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August 18, 1971

Session overview

Location
Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN
Takes / recordings
4
Year
1971
Producer
Larry Butler
Personnel
  • Johnny Cash — vocals, guitar
  • Carter Family: Maybelle, Anita, Helen, June, Evangel Temple Choir — harmony vocals
  • Ray Edenton — guitar
  • Jerry Reed — guitar
  • Carl Perkins — electric guitar
  • Bob Wooton — electric guitar
  • Marshall Grant — bass
  • W.S. 'Fluke' Holland — drums
  • unknown — strings
  • Charlie McCoy — harmonica
  • Bill Pursell — piano
  • Larry Butler — keyboards
  • Evangel Temple Choir — harmony vocals
Recording-level personnel is shown inside each take detail when documented or inherited from the session.

Session notes

The Evangel Temple Choir is from the church of Jimmie Rodgers Snow the son of Hank Snow.

Takes / Recordings

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Ref Matrix / Take Title Dur. Composer Issues Details
a NCO 108228 A Thing Called Love 2:36 J.R. Hubbard (aka: Jerry Reed) 3 issues
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Title A Thing Called Love

Duration 2:36 Composer J.R. Hubbard (aka: Jerry Reed)
Issues 3 issues
b NCO 108229 I Promise You 2:58 John R. Cash 3 issues
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Title I Promise You

Duration 2:58 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 3 issues
c NCO 108230 Papa Was A Good Man 2:38 Hal Bynum 2 issues
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Title Papa Was A Good Man

Duration 2:38 Composer Hal Bynum
Issues 2 issues
d NCO 108231 Miss Tara 2:08 John R. Cash 2 issues
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Title Miss Tara

Duration 2:08 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 2 issues