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Late 1995 - Early 1996

Session overview

Location
Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Takes / recordings
14
Year
1995
Producer
Rick Rubin
Personnel
  • Johnny Cash — vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Tom Petty — harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, chm
  • Mike Campbell — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, dobro, bass
  • Howie Epstein — acoustic guitar, bass
  • Marty Stuart — electric guitar
  • Benmont Tench — chm, Hammond B-3 organ, vocals, harmonica, piano
  • Steve Ferone — drums, percussion
  • Lindsay Buckingham — acoustic guitar
  • Mick Fleetwood — percussion
  • Juliet Prather — percussion
  • Curt Bisqueria — drums, percussion
Recording-level personnel is shown inside each take detail when documented or inherited from the session.

Session notes

The basic track was done at Sound City Studios with additional overdubbing done at Akadémie Mathématique of Philosophical Sound Research, Hollywood, CA; Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; NRG REcording, North Hollywood, CA and Cowboys Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, Nashville, TN. Cash wrote a third verse to MEAN EYED CAT a year prior to recording it for Rick Rubin.

Takes / Recordings

Open a take to see personnel, take notes, issue history, media, and the full recording detail link.

Ref Matrix / Take Title Dur. Composer Issues Details
a - Rowboat 3:44 Beck 2 issues
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Title Rowboat

Duration 3:44 Composer Beck
Issues 2 issues
b - Sea Of Heartbreak 2:42 Paul Hampton, David Shapiro 1 issue
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Title Sea Of Heartbreak

Duration 2:42 Composer Paul Hampton, David Shapiro
Issues 1 issue
c - Rusty Cage 2:49 Chris Cornell 2 issues
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Title Rusty Cage

Duration 2:49 Composer Chris Cornell
Issues 2 issues
d - The One Rose 2:26 Lani McIntire 2 issues
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Title The One Rose

Duration 2:26 Composer Lani McIntire
Issues 2 issues
e - Country Boy 2:31 John R. Cash 1 issue
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Title Country Boy

Duration 2:31 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 1 issue
f - Memories Are Made Of This 2:19 Frank Miller, Richard Derh, Terry Gilkyson 1 issue
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Title Memories Are Made Of This

Duration 2:19 Composer Frank Miller, Richard Derh, Terry Gilkyson
Issues 1 issue
g - Spiritual 5:06 Josh Haden 1 issue
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Title Spiritual

Duration 5:06 Composer Josh Haden
Issues 1 issue
h - Kneeling Drunkard's Plea 2:32 June Carter, Helen Carter, Anita Carter 2 issues
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Title Kneeling Drunkard's Plea

Duration 2:32 Composer June Carter, Helen Carter, Anita Carter
Issues 2 issues
i - Southern Accents 4:41 Tom Petty 2 issues
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Title Southern Accents

Duration 4:41 Composer Tom Petty
Issues 2 issues
j - Mean Eyed Cat 2:33 John R. Cash 1 issue
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Title Mean Eyed Cat

Duration 2:33 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 1 issue
k - Meet Me In Heaven 3:21 John R. Cash 1 issue
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Title Meet Me In Heaven

Duration 3:21 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 1 issue
l - I Never Picked Cotton 2:39 Charlie Williams, Bobby George 1 issue
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Title I Never Picked Cotton

Duration 2:39 Composer Charlie Williams, Bobby George
Issues 1 issue
m - Unchained 2:51 Jude Johnstone 1 issue
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Title Unchained

Duration 2:51 Composer Jude Johnstone
Issues 1 issue
n - I've Been Everywhere 3:17 Geoff Mack 1 issue
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Title I've Been Everywhere

Duration 3:17 Composer Geoff Mack
Issues 1 issue