prison live album 27th overall album released columbia_records song prison blues cash interested recording performance prison idea hold personnel changes columbia_records charge producing cash material cash recently controlled drug abuse problems looking turn career years limited commercial success backed tennessee cash performed shows california january resulting album consisted tracks tracks second despite little initial investment columbia album hit united_states reaching number country charts national album chart lead single album live version prison blues hit cash understand man received good reviews release ensuing popularity cash career leading release second prison album album released additional tracks disc set certified times platinum march recording_industry_association_of_america sales exceeding million background took interest serving unit watched film inside walls prison film inspired cash write song reflected perception prison life result prison blues cash second single release song popular inmates write cash requesting perform prisons cash prison performance satisfied favorable reception concert performed prisons years leading performance years attaining commercial success songs walk line understand man ring fire cash popularity waned small increasing dependence drugs cash sought help escalating drug problems end year drug use decreased sought turn career concurrently country portion columbia_records underwent major personnel changes produced cash albums ousted favor known erratic behavior willingness disagree studio executives cash saw opportunity pitch idea recording live album prison enthusiastically supported concept respond recording january cash checked sacramento california later accompanied tennessee johnny father reverend pastor california cash attended services regularly inmates helped facilitate concert producer performers rehearsed days uncommon occurrence songs rehearsed concurrently combinations musicians fashion taking place adjacent ballroom provided distraction rehearsal sessions january california governor ronald_reagan hotel dinner speech visited band offered encouragement focus sessions learn chapel song written recorded version song passed prison recreation director january group traveled meeting los_angeles_times writer columbia photographer paid document album liner notes cash decided hold performances january case performance unsatisfactory introduction encouraged prisoners respond cash performance took stage performed hit song blue shoes following song sang hit flowers wall country standard old house cherry took stage instructed inmates cheer cash introduced obliged cash opened shows rendition prison blues concerts contained songs prison including wall green green grass home humor tune minutes singer included songs despair travis song dark dungeon following orange special cash included slow ballad type songs including send picture mother long black veil followed novelty songs album everybody loves dirty old egg dog joined cash stage perform pair seven minute version song blood sweat tears album legend john henry hammer cash took break carter recited poem cash ended concerts chapel second concert musicians earlier songs second concert love rose got stripes release reception impact album release prison prepared months despite recent success going wild cash single released concerts reached number country charts columbia initially invested little album single partially columbia efforts promote pop stars instead country artists single charted billboard hot hit country charts week later single suffered setback assassinated senator june radio stations ceased playing single line shot man watch die success prior assassination columbia demanded remix single line removed despite protests cash single edited released new version success hitting number country charts national charts successful single prompted album climb album charts eventually reaching number country albums chart number thirteen pop albums chart forerunner billboard august shipped copies months later certified gold recording_industry_association_of_america riaa shipping received rave reviews release stated cash sang songs like grown believing people songs village_voice wrote cut special way noted album filled kind seldom find rock sing praised prison album structured experience success prison cash career according cash things got started dubbed cash previous rhythm applause similar successful enter hot cash returned prison scene recorded cash album hit number pop chart produced number hit boy named sue ensuing popularity concert prompted abc cash television album released october extra tracks excluded original legend john henry hammer stephen_thomas_erlewine allmusic praised new version calling ideal blend gritty reality certified triple platinum riaa shipping million units release acknowledged greatest albums time sources album ranked number rolling_stone list greatest albums time year recordings chosen added country music television named greatest album country music blender listed album 63rd greatest american album time cds time listed greatest albums time columbia legacy records issued prison dvd set called legacy edition contained concerts uncut remastered included dvd produced northern light productions featured pictures interviews relevant concert pitchfork_media lauded collection claiming force endeavors notorious bad habits wrote rolling_stone legacy edition makes excellent historical document highlighting cash prison folk track listing release legacy edition personnel vocal guitar harmonica vocal bass guitar drums electric guitar electric guitar vocals producer engineers photography credited issue producer producer mixing art direction mastering product manager packaging manager nick consultant charts
At Folsom Prison