artwork Hoffmann Nienburg
tracks 2-5 to 2-8, 2-22 backing vocals [chorus, overdubbed] Asa Wilkerson
tracks 2-5 to 2-8, 2-22 backing vocals [chorus, overdubbed] Bill Abbott
tracks 2-5 to 2-8, 2-22 backing vocals [chorus, overdubbed] Don Carter
tracks 2-27 to 2-31 backing vocals [chorus, overdubbed] Ed Bruce
tracks 2-5 to 2-8, 2-22, 2-27 to 2-31 backing vocals [chorus, overdubbed] Lee Holt
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 backing vocals [chorus, overdubbed] Malcolm Yelvington
tracks 2-27 to 2-31 backing vocals [chorus, overdubbed] Sara Bruce
tracks 1-5 to 1-18, 1-20 to 2-11, 2-14 to 5-21 bass Marshall Grant
calligraphy [hand lettering] DeBlancoos
tracks 4-11 to 5-21 drums Buddy Harman
tracks 2-27 to 3-12, 3-18 to 3-29 drums Jimmy Van Eaton
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 drums Morris Palmer
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 drums [overdubbed] Jimmy Van Eaton
tracks 3-20 to 3-29 guitar Billy Lee Riley
tracks 2-21 to 2-25 guitar Jack Clement
tracks 1-5 to 1-18, 1-20 to 2-11, 2-14 to 2-21, 2-23, 2-24, 2-26 to 5-21 guitar Luther Perkins
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 guitar [possibly, overdubbed] Sid Manker
tracks 2-1 to 2-4 guitar [possibly] Jack Clement
tracks 2-18, 2-20 harmony vocals [vocal harmony] Luther Perkins
tracks 2-18, 2-20 harmony vocals [vocal harmony] Marshall Grant
tracks 2-22, 2-27 to 2-31 harmony vocals [vocal harmony] Nita Smith
tracks 4-1 to 5-21 leader Johnny Cash
liner notes [story by] Colin Escott
liner notes [this is my story] Johnny Cash
mastered by Bob Jones
tracks 2-1 percussion [effect] Johnny Cash
photography by, illustration Colin Escott
photography by, illustration Dan Bass
photography by, illustration David Booth
photography by, illustration Doug Hanners
photography by, illustration Michael Ochs Archives
photography by, illustration Richard Andreas
photography by, illustration Richard Weize Collection
photography by, illustration Showtime Music Archives
tracks 3-24 to 3-29 piano Charlie Rich
tracks 2-27 to 3-12, 3-20 to 3-23 piano Jimmy Wilson
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 piano Marvin Hughes
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 piano [overdubbed] Jimmy Smith
tracks 1-29 to 1-32 piano [possibly] Jerry Lee Lewis
tracks 1-19 producer Clyde Leoppard
tracks 4-1 to 5-21 producer [columbia] Don Law
tracks 2-5 to 2-8, 2-21 to 3-29 producer [sun] Jack Clement
tracks 1-1 to 1-18, 1-20 to 2-4, 2-9 to 2-20 producer [sun] Sam Phillips
reissue producer Colin Escott
reissue producer Richard Weize
research [discography, columbia] Richard Weize
research [discography, sun] Colin Escott
research [discography, sun] John L. Smith
research [discography, sun] Martin Hawkins
tracks 2-22 soprano vocals [lead, overdubbed] Cyd Mosteller
tracks 1-7 steel guitar A.W. Kernodle
tracks 4-1 to 4-6 steel guitar Don Helms
tracks 1-19 vocals [second, possibly], guitar [possibly] Marshall Grant
vocals, guitar Johnny Cash
tracks 3-13 to 3-17 written-by Hank Williams
tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-12, 1-15 to 1-20, 1-22 to 1-27, 1-32 to 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 2-11 to 2-13, 2-15, 2-21, 2-24, 2-26, 2-28, 4-1 to 4-4, 4-6 to 4-9, 4-11, 4-12, 4-14, 4-17, 4-21, 4-22, 5-1 to 5-4, 5-14 to 5-18 written-by Johnny Cash
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Glass Mastered At Digipress
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℗ 1990 Bear Family Records GmbH © 1990 Bear Family Records GmbH

Made in W-Germany

Previously unissued:
CD 1: tracks 5, 6, 21, 22
CD 2: tracks 1, 5, 6, 21, 22, 27, 29
CD 3: tracks 1, 13 to 17, 21, 24, 25
CD 4: tracks 1, 2, 7, 8

CD 5 contains a complete session: false starts, breakdowns, rejected and finished masters of songs recorded on August 13, 1958.

Title discrepancies in booklet discography, compared to CD inlays
Track 1-2 titled You're My Baby (LIttle Wooly Booger)
Track 2-19 titled Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)
Track 4-6 titled It Was Jesus (Who Was It?)
Track 4-14 titled Frankie And Johnnie.
Barcode: 4000127155177 (Scanned)
Barcode: 4 000127 155177 (Text)
Rights Society: GEMA
Label Code: LC 5197
SPARS Code: AAD (Box Set)
SPARS Code: ADD (CD spines)
Other: BCD 15517 (1) (Cat # - CD 1)
Other: BCD 15517 (2) (Cat # - CD 2)
Other: BCD 15517 (3) (Cat # - CD 3)
Other: BCD 15517 (4) (Cat # - CD 4)
Other: BCD 15517 (5) (Cat # - CD 5)
Matrix / Runout: PILZ DIGIP BCD 15517-1 360 (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: PILZ DIGIP BCD 15517-2 360 (CD 2)
Matrix / Runout: PILZ DIGIP BCD 15517-3 360 (CD 3)
Matrix / Runout: PILZ DIGIP BCD 15517-4 360 (CD 4)
Matrix / Runout: PILZ DIGIP BCD 15517-5 360 (CD 5)