February 24, 1969 · San Quentin, CA · San Quentin State Prison

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Description

In 2000, Legacy Recording reissued "At San Quentin" in a "complete and unedited" version - a statement which most fans knew was not correct (for one thing, the TV documentary which had been available on video tape for years included songs not found on the new reissue). Six year later, in 2006 Legacy finally released a near-complete version : Producer Bob Johnston had brought one only tape machine to San Quentin for the show. Whenever a tape ran out, a part of the show was missed while a new tape was being mounted. For the 2006 Legacy Edition of "At San Quentin" reissue producer Bob Irwin wrote that "...the incredible evening was originally captured on one-inch, eight-track tape by recording engineers Neil Wilburn and Bob Breault, manning Columbia Records' West Coast mobile recording unit. This new set showcases this historic event accurately and chronologically; the complete set of vintage masters has been painstakingly archived and reassembled in original running order. Therefore - with the exception of a few songs that fell victim to tape run-outs that evening - this edition now presents the show in tis most complete form possible." (Later that year, at Madison Square Garden, Bob Johnston similarly brought only one tape machine meaning that a number of songs were missed or recorded only partially.

The show was filmed by a British TV crew from Granada Television. The documentary was included on a DVD with the 2006 "At San Quentin - Legacy Edition". It had been commercially released on VHS in the UK in the 1990s.

Bob Wootton stated on his website that they performed "San Quentin" three times that evening. Likely the third version is among the songs which were not recorded in full.

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At San Quentin - Legacy Edition
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At San Quentin - Legacy Edition

At San Quentin - Legacy Edition (2006) hype sticker
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At San Quentin - Legacy Edition (2006) hype sticker

At San Quentin (2000)
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At San Quentin (2000)

The hype sticker for the 2000 Legacy reissue proclaimed to be "complete and unedited"

Setlist

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# Item Media
1
Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins
2
Flowers On The Wall The Statler Brothers
3
The Last Thing On My Mind The Carter Family
4
Wildwood Flower The Carter Family
5
Big River
6
I Still Miss Someone
7
Wreck Of The Old '97
8
I Walk The Line
9
The Long Black Veil
10
Give My Love To Rose
11
Folsom Prison Blues
12
Orange Blossom Special
13
Jackson Johnny Cash & June Carter
14
Darling Companion Johnny Cash & June Carter
15
Break My Mind The Carter Family
16
I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
17
Starkville City Jail
18
San Quentin
19
San Quentin
First reprise
20
Wanted Man
21
Restless Carl Perkins
22
A Boy Named Sue
This was its inaugural performance
23
Blistered
24
Peace In The Valley
25
Outside Looking In Carl Perkins
26
27
Ring Of Fire
28
He Turned The Water Into Wine
29
Daddy Sang Bass
30
The Old Account
31
Closing Medley
Folsom Prison Blues ; I Walk The Line ; Ring Of Fire ; The Rebel Johnny Yuma
32
San Quentin
Second reprise (this is probably not the correct spot in the set list)

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