Release front cover
Album
Come Along And Ride This Train
Johnny Cash
Release information
Year
1991
Label
Bear Family Records
Recording personnel
Personnel represented by recordings and sessions linked to this release. Credits can vary by recording or take.
Personnel
- Johnny Cash — vocals, guitar, narration, acoustic guitar
- Carter Family: Maybelle, Anita, Helen, June — harmony vocals
- Bob Johnson — guitar, 5-string banjo, 12-string guitar, 5-string lute
- Luther Perkins — electric guitar
- Marshall Grant — bass, electric bass
- W.S. 'Fluke' Holland — drums
- possibly Bob Johnson — guitar, banjo
- Murry Harman Jr. — drums
- Floyd Cramer — piano
- unknown — chorus, narration, harmony vocals
- The Statler Brothers: Lew DeWitt, Don Reid, Harold Reid, Phil Balsley — harmony vocals
- Carl Perkins — electric guitar
- Johnny Western — guitar
- Gordon Terry — fiddle
- unknown - possibly Joe Babcock — banjo
- Bill Pursell — piano
- Maybelle Carter — autoharp
- Anita Carter — vocals
- Jack Routh — guitar, harmony vocals
- Michael Bacon — cello
- Tom Jones — unknown role
- Anita Kerr Singers — harmony vocals
- Michael Kazak — drums
- Jimmy Wilson — piano
- Norman Blake — guitar, gut-string guitar
- Ray Edenton — guitar
- Red Lane — guitar
- Bob Wooton — electric guitar
- Charlie McCoy — bass, harmonica
- Charles Cochran — piano
- Mark Morris — percussion
Description
Dedicated to Johnny Cash's concept albums, this box contains the complete "Ride This Train", "Blood, Sweat and Tears", "Bitter Tears", "Sings The Balads of The True West", "From Sea To Shining Sea" and "The Rambler" albums, plus a few 45-rpm single releases, previously unreleased songs as well as one track from "Happiness Is You" - the rest of that album can be found on The Man In Black Vol. 3.
CD#1
1. Come Along and Ride This Train (Previously unreleased recording)
2. Loading Coal (Originally released on Ride This Train (CS 8255))
3. Slow Rider (Originally released on Ride This Train (CS 8255))
4. Lumberjack (Originally released on Ride This Train (CS 8255))
5. Dorraine of Ponchartrain (Originally released on Ride This Train (CS 8255))
6. Going to Memphis (Originally released on Ride This Train (CS 8255))
7. When Papa Played the Dobro (Originally released on Ride This Train (CS 8255))
8. Boss Jack (Originally released on Ride This Train (CS 8255))
9. Old Doc Brown (Originally released on Ride This Train (CS 8255))
10. The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
11. Tell Him I’m Gone (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
12. Another Man Done Gone (with Anita Carter) (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
13. The Shifting Whispering Sands (with Lorne Greene) PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
14. Casey Jones (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
15. Nine Pound Hammer (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
16. Chain Gang (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
17. Busted (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
18. Waiting for a Train (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
19. Roughneck (Originally released on Blood, Sweat And Tears (CS 8730))
20. Pick a Bale of Cotton (Originally released on Columbia single 4-42512)
21. Cotton Pickin’ Hands (Originally released on Columbia single 4-43496)
CD#2
1. Hiawatha’s Vision (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
2. The Road to Kaintuck (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
3. Hammers and Nails (with The Statler Brothers) (Originally released on Kentucky Day Derby (CS 9031))
4. Shifting Whispering Sands Part 1 (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
5. The Ballad of Boot Hill (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
6. I Ride and Old Paint (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
7. Hardin Wouldn’t Run (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
8. Mr. Garfield (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
9. The Streets of Laredo (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
10. Johnny Reb (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
11. A Letter From Home (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
12. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
13. Mean as Hell (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
14. Sam Hall (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
15. 25 Minutes to Go (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
16. The Blizzard (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
17. Sweet Betsy From Pike (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
18. Green Grow the Lilacs (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
19. Rodeo Hand (Previously unreleased outtake from the Sings That Ballads Of The True West sessions)
20. Stampede (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
21. The Shifting Whispering Sands Part 2 (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
22. Remember the Alamo (Originally released on Ring Of Fire (CS 8853))
23. Reflections (Originally released on Sings The Ballads Of The True West (C2S 838))
CD#3
1. Big Foot (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
2. As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (Originally released on Bitter Tears (CS 9048))
3. Apache Tears (Originally released on Bitter Tears (CS 9048))
4. Custer (Originally released on Bitter Tears (CS 9048))
5. The Talking Leaves (Originally released on Bitter Tears (CS 9048))
6. The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Originally released on Bitter Tears (CS 9048))
7. Drums (Originally released on Bitter Tears (CS 9048))
8. White Girl (Originally released on Bitter Tears (CS 9048))
9. Old Apache Squaw (Originally released on Songs Of Our Soil (CS 8148))
10. The Vanishing Race (Originally released on Bitter Tears (CS 9048))
11. Paul Revere (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
12. The Road to Kaintuck (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
13. The Battle of New Orleans (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
14. Remember the Alamo (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
15. Lorena (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
16. The Gettysburg Address (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
17. Big Foot (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
18. Mr. Garfield (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
19.The Big Battle (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
20. Come Take a Trip on My Airship (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
21. These Are My People (Originally released on America (KC 31645))
CD#4
1. From Sea to Shining Sea (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
2. The Whirl and the Suck (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
3. Call Daddy From the Mines (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
4. The Frozen Four Hundred Pound Fair to Middlin’ Cotton Picker (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
5. Walls of a Prison (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
6. The Masterpiece (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
7. You and Me (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
8. She Came From the Mountains (Originally released on Happiness Is You (CS 9337))
9. Another Song to Sing (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
10. The Flint Arrowhead (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
11. Cisco Clifton’s Fillin’ Station (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
12. From Sea to Shining Sea (Originally released on From Sea To Shining Sea (CS 9447))
13. Hit the Road and Go (Originally released on The Rambler (KC 34833))
14. If It Wasn’t For the Wabash River (Originally released on The Rambler (KC 34833))
15. Lady (Originally released on The Rambler (KC 34833))
16. After the Ball (Originally released on The Rambler (KC 34833))
17. No Earthly Good (Originally released on The Rambler (KC 34833))
18. A Wednesday Car (Originally released on The Rambler (KC 34833))
19. My Cowboy’s Last Ride (Originally released on The Rambler (KC 34833))
20. Calilou (Originally released on The Rambler (KC 34833))
21. Come Along and Ride This Train (Previously unreleased recording)
Images & Source Material
Tracklist
Use this tracklist as a route map: each released track can lead to the specific recording or take, and the studio session behind it.
| # / Side | Track | Archive links | Duration |
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| 1 |
Come Along And Ride This Train
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| 2 |
Hiawatha's Vision
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0:00 |
| 3 |
Intro - Big Foot
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0:00 |
| 4 |
From Sea To Shining Sea
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0:00 |
| 5 |
Loading Coal
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0:00 |
| 6 |
The Road To Kaintuck
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0:00 |
| 7 |
As Long As The Grass Shall Grow
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0:00 |
| 8 |
The Whirl And The Suck
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0:00 |
| 9 |
Slow Rider
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0:00 |
| 10 |
Hammer And Nail
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0:00 |
| 11 |
Apache Tears
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| 12 |
Call Daddy From The Mines
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0:00 |
| 13 |
The Shifting Whispering Sands
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0:00 |
| 14 |
The Shifting Whispering Sands, Part 1
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0:00 |
| 15 |
Custer
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0:00 |
| 16 |
The Frozen Four Hundred Pound Fair Middlin' Cotton Picker
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0:00 |
| 17 |
Lumberjack
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0:00 |
| 18 |
The Ballad Of Boot Hill
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0:00 |
| 19 |
The Talking Leaves
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| 20 |
The Walls Of A Prison
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0:00 |
| 21 |
Dorraine Of Ponchartrain
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0:00 |
| 22 |
I Ride An Old Paint
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0:00 |
| 23 |
The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
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0:00 |
| 24 |
The Masterpiece
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0:00 |
| 25 |
Going To Memphis
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| 26 |
Hardin Wouldn't Run
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0:00 |
| 27 |
Drums
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0:00 |
| 28 |
You And Tennessee
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| 29 |
When Papa Played The Dobro
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0:00 |
| 30 |
Mr. Garfield
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0:00 |
| 31 |
White Girl
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0:00 |
| 32 |
She Came From The Mountains
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| 33 |
Boss Jack
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0:00 |
| 34 |
The Streets Of Laredo
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0:00 |
| 35 |
Old Apache Squaw
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0:00 | |
| 36 |
Another Song To Sing
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0:00 | |
| 37 |
Old Doc Brown
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0:00 | |
| 38 |
Johnny Reb
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0:00 |
| 39 |
The Vanishing Race
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0:00 |
| 40 |
The Flint Arrowhead
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0:00 |
| 41 |
The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
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| 42 |
A Letter From Home
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| 43 |
Opening Dialogue
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| 44 |
Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station
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0:00 |
| 45 |
Tell Him I'm Gone
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| 46 |
Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
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| 47 |
Paul Revere
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| 48 |
Shrimpin' Sailin'
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| 49 |
Another Man Done Gone
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| 50 |
Mean As Hell
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| 51 |
Begin West Movement
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| 52 |
From Sea To Shining Sea
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| 53 |
Casey Jones
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| 54 |
Sam Hall
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| 55 |
The Road To Kaintuck
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| 56 |
Hit The Road And Go
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| 57 |
Nine Pound Hammer
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| 58 |
25 Minutes To Go
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| 59 |
To The Shining Mountains
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| 60 |
Dialogue #1
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| 61 |
Chain Gang
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| 62 |
The Blizzard
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| 63 |
The Battle Of New Orleans
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0:00 |
| 64 |
If It Wasn't For The Wabash River
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| 65 |
Busted
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| 66 |
Sweet Betsy From Pike
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0:00 |
| 67 |
Southwestward
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| 68 |
Dialogue #2
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| 69 |
Waiting For A Train
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| 70 |
Green Grow The Lilacs
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| 71 |
Remember The Alamo
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| 72 |
Lady
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| 73 |
Roughneck
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| 74 |
Rodeo Hand
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0:00 |
| 75 |
Opening The West
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| 76 |
Dialogue #3
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| 77 |
Pick A Bale Of Cotton
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| 78 |
Stampede
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| 79 |
Lorena
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| 80 |
After The Ball
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| 81 |
Cotton Pickin' Hands
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| 82 |
The Shifting Whispering Sands, Part 2
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| 83 |
The Gettysburg Address
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| 84 |
Dialogue #4
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| 85 |
Remember The Alamo
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| 86 |
The West
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| 87 |
No Earthly Good
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0:00 |
| 88 |
Reflections
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| 89 |
Big Foot
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| 90 |
Dialogue #5
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| 91 |
Like A Young Cult
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| 92 |
A Wednesday Car
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| 93 |
Mr. Garfield
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| 94 |
Dialogue #6
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| 95 |
A Proud Land
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| 96 |
My Cowboy's Last Ride
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| 97 |
The Big Battle
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| 98 |
Dialogue #7
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| 99 |
On Wheels And Wings
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0:00 |
| 100 |
Calilou
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0:00 |
| 101 |
Come Take A Trip On My Airship
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| 102 |
Dialogue #8
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| 103 |
Reaching For The Stars
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| 104 |
Come Along And Ride This Train
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| 105 |
These Are My People
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