#Johnny Cash Live Album From 1968 Getting First Official Release

Days before Johnny Cash released his iconic live album At Folsom Prison in 1968, he performed in San Francisco at a venue run by members of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. His band included June Carter Cash, Luther Perkins, Marshall Grant, and W.S. Holland. That show was recorded by the Dead’s sound person Owsley “Bear” Stanley, and this year, it’s getting a long-belated official release. 

At the Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968 is coming out on vinyl and CD on September 24 (via Owsley Stanley Foundation/Renew Records/BMG/Legacy Recordings). The tracklist includes two Bob Dylan covers: “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” and “One Too Many Mornings.” Check out the album’s recording of “Going to Memphis” below (via Rolling Stone).

The release features essays in the liner notes from Cash’s son John Carter Cash, Stanley’s son Starfinder Stanley, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead.

Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash, At the Carousel Ballroom, April 24 1968:

01 Cocaine Blues
02 Long Black Veil
03 Orange Blossom Special [CD/digital only]04 Going to Memphis
05 The Ballad of Ira Hayes
06 Rock Island Line
07 Guess Things Happen That Way
08 One Too Many Mornings
09 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
10 Give My Love to Rose
11 Green, Green Grass of Home
12 Old Apache Squaw
13 Lorena
14 Forty Shades of Green
15 Bad News
16 Jackson
17 Tall Lover Man
18 June’s Song Introduction
19 Wildwood Flower
20 Foggy Mountain Top
21 This Land Is Your Land
22 Wabash Cannonball
23 Worried Man Blues
24 Long Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man
25 Ring of Fire
26 Big River
27 Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
28 I Walk the Line