Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash Sings The Ballads Of The True West (Pre-Owned Vinyl)
Style: Folk / World / Country
Type: Vinyl LP (pre-owned)
Jacket Condition: Slight ring wear and corner damage
Vinyl Condition: VG
Label: Columbia – C2S 838
Release Year: 1965
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Album Description
Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West is a 1965 double album by Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records. This ambitious concept record explores the myths and realities of the American frontier, blending traditional western ballads with spoken-word narration. Cash tells stories of cowboys, outlaws, settlers, and Native Americans, creating a vivid, almost documentary-style portrait of the Old West. With sparse instrumentation and a strong storytelling focus, the album stands as one of Cash’s earliest large-scale concept works and a precursor to his later narrative-driven projects.
Track Listing
Hiawatha’s Vision / The Road To Kaintuck / The Shifting, Whispering Sands / Narration 1 / The Ballad Of Boot Hill / Narration 2 / Tall Men / Narration 3 / When The Grass Grows Over Me / Narration 4 / The Streets Of Laredo / Narration 5 / Johnny Reb / Narration 6 / A Letter From Home / Narration 7 / Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie / Narration 8 / Mean As Hell / Narration 9 / Sam Hall / Narration 10 / 25 Minutes To Go / Narration 11 / The Blizzard / Narration 12 / Sweet Betsy From Pike / Narration 13 / Green Grow The Lilacs / Narration 14 / Stampede / Narration 15 / The Girl I Left Behind Me / Narration 16 / A Fast Song / Narration 17 / The Long Black Veil / Narration 18 / The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
