Old Golden Throat

Compilation album by Johnny Cash

Released

June 1968

Recorded

August 8, 1958 - January 12, 1967

Genre

Country, folk

Length

34:12

Label

CBS

Producer

Don Law, Frank Jones

Johnny Cash chronology

At Folsom Prison
(1968)

Old Golden Throat
(1968)

Heart of Cash
(1968)

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Old Golden Throat is a compilation album and 28th overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music) exclusively in the UK on CBS Records. The record is a collection of single sides that, with two exceptions, had not yet appeared on an album (the exceptions being "Still in Town" and "Tennessee Flat Top Box"). The mix spans recordings made almost a decade before its release and songs completed up to several months prior to it. Nine of the fourteen tracks had appeared on Billboard's country singles chart (see below).

Two of the songs on the album - "I Got Stripes" and "Dark as a Dungeon" - had been performed by Cash at Folsom Prison and subsequently appeared on his famous At Folsom Prison live album in May 1968. However, the versions included here were originally recorded and released in 1959 and 1963, respectively.

Because the tracks were taken from singles, the album was released only in monaural. The album was not released on cd in this form, though many of the tracks can easily be found on compilation CDs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Single	Length
1.	"I Got Stripes"	Cash, Charlie Williams	A-Side	2:05
2.	"A Certain Kinda Hurtin'"	Cash	"Sons of Katie Elder" B-Side	2:03
3.	"Little at a Time"	Cash, Gordon Terry	"In The Jailhouse" B-Side	1:57
4.	"All Over Again"	Cash	A-Side	2:12
5.	"Still In Town"	Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran	"The Matador" B-Side	2:36
6.	"Smiling Bill McCall"	Cash	"Seasons of My Heart" B-Side	2:07
7.	"The Wind Changes"	Cash	"Red Velvet" B-Side	2:49
8.	"The Sons Of Katie Elder"	Ernie Sheldon, Elmer Bernstein	A-Side	2:35
9.	"Dark as a Dungeon"	Merle Travis	"Understand Your Man" B-Side	2:29
10.	"Tennessee Flat Top Box"	Cash	A-Side	3:01
11.	"The Matador"	Cash, June Carter	A-Side	2:48
12.	"Send a Picture of Mother"	Cash	"Busted" B-Side	2:53
13.	"You Dreamer You"	Cash	"Frankie's Man Johnny" B-Side	1:49
14.	"Red Velvet"	Ian Tyson	A-Side	2:48
Total length:				34:12

Personnel

Johnny Cash - Vocals, guitar
Luther Perkins, Jack Clement, Johnny Western, Carl Perkins, Norman Blake - Guitar
Bob Johnson - Lute/Mandocello/Guitar
Marshall Grant - Bass
Buddy Harman, W.S. Holland - Drums
Don Helms - Steel
Shot Jackson - Steel/Dobro
Marvin Hughes, Floyd Cramer, Bill Pursell - Piano
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
Gordon Terry - Fiddle
Maybelle Carter - Harpsichord
Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney - Trumpet
Lew DeWitt - Whistle
The Anita Kerr Singers, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers - Background Vocals

Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1967	"The Wind Changes"	Country Singles	60
1965	"The Sons of Katie Elder"	Country Singles	10
1964	"Dark as a Dungeon"	Country Singles	49
1963	"The Matador"	Country Singles	2
1961	"Tennessee Flat-Top Box"	Country Singles	11
1960	"Smiling Bill McCall"	Country Singles	13
1959	"You Dreamer You"	Country Singles	13
1959	"I Got Stripes"	Country Singles	4
1958	"All Over Again"	Country Singles	4

External links

Luma Electronic entry on Old Golden Throat

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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Old Golden Throat

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