I’m a huge fan of Johnny Cash but I didn’t know the 1956 B-side of “I Walk The Line” had been re-released with fake crowd effects added to simulate a live record. Shelby Singleton bought the Sun Records catalog and frequently repackaged those recordings just to make a quick buck. He was attempting to piggyback on Johnny’s recent success with live prison LP’s on a different label. Cash planned to give the song to fellow Sun artist Elvis Presley back in ‘56 but Sam Phillips vetoed the idea. The clip actually starts about 20 seconds in - sorry.
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