Sings the Ballads of the True West [SEP] record label
Sings the Ballads of the True West
Johnny Cash 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
misspelling of outlaw Wes Hardin's name on his 1967 release "John Wesley Harding" and paying homage to Dylan's record and Johnny Cash's double concept LP "Sings the Ballads of the True West". The EP is a biographical work exploring Wes Hardin's life and draws from Hardin's autobiography, "Letters from Prison" and an assortment of other biographical and relevant source material.
Mean as Hell!
In March, 1966 (see 1966 in music), Columbia released Mean as Hell! : Ballads From