At San Quentin

Infobox Album | Name = At San Quentin
Type = Live album
Artist = Johnny Cash

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Released = June 4, 1969
Recorded = Live at San Quentin State Prison, February 24, 1969
Genre = Country
Length = 59 min 6 s (re-release)
Label = Columbia
Producer = Bob Johnston (original)
Bob Irwin (re-release)
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ymr9kettjq7x link]
*Robert Christgau (B-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=johnny+cash link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnnycash/albums/album/321472/review/5940375/at_san_quentin link]
Last album = "The Holy Land"
(1969)
This album = "At San Quentin"
(1969)
Next album = "More of Old Golden Throat"
(1969)

"At San Quentin" is a recording of a live concert given by Johnny Cash to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison. As well as being released on record the concert was filmed by Granada Television.

On the original LP release, the song order was changed and several songs were cut, probably for space reasons. Despite the title of the version released on CD in 2000, the CD does not contain the entire concert uncut, but does feature additional tracks and running order that parallels the actual setlist. Performed but not included are the songs "Jackson" and "Orange Blossom Special" which are included in the video release of the show.

In 2006, Legacy Recordings released another deluxe version titled At San Quentin - Legacy Edition. The three-disc version included two CDs containing 31 selections, 13 of them previously unissued, plus a DVD of the original documentary. There are also interviews, some searingly candid, with the prisoners and guards who were present when the Johnny Cash Show packed the prison.

Track listing

All songs by Johnny Cash except as indicated.

Original release

ide one

#"Wanted Man" (Bob Dylan)
#"Wreck of the Old 97"* (arranged by Cash, Bob Johnston, Norman Blake)
#"I Walk the Line"
#"Darling Companion" (John Sebastian)
#"Starkville City Jail";Side 2
#"San Quentin"
#"San Quentin"
#"A Boy Named Sue" (Shel Silverstein)
#"(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (Thomas A. Dorsey)
#"Folsom Prison Blues"

CD reissue (2000)

#"Big River" – 1:56
#"I Still Miss Someone" (J. Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) – 1:52
#"Wreck of the Old 97"* (arranged by Cash, Johnston, Blake) – 2:05
#"I Walk the Line" – 3:29
#"Darlin' Companion" (Sebastian) – 3:21
#"I Don't Know Where I'm Bound" (T. Cuttie) – 2:24
#"Starkville City Jail" – 6:15
#"San Quentin" – 4:07
#"San Quentin" – 3:13
#"Wanted Man" (Dylan) – 3:24
#"A Boy Named Sue" (Silverstein) – 3:59
#"(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (Dorsey) – 2:30
#"Folsom Prison Blues" – 4:24
#"Ring of Fire" (June Carter, Merle Kilgore) – 2:07
#"He Turned the Water Into Wine" – 4:01
#"Daddy Sang Bass" (Carl Perkins) – 2:43
#"The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago" (L.R. Dalton) – 2:16
#"Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk the Line/Ring of Fire/The Rebel-Johnny Yuma" (Cash)/(Cash)/(Carter, Kilgore)/(R. Markowitz, A. Fenady) – 5:08

* Has no author-credit. Apparently David G. George never won a law-suit against RCA-Victor in 1933 over the copyrights for this song.

Legacy edition (2006)

;Disc 1
Carl Perkins: 1. "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) - 3:52
The Statler Brothers: 2. "Flowers On The Wall" - 3:27
The Carter Family: 3. "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton) - 3:34: 4. "June Carter Cash Talks To The Audience" - 2:41: 5. "Wildwood Flower" (Maud Irving, Joseph Philbrick Webster) - 3:49Johnny Cash: 6. "Big River" - 1:43: 7. "I Still Miss Someone" - 1:50: 8. "Wreck of the Old 97"* (arranged by Cash, Johnston, Blake) - 3:24: 9. "I Walk the Line" - 2:28: 10. "Medley: The Long Black Veil/Give My Love To Rose" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) - 4:06: 11. "Folsom Prison Blues" - 3:00: 12. "Orange Blossom Special" (Ervin T. Rouse) - 3:03Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash and Carl Perkins: 13. "Jackson" (Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd Wheeler) - 3:23: 14. "Darlin' Companion" (Sebastian) - 2:24The Carter Family and Carl Perkins: 15. "Break My Mind" - 2:56Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins: 16. "I Don't Know Where I'm Bound" - 5:14: 17. "Starkville City Jail" - 3:32

;Disc 2: 1. "San Quentin" - 4:09: 2. "San Quentin" - 3:13: 3. "Wanted Man" (Dylan) - 3:29Carl Perkins: 4. "Restless" (Perkins) - 3:54Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins: 5. "A Boy Named Sue" - 3:45: 6. "Blistered" - 1:46Johnny Cash] , The Carter Family and Carl Perkins: 7. "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (Dorsey) - 3:14Carl Perkins: 8. "The Outside Looking In" - 3:00The Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins: 9. "Less Of Me" - 2:45Johnny Cash, The Carter Family and Carl Perkins: 10. "Ring Of Fire" (Carter, Kilgore) - 2:07Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers and Carl Perkins: 11. "He Turned The Water Into Wine" - 4:01: 12. "Daddy Sang Bass" - 2:43: 13. "The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago" (Dalton) - 2:16: 14. "Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues (June Carter Cash)/I Walk The Line (The Carter Family)/Ring Of Fire (The Statler Brothers)/Folsom Prison Blues (Carl Perkins)/The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (Johnny Cash)/Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)" - 5:08

;Disc 3 (DVD): The original 1969 documentary produced by Granada TV in the U.K. chronicles Cash's historic concert at the maximum security prison. Includes footage of the concert that became the 1969 best-selling LP, and features an edited performance of the number 1 hit "A Boy Named Sue". Also contains one-on-one interviews with several of the prison guards and inmates, talking about their time and experiences behind bars. (Running time: approx. 60 minutes)

Personnel

*Johnny Cash - vocal, guitar
*June Carter Cash - vocal
*Carter Family - vocals
*Marshall Grant - bass guitar
*W.S. Holland - drums
*Carl Perkins - electric guitar
*Bob Wootton - electric guitar
*The Statler Brothers - vocals

Charts

Album - U.S. Billboard charts

Singles - U.S. Billboard charts

References

* Cash, Johnny, et al (2000). "Johnny Cash At San Quentin" liner notes. New York: [http://legacyrecordings.com/ Sony/Columbia/Legacy] .

External links

* [http://www.legacyrecordings.com/Discography/AlbumDetail.aspx?AlbumGuid=515a5944-87f8-4658-842e-147548b66c8d "At San Quentin" – Legacy Edition]

succession box
before = "Hair" by Original Cast
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = August 23 1969 – September 19 1969
after = "Blind Faith" by Blind Faith