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Cash's 'Hayride' Tracks Out on Scena Records
By Chris Morris
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - In an eerie coincidence of timing, an independent label released one of the best available Johnny Cash collections Sept. 23, just 11 days after the legendary artist's death.
"Johnny Cash -- Live Recordings From the Louisiana Hayride," issued by Lee's Summit, Mo.-based Scena Records, compiles hitherto unheard 1955-63 recordings from the titular Shreveport, La., country radio showcase. The '55 performances are the earliest live recordings by the Man in Black currently in print.
Cash and his working band blast through vital versions of such hits as "Hey Porter," "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Big River," plus such rare offerings as the Edna St. Vincent Millay poem "Ballad of the Harp Weaver" set to music.
On the same date, Scena released an equally fine set devoted to 1960-65 "Hayride" appearances by Cash's late wife, June Carter Cash (news).
RED Distribution is handling the albums.
Reuters/Billboard
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