues [Undubbed Master] | | • | Give My Love to Rose | | • | Give My Love to Rose | | • | Home of the Blues [Overdubbed Master] | | • | Rock Island Line | | • | Wreck of the Old '97 | | • | Belshazzar | | • | Country Boy | | • | Leave That Junk Alone | | • | Doin' My Time | | • | Country Boy | | • | If the Good Lord's Willing | | • | (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle | | • | I Was There When It Happened | | • | Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You) | | • | I Was There When It Happened | | • | Big River | | • | Ballad of a Teenage Queen | | • | Goodnight Irene | | • | Big River | | • | Ballad of a Teenage Queen | | • | Come in Stranger | | • | Guess Things Happen That Way [Undubbed Master] | | • | Come in Stranger | | • | Oh, Lonesome Me [Undubbed Master] | | • | Guess Things Happen That Way | | • | Oh, Lonesome Me [Overdubbed Master] |
Disc 3
| • | Sugartime | | • | Born to Lose [Undubbed Master] | | • | You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven | | • | Born to Lose | | • | Sugartime [Overdubbed Master] | | • | Story of a Broken Heart | | • | Always Alone [Incomplete Take] | | • | Always Alone | | • | False Starts to Story of a Broken Heart | | • | Story of a Broken Heart | | • | You Tell Me | | • | Life Goes On | | • | You Win Again | | • | I Could Never Be Ashamed of You | | • | Hey, Good Lookin' | | • | I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) | | • | Cold, Cold Heart | | • | Blue Train | | • | Katy Too | | • | Ways of a Woman in Love | | • | Fool's Hall of Fame | | • | Ways of a Woman in Love | | • | Thanks a Lot | | • | It's Just About Time | | • | I Forgot to Remember to Forget | | • | I Just Thought You'd Like to Know | | • | It's Just About Time | | • | I Forgot to Remember to Forget | | • | Down the Street to 301 |
Disc 4
| • | Oh, What a Dream | | • | I'll Remember You | | • | Drink to Me | | • | What Do I Care | | • | Suppertime | | • | It Was Jesus | | • | Oh, What a Dream | | • | I'll Remember You | | • | Mama's Baby | | • | Troubadour | | • | Run Softly, Blue River | | • | All over Again | | • | That's All Over | | • | Frankie's Man Johnny | | • | Fool's Hall of Fame | | • | Walking the Blues | | • | Lead Me Father | | • | That's Enough | | • | I Still Miss Someone | | • | One More Ride | | • | Pickin' Time | | • | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | | • | I'd Rather Die Young | | • | Shepherd of My Heart | | • | Cold Shoulder |
Disc 5
| • | Lead Me Father | | • | Lead Me Father | | • | Lead Me Father | | • | Lead Me Father | | • | That's Enough | | • | That's Enough | | • | I Still Miss Someone | | • | I Still Miss Someone | | • | I Still Miss Someone | | • | I Still Miss Someone | | • | One More Ride | | • | One More Ride | | • | One More Ride | | • | Pickin' Time | | • | Pickin' Time | | • | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | | • | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | | • | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | | • | I'd Rather Die Young | | • | Shepherd of My Heart | | • | Cold Shoulder |
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| Customer Reviews:
 The definitive survey of Johnny Cash's early years. July 2, 1998
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is the first of three large (up to 6 discs) Bear Family Box sets of hits, sleepers, non-single album cuts and VERY interesting outtakes and demos which cover the years 1954 through 1969 in the career of Johnny Cash (please note: the Amazon title has an error -- the date of this box is 1954-58, NOT 1951-58). I would also argue that this is the best of the three, both in terms of the quality of the songs (most of the outtakes/alternate takes are GREAT) as well as the depth and breadth of the presentation. The box includes mostly Sun material with early Columbia represented at the end (Cash went to Columbia in 1958). The style is sparse, stripped down and raw, Johnny Cash straight-up. It is intriguing, though, that the earliest cut, "Wide Open Road," with which the box opens, would have been right at home on AMERICAN RECORDINGS forty years later. This box captures the essence of Johnny Cash moreso than his roots -- it studies the part of the artist that has NOT changed, will never change; the part that somehow lived within the speed freak Johnny Cash, the born again Johnny Cash and the 90's, living legend, hall-of-famer Johnny Cash. Adding to the box's appeal is an extremely well done booklet that includes a biopic covering the years in question, photos, discography, session lists, etc. As a bonus, the fifth disc is an uninterrupted recording session from August, 1958 that the label describes as "a unique fly-on-the-wall perspective on Johnny Cash in the studio." Very true indeed! So why not 5 stars? First of all, I probably would have preferred 4 1/2, but that was not a choice! Nevertheless, this box is really mainly for hardcore Cash fans who are already familiar with his music and want to learn more. If you are such a fan, though, I would consider this box a must-have. If you can only afford one Bear Family box, pick this one!
A must have for Johnny Cash fans! June 14, 2001
G. Hollis (Jefferson City, MO United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you truly consider yourself to be a Johnny Cash fan, you owe it to yourself to buy this box set. I had searched in vain for years to find a complete collection of his recordings at Sun and finally this is it. It also includes recordings from the early Columbia years. The very first disc includes some demo cuts Johnny made for Sun and words can't express the absolute delight I felt when first hearing these wonderful tracks. There is a version of Folsom Prison Blues that has a very different sound than what we're used to hearing from Johnny. You won't believe your ears, but you'll love it.
The real Johnny Cash July 29, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the real Johnny Cash. Before he got into drugs and got Nashville-ized. The multiple versions of several cuts are very interesting and fun -- first the actual session; then the final released version with echo and chorus added. Both very good, but like two different records. Sensibly, the multiple versions are spread apart by intervening cuts so that you can enjoy them as two different pieces. The last CD has lots of false starts and sometimes some frustration from Cash toward Luther Perkins. Perkins learned a lot and became very good -- which you can see over the course of the sessions in this set. Excellent booklet. My Sony changer allows me to automatically skip cuts on CDs (such as many of the false starts and some of the alternative versions) -- makes these CDs some of my favorites.
Fly on the wall March 31, 2009
J. Hacker (cincy, OH)
This collection is a national treasure. This fly on the wall perspective of Johnny's early years is awesome. Track one, cd one is worth the purchase price alone. Any true Cash fan should own all three of these collections from Bear Family. They are priceless.
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