Johnny Cash – By Special Request (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1970

By Special Request is an LP by Johnny Cash from 1970 released on the Universal Summit label.

About this album

By Special Request gathers Johnny Cash’s early Columbia-era favourites into a single compilation that underlines how quickly he became one of country music’s defining voices. Issued in 1970, the set draws on songs such as Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk the Line and Get Rhythm, pairing stark prison-ballad realism with plainspoken hooks and the lean boom-chicka-boom sound that helped make Cash unmistakable. Rather than a stray assortment, it presents a concise portrait of his early impact: a performer who brought country, folk and rockabilly elements together with unusual authority. It remains a clear snapshot of the material that built his reputation.