At San Quentin – JOHNNY CASH*****

Wanted Man/Wreck Of The Old 97/I Walk The Line/Darling Companion/Starkville City Jail/San Quentin/San Quentin/A Boy Named Sue/(There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley/Folsom Prison Blues

A second prison album from Johnny Cash that was even more acclaimed by his fans than the first. At San Quentin includes the Grammy winning top five hit single A Boy Named Sue. (US:1 UK:2)

"This album really transports me to San Quentin. The cheers from the crowd that can often annoy on live releases really add to the album and the rapport Cash has with the criminals he's singing to makes you part of the experience. You can fully envisage being in San Quentin watching the Man In Black when listening to this, and its a must hear for any music fan even those who dismiss live albums."

"I don't believe anyone in music history has offered two live albums only a year apart that were essential to anyone's record collection. But the Man in Black released Folsom Prison in 1968 and turned right around and churned out San Quentin in 1969. The songs I Walk The Line, A Boy Named Sue and a reprise of Folsom Prison Blues are worth the price of admission alone. Johnny Cash was a unique icon in American music and culture, a rockabilly rebel, a country superstar and a man chased by demons most of his life. If you only wish to have two Cash albums in your collection, these two are all you really need. They are better than the studio recordings because you really get a chance to hear Cash's extraordinary wit, and his easy repartee with the wildly appreciative inmates."

"This is as good as a live album could possibly ever be. Johnny Cash on fire singing these songs with so much energy from him and the 1000 prisoners in the audience. From the very first song you know you are listening to something special which he cranks up another notch with Wreck Of The Old 97. This LP really captures what a great artist and live performer Johnny Cash was. You also get the song San Quentin twice because the prisoners love the song and are yelling for him to sing it again."

"This is much more than the music, although the music is great. It is about the men and the place. Johnny reached out to some of the roughest and most outcast men in America. He did not condescend or act righteous - he was real. The songs are gritty and harsh. This is not an easy or enjoyable recording, but it is a tour de force with power and might. It has as much power today as it had in 1969."