''Ride This Train'' is the sixth

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by American

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singer-songwriter

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. 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

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. 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,

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, 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''. __NOTOC__

Track listing

Personnel

*Johnny Cash - vocals, rhythm guitar ;The Tennessee Two * Luther Perkins - lead guitar * Marshall Grant -

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;Additional musicians * Johnny Western - guitar *

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- piano *

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- drums * Shot Jackson -

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* Gordon Terry -

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;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

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