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Length
  
32:20

Release date
  
1 September 1960

Label
  
lovetime

Artist
  
Johnny Cash

Producer
  
Don Law

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Released
  
September 1960 (1960-09)

Recorded
  
December 14, 1959 – February 16, 1960

Ride This Train (1960)
  
Now, There Was a Song! (1960)

Genres
  
Country music, Rock and roll, Folk music, Spoken word

Similar
  
Johnny Cash albums, Country music albums

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Ride This Train is the eighth album by country singer Johnny Cash. It was originally released in September 1960 (see 1960 in music) and re-issued on March 19, 2002, (see 2002 in music) with four bonus tracks.

Contents

It is considered to be Cash's first concept album. The album is billed as a "travelogue", with Cash providing spoken narration before each song to give context, in several cases playing historical characters, such as John Wesley Hardin, and describing different destinations around the United States visited by train. The songs themselves are not generally railroad-themed.

The original album was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train. The success of this LP inspired his first label, Sun, to release the compilation LP, All Aboard the Blue Train which consisted of previously released "train" inspired songs, including his hit, "Folsom Prison Blues".

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Personnel

  • Johnny Cash - Guitar, Liner Notes, Main Performer, Leader, Vocals
  • Luther Perkins - Guitar
  • Johnny Western - Guitar
  • Shot Jackson - Dobro, Steel Guitar
  • Marshall Grant - Bass
  • Gordon Terry - Fiddle
  • Floyd Cramer - Piano
  • Buddy Harman - Drums
  • Additional personnel

  • Don Law - Original Recording Producer
  • Al Quaglieri - Reissue Producer
  • Seth Foster - Mastering
  • Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
  • Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
  • Matt Kelly - Tape Research
  • Kay Smith - Tape Research
  • Arthur Levy - Liner Notes
  • Darren Salmieri - A&R
  • Steven Berkowitz - A&R
  • Patti Matheny - A&R
  • Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
  • Alan Lomax - Adaptation, Arranger
  • Randall Martin - Design
  • Don Hunstein - Photography
  • Nick Shaffran - Series Consultant
  • Dick Miller - CD Art Adaptation
  • Songs

    1You Can Have Him (live)Nina Simone5:48
    2Summertime (Instrumental) (live)Nina Simone2:52
    3Exactly Like You (live)Nina Simone3:11

    References

    Ride This Train Wikipedia