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ON THE AIR. 1954. This is an old radio show, charming. Must have been a mono recording. Includes Johnny doing the ads. At the end, the dj mentions a package show headed by Webb Pierce with others including Elvis Presley. A neat artifact -- who knows how it got unearthed.
COUNTRY STYLE USA. US ARMY RECRUITMENT SHORTS 1958 AND 1959. A really fun radio broadcast sponsored by the army - "Serve Yourself...and your country." Johny plays a couple of early hits with warmth and swagger.
TOWN HALL PARTY '59. John's got a bit of larangitis, but the show must goone. 5 Tunes - 13 minutes including an instrumental. Good stuff.
THE FABULOUS JOHNNY CASH SHOW. (2) March 14, 1961, Houston, Texas. This is incredible. One of those old fashioned country package shows with Roger Miller, George Jones, Rose Maddox, Gordon Terry and others. To my ears, must have been in glorious mono. Wow, man.
THE SUN DEMOS AND OUTTAKES. Precious collection.
FEBRUARY 26, 1972. Amsterdam. A great sounding recording, unfortunately not the complete show. Both Carl Perkins & June stop by.
ROCKABILLY. (2) April 19, 1981, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. What a FUN show. Marty Stuart comes out early and Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins comes out late for a couple at the end. Precious.
DECEMBER 19, 1982 (2) Fort Worth, Texas. With JC you always get warmth, authenticity +soul and often similar set lists. You do get the hits but a few curves in this show. That's the good news, the bad news is that this is just a acceptable recording.
MARCH 13, 1986. Wembley Stadum, UK. BBC Radio broadcast, terrific family show, you'll luv it.
MAY 4, 1986 (2) (Early Show) Lincoln, UK. Not a great recording, but John was great.
MAY 8, 1989 Early Show (2) The first disc is basically the Carter Family-- son John, June and her sisters. The 2nd disc is mostly Johnny. Decent audience recording.
MAY 8, 1989 Late Show (2) Similar format to the earlier show.
MARCH 20, 1989. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Superb little big gig. Great sound and warm as always.
THE BEAST IN ME. The consumate showman, he brought a great show with him to the Rocky Gap Festival in Maine in 1990. June Carter comes out for a couple with some nice stage banter. A legend.
JUNE 28, 1992. Chatty audience taping, but the music shines thru -vocals upfront and strong.
JUNE 26, 1994. Glastonbury Festival, UK. Radio broadcast with a couple of interviews to boot. Great performance from Johnny. Loved!!!!!
DECEMBER 8, 1994 (2) Austin, Texas. A generous two disc show in commercial sound. The singing was right on - lively and beautiful. Just sensational. All powers on display, man.
AUGUST 4, 1995 (2) Devon, Pennsylvania. Nice show and performance. No setlist. It all comes thru except the between song chat you have to strain to hear. So much good stuff, including a bunch of gospel.
SEPTEMBER 7, 1996 (2) New York City. Seemed to start a little slow, but got energized as he got to a couple of songs from the soon but yet to be released "Unchained " album.