I bought this album (CD) awhile back, used, through discogs and have listened to it a few times when I got it. Looking for something to listen to while cooking dinner on Monday not on the computer or spotify, I picked it from the rack. Maybe it’s because of the times we are living in or maybe I was feeling particularly sensitive, the part on the live recording from the prison that jumped out for me was when Johnny explained his playlist. Looking for what he said out on YouTube, I was surprised — or maybe not surprised — they had clipped that part off of the song. I captured it with my phone’s voice recorder and will link it up here:
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My dad bought this when it first came out on lp, many many years ago. I have it now, and can’t help thinking of my late father whenever I play this album. Thanks for sharing
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Roger, I’m glad the album holds important memories for you. “A Boy Named Sue” reminds me of my mom.
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I have the CD for his show at Folsom Prison. They left a lot of his banter in that the cut for the album back when it was vinyl, like when he demonstrates which swear words to avoid during the recording.
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Dangit, so even the CD is censored? Sickening.
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Well, if the banter is in the Folsom one and isn’t in the San Quentin one, either the censored it or it just didn’t fit because of time constraints.
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That clip was just awesome. Classic Johnny Cash.
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Johnny stands apart from the rest. I highly admire the man and the musician. I sent a link to “25 minutes to go” to my sons yesterday. It says so much about department of corrections and not much has changed. Eddie Vedder does a great cover of it also.
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He was always his own person. (K)
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Unlike most other country music, I’ve dug Johnny Cash from the very first time I heard him. I always thought he was cool! I’ve since changed my largely ignorant opinion about country and have now have embraced a good deal of it.
I know Cash’s other prison live album, “At Folsom Prison,” and love it! While if I see this correctly the great “Folsom Prison Blues” is the only overlap between the two albums, “At San Quentin” looks great, based on the track list. I will have to add it to my growing list of albums I want to listen to. :-)
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Christian I’m glad you were receptive to country music and have shifted your perspective. I grew up on it and crooner music in the 60s for the most part. From his comments on this one, he was doing a tour of prisons that week? I know he brought June with him and I think there were at least some other acts there also (Gatlin Brothers for one.) I love how Johnny connects with his audience on this one and probably does as well on the At Folsom Prison ? I know what you mean about adding it to the list. We need an acronym: AITTL
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Great live album.
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It shows the prisoners as human beings.
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I hate that people edit stuff like that out, simply because the algorithm might not like it.
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From what Trent said, the CD has been edited from what the LP has on it also. Censorship is a curse.
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Censorship is a violation of liberty — the artist’s and the listener’s.
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