These ballads and other songs of America’s Old West, were originally released in 1965 as a 20 tracks concept double LP. It includes Carl Perkins‘ “The Ballad Of Boot Hill”, “Streets Of Laredo”, and the sole single from the album, “Mr. Garfield”, describing the shock of the population after the assassination of President James Garfield. The stories told here are about “The Wild West”, whether they are “true” or not. Johnny Cash is accompanied by Luther Perkins, The Statler Brothers, The Carter Family and on autoharp Mother Maybelle Carter. By the way, this album’s mythmaking “Hardin Wouldn’t Run” provided the basis for Bob Dylan‘s mythmaking “John Wesley Harding” LP.
1. Hiawatha’s Vision
2. The Road To Kaintuck
3. The Shifting Whispering Sands Part 1
4. Ballad Of Boot Hill
5. I Ride An Old Paint
6. Hardin Wouldn’t Run
7. Mister Garfield
8. The Streets Of Laredo
9. Johnny Reb
10. A Letter From Home
11. Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
12. Mean As Hell
13. Sam Hall
14. 25 Minutes To Go
15. The Blizzard
16. Sweet Betsy From Pike
17. Green Grow The Lilacs
18. Stampede
19. The Shifting Whispering Sands Part 2
20. Reflections Bonus Tracks
21. Rodeo Hand
22. Stampede (Alternate Instrumental)
