Johnny Cash’s legendary 1968 concert where he went to a maximum security prison called Folsom Prison in California where he performed his music infront of prison inmates will be getting a 3 disc CD/DVD treatment with the concert being released in it’s entirety and will have unreleased tracks as well. Johnny Cash fans may have heard the “Live at Folsom Prison” album as you see above that classic album wasn’t recorded in it’s entirety.

On disc one for the set, includes Johnny Cash’s entire concert at Folsom Prison that will include seven unreleased tracks.

On disc two, contains the entire 75 minute second show (remember, Cash played two concerts at Folsom Prison) which includes all the duets with his wife June Carter Cash.

The DVD doesn’t really include the concert itself since it wasn’t really videotaped, but the DVD will contain footage of an inside tour of Folsom Prison, and will contain interviews by musicians friends of Johnny Cash such as Merle Haggard, Roseanne Cash, and Marty Stuart. The DVD will also include unpublished photographs of the prison itself.

The booklet will include a long 4,000 word essay by a Cash biographer, and will include liner notes written by Johnny and Steve Earle in 1999. “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison” is the concert that got him his fame and recogntion as a country/gospel musician.

Billboard Reports:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003837970

As a huge Johnny Cash fan, I am definitely getting this.

This sounds fucking sweet! “Folsom Prison” in it’s entirety! Hell yeah! This is a must buy for any Johnny Cash fan!

Kev