[PRE-ORDER] Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison [2-lp, 45 RPM] [Release Date: 06/21/2024]

On January 1968, Johnny Cash took the stage at Folsom Prison
for two shows amid a darkening sociopolitical atmosphere and
a raging war in Vietnam — as well as the knowledge his career
and health hung on by a thread. Notably, the singer shared many
of the long odds and abject failures of the inmates for which
he performed. The songs he chose, and the conviction with
which he delivered them, say as much. The point at which Cash
transformed from a country star into a legendary artist, and a bold
statement about the American prison state and its commitment
to rehabilitation, the triple-platinum At Folsom Prison remains
one the most important, potent, and fabled records of the 20th
century.

Mastered at MoFi’s reknowned mastering system at its California
studios, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP set
and hybrid SACD editions of At Folsom Prison veritably place you
in the cafeteria with the hootin’ and hollerin’ prisoners with which
Cash felt a mutual chemistry, sympathy, and spirit. Through-lines
to the no-frills rawness that helps make this landmark record
among the most genuine documents ever committed to tape,
these audiophile reissues present what transpired that winter day
with a fullness, directness, spaciousness, and dynamic absent
prior editions. You can hear it echo off the walls of the room;
pulse through the Tennessee Three’s acoustic-based rhythms;
ring in the comedy of the off-cuff remarks and pair of novelty
tunes; sense it in palpable energy that wells up within Cash and
his audience. And you can experience it like never before via
Cash’s knockout singing. Not for nothing did the myth of Cash
having done hard time persist for decades once this record hit the
streets. That’s how real it is, and how dedicated Cash remains to
conveying every note with nothing but the truth.

Side One:
1. Folsom Prison Blues
2. Dark as the Dungeon
3. I Still Miss Someone
4. Cocaine Blues
Side Two:
1. 25 Minutes to Go
2. Orange Blossom Special
3. The Long Black Veil
Side Three:
1. Send a Picture of Mother
2. The Wall
3. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog

Format / LP
Released / 06/21/2024
Catalogue / MFSL2-543
Barcode / 196588719011
Artist / Johnny Cash
Label / Mobile Fidelity
Genre / Country