From Sea to Shining Sea

Summary

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.

From Sea to Shining Sea
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1968
RecordedMarch 1 – April 13, 1967
Genre
Length31:54
LabelColumbia
Producer
Johnny Cash chronology
Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter
(1967)
From Sea to Shining Sea
(1968)
At Folsom Prison
(1968)
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"The Walls of a Prison" reuses the melody of "Streets of Laredo" from Cash's 1965 album Sings the Ballads of the True West.

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Johnny Cash

No.TitleLength
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 edit

Additional personnel edit

  • Produced by: Don Law
  • Engineering: Charlie Bragg and Jerry Watson
  • Cover photo: Bob Cato

References edit

  • The Sky I Scrape entry on From Sea to Shining Sea[permanent dead link]

External links edit

  • Maninblack.net Great Johnny Cash Fansite