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July 28, 1972

Session overview

Location
House of Cash Studios, Hendersonville, TN
Takes / recordings
7
Year
1972
Producer
Larry Butler
Personnel
  • Johnny Cash — narration, vocals, guitar
  • Carl Perkins — vocals, guitar, electric guitar
  • possibly Johnny Cash, Ray Edenton — guitar
  • Bob Wooton — electric guitar
  • Norman Blake — banjo
  • Marshall Grant — bass
  • W.S. 'Fluke' Holland — drums
  • Charles Cochran — piano
  • Larry Butler — keyboards
  • Mark Morris — percussion
  • Ray Edenton — guitar
  • The Statler Brothers: Lew DeWitt, Don Reid, Harold Reid, Phil Balsley
  • Carter Family: Maybelle, Anita, Helen, June — harmony vocals
  • unknown — vocal chorus
Recording-level personnel is shown inside each take detail when documented or inherited from the session.

Session notes

See note for session dated July 27, 1972. Jingle Bells was done by the entire Cash musical family. Even though Columbia ledger sheets and House of Cash do not list the Carter Family and Statler Brothers for this session they both do appear on MERRY CHRISTMAS MARY and WELCOME BACK JESUS .

Takes / Recordings

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a NCO 114571 Dialogue - - 1 issue
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Title Dialogue

Duration - Composer -
Issues 1 issue
b NCO 114532 When You're Twenty-One 3:03 Carl Perkins 1 issue
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Title When You're Twenty-One

Duration 3:03 Composer Carl Perkins
Issues 1 issue
c NCO 114533 Jingle Bells 3:22 Arranged by John R. Cash 1 issue
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Title Jingle Bells

Duration 3:22 Composer Arranged by John R. Cash
Issues 1 issue
d NCO 114534 Christmas As I Knew It 3:16 June Carter, Jan Howard 1 issue
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Title Christmas As I Knew It

Duration 3:16 Composer June Carter, Jan Howard
Issues 1 issue
e NCO 114568 Dialogue - - 1 issue
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Title Dialogue

Duration - Composer -
Issues 1 issue
f NCO 114535 Merry Christmas Mary 1:55 M.S. Tubb, Reba Hancock 1 issue
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Title Merry Christmas Mary

Duration 1:55 Composer M.S. Tubb, Reba Hancock
Issues 1 issue
g NCO 114536 Welcome Back Jesus 2:49 John R. Cash 2 issues
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Title Welcome Back Jesus

Duration 2:49 Composer John R. Cash
Issues 2 issues