Old Golden Throat

Old Golden Throat
Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	June 1968
Recorded	August 8, 1958–January 12, 1967
Genre	Country, folk
Length	34:12
Label	CBS
Producer	Don Law, Frank Jones
Johnny Cash chronology
At Folsom Prison (1968) Old Golden Throat (1968) Heart of Cash (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Old Golden Throat is the 28th album by country singer Johnny Cash. It was released in 1968 and is a collection of mostly previously released songs. Nine of the fourteen tracks had previously appeared on Billboard's country singles chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Single	Length
1.	"I Got Stripes"	Cash, Charlie Williams	A-Side	2:05
2.	"A Certain Kinda Hurtin'"	Cash	"The Sons of Katie Elder" B-Side	2:03
3.	"Little at a Time"	Cash, Gordon Terry	"In the Jailhouse" B-Side	1:57
4.	"All Over Again"	Cash	A-Side	2:12
5.	"Still in Town"	Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran	"The Matador" B-Side	2:36
6.	"Smiling Bill McCall"	Cash	"Seasons of My Heart" B-Side	2:07
7.	"The Wind Changes"	Cash	"Red Velvet" B-Side	2:49
8.	"The Sons of Katie Elder"	Ernie Sheldon, Elmer Bernstein	A-Side	2:35
9.	"Dark as a Dungeon"	Merle Travis	"Understand Your Man" B-Side	2:29
10.	"Tennessee Flat Top Box"	Cash	A-Side	3:01
11.	"The Matador"	Cash, June Carter	A-Side	2:48
12.	"Send a Picture of Mother"	Cash	"Busted" B-Side	2:53
13.	"You Dreamer You"	Cash	"Frankie's Man Johnny" B-Side	1:49
14.	"Red Velvet"	Ian Tyson	A-Side	2:48
Total length:				34:12

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar
• Luther Perkins, Jack Clement, Johnny Western, Carl Perkins, Norman Blake - guitar
• Bob Johnson - lute, mandocello, guitar
• Marshall Grant - bass
• Buddy Harman, W.S. Holland - drums
• Don Helms - steel guitar
• Shot Jackson - steel guitar, Dobro
• Marvin Hughes, Floyd Cramer, Bill Pursell - piano
• Charlie McCoy - harmonica
• Gordon Terry - fiddle
• Maybelle Carter - harpsichord
• Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney - trumpet
• Lew DeWitt - whistle
• The Anita Kerr Singers, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers - backing vocals

Charts

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1967	"The Wind Changes"	Country Singles	60
1965	"The Sons of Katie Elder"	Country Singles	10
1964	"Dark as a Dungeon"	Country Singles	49
1963	"The Matador"	Country Singles	2
1961	"Tennessee Flat-Top Box"	Country Singles	11
1960	"Smiling Bill McCall"	Country Singles	13
1959	"You Dreamer You"	Country Singles	13
1959	"I Got Stripes"	Country Singles	4
1958	"All Over Again"	Country Singles	4

See also

• More of Old Golden Throat

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on Old Golden Throat