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March 2, 1967

Session overview

Location
Columbia Studio, Nashville, TN
Takes / recordings
5
Year
1967
Producer
Don Law Productions
Personnel
  • Johnny Cash — vocals, guitar, narration
  • Carter Family: Maybelle, Anita, Helen, June — harmony vocals
  • Luther Perkins — electric guitar
  • Marshall Grant — bass
  • W.S. 'Fluke' Holland — drums
  • Bob Johnson — rhythm guitar
  • Charlie McCoy — harmonica
Recording-level personnel is shown inside each take detail when documented or inherited from the session.

Session notes

There is a narrative introduction to THE WALLS OF A PRISON which is by Cash accompianed by his guitar only.

Takes / Recordings

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Ref Matrix / Take Title Dur. Composer Issues Details
a NCO 120437 The Frozen 400-Pound-Fair-To-Middlin' Cotton Picker 2:32 John R. Cash 2 issues
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Title The Frozen 400-Pound-Fair-To-Middlin' Cotton Picker

Duration 2:32 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 2 issues
b NCO 120438 You And Tennessee 3:08 John R. Cash 2 issues
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Title You And Tennessee

Duration 3:08 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 2 issues
c NCO 120439 The Walls Of A Prison 4:01 John R. Cash 3 issues
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Title The Walls Of A Prison

Duration 4:01 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 3 issues
d NCO 120440 Shrimpin' Sailin' 3:06 John R. Cash 2 issues
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Title Shrimpin' Sailin'

Duration 3:06 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 2 issues
e NCO 120441 The Masterpiece 2:47 John R. Cash 2 issues
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Title The Masterpiece

Duration 2:47 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 2 issues