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Silver (Johnny Cash album)

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Released
  
May 30, 1979

Artist
  
Johnny Cash

Producer
  
Brian Ahern

Genres
  
Country music, Blues rock

Length
  
32:05

Release date
  
May 1979

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
February 14, 1979 - May 23, 1979

Silver (1979)
  
A Believer Sings the Truth (1979)

Similar
  
Johnny Cash albums, Country music albums

Silver is the 62nd album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1979. It peaked at #28 on the Billboard albums chart. "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" peaked at #2 on the singles chart; the two other singles, "Bull Rider" and "I'll Say It's True", reached #66 and #42, respectively. Recordings of "Cocaine Blues" had previously appeared on At Folsom Prison and Now, There Was a Song!, under the title "Transfusion Blues" on the latter. The album was produced by Brian Ahern, who controversially introduced digital elements into the songs to the disapproval of some listeners. This is the last album that Marshall Grant, the original Tennessee Two bass player, played on. He departed from Cash's band the following year.

Contents

Silver was re-released in 2002 through Legacy Recordings, with remakes of two early Cash songs, "I Still Miss Someone" and "I Got Stripes," as bonus tracks; both are duets with George Jones.

Personnel

  • Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
  • Marshall Grant - Bass
  • W.S. Holland - Drums
  • Bob Wootton - Electric Guitar
  • Jack Routh, Jerry Hensley - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
  • Jack Clement - Acoustic Guitar
  • Brian Ahern - Acoustic Guitar, Earthwood Bass, 6-String Bass, Percussion
  • Earl Ball, Charles Cochran - Piano
  • Jack Hale, Bob Lewin - Trumpet
  • Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle
  • Bob Johnson - Mandocello
  • Mark Morris - Percussion
  • Alisa Jones - Hammer Dulcimer
  • George Jones, Jack Wesley Routh, June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Jan Howard - Vocals
  • Production

  • Original recording produced by: Brian Ahern
  • Recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio and Enactroc Studios
  • Engineers: Billy Sherrill & Harold Lee, Brian Ahern and Donivan Cowart
  • Produced for reissue by: Al Quaglieri
  • Mastered by: Seth Roster at Sony Music Studios, New York
  • Tracks 11 and 12 Mixed by: Chris Theis at Sony Music Studios, New York
  • Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz
  • Project Designer: John Jackson
  • A&R Coordinator: Darren Salmieri
  • Art Direction: Howard Fritzson
  • Design: Randall Martin
  • Photography: Urve Kuusik/Sony Music Archives, spine sheet: Norman Seeff (from original LP)
  • Packaging Manager: John Christiana
  • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1The L & N Don't Stop Here Any3:18
    2Lonesome to the Bone2:40
    3Bull Rider3:13

    References

    Silver (Johnny Cash album) Wikipedia