JOHNNY CASH RIDE THIS TRAIN RARE '6 EYE' ORIG 1960 NM-

$

113

THIS RED & BLACK RARE '6 EYE' , LP

IS OVER 49 YEARS OLD...&...

IN NEAR-MINT- CONDITION!!

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AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTOR'S ITEM

A 'STUNNING' 'COLUMBIA 6 EYE', ORIGINAL 1960

NEAR-MINT- 

VINYL COPY OF

'JOHNNY CASH', "RIDE THIS TRAIN"

The item you are bidding on is an ORIGINAL, 1960

(RARE 6 EYE),

(FIRST PRESSING),

(ORIGINAL STEREO/FIDELITY),

copy of : 

JOHNNY CASH, "RIDE THIS TRAIN"

on COLUMBIA records

#CS 8255 (STEREO/FIDELITY)

take a LISTEN!!>click here!! Johnny Cash - Loading Coal

take a LISTEN!!>click here!!  Johnny Cash - Lumberjack

take a LISTEN!!>click here!! Johnny Cash ~LIVE!!....JOHN CARTER CASH TALKS ABOUT HIS DAD JOHNNY CASH...GREAT STUFF... AND JOHNNY CASH SING; 1.) RIDE THIS TRAIN, 2.) AS LONG AS THE GRASS GROW, 3.) MAN IN BLACK (FIRST TIME ON NETWORK TV)

RARE ORIGINAL '6 EYE'

FIRST PRESSING ~ 1D/1B

NEAR-MINT-

Personnel: Johnny Cash (vocals, guitar); Luther Perkins, Johnny Western (guitar); Harold B. "Shot" Jackson (steel guitar, dobro); Gordon N. Terry (fiddle); Floyd Cramer (piano); Marshall Grant (bass); Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr., (drums).

The artistic freedom Johnny Cash gained when he left Sun Records for Columbia at the end of the 1950s was first exemplified by 1959's HYMNS album, but the following year's RIDE THIS TRAIN took Cash's conceptual explorations into previously unimagined realms. A full-blown concept album featuring sound effects and lengthy narratives would never have happened on Sun founder Sam Philips's watch, but the newly unfettered Cash reveled in the opportunity to make this striking, distinctive record. The album was billed as a "travelogue of America," and Cash neatly combines his passions for American history, storytelling, and the magic of trains to present portraits of the country he loved.

Each track on RIDE THIS TRAIN begins with Cash delivering a monologue over train sounds, taking the roles of characters from different walks and eras of American life, followed by a song further illustrating the tale. This album represented not only a structural/conceptual innovation for Cash, but a stylistic one as well. Most of the tunes are led by acoustic guitar, and the American musical idioms explored, include not only country, but folk, country blues, and work songs.

For us Dylan fans of 'John Wesley Harding' (presented on back cover as 'John Wesley Hardin'), included here, Johnny's narrative that further entertains and educates us on this historic figure, just one more character from 'different walks and eras of American life'.

        RECORD COMES IN A 'HI-GRADE' MFSL PVC INNER SLEEVE (FOR PROTECTION)

• ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING.
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• THIS IS THE AN AUTHENTIC, U.S. 1ST PRESSING ~ 1D/1B.
• THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING
• ORIGINAL COLUMBIA RECORDS '6 EYED' LABEL.
• ORIGINAL COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE). 
• WEAR FREE 'STUNNING' RED AND BLACK COLUMBIA LABELS. LOOKS AS IF NEVER TOUCHED A TURN TABLE.

THIS IS A NO RESERVE AUCTION!

(***PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES OF THE LP AND COVER BELOW***)>NOTE: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT an image from a previous auction. What you see is what you get.

(Please see pictures at bottom of this listing!)

CONDITION OF THE RECORD:

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, we grade ALL records under a strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight). 'Play Graded'.

• WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR-MINT- (NEAR-MINT MINUS).

SPECIFICS;

Side 1 AND Side 2:

Graded: NEAR-MINT- (NEAR-MINT MINUS); ENTIRE VINYL; PERHAPS A FEW VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL 'SLEEVE-SCUFFS', A BIT OF 'GRAYING', AND MAYBE (MANY WILL NOT SEE THIS); 1-2 VERY SMALL, VERY SUPERFICIAL, 'HAIR-LIKES'!!... THAT'S IT!!~ NO BACKGROUND NOISE. Much of the original luster is intact, and much of the vinyl shines and sparkles like new. Audio comes through very clear without distractions. Beautiful, wear-free labels. 

• The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, semi-flexible vinyl. This vinyl was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such vinyl pressings is full-bodied, bright and rich in quality. 
• Quality speaking, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior digital recording!! 
• Beautiful, wear free, 'red and black' Columbia Records '6 eyed' labels. 

CONDITION OF THE COVER:

THE COVER IS VERY NICE; GRADED STRONG VG++

The following flaws or imperfections are found on the cover: