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<blockquote data-quote="born to mourn and yawn" data-source="post: 1987356346" data-attributes="member: 28602">The Johnny Cash record surprised me in a pleasant way.[ATTACH=full]67651[/ATTACH]This is a budget pressing on the Contour label. It was purchased for 1.05 pounds somewhere in Ireland probably in the late 60s or early 70s. Keeping in mind that this record is most likely 50+ years old and shows signs of condensation and heat damage, the sound is still pretty good.The compilation starts off with one of my fav Hank Williams songs, Cold Cold Heart, and it seems they wanted to draw a traditional line between the older generation of country stars and Johnny Cash. But I must say that I still prefer Lucinda Williams' cover of CCH, which can be found on a Hank Williams Tribute CD that I have here too, and Johnny Cash is featured on this tribute with &quot;Last Night I dreamed about Mama&quot; instead.As to be expected, it is a manly compilation, a pithy succession of 2-minute songs, delivered one after the other in the snappy masculine Cash way.[MEDIA=youtube]qO38t6eBhAs[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="born to mourn and yawn, post: 1987356346, member: 28602"] The Johnny Cash record surprised me in a pleasant way. [ATTACH type="full" alt="d1.jpg"]67651[/ATTACH] This is a budget pressing on the Contour label. It was purchased for 1.05 pounds somewhere in Ireland probably in the late 60s or early 70s. Keeping in mind that this record is most likely 50+ years old and shows signs of condensation and heat damage, the sound is still pretty good. The compilation starts off with one of my fav Hank Williams songs, Cold Cold Heart, and it seems they wanted to draw a traditional line between the older generation of country stars and Johnny Cash. But I must say that I still prefer Lucinda Williams' cover of CCH, which can be found on a Hank Williams Tribute CD that I have here too, and Johnny Cash is featured on this tribute with "Last Night I dreamed about Mama" instead. As to be expected, it is a manly compilation, a pithy succession of 2-minute songs, delivered one after the other in the snappy masculine Cash way. [MEDIA=youtube]qO38t6eBhAs[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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