Johnny Cash - At San Quentin [1969] (Full Album)

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At San Quentin is the 31st overall album by Johnny Cash, recorded live at San Quentin State Prison on February 24, 1969 and released on June 4 of that same year. The concert was filmed by Granada Television, produced and directed by Michael Darlow. The album was a follow-up to Cash's previous live album, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful At Folsom Prison. The album was certified gold on August 12, 1969, platinum and double platinum on November 21, 1986, and triple platinum on March 27, 2003 by the RIAA. The album was nominated for a number of Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and won Best Male Country Vocal Performance for «A Boy Named Sue». There have been several releases with different songs and set order. Johnny Cash had previously recorded a concert at prison in 1968 at Folsom Prison, This concert was recorded for a live LP and a television documentary for the UK. On the original LP release, the song order was changed and several songs were cut, presumably for space reasons. Despite the timing limitations of the vinyl LP format, however, both performances of the song «San Quentin» (Cash agreed to perform an encore at the audience's request) are included on the original album. Some of the songs were censored. Two songs are performed live on stage for the first time during the show: «San Quentin» and «A Boy Named Sue». According to biographer Robert Hilburn, the decision had already been made for Cash to perform «San Quentin» twice as it was considered the major new song of the set, though on record Cash makes it appear as if the encore is due to audience demand; producer Bob Johnson ultimately chose to include both versions of the song on the album. According to Hilburn, Cash spontaneously decided to perform «A Boy Named Sue» during the show and neither the TV crew nor his band knew he planned to do it (though he gave them advance warning by announcing early in the show his intent to play it); he used a lyric sheet on stage while Perkins and the band improvised the backing. «No other Johnny Cash record sounds as wild as this. He sounds like an outlaw and renegade here, which is what gives it power - listen to «A Boy Named Sue», a Shel Silverstein composition that could have been too cute by half, but is rescued by the wild-eyed, committed performance by Cash, where it sounds like he really was set on murdering that son of a bitch who named him Sue. It is a sequel to At Folsom Prison that surpasses its predecessor and captures Cash at his rawest and wildest. Part of this is due to how he feeds off of his captive audience, playing to the prisoners and seeming like one of them, but it's also due to the shifting dynamic within the band. Without Perkins, Cash isn't tied to the percolating two-step that defined his music to that point». (From AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine) Johnny Cash ‎– Johnny Cash At San Quentin [1969] (Full Album) Tracklist: A1. Wanted Man (Written By B. Dylan) – 3:24 A2. Wreck Of The Old 97 (Arranged By [Arr.]: B. Johnson, J. Cash, N. Blake) – 2:17 A3. I Walk The Line – 3:13 A4. Darling Companion (Written By J. Sebastian) – 6:10 A5. Starkville City Jail – 2:01 B1. San Quentin – 4:07 B2. San Quentin (performed a second time at the audience's request) - 3:13 B3. A Boy Named Sue (Written By S. Silverstein) – 3:53 B4. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (Written By T. Dorsey) – 2:37 B5. Folsom Prison Blues – 1:29 Personnel: Johnny Cash: vocal, Acoustic guitar, June Carter Cash: vocal, Carter Family: vocals, Autoharp, Guitar, Marshall Grant: bass guitar, W. S. Holland: drums, Carl Perkins: electric guitar, Bob Wootton: electric guitar, The Statler Brothers: vocals Manufactured By Columbia Records/Manufactured By CBS Inc. Engineer: Bob Breault, Neil Wilburn Photography By [Back Cover Photos]: Jim Marshall Photography By [Front Cover Photo]: Henry Fox Producer: Bob Johnston Written By J. Cash (tracks: A3, A5 to B2, B5) Recorded during the making of Granada Television program, «Johnny Cash At San Quentin Prison»/Recorded: February 24, 1969/Venue: San Quentin State Prison, California/Printed in U.S.A. Label: Columbia ‎– CS 9827/Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US/Released: 1969 Label: CBS ‎– 63629, CBS ‎– S 63629, CBS ‎– CS 9827/ Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo/Country: UK/Released: 1969 DISCLAIMER: I do not make any profit from this video. No copyright infringement intended. All rights belong to the respective artists and the record companies. It is uploaded for educational and promotional purposes only. I do not own, nor claim to own anything contained in this video. -Video Upload powered by https://www.TunesToTube.com