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From Sea to Shining Sea is a concept album and 26th album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1968 (see 1968 in music). Each track on the album was written by Cash; none of them were released as singles. The album was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train.
"The Walls of a Prison" reuses the melody of "Streets of Laredo" from Cash's 1966 album Sings the Ballads of the True West.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Johnny Cash.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "From Sea to Shining Sea" | 1:38 |
| 2. | "The Whirl and the Suck" | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Call Daddy from the Mines" | 3:03 |
| 4. | "The Frozen Four-Hundred-Pound Fair-to-Middlin' Cotton Picker" | 2:32 |
| 5. | "The Walls of a Prison" | 4:01 |
| 6. | "The Masterpiece" | 2:47 |
| 7. | "You and Tennessee" | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Another Song to Sing" | 2:00 |
| 9. | "The Flint Arrowhead" | 2:56 |
| 10. | "Cisco Clifton's Filling Station" | 2:42 |
| 11. | "Shrimpin' Sailin'" | 3:06 |
| 12. | "From Sea to Shining Sea (Finale)" | 0:54 |
| Total length: | 31:54 | |
Personnel
- Johnny Cash – Vocals, guitar
- Carl Perkins, Luther Perkins – Guitar
- Bob Johnson – Guitar/banjo/dobro
- Norman Blake – Dobro
- Marshall Grant – Bass
- W.S. Holland – Drums
- Charlie McCoy – Harmonica
- The Carter Family – Background vocals
Additional personnel
- Produced by: Don Law
- Engineering: Charlie Bragg and Jerry Watson
- Cover photo: Bob Cato
References
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