Album

The Man In Black • 1959-'62

Johnny Cash

Release information

Year

1991

Label

Bear Family Records

Description

The second volume in Bear Family's The Man In Black series contains the complete "Hymns From The Hearts", "Songs Of Our Soil", "The Sound Of Johnny Cash", "Now! There Was A Song" albums, as well as most of "Hymns By Johnny Cash" (the remains of this album can be found on the first Man in Black box set). Also included are numerous unreleased songs and alternate versions.

Images & Source Material

Release front cover

The Man In Black • 1959-'62

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	Snow In His Hair	—	2:22
2	I'll Remember You	—	1:54
3	Tall Man	—	1:55
4	Tennessee Flat Top Box	—	3:01
5	The Girl In Saskatoon (Take 1)	—	2:49
6	I Saw A Man	—	2:33
7	I Got Stripes	—	2:06
8	Girl In Saskatoon	—	2:16
9	Sing It Pretty Sue	—	2:00
10	The Girl In Saskatoon (Take 2)	—	1:43
11	Lead Me Gently Home	—	2:00
12	You Dreamer You	—	1:50
13	Locomotive Man	—	2:50
14	A Little At A Time	—	1:57
15	The Girl In Saskatoon (Take 3)	—	2:46
16	Are All The Children In	—	1:55
17	Five Feet High And Rising	—	1:47
18	The Losing Kind	—	1:59
19	So Do I	—	2:12
20	The Girl In Saskatoon (Take 4+5)	—	0:28
21	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	—	1:53
22	The Rebel Johnny Yuma	—	1:53
23	Five Minutes To Live (1)	—	2:05
24	Bonanza	—	2:20
25	The Girl In Saskatoon (Take 6)	—	2:42
26	I Call Him	—	1:47
27	Lorena	—	1:56
28	Forty Shades Of Green (1)	—	2:54
29	Shamrock Doesn't Grow In California	—	2:36
30	The Girl In Saskatoon (Take 7+8)	—	2:05
31	The Old Account	—	2:25
32	Second Honeymoon	—	1:56
33	The Big Battle	—	4:05
34	I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now	—	1:51
35	The Girl In Saskatoon (Take 9 - Master)	—	2:36
36	He'll Be A Friend	—	1:58
37	The Fable Of Willie Brown	—	1:55
38	Blues For Two	—	2:10
39	Delia's Gone	—	3:02
40	An Empty Chair (Take 1)	—	2:16
41	These Things Shall Pass	—	2:16
42	Smiling Bill McCall	—	2:07
43	Jeri And Nina's Melody	—	2:44
44	Lost On The Desert	—	2:01
45	An Empty Chair (Take 2, 3 +4)	—	1:00
46	It Could Be You (Instead Of Him)	—	1:50
47	Johnny Yuma Theme	—	1:57
48	Why Do You Punish Me?	—	2:19
49	I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know About Her	—	2:27
50	An Empty Chair (Take 5 - Master)	—	2:16
51	God Will	—	2:20
52	The Man On The Hill	—	2:10
53	Just One More	—	2:14
54	Accidentally On Purpose	—	1:56
55	Relief Is Just A Swallow Away (Take 1)	—	2:11
56	The Great Speckled Bird	—	2:10
57	Hank And Joe And Me	—	2:13
58	Seasons Of My Heart	—	2:31
59	You Remember Me	—	2:05
60	Relief Is Just A Swallow Away (Take 2)	—	2:05
61	Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)	—	3:56
62	The Caretaker	—	2:06
63	Honky Tonk Girl	—	2:00
64	In The Jailhouse Now	—	2:23
65	Relief Is Just A Swallow Away (Take 3+4)	—	0:28
66	He'll Understand And Say Well Done	—	2:27
67	Clementine	—	2:30
68	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	—	2:40
69	Let Me Down Easy	—	1:46
70	Relief Is Just A Swallow Away (Take 5)	—	2:07
71	God Has My Fortune Laid Away	—	2:49
72	I Want To Go Home	—	1:58
73	Time Changes Everything	—	1:50
74	In Them Cottonfields Back Home	—	2:35
75	Relief Is Just A Swallow Away (Take 6 - Master)	—	1:59
76	When I've Learned	—	2:47
77	Old Apache Squaw	—	1:42
78	I'd Just Be Fool Enough	—	2:07
79	You Won't Have Far To Go	—	1:50
80	Riot In Cell Block #9 (Take 1)	—	3:21
81	I Got Shoes	—	2:01
82	Don't Step On Mother's Roses	—	2:34
83	Transfusion Blues	—	2:34
84	Delia's Gone	—	2:01
85	Riot In Cell Block #9 (Take 2)	—	0:19
86	Let The Lower Lights Be Burning	—	2:14
87	My Grandfather's Clock	—	2:44
88	Lovin' Locomotive Man	—	2:30
89	No One Will Ever Know	—	2:25
90	Riot In Cell Block #9 (Take 3)	—	2:47
91	If We Never Meet Again	—	3:02
92	I Couldn't Keep From Crying	—	2:09
93	Five Minutes To Live (2)	—	2:13
94	The Danger Zone	—	2:11
95	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (Take 1)	—	4:13
96	When I Take My Vacation In Heaven	—	2:26
97	My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You	—	2:24
98	Mr. Lonesome	—	2:18
99	I'll Be All Smiles Tonight	—	2:49
100	Rocket '69 (Take 1)	—	0:58
101	When He Reached Down His Hand For Me	—	2:04
102	I Will Miss You When You Go	—	2:02
103	Forty Shades Of Green (2)	—	2:54
104	Send A Picture Of Mother	—	2:52
105	Rocket '69 (Take 2)	—	1:57
106	Taller Than Trees	—	1:52
107	I Feel Better All Over	—	2:04
108	Folsom Prison Blues	—	2:54
109	Hardin Wouldn't Run	—	3:33
110	Blueberry Hill (Take 1)	—	3:32
111	I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone	—	3:00
112	Bandana	—	2:15
113	I Walk The Line	—	2:46
114	Sing It Pretty Sue	—	2:01
115	My God Is Real (Yes, God Is Real)	—	2:00
116	Wabash Blues	—	2:18
117	Hey Porter	—	1:59
118	Blue Bandana	—	1:44
119	These Hands	—	2:14
120	Viel Zu Spät	—	2:09
121	I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know About Her	—	2:28
122	So Doggone Lonesome	—	2:10
123	Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)	—	3:53
124	Wo Ist Zuhause, Mama	—	1:51
125	There's A Mother Always Waiting	—	3:01
126	Johnny Reb	—	2:56
127	(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley	—	2:49
128	Heartbeat	—	2:16
129	The Losing Kind	—	1:50
130	Delia's Gone	—	2:20
131	A Day In The Grand Canyon	—	10:49
132	Hello Again	—	2:10
133	I Walk The Line (Take 6, Slow)	—	2:48
134	I Walk The Line (Take 9, Fast)	—	2:52