Johnny Cash on Sun & Columbia — 3 LPs incl. Sun LP-1220 Debut & At Folsom Prison

A three-record group of Johnny Cash albums spanning his Sun debut through the late-1960s Columbia peak, all from a single owner and acquired in the 1960s and 1970s. The set leads with Sun LP-1220, Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957) — his first full-length album, pressing the early Memphis sides with backing from Luther Perkins on electric guitar and Marshall Grant on bass. The price annotation "3.95" is penciled at the upper corner of the Sun back cover.

Two Columbia titles round out the lot: I Walk the Line (mono CL 2190, cover photo by Lee Friedlander, produced by Don Law and Frank Jones) collecting Cash originals and his title hit, and At Folsom Prison (stereo CS 9639, cover photo by Jim Marshall, produced by Bob Johnston) — the landmark 1968 live recording cut inside California's Folsom State Prison, complete with Cash's handwritten liner essay reproduced on the back jacket. Together the three trace the arc from spare Sun rockabilly to the live, defiant Columbia era that remade his career.

CONDITION

Good overall and playable. Jackets show age toning, edge and corner wear, ring marks, and surface scuffing consistent with single-owner storage from the 1960s–1970s; the Sun jacket carries a penciled price notation and the Folsom Prison jacket has paper loss and edge splitting at the lower front. No unpleasant odors. Records not individually graded for surface noise beyond the staff finding that all play.

DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS

Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar — Sun LP-1220 (1957)

• Side 1: The Rock Island Line / I Heard That Lonesome Whistle / Country Boy / If the Good Lord's Willing / Cry! Cry! Cry! / Remember Me
• Side 2: So Doggone Lonesome / I Was There When It Happened / I Walk the Line / The Wreck of Old '97 / Folsom Prison Blues / Doin' My Time
• Label: Sun Record Company, Inc., Memphis, Tenn.
• Format: Mono LP, 12"

I Walk the Line — Columbia Mono CL 2190 (1964)

• Side 1: I Walk the Line / Bad News / Folsom Prison Blues / Give My Love to Rose / Hey Porter / I Still Miss Someone
• Side 2: Understand Your Man / Wreck of the Old 97 / Still in Town / Big River / Goodbye, Little Darlin' Goodbye / Troublesome Waters
• Label: Columbia Records
• Format: Mono LP, 12"
• Cover Photo: Lee Friedlander
• Produced by: Don Law and Frank Jones

At Folsom Prison — Columbia Stereo CS 9639 (1968)

• Side 1: Folsom Prison Blues / Dark as the Dungeon / I Still Miss Someone / Cocaine Blues / 25 Minutes to Go / Orange Blossom Special / The Long Black Veil
• Side 2: Send a Picture of Mother / The Wall / Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog / Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart / Jackson (with June Carter) / Give My Love to Rose (with June Carter) / I Got Stripes / Green, Green Grass of Home / Greystone Chapel
• Label: Columbia Records
• Format: Stereo LP, 12"
• Cover Photo: Jim Marshall
• Produced by: Bob Johnston