Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison

The music is outlaw country, but the spirit is as rock n' roll & punk as it gets. Cash on this record is a punk the whole way through. From a purely music history standpoint, this album is absolutely fascinating, as it proves in real time the lines between country, rockabilly, rock n' roll and punk are far more blurred than we think. It's as much a spirit as it is the sound of the music. What on earth could be more hardcore than playing a show in the most notorious and horrible prison in American history? Few bands would dare go inside the walls of a prison. Credit to Cash, he was a well-off celebrity, but hardly had the ego that usually comes with one, and played multiple free shows for the rejects of society to give them just a little happiness inside hell on earth. Yeah I'm sure plenty of them deserved to be there, but I'm also sure plenty of them didn't, maybe in there for simple possession of a drug or stuff like that. Anyway, it's one of the most important records ever recorded in human history, hands down.

Sound is, overall, very good. My only issue is the stupid paper inners scuffed the disc before I could even get it out.

This is a really good mastering and pressing. Definite buy.

Can someone please post a picture of so called "heart" on the back cover? I'm having a difficult time believing there is a heart. I think it's a "6." Please prove me wrong.

Great record, nice booklet. Nice surprise in comparison with some records, unfortunately my copy didn't include a download voucher though.

1960s peak Country right here. Where the man stops and the Legend begins.

I’ve heard great things about this mono copy. Finally got my hands on one and let me tell you this is the pressing to get. It’s incredible how amazing it sounds in mono

I’ve never heard this sound better. It’s the closest I’ll get to seeing him live. Brilliant!

Does anyone know if this is the original pressing of this album? I don't like to be the type to claim that sort of thing without knowing for sure.

I have this record with matrix number on label and stamped 0xsm136060 1c but there is no heart on the back cover, only a number (6). Bought used from a flea market. Sounds like the sleeve is from a different pressing? Any ideas?