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Mean as Hell (1965)

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Title: Mean as Hell
Artist: Johnny Cash
Genre: Country
Released: 1965

Tracks:
1 - Mister Garfield - 3:39
2 - The Shifting Whispering Sands - 2:47
3 - I Ride an Old Paint - 2:50
4 - The Blizzard - 3:45
5 - The Road to Kaintuck - 2:35
6 - The Streets of Laredo - 3:34
7 - A Letter From Home - 2:27
8 - Sweet Betsy From Pike - 3:10
9 - Mean as Hell - 3:01
10 - Stampede - 2:52
11 - 25 Minutes to Go - 3:04
12 - Bury Me Not on the Lone Prarie - 2:21

Overview:
Sings the Ballads of the True West is a conceptual double album and the 22nd overall album released by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1965 (see 1965 in music). Covering twenty individual songs, the album, as its title suggests, contains various ballads and other songs on topics related to the history of the American Old West. This 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. One of the songs, "25 Minutes to Go", would later be performed at Folsom Prison and appear on Cash's famous At Folsom Prison recording in 1968. Sings the Ballads of the True West was re-issued in 2002 (see 2002 in music) through Legacy Recordings, with two bonus tracks, one of which is an instrumental version of a track available on the album.

In March, 1966 (see 1966 in music), Columbia released Mean as Hell! : Ballads From The True West, a single LP distillation of Sings the Ballads of the True West. It peaked at #4 on the top country albums chart. It has not been released on CD.
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