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I Walk The Line (Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Mono) album cover
Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 2-495, Columbia – 19439715351, Sony Music Commercial Music Group – 19439715351
Series: Original Master Recording – , Gain 2™ Ultra Analog 45RPM 180g Series –
Format: 2 × Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 180g, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 05 Aug 2020
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Rockabilly
Tracklist
Show Credits
A1 I Walk The Line 2:33
A2 Bad News 2:56
A3 Folsom Prison Blues 2:35
B1 Give My Love To Rose 2:20
B2 Hey Porter 2:19
B3 I Still Miss Someone 3:07
C1 Understand Your Man 2:43
C2 Wreck Of The Old 97 2:41
C3 Still In Town 2:36
D1 Big River 2:17
D2 Goodbye, Little Darlin' Goodbye 2:24
D3 Troublesome Waters 3:48
Companies, etc.
Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment
Published By – Hilo Music Inc.
Published By – Acuff-Rose Pub., Inc.
Published By – Knox Music, Inc.
Published By – Johnny Cash Music, Inc.
Published By – Pamper Music, Inc.
Published By – T.B. Harms Co.
Published By – Flatt & Scruggs Publishing Co.
Manufactured For – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment
Mastered At – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Lacquer Cut At – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated
Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated – 33889
Credits
Lacquer Cut By – KW*
Mastered By – Krieg Wunderlich
Mastered By [Assisted By] – Shawn R. Britton
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Lee Friedlander
Photography By [Gatefold Photo] – Don Hunstein
Producer – Don Law, Frank Jones (2)
Notes
Limited Edition of 3,000 foil-stamped copies. Housed in tip-on gatefold sleeve. Specially plated and pressed on 180g high-definition vinyl.
© 1964, 2020 Sony Music Entertainment. Originally released 1964. Manufactured for Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab®, Inc. by Sony Music Entertainment, 25 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010-8601. Printed in the U.S.A. Made in the U.S.A.
Mastered at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab®, Sebastopol, CA on the GAIN 2 ULTRA ANALOG SYSTEM™
Publishers:
A1 - Hilo Music, Inc. (BMI)
A2 - Acuff-Rose Pub., Inc. (BMI)
A3 - Hilo Music, Inc. (BMI)
B1 - Knox Music, Inc. (BMI)
B2 - Hilo Music, Inc. (BMI)
B3 - Johnny Cash Music, Inc. (BMI)
C1 - Johnny Cash Music, Inc. (BMI)
C2 - Johnny Cash Music, Inc. (BMI)
C3 - Pamper Music, Inc. (BMI)
D1 - Hilo Music, Inc. (BMI)
D2 - T. B. Harms Co. (ASCAP)
D3 - Flatt and Scruggs Publishing Co. (BMI)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Text): 8 21797 24951 5
Barcode (Scanned): 821797249515
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): 19439715351A
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): 19439715351B
Matrix / Runout (Label, side C): 19439715351C
Matrix / Runout (Label, side D): 19439715351D
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, etched): MFSL 2-495 A1 KW@MoFi 33889.1 (3)...
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, etched): MFSL 2-495 B1 KW@MoFi 33889.2 (3)...
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side C, etched): MFSL 2-495 C1 KW@MoFi 33889.3 (3)...
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side D, etched): MFSL 2-495 D1 KW@MoFi 33889.4 (3)...
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Johnny Cash Vocals, Guitar
Luther Perkins - Lead Guitar
Norman Blake - Acoustic Guitar, Dobro
Bob Johnson, Jack Clement - Rhythm Guitar
Marshall Grant - Bass
W.S. Holland - Drums
Bill Pursell - Piano
Don Helms - Steel Guitar
Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney - Trumpet
Rufus Long - Flute
The Carter Family - Background Vocals
Aufnahmen 13. Juni 1963 bis 5. März 1964.
Streng limitiert auf 3000 einzeln nummerierte Exemplare. Gepresst auf zwei 180 Gramm-Vinyl-Scheiben. Abzuspielen in 45 rpm. Das Mastering erfolgte von den Original-Mono-Bändern. Gepresst wurde im RTI Vinyl Pressing Plant in den USA.
MOBILE FIDELITY hat wieder alles dafür getan, dass ein Bomben-Sound das Ergebnis ist. Und in Verbindung mit der zeitlos-genialen Musik des “Man In Black“ Johnny Cash drängt sich diese Doppel-LP zum Highlight des Monats ganz selbstverständlich auf. “I Walk the Line“ ist das 18. (!) Studioalbum des US-amerikanischen Country-Sängers.
Das Album enthält u.a. acht Hits seiner Sun-Ära, die er neu aufgenommen hatte. Der Opener des im Mai 1964 bei Columbia erstmals veröffentlichten Tonträgers ist gleich der Titeltrack. Der Walking-Bass in Verbindung mit dem Schlagzeug, das mit dem Besen intoniert wird, bringt von null auf hundert sofort den richtigen Groove. Marshall Grant am Tieftöner und Drummer W.S. Holland machen hier alles richtig. Die E-Gitarre von Luther Perkins hat den richtigen Twang und die richtigen Hooklines. Cashs Stimme klingt - übrigens egal, ob ein Lied in Moll oder Dur ist - in seiner unnachahmlich melancholischen Art, tief in Herz und Seele gehend. “Bad News“ wird dominiert von der Dobro, die Norman Blake so meisterlich spielt. Hier merkt man auch, dass die Edition saustark klingt. Die Dobro klingt so unendlich natürlich und offen. Das macht richtig Freude. Cash hatte offenbar viel Spaß bei dieser Aufnahme. Sein ausgelassenes Lachen ist mit aufs Analog-Band gebannt. Natürlich darf der großartige “Folsom Prison Blues“ nicht fehlen. Klasse, wie der Slapping-Bass, die sauber geschlagene Akustik-Gitarre Cashs und die Snare Drum den Zug nach St. Antone am Gefängnis vorbeifahren lassen. Herzzerreißend ist die Ballade “Give My Love To Rose“. Dieser Country & Western-Song lässt kein Auge trocken. “Hey Porter“ ist ein Lied, das so voller Dynamik steckt, dass man sich ihm nicht entziehen kann. Der Songtext handelt von einem Mann, der voller Heimweh mit dem Zug vom Norden zurück in seine Heimat, die Südstaaten reist. Dabei muss er die Mason-Dixon-Linie in Richtung Tennessee überqueren. Die Lyrics hat Cash ursprünglich als Gedicht während seiner Zeit bei der Air Force geschrieben. Es wurde erstmals in der Armeezeitschrift „Stars and Stripes“ veröffentlicht. Ein absoluter Höhepunkt ist das Liebeslied “I Still Miss Someone“. Wunderschön der Backgroundgesang der Carter Family. Das Dobro-Solo von Norman Blake ist hier mehr als genial. Durch den Mono-Mix klingt alles so druckvoll, direkt und klar. Die Neu-Edition hat sich voll gelohnt. Vieles hier ist bisher unerhört. Klar definiert ertönen die Mariachi-Trompeten von Karl Garvin und Bill McElhiney bei “Understand Your Man“. Ein weiterer Unbedingt-Anspiel-Tipp ist “Big River“. Der vertrackte Rhythmus dieses Songs ist megastark. Dem Zusammenspiel von E- und Akustik-Gitarren zuzuhören ist nur noch schön. Diese Edition sei jedem Country-, Musik- und High-End-Freak ans Herz gelegt. In zweiter Linie auch Leuten, die ihr Geld gut anlegen wollen. Denn bald wird dieses Doppel-Album eine gesuchte und teuer bezahlte Rarität sein.
Streng limitiert auf 3000 einzeln nummerierte Exemplare. Gepresst auf zwei 180 Gramm-Vinyl-Scheiben. Abzuspielen in 45 rpm. Das Mastering erfolgte durch Krieg Wunderlich und Shawn R. Britton von den Original-Mono-Bändern. Gepresst wurde in der RTI Vinyl Pressing Plant in den USA.
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Titel:
1. I Walk The Line
2. Bad News
3. Folsom Prison Blues
4. Give My Love To Rose
5. Hey Porter
6. I Still Miss Someone
7. Understand Your Man
8. Wreck Of The Old 97
9. Still In Town
10. Big River
11. Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye
12. Troublesome Waters
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Rezension:
Produziert wurde das Album vor allem, damit Columbia Records "eigene" Versionen von Cashs größten Hits für Sun Records besaß: Der Titelsong, "Folsom Prison Blues", "Give My Love To Rose", "Hey Porter", "I Still Miss Someone", "Wreck Of The Old '97", "Big River". Was eine Pflichtübung hätte sein können, geriet stattdessen zu einem von Cashs stärksten Studioalben. Keineswegs nur aufgrund der Hitdichte: Die holzschnittartige Präzision, mit der The Tennessee Three (Gitarrist Luther Perkins, Bassist Marshall Grant und Drummer W.S. Holland) diese Songs schnörkellos gestalten, ist immer wieder stupend; nicht weniger die schiere Präsenz des Sängers. Beides wirkt auf diesem 45er Umschnitt in der überlegenen ursprünglichen Mono-Abmischung überwältigender denn je. So direkt hat man den Cash seiner Glanzzeit kaum je erfahren können. (1964/2020)
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* Limitiert auf 3000 Exemplare
*** Gatefold Cover
*** MFSL - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Mit »I Walk The Line« zementierte Johnny Cash 1964 seinen Ruf als Countrysänger der Stunde. Das bei Columbia Records veröffentlichte Album enthält eine Mischung eigens dafür geschriebener Titel und erneuter Einspielungen verschiedener Hits, die Cash bei Sun Records landete. Über 50 Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung sind Titel wie »Hey Porter«, »Big River« und natürlich »I Walk The Line« erneut in originalgetreuer Mono-Qualität zu hören.
Krieg Wunderlich und Shawn R. Britton haben das Album von den originalen Analogbändern für Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab neu gemastert. Die Mono-Doppel-LP auf 180-Gramm-Vinyl mit 45 RPM erscheint im Klappcover mit fortlaufender Seriennummer und ist auf 3.000 Exemplare limitiert.
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180-gram 45 RPM mono double LP reissue!
Mastered from the original master tapes
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Presented in true-to-the-orginal mono!
Originally released in 1964 on Columbia, produced by fellow Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Don Law, and featuring note-for-note re-recordings of several staples Johnny Cash made for Sun Records — including the title track, "Hey Porter," and "Big River" — as well as several new originals, I Walk the Line cemented the singer's place as the leading country artist of the era. Indeed, as the original liner notes state, "I Walk the Line offers Johnny Cash, renowned storyteller-in-song, at his creative and performing best."
Now, for the first time in more than five decades, you can experience it in true-to-the-source mono courtesy of Mobile Fidelity's meticulously restored reissue. Mastered from the original mono master tapes, pressed at RTI, and limited to 3,000 numbered copies, the audiophile label's 180-gram 45 RPM 2LP set broadcasts the inimitable sonics of the Man in Black's cut-from-bedrock baritone, earnest acoustic strumming, and hand-in-glove band with utmost clarity, directness, and realism.
Much has been rightly made about the sparse, deceivingly simple boom-chicka-boom sound of Cash's righthand men, otherwise known as the Tennessee Three: bassist Marshall Grant, guitarist Luther Perkins, and drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland. On this collectible edition of I Walk the Line, the trio's steady, fundamental rhythms and fresh, driving beats resonate with a presence, solidity, and immediacy unavailable on any other Cash recording. Such are the advantages associated with going back to mono, which gets right to the core of the rough-and-tumble country tenor of songs such as "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line."
There's a profound release of more textures, embedded details, and lively cohesiveness, with the group enmeshed with rather than separated from Cash's vocals. Key instrumental and vocal contributions from the likes of the Carter Family, steel guitarist Don Helms, pianist Floyd Cramer, and trumpeters Bill McElhiney and Karl Garvin (the same duo who played the signature Mexican-inspired brass refrain on "Ring of Fire") also come to the fore, no longer buried or artificially panned in the false stereo mix. Mobile Fidelity's I Walk the Line epitomizes the classic Cash sound and approach, through and through.
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AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
Mobile Fidelity - MFSL2-495 - 180 Gram Virgin Virgin - AAA 100% Analogue
Mastered by Kreig Wunderlich from the Original Master Tape at MFSL
3,000 Numbered Limited Edition - Pressed at RTI
Half Speed Mastered on the Mobile Fidelity The Gain 2 Ultra Analog System
1964 Columbia Album Includes "Big River," "Understand Your Man," and Other Johnny Cash Staples: I Walk the Line Captures Iconic Singer at Height of His Country Dominance
Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies on 180g 45RPM 2LP: Mobile Fidelity Analog Set Presents the Music in True-to-the-Original Mono
Originally released in 1964 on Columbia, produced by fellow Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Don Law, and featuring note-for-note re-recordings of several staples Johnny Cash made for Sun Records – including the title track, "Hey Porter," and "Big River" – as well as several new originals, I Walk the Line cemented the singer's place as the leading country artist of the era. Indeed, as the original liner notes state, "I Walk the Line offers Johnny Cash, renowned storyteller-in-song, at his creative and performing best."
Now, for the first time in more than five decades, you can experience it in true-to-the-source mono courtesy of Mobile Fidelity's meticulously restored reissue. Mastered from the original mono master tapes, pressed at RTI, and strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, the audiophile label's 180g 45RPM 2LP set broadcasts the inimitable sonics of the Man in Black's cut-from-bedrock baritone, earnest acoustic strumming, and hand-in-glove band with utmost clarity, directness, and realism.
Much has been rightly made about the sparse, deceivingly simple boom-chicka-boom sound of Cash's righthand men, otherwise known as the Tennessee Three: bassist Marshall Grant, guitarist Luther Perkins, and drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland. On this collectible edition of I Walk the Line, the trio's steady, fundamental rhythms and fresh, driving beats resonate with a presence, solidity, and immediacy unavailable on any other Cash recording. Such are the advantages associated with going back to mono, which gets right to the core of the rough-and-tumble country tenor of songs such as "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line."
There's a profound release of more textures, embedded details, and lively cohesiveness, with the group enmeshed with rather than separated from Cash's vocals. Key instrumental and vocal contributions from the likes of the Carter Family, steel guitarist Don Helms, pianist Floyd Cramer, and trumpeters Bill McElhiney and Karl Garvin (the same duo who played the signature Mexican-inspired brass refrain on "Ring of Fire") also come to the fore, no longer buried or artificially panned in the false stereo mix. Mobile Fidelity's I Walk the Line epitomizes the classic Cash sound and approach, through and through.
As for the music, it remains infallible. While the Sun material may be redone, the inspired performances equal those of the originals and, in some cases, like the fresh arrangement of "Wreck of the Old 97," improve upon them. And that says nothing of the new songs, most notably, the now-legendary "Understand Your Man," a humorous takedown that thematically and melodically references soon-to-be Cash collaborator Bob Dylan and his "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright." The tune hit Number One on the Billboard Country charts and stayed there for six weeks.
Coupled with other new fare (e.g., the sly "Bad News" and gospel-bent closer "Troublesome Waters) and his ensemble's chemistry and in-the-moment enthusiasm, a byproduct of the momentum that witnessed the singer/guitarist and company attain crossover fame, and the reprised music helps make I Walk the Line a benchmark Columbia set – and a Cash milestone.
Hear it in the finest-possible fidelity and original mono by securing your numbered copy today!
Numbered, Limited Edition
Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies
Mastered Fom the Original Mono Master Tapes
Production and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 grams of High Definition Vinyl
Special Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve
Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
Pressed On Dead-Quiet Vinyl at RTI
Selections
I Walk The Line
Bad News
Folsom Prison Blues
Give My Love To Rose
Hey Porter
I Still Miss Someone
Understand Your Man
Wreck Of The Old 97
Still In Town
Big River
Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye
Troublesome Waters
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