With His Hot and Blue Guitar

This reissue of the 1957 Sun Records release has never been available on CD.
Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl.
Personnel: Johnny Cash (vocals, guitar); Jack Clement (guitar); Luther Perkins (electric guitar); Don Helms (steel guitar); Marvin Hughes (piano); Morris Palmer, Buddy Harmon (drums); The Jordanaires (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Gary Blailock.
Recording information: Bradley Film & Recording Studios, Nashville, TN (05/1995-08/1957); Sun Studio, Memphis, TN (05/1995-08/1957); Bradley Film & Recording Studios, Nashville, TN (07/24/1958-08/13/1958); Sun Studio, Memphis, TN (07/24/1958-08/13/1958).
One of the best Johnny Cash albums ever, his Sun Records debut, 1957's WITH HIS HOT AND BLUE GUITAR, features his first single, "Cry! Cry! Cry!," as well as its follow-ups, "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line." A milestone in rock music history in its compelling combination of primal country music and raw, earthy rock & roll, the album also charts the major elements of Cash's future musical direction--train songs, with "The Wreck of Old '97," prison songs in the aforementioned "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Doin' My Time," gospel material in "I Was There When It Happened," and reminiscences of his early, dirt-poor country years in "Country Boy." This release includes the added bonus of "Hey, Porter!" (the original B-side of "Cry! Cry! Cry!"), as well as four previously unreleased alternate takes.