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Ride This Train
Album

Ride This Train

Johnny Cash

Release information

Year
1960
Label
Columbia

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
  • Luther Perkins — electric guitar
  • Marshall Grant — bass
  • Murry Harman Jr. — drums
  • Floyd Cramer — piano
  • unknown — chorus
  • Johnny Western — guitar
  • Gordon Terry — fiddle

Description

Reissue history for Ride This Train:

1. Reissued on CD by Bear Family Records on "Come Along And Ride This Train" (BCD 15563) in 1990.

2. Reissued on CD by Sony Music on their Collectors Series Country sub-label in the late 1980s/early 1990s (WK 75026).

3. Reissued on CD by Columbia/Legacy in 2002 in celebration of Johnny Cash's 70th Birthday (CK 86332). This edition included four bonus tracks, one of which had not previously been available anywhere. 1. The Fable of Willie Brown, 2. Second Honeymoon, 3. The Ballad Of The Harp Weaver (Previously unreleased version), and 4. Smiling Bill McCall.

Images & Source Material

Ride This Train
Release front cover

Ride This Train

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
Loading Coal
4:57
2
Slow Rider
4:01
3
Lumberjack
3:04
4
Dorraine Of Ponchartrain
4:53
5
Going To Memphis
CO 63836/OB 2013 · Recorded December 14, 1959 (19:30-23:30)
4:24
6
When Papa Played The Dobro
2:55
7
Boss Jack
3:58
8
Old Doc Brown
CO 64707/OB 2079 · Recorded February 16, 1960 (12:00-03:00)
4:12