Ride This Train
Cash dressed as a cowboy, inserting a bullet into a gun
Studio album by
Johnny Cash
ReleasedAugust 1, 1960
RecordedDecember 14, 1959 – February 16, 1960
Genre
Length32:20
LabelColumbia
Producer
Johnny Cash chronology
Now, There Was a Song!
(1960)		 Ride This Train
(1960)		 Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams
(1960)
Singles from Ride This Train
  1. "Going to Memphis"
    Released: September 19, 1960
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
PopMattersfavorable[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Ride This Train is the sixth album by American country singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was originally released on August 1, 1960 and was re-issued on March 19, 2002, containing four additional bonus tracks.

It is considered Cash's first concept album. The album is billed as a "travelogue", with Cash providing spoken narration before each song to give context, in several cases playing historical characters, such as John Wesley Hardin, and describing different destinations around the United States visited by train. The songs themselves are not generally railroad-themed.

The success of this LP inspired his first label, Sun, to release the compilation LP All Aboard the Blue Train, which consisted of previously released "train"-inspired songs, including his hit "Folsom Prison Blues".

Ride This Train was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Loading Coal"Merle Travis4:58
2."Slow Rider"Johnny Cash4:12
3."Lumberjack"Leon Payne3:02
4."Dorraine of Ponchartrain"Cash4:47
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Going to Memphis"Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax; arranged (new words and music) by Johnny Cash4:26
6."When Papa Played the Dobro"Cash2:55
7."Boss Jack"Tex Ritter3:50
8."Old Doc Brown"Red Foley4:10
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."The Fable of Willie Brown"Cash1:57
10."Second Honeymoon"Autry Inman1:57
11."Ballad of the Harp Weaver"Thelma Moore, Edna Millay3:50
12."Smiling Bill McCall"Cash2:06
Total length:42:10

Personnel

  • Johnny Cash - vocals, rhythm guitar
The Tennessee Two
Additional musicians
Technical
  • Don Law - Original Recording Producer
  • Al Quaglieri - Reissue Producer
  • Seth Foster - Mastering
  • Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
  • Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
  • Matt Kelly - Tape Research
  • Kay Smith - Tape Research
  • Arthur Levy - Liner Notes
  • Darren Salmieri - A&R
  • Steven Berkowitz - A&R
  • Patti Matheny - A&R
  • Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
  • Alan Lomax - Adaptation, Arranger
  • Randall Martin - Design
  • Don Hunstein - Photography
  • Nick Shaffran - Series Consultant
  • Dick Miller - CD Art Adaptation

References

  1. ↑ Ride This Train at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Johnny Cash: Ride This Train, PopMatters". 15 June 2002.


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