Ride This Train

Ride This Train
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	Original: September 1960 Re-issued: March 19, 2002
Recorded	December 14, 1959 - February 16, 1960
Genre	Country
Length	Original: 32:20 Re-issue: 42:10
Label	Columbia
Producer	Don Law, Al Quaglieri
Johnny Cash chronology
Sings Hank Williams (1960) Ride This Train (1960) Now, there Was a Song! (1960)

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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), but later re-issued on March 19, 2002 (see 2002 in music) with four bonus tracks. It is considered one of the first concept albums in the history of pop music.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Johnny Cash; except where indicated

1. "Loading Coal" (Merle Travis) – 4:58
2. "Slow Rider" – 4:12
3. "Lumberjack" (Leon Payne) – 3:02
4. "Dorraine of Ponchartrain" – 4:47
5. "Going to Memphis" (Cash, Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax) – 4:26
6. "When Papa Played the Dobro" – 2:55
7. "Boss Jack" (Tex Ritter) – 3:50
8. "Old Doc Brown" (Red Foley) – 4:10

Bonus tracks

9. "The Fable of Willie Brown" – 1:57
10. "Second Honeymoon" (Autry Inman) – 1:57
11. "Ballad of the Harp Weaver" (Thelma Moore, Edna Millay) – 3:50
12. "Smiling Bill McCall" – 2:06

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