Release front cover
Album
Little Fauss And Big Halsy
Johnny Cash
Release information
Year
1970
Label
Columbia Masterworks
Recording personnel
Personnel represented by recordings and sessions linked to this release. Credits can vary by recording or take.
Personnel
- Johnny Cash — vocals, guitar
- Norman Blake — guitar
- Carl Perkins — electric guitar
- Bob Wooton — electric guitar
- Pete Drake — steel guitar
- Marshall Grant — bass
- W.S. 'Fluke' Holland — drums
- Bill Walker — piano
Description
All but one of the songs on the album were recorded during a single session on April 27, 1970 between 6 PM and 0.30 AM - True Love Is Greater Than Friendship (performed by Carl Perkins) was recorded at a different session.
Reissue history for Little Fauss And Big Halsy:
1. Reissued on CD in 1999 by Bear Family Records - paired with I Walk The Line (The Soundtrack). Included were three instrumental bonus tracks recorded during the 4/27/1970 session: Movin' and Ballad Of Little Fauss And Big Halsy and the instrumental version of True Love Is Greater Than Friendship. The CD includes an annotated discography compiled by Richard Weise detaling the "I Walk The Line" and "Little Fauss And Big Halsy" recording sessions.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Rollin' Free
|
2:22 | |
| 2 |
Ballad Of Little Fauss And Big Halsy
|
2:30 | |
| 3 |
Ballad Of Little Fauss And Big Halsy (Instr.)
|
1:44 | |
| 4 |
706 Union (Instrumental)
|
—
|
2:14 |
| 5 |
The Little Man
|
—
|
2:51 |
| 6 |
The Little Man (Instrumental)
|
—
|
2:37 |
| 7 |
Wanted Man
|
2:50 | |
| 8 |
Rollin' Free (Instrumental)
|
—
|
2:36 |
| 9 |
True Love Is Greater Than Friendship
|
—
|
2:33 |
| 10 |
Movin'
|
3:08 |