Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - Legacy Edition (2 CD / DVD Box Set) [DVD] by

On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash walked into California's Folsom State Prison and made popular music history. The choicest cuts from the two shows he recorded that day merged to become AT FOLSOM PRISON, a multi-million selling album produced by Bob Johnston that unveiled a startling portrait of American prison life and energized Cash's career. His most popular album to that point, it soared to the top of the charts and paved Cash's way to international stardom. Now available in this deluxe three-disc edition are each one of Cash's thrity-six performances from both shows (sixteen of them unissued until now) and the unreleased prformances of his road mates Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, and June Carter. The definitive versions of Cash's \"Folsom Brison Blues\", \"Cocaine Blues\", \"Dark as a Dungeon\" and other classics crack from the album like shotgun fire, cementing his mythic man-in-black persona and also takes on songs new to him such as the country chestnut \"I'm here to get my Baby Out of Jail\" and \"Greystone Chapel\", written by Folsom Inmate Glen Sherley. At FOLSOM PRISON'S rebellious attitude and plea for compassion for the imprisoned (articulated in Cash's original liner notes and the pouring out of his soul on stage) intersected with the spirit of 1968, finding a place next to figures such as Martin Luther King Jr and Robert F. Kennedy who urges Americans to reach out to the disenfranchised and next to young Americans taking to the streets to protest war and inequality. Curious music fans and socially-conscious critics across the nation were magnetized. This deluxe edition of AT FOLSOM PRISON also includes the DVD JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON, the first documentary film to consider Cash's finest day. Produced by award-winning director Bestor Cram and Cash biographer Michael Streissguth, the documentary follows the country star through the gates of the dark prison to reveal a moment flush with ramifications. Featuring exclusive interviews with those who accompanied Cash at Folsom Prison, friends and family, and inmates who witnessed the show, the documentary examines Cash through the lens of January 13, 1968. New footage filmed inside Folsom Prison, dramatic photographs by Jim Marshall, and rar archival material featuring Cash illustrate the album and concert's importance in a new and gripping way. In FOLSOM'S wake, Cash became in international ambassador of country music, prison reform spokesman, and counter-culture hero. Few albums had ever proved so influential. Forty years after its initial release, historians and critics continue to count AT FOLSOM PRISON among classic albums of the 1960's, in a legue with SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, PET SOUNDS and BLONDE ON BLONDE. As daughter Rosanne Cash observes, Cash went into Folsom Prison and \"came to the light\". CD ONE - SHOW ONE 1. Opening announcements from Hugh Cherry 2. BLUE SUEDE SHOES - (Carl Perkins) 3. THIS OLE HOUSE (The Statler Brothers) 4. Announcements and Johnny Cash intro from Hugh Cherry 5. FOLSOM PRISON BLUES 6. BUSTED 7. DARK AS A DUNGEON 8. I STILL MISS SOMEONE 9. COCAINE BLUES 10. 25 MINUTES TO GO 11. I'M HERE TO GT MY BABY OUT OF JAIL 12. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 13. THE LONG BLACK VEIL 14. SEND A PICTURE OF MOTHER 15. THE WALL 16. DIRTY OLD EGG-SUCKING DOG 17. FLUSHED FROM THE BATHROOM OF YOUR HEART 18. JOE BEAN 19. JACKSON (With June Carter) 20. I GOT A WOMAN (With June Carter) 21. THE LEGEND OF JOHN HENRY'S HAMMER 22. JUNE'S POEM 23. GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME 24. GREYSTONE CHAPEL 25. Closing announcements Previously Unissued CD TWO - SHOW TWO 1. THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL (Carl Perkins) 2. Opening announcements from Hugh Cherry 3. MATCHBOX (Carl Perkins) 4. BLUE SUEDE SHOES (Carl Perkins) 5. YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR KATE AND EDITH, TOO (The Statler Brothers) 6. FLOWERS ON THE WALL (The Statler Brothers) 7. HOW GREAT THOU ART (The Statler Brothers) 8. Announcements and Johnny Cash intro from Hugh Cherry 9. FOLSOM PRISON BLUES 10. BUSTED 11. DARK AS A DUNGEON 12. COCAINE BLUES 13. 25 MINUTES TO GO 14. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 15. THE LEGEND OF JOHN HENRY'S HAMMER 16. GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE (With June Carter) 17. DIRTY OLD EGG-SUCKING DOG 18. FLUSHED FROM THE BATHROOM OF YOUR HEART 19. JOE BEAN 20. JACKSON (With June Carter) 21. LONG-LEGGED GUITAR PICKIN' MAN (With June Carter) 22. I GOT STRIPES 23. GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME 24. GREYSTONE CHAPEL 25. GREYSTONE CHAPEL 26. Hugh Cherry introduces Johnny's father, Ray Cash, associate warden Walter E. Craven and Floyd Gressett, and closing announcements. Previously Unissued DVD JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON, the new documentary film, examines the single most important day in the career of the legendary Man in Black and the prison where it all took place. This look at the historic Folsom Prison concert of 1968 reveals a complex Cash and re-establishes this album as one of the most important recordings of the 20th century. Includes exclusive footage from behind the walls of