Blood, Sweat and Tears (album)

Blood, Sweat and Tears
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	January 7, 1963
Recorded	June 7 – August 22, 1962
Genre	Country; folk; blues;
Length	30:12
Label	Columbia
Producer	Don Law; Frank Jones;
Johnny Cash chronology
Singles from Blood, Sweat and Tears
	"Busted"; Released: December 28, 1962;

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[1]

Blood, Sweat and Tears is the fifteenth album by singer Johnny Cash, released on January 7, 1963. It is a collection of songs about the American working man. This includes "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" and "Busted", the latter of which would become a single. Both would also be performed by Cash during his famous 1968 concerts at Folsom Prison and be included in the 1999 extended reissue of the album, At Folsom Prison. The album was included on the Bear Family Records box set Come Along and Ride This Train.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Legend of John Henry's Hammer"	Johnny Cash, June Carter	9:03
2.	"Tell Him I'm Gone"	Cash	3:03
3.	"Another Man Done Gone"	Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Tartt, Cash	2:35

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Busted"	Harlan Howard	2:17
5.	"Casey Jones"	Traditional; arranged by Johnny Cash	3:02
6.	"Nine Pound Hammer"	Merle Travis	3:15
7.	"Chain Gang"	Howard	2:40
8.	"Waiting for a Train"	Jimmie Rodgers	2:06
9.	"Roughneck"	Sheb Wooley	2:11

Personnel

Johnny Cash - vocals, rhythm guitar
The Carter Family - backing vocals
Luther Perkins - lead guitar
Bob Johnson - guitar, banjo
Marshall Grant - bass
W.S. Holland - drums
Maybelle Carter - autoharp
Bill Pursell - piano

Additional personnel

Frank Jones - Producer
Don Law - Producer
Vic Anesini - Mastering (CD Reissue)
Frank Bez - Photography

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1963	Pop Albums	80

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1963	"Busted"	Country Singles	13

References

^ Berger, Arion (2004). "Johnny Cash". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 145–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

External links

LP Discography entry on Blood, Sweat and Tears

[Berger-1] Berger, Arion (2004). "Johnny Cash". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 145–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

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