What's Spinning, Vol 4
The great debate.
This debate will never get old in my mind. Heck, myself and my best vinyl buddy have discussed this quite a few times.
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Johnny Cash was known for his live shows at San Quentin and Folsom. The question I guess is, which live album is better? For me it's San Quentin, but don't get me wrong both are outstanding.
This album was picked up by late mother at an antique shop for a buck. Great deal if you ask me.
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Recorded on February 24th, 1969 and released on June 16th of the same year. Having gone gold within two months of release, it was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Male Vocal Performance at the Grammys.
This was also the first album he performed without fellow guitarist Luther Perkins, who had recently passed away. Carl Perkins (no relation) filled in for the late Perkins.
This show also captured the iconic Cash photo of him flipping off the camera, which was used countless times in the future to promote his image as the bar boy of country music. This was actually in response to the UK news company, Granada, who was filming the show, was blocking Cash's view of the crowd.
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Johnny Cash at San Quentin
Columbia, 1969
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