The Man in Black 1963–1969

The Man in Black 1963–1969
The Man in Black 1963–1969
Box set by Johnny Cash
Released	March 1994
Recorded	1963–1969
Genre	Rockabilly; country;
Label	Bear Family BCD 15588
Johnny Cash chronology

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Allmusic	^[1]

The Man in Black 1963–1969 is the 82nd album by Johnny Cash. It was released in March 1994 by Bear Family Records and is the fourth box set, containing 6 CDs of Cash's music. The album peaked at number 37 in Australia.^[2]

Track listing

Disc One
No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"Ring of Fire"	Single A-side	2:39
2.	"The Matador"	Single A-side	2:48
3.	"I'd Still Be There"	"Ring of Fire" B-side	2:35
4.	"Still in Town"	I Walk the Line	2:39
5.	"El Matador" (Spanish)	Previously unreleased	2:47
6.	"Fuego d'Amor (Anillo de Fuego)" (Spanish)	Previously unreleased	2:37
7.	"My Old Faded Rose"	Previously unreleased	2:54
8.	"It Ain't Me Babe"	Orange Blossom Special	3:06
9.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	Orange Blossom Special	2:58
10.	"One Too Many Mornings"	Johnny & June	2:39
11.	"Mama, You've Been on My Mind"	Orange Blossom Special	3:04
12.	"The Long Black Veil"	Orange Blossom Special	3:09
13.	"The Wall"	Orange Blossom Special	2:14
14.	"Orange Blossom Special"	Orange Blossom Special	3:10
15.	"Troublesome Waters"	I Walk the Line	3:52
16.	"I Walk the Line"	I Walk the Line	2:36
17.	"Folsom Prison Blues"	I Walk the Line	2:35
18.	"Wreck of the Old '97"	I Walk the Line	2:48
19.	"Hey Porter"	I Walk the Line	2:22
20.	"Big River"	I Walk the Line	2:21
21.	"All of God's Children Ain't Free"	Orange Blossom Special	2:15
22.	"Amen"	Orange Blossom Special	2:08
23.	"When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)"	Orange Blossom Special	2:39
24.	"You Wild Colorado"	Orange Blossom Special	1:47
25.	"Danny Boy"	Orange Blossom Special	4:12
26.	"I Still Miss Someone"	I Walk the Line^[3]	3:10
27.	"Give My Love to Rose"	I Walk the Line	2:24
28.	"Goodbye Little Darlin'"	I Walk the Line	2:26

Disc Two
No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"Dark as a Dungeon"	"Understand Your Man" B-side	2:30
2.	"Bottom of the Mountain"	"Boa Constrictor" B-side	2:29
3.	"Understand Your Man"	I Walk the Line	2:44
4.	"Time and Time Again"	"It Ain't Me Babe" B-side	2:12
5.	"I Still Miss Someone"	Previously unreleased^[4]	2:35
6.	"Hardin Wouldn't Run"	Previously unreleased	3:52
7.	"Mama, You've Been on My Mind"	Previously unreleased	2:55
8.	"A Certain Kinda Hurtin'"	"The Sons of Katie Elder" B-side	2:02
9.	"My Old Faded Rose"	Tall Man	2:46
10.	"How Did You Get Away from Me" (with June Carter)	Johnny & June	2:02
11.	"Bad News"	I Walk the Line	2:57
12.	"A Cup of Coffee"	Everybody Loves a Nut	4:45
13.	"Dirty Old Egg Sucking Hound"	Previously unreleased	2:26
14.	"The One on the Right Is on the Left"	Everybody Loves a Nut	2:50
15.	"Concerning Your New Song"	Previously unreleased	3:30
16.	"The Bug That Tried to Crawl Around the World"	Everybody Loves a Nut	2:57
17.	"Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart"	Previously unreleased	2:04
18.	"Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog"	Everybody Loves a Nut	2:09
19.	"Take Me Home"	Everybody Loves a Nut	2:42
20.	"The Song of the Coward"	Previously unreleased	3:36
21.	"Please Don't Play Red River Valley"	Everybody Loves a Nut	2:56
22.	"Foolish Questions"	Tall Man	3:11
23.	"The Singing Star's Queen"	Everybody Loves a Nut	3:00
24.	"Austin Prison"	Everybody Loves a Nut	2:10
25.	"Boa Constrictor"	Everybody Loves a Nut	1:47
26.	"Everybody Loves a Nut"	Everybody Loves a Nut	2:07
27.	"The Sound of Laughter"	Tall Man	2:40
28.	"Joe Bean"	Everybody Loves a Nut	3:07

Disc Three
No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"The Frozen Logger"	Country & Western Classics	2:23
2.	"The Baby Is Mine"	Johnny & June	2:33
3.	"Happy to Be with You"	Happiness Is You	3:14
4.	"For Lovin' Me"	Happiness Is You	2:40
5.	"Wabash Cannonball"	Happiness Is You	2:41
6.	"Guess Things Happen That Way"	Happiness Is You	1:55
7.	"Happiness Is You"	Happiness Is You	2:59
8.	"Ancient History"	Happiness Is You	2:23
9.	"You Comb Her Hair"	Happiness Is You	2:42
10.	"A Wound Time Can't Erase"	Happiness Is You	2:37
11.	"Is This My Destiny"	Happiness Is You	2:31
12.	"Jackson"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	2:48
13.	"Pack Up Your Sorrows"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	2:29
14.	"Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	2:35
15.	"Fast Boat to Sydney"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	2:31
16.	"You'll Be All Right"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	1:49
17.	"I Got a Woman"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	3:18
18.	"What'd I Say"	Previously unreleased	2:44
19.	"Oh, What a Good Thing We Had"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	2:46
20.	"No, No, No"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	1:52
21.	"Shantytown"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	2:22
22.	"What'd I Say"	Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter	2:51
23.	"Still in Town"	Previously unreleased	2:36
24.	"The Matador" (Original)	Previously unreleased	2:47
25.	"Wer kennt den Weg (I Walk the Line)" (Without Vocal Chorus)	Previously unreleased	2:35
26.	"In Virginia" (Without Vocal Chorus)	Previously unreleased	2:11
27.	"Kleine Rosmarie" (Without Vocal Chorus)	Previously unreleased	1:56
28.	"Besser so, Jenny-Jo" (Without Vocal Chorus)	Previously unreleased	2:27
29.	"Wer Kennt Den Weg (I Walk the Line)"	German single	2:03
30.	"In Virginia"	German single	2:06
31.	"Kleine Rosmarie"	German single	1:56
32.	"Besser so, Jenny-Jo"	German single	2:11

Disc Four
No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"Thunderball"	Johnny & June	2:53
2.	"The Sons of Katie Elder"	Single A-side	2:34
3.	"Put the Sugar to Bed"	"You Beat All I Ever Saw" B-side	2:24
4.	"Red Velvet"	"The Wind Changes" B-side	2:47
5.	"Rosanna's Going Wild"	Single A-side	2:00
6.	"The Wind Changes"	Single A-side	2:48
7.	"On the Line"	Tall Man	2:22
8.	"Roll Call"	"Rosanna's Going Wild" B-side	2:27
9.	"You Beat All I Ever Saw"	Single A-side	2:10
10.	"I Tremble for You"	Tall Man	2:15
11.	"Cattle Call" (The Tennessee Three)	Single A-side	2:07
12.	"Bill's Theme" (The Tennessee Three)	"Cattle Call" B-side	2:11
13.	"Outside Looking In" (The Tennessee Three)	Single A-side	2:33
14.	"Spanish Harlem" (The Tennessee Three)	"Outside Looking In" B-side	2:41
15.	"The Folk Singer"	"Folsom Prison Blues (live)" B-side	3:05
16.	"Southwind"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	3:15
17.	"The Devil to Pay"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	3:28
18.	"'Cause I Love You"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	2:34
19.	"See Ruby Fall"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	2:51
20.	"Route No. 1, Box 144"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	2:28
21.	"Sing a Traveling Song"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	3:08
22.	"If I Were a Carpenter"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	3:01
23.	"To Beat the Devil"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	4:24
24.	"Blistered"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	2:24
25.	"Wrinkled Crinkled Wadded Dollar Bill"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	2:32
26.	"I've Got a Thing About Trains"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	2:50
27.	"Six White Horses"	Previously unreleased	2:45
28.	"Jesus Was a Carpenter"	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	3:57
29.	"Man in Black"	Man in Black	2:52

Disc Five
No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"The Christmas Spirit"	The Christmas Spirit	5:02
2.	"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"	The Christmas Spirit	2:31
3.	"Blue Christmas"	The Christmas Spirit	2:23
4.	"The Gifts They Gave"	The Christmas Spirit	3:32
5.	"Here Was a Man"	The Christmas Spirit	2:43
6.	"Christmas as I Knew It"	The Christmas Spirit	3:40
7.	"Silent Night"	The Christmas Spirit	3:29
8.	"The Little Drummer Boy"	The Christmas Spirit	2:37
9.	"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"	Previously unreleased	3:00
10.	"Ringing the Bells for Jim"	The Christmas Spirit	2:46
11.	"We Are the Shepherds"	The Christmas Spirit	3:13
12.	"Who Kept the Sheep"	The Christmas Spirit	1:56
13.	"The Ballad of the Harp Weaver"	The Christmas Spirit	4:23
14.	"Wildwood Flower"	Orange Blossom Special	2:13
15.	"Engine 143"	Tall Man	3:33
16.	"Keep on the Sunny Side"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:28
17.	"Single Girl, Married Girl"	Previously unreleased	2:20
18.	"The Banks of the Ohio"	Keep on the Sunny Side	4:04
19.	"My Clinch Mountain Home"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:55
20.	"Lonesome Valley"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:04
21.	"Worried Man Blues"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:39
22.	"Wabash Cannonball"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:31
23.	"Brown Hearted Lover"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:23
24.	"Brown Eyes"	Keep on the Sunny Side	3:25
25.	"I'm Working on a Building"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:40
26.	"Gathering Flowers from the Hillside"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:35
27.	"When the Roses Bloom Again"	Keep on the Sunny Side	2:37

Disc Six (live at the Newport Folk Festival)
No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"Big River"	Previously unreleased	2:12
2.	"Folsom Prison Blues"	Previously unreleased	1:53
3.	"I Still Miss Someone"	Previously unreleased	1:38
4.	"Rock Island Line"	Previously unreleased	3:55
5.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	Previously unreleased	2:44
6.	"I Walk the Line"	Previously unreleased	2:32
7.	"The Ballad of Ira Hayes"	Previously unreleased	3:25
8.	"Keep On the Sunny Side"	Previously unreleased	1:42

Credits

Mastered by Dave Young
Producers Don Law, Frank Jones, Jack Clement
Reissue Producers Colin Escott, Richard Weize

References

^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r231193
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
^ The booklet that comes with this boxset is in error when it claims that this track was previously unreleased -- it is the same version on the album I Walk the Line. The version of this song on Disc 2 Track 5 was previously unreleased.
^ The booklet that comes with this boxset is in error when it claims that this track was released on the album I Walk The Line, as the version on that album is over 3 minutes and is a very different performance. This version of this song was previously unreleased.

External links

[1] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r231193

[2] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[3] The booklet that comes with this boxset is in error when it claims that this track was previously unreleased -- it is the same version on the album I Walk the Line. The version of this song on Disc 2 Track 5 was previously unreleased.

[4] The booklet that comes with this boxset is in error when it claims that this track was released on the album I Walk The Line, as the version on that album is over 3 minutes and is a very different performance. This version of this song was previously unreleased.

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