February 24, 1969 · San Quentin, CA · San Quentin State Prison
Recording & Broadcast Information
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 (2006) hype sticker
At San Quentin (2000)
Setlist
For individual songs, use the Media links in the setlist when available.
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| 1 |
Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins
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| 2 |
Flowers On The Wall The Statler Brothers
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| 3 |
The Last Thing On My Mind The Carter Family
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| 4 |
Wildwood Flower The Carter Family
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| 5 |
Big River
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| 6 |
I Still Miss Someone
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| 7 |
Wreck Of The Old '97
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| 8 |
I Walk The Line
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| 9 |
The Long Black Veil
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| 10 |
Give My Love To Rose
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| 11 |
Folsom Prison Blues
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| 12 |
Orange Blossom Special
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| 13 |
Jackson Johnny Cash & June Carter
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| 14 |
Darling Companion Johnny Cash & June Carter
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| 15 |
Break My Mind The Carter Family
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| 16 |
I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
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| 17 |
Starkville City Jail
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| 18 |
San Quentin
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| 19 |
San Quentin
First reprise
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| 20 |
Wanted Man
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| 21 |
Restless Carl Perkins
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| 22 |
A Boy Named Sue
This was its inaugural performance
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| 23 |
Blistered
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| 24 |
Peace In The Valley
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| 25 |
Outside Looking In Carl Perkins
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| 26 |
Less Of Me The Statler Brothers
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| 27 |
Ring Of Fire
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| 28 |
He Turned The Water Into Wine
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| 29 |
Daddy Sang Bass
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| 30 |
The Old Account
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| 31 |
Closing Medley
Folsom Prison Blues ; I Walk The Line ; Ring Of Fire ; The Rebel Johnny Yuma
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| 32 |
San Quentin
Second reprise (this is probably not the correct spot in the set list)
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