Strawberry Cake

Strawberry Cake
Live album by Johnny Cash
Released	March 1976
Recorded	September 21st, 1975
Genre	Country
Length	35:03
Label	Columbia
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Strawberry Cake is a live album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1976. In it, Cash tells stories about the recording of each song, and also the history of the United States, in a precursor of sorts to the VH1 Storytellers series, for which he would go on to record a live album entitled VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson.

The album includes several of Cash's most well-known early songs, such as "Big River", "I Still Miss Someone" and "Rock Island Line", as well as a number of more obscure compositions, some of which were performed by Cash for the first time; this includes "The Church in the Wildwood", "Lonesome Valley", "Strawberry Cake" and "Navajo". The title track was released as a single, but did poorly on the charts, peaking at No. 54.

The concert was held and recorded at the London Palladium on September 21, 1975. An IRA bomb threat warning given as June Carter Cash started to sing "The Church in the Wildwood" meant the theatre had to be evacuated but the show continued after the building was searched.

Track listing

1. "Big River" (Cash) – 3:07
2. Dialogue – 0:39
3. "Doin' My Time" (Jimmie Skinner) – 2:28
4. Dialogue – 0:23
5. "I Still Miss Someone" (Cash, Cash) – 2:55
6. Dialogue – 0:43
7. "I Got Stripes" (Cash, Charlie Williams) – 2:19
8. Dialogue – 0:45
9. Dialogue – 0:38
10. "The Church in the Wildwood" / "Lonesome Valley" (A. P. Carter) – 3:03
11. Dialogue – 1:18
12. "Strawberry Cake" (Cash) – 3:06
13. Dialogue – 0:44
14. "Rock Island Line" (Leadbelly) – 3:25
15. "Navajo" (Cash) – 2:59
16. Dialogue – 1:09
17. "Destination Victoria Station" (Cash) – 2:48
18. "The Fourth Man" (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) – 2:34

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - vocals, acoustic guitar
• June Carter Cash - vocals, acoustic guitar
• The Carter Family - vocals
• Marshall Grant - bass
• W.S. Holland - drums
• Bob Wootton - electric guitar
• Jerry Hensley - electric guitar
• Larry McCoy - piaino

Additional Personnel

• Producer: Charlie Bragg
• Engineer: Charlie Bragg
• Mixed at House of Cash Recording Studios, Hendersonville, Tennessee
• Album Design: Bill Barnes
• Cover Photography: Chance Martin
• Flyleaf Photography: Hope Powell
• Linear Notes by: Johnny Cash
• Linear Notes by: Charlie Bragg

Charts

Album - U.S. Billboard charts

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Country Albums	33

Singles - U.S. Billboard charts

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"Strawberry Cake"	Country Singles	54