At San Quentin

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At San Quentin
Live album by Johnny Cash
Released June 4, 1969
Recorded Live at San Quentin State Prison, February 24, 1969
Genre Country
Length 59:06 (re-release)
Label Columbia
Producer Bob Johnston (original)
Bob Irwin (re-release)
Johnny Cash chronology
The Holy Land
(1969)		 At San Quentin
(1969)		 More of Old Golden Throat
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau B− [2]
Rolling Stone favorable [3]
San Quentin State Prison

At San Quentin is the 31st overall album by Johnny Cash, and a recording of a live concert given to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison. The concert was filmed by Granada Television.

The album was a follow-up to Cash's previous live album, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful At Folsom Prison.

On the original LP release, the song order was changed and several songs were cut, presumably for space reasons. Despite the title of the version released on CD in 2000 – At San Quentin (The Complete 1969 Concert) – the CD does not contain the entire concert uncut, but does feature additional tracks and running order that parallels the actual setlist. In 2010, the album was reissued on vinyl by Sundazed Records with the original Columbia catalog number LP 5362. The reissued Sundazed vinyl is an exact copy of the original record except that the back cover has a barcode and indicates it is a Sundazed issue. Performed but not included were the songs "Jackson" and "Orange Blossom Special", which are included in the video release of the show. Two songs were somehow slowed down by half a step ("Starkville City Jail" and "Blistered"), possibly due to using another tape machine while the tape on the original machine was changed. The album was certified gold on August 12, 1969, platinum and double platinum on November 21, 1986, and triple platinum on March 27, 2003 by the RIAA.

The album was nominated for a number of Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and won Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "A Boy Named Sue."

Contents

Track listing [edit]

All songs by Johnny Cash except as indicated.

Original release [edit]

Side 1

  1. "Wanted Man" (Bob Dylan)
  2. "Wreck of the Old 97"* (arranged by Cash, Bob Johnston, Norman Blake)
  3. "I Walk the Line"
  4. "Darling Companion" (John Sebastian)
  5. "Starkville City Jail"

Side 2

  1. "San Quentin"
  2. "San Quentin"
  3. "A Boy Named Sue" (Shel Silverstein)
  4. "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (Thomas A. Dorsey)
  5. "Folsom Prison Blues"

CD reissue (2000) [edit]

  1. "Big River" – 1:56
  2. "I Still Miss Someone" (J. Cash, Roy Cash) – 1:52
  3. "Wreck of the Old 97"* (arranged by Cash, Johnston, Blake) – 2:05
  4. "I Walk the Line" – 3:29
  5. "Darlin' Companion" (Sebastian) – 3:21
  6. "I Don't Know Where I'm Bound" (T. Cuttie) – 2:24
  7. "Starkville City Jail" – 6:15
  8. "San Quentin" – 4:07
  9. "San Quentin" – 3:13
  10. "Wanted Man" (Dylan) – 3:24
  11. "A Boy Named Sue" (Silverstein) – 3:59
  12. "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (Dorsey) – 2:30
  13. "Folsom Prison Blues" – 4:24
  14. "Ring of Fire" (June Carter, Merle Kilgore) – 2:07
  15. "He Turned the Water Into Wine" – 4:01
  16. "Daddy Sang Bass" (Carl Perkins) – 2:43
  17. "The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago" (L.R. Dalton) – 2:16
  18. "Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk the Line/Ring of Fire/The Rebel-Johnny Yuma" (Cash)/(Cash)/(Carter, Kilgore)/(R. Markowitz, A. Fenady) – 5:08

* Has no author-credit. Apparently David G. George never won a law-suit against RCA-Victor in 1933 over the copyrights for this song.

It is worth noting, however, that it seems to be widely accepted that Henry Whitter wrote the music, as "The Ship That Never Returned"; Fred Lewey wrote the original words, and Charles Noell wrote the original two additional verses. Source: http://www.ezfolk.com/bgbanjo/bgb-tabs/wreck97/wreckbio/wreckbio.html

Legacy edition (2006) [edit]

Disc 1
# Title Time Performer(s) Writer(s)
1 Blue Suede Shoes 3:52 Carl Perkins Carl Perkins
2 Flowers on the Wall 3:27 The Statler Brothers Lew DeWitt
3 The Last Thing on My Mind 3:34 The Carter Family Tom Paxton
4 June Carter Talks to The Audience 3:27 June Carter N/A
5 Wildwood Flower 3:49 The Carter Family Maud Irving, Joseph Philbrick Webster
6 Big River 1:43 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
7 I Still Miss Someone 1:50 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash, Roy Cash
8 Wreck of the Old '97 3:24 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash, Johnston, Blake
9 I Walk The Line 2:28 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
10 Medley: Long Black Veil/Give My Love To Rose 4:06 Johnny Cash Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin
11 Folsom Prison Blues 3:00 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
12 Orange Blossom Special 3:03 Johnny Cash Ervin T. Rouse
13 Jackson 3:23 Johnny Cash, June Carter and Carl Perkins Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd Wheeler
14 Darlin' Companion 2:24 Johnny Cash, June Carter, Carl Perkins Sebastian
15 Break My Mind 2:56 The Carter Family, Carl Perkins
16 I Don't Know Where I'm Bound 5:14 Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins
17 Starkville City Jail 3:32 Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins

Disc 2

# Title Time Performer(s) Writer(s)
1 San Quentin 4.09 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
2 San Quentin 3:13 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
3 Wanted Man 3:29 Johnny Cash Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan
4 Restless 3:54 Carl Perkins Carl Perkins
5 A Boy Named Sue 3:45 Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins
6 Blistered 1:46 Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins
7 (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley 3:13 Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, Carl Perkins Dorsey
8 The Outside Looking In 3:00 Carl Perkins
9 Less of Me 2:45 The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins
10 Ring of Fire 2:07 Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, Carl Perkins Carter, Kilgore
11 He Turned The Water Into Wine 4:01 Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, Carl Perkins
12 Daddy Sang Bass 2:43 Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, Carl Perkins
13 The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago 2:16 Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, Carl Perkins Dalton
14 Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line/Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues/The Rebel - Johnny Yuma/Folsom Prison Blues 5:08 June Carter/The Carter Family/The Statler Brothers/Carl Perkins/Johnny Cash/Johnny Cash
Disc 3 (DVD)
The original 1969 documentary produced by Granada TV in the U.K. chronicles Cash's historic concert at the maximum security prison. Includes footage of the concert that became the 1969 best-selling LP, and features an edited performance of the number 1 hit "A Boy Named Sue". Also contains one-on-one interviews with several of the prison guards and inmates, talking about their time and experiences behind bars. (Running time: approx. 60 minutes)

Sundazed (2010) [edit]

1. "Wanted Man"
2. "Wreck of the Old 97"
3. "I Walk the Line"
4. "Darling Companion"
5. "Starkville City Jail"
6. "San Quentin"
7. "San Quentin"
8. "A Boy named Sue"
9. "Peace in the Valley"
10. "Folsom Prison Blues"

Personnel [edit]

Charts [edit]

Album - U.S. Billboard charts

Year Chart Position
1969 Country Albums 1
1969 Pop Albums 1

Singles - U.S. Billboard charts

Year Single Chart Position
1969 "A Boy Named Sue" Country Singles 1
1969 "A Boy Named Sue" Pop Singles 2

References [edit]

  • Cash, Johnny, et al. (2000). Johnny Cash At San Quentin liner notes. New York: Sony/Columbia/Legacy.

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Johnny Cash at San Quentin Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Johnny Cash". Retrieved 18 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Marsh, Phil (July 26, 1969). "Johnny Cash: At San Quentin". RS 38. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 

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Preceded by
Hair by Original Cast		 Billboard 200 number-one album
August 23, 1969 – September 19, 1969		 Succeeded by
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