Cash’s Folsom to be Re-released with Bonus Material
Wed Aug 13, 3:11 PM GMT
Billboard.com reports that on Oct. 14, Columbia/Legacy will re-release Johnny Cash’s legendary performance from Folsom State Prison as a three-disc CD/DVD box set containing a plethora of previously unreleased material.The report goes on to say that disc one of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition will contain the entirety of Cash’s 65-minute first Folsom Prison performance and will feature seven previously unreleased tracks including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “I Got A Woman,” and “This Ole House.” The second disc will feature Cash’s second performance and include 24 previously unreleased songs.
The DVD disc, the report continues, will feature footage from inside the prison as well as interviews with inmates who witnessed the performance, and with artists including Merle Haggard and Roseanne Cash.
Billboard adds that the set will include a 4,000-word essay by Cash biographer Michael Streissguth and liner notes written by Cash and Steve Earle in 1999.
