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CD Remastered Version With Bonus Tracks
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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been a huge fan of Johnny Cash for many years, while I've always wished that June had spent more time in the recording studio.
This particular album was recorded at a time when country duets were highly fashionable. Had Johnny and June recorded more albums together, they may have had the same success as Porter and Dolly, George and Tammy, Conway and Loretta. This was a very successful album, but they didn't follow it up. Instead, they simply included their duets on Johnny's solo albums.
It ain't me babe had been a hit a couple of years before this album was recorded. The other songs were all recorded in 1967. Long-legged guitar picking man and Jackson were the two new big hits that every country oldies fan will recognise. The other songs are also excellent and demonstrate that the chemistry between Johnny and June was brilliant.
This was and remains one of the more significant albums of Johnny's long and distinguished career, and also leaves us wondering how big a star June could have been had she taken a music career seriously.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By doublegone
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There is some very nice stuff on here but there is also a track I believe after some considerable research to be the worst performance Mr C ever put down on tape. Its actually worth getting just for the car crash awfulness.
Jackson and Guitar Pickin Man being the best of the bunch. June's raggedy edged deep country voice is a pure joy compared to the plastic divas nashville serves up these days. Love to hear that growl mingling with the sweetness. Johnny is if anything a bit hesitant in his vocalising, compared to other work. If only he had been hesitant however in the cover of Ray Charles' What I Say. The band almost exactly replicates the original version give or take a bit of dodgy keyboard timing, but Cash is singing high! And let me tell you, Johnny Cash cannot sing high. It sounds like your Dad drunk at the Karaoke machine. Very strange indeed. Don't let it put you off buying the album, but just be ready to be apalled and amazed in equal measure.
Jackson and Guitar Pickin Man being the best of the bunch. June's raggedy edged deep country voice is a pure joy compared to the plastic divas nashville serves up these days. Love to hear that growl mingling with the sweetness. Johnny is if anything a bit hesitant in his vocalising, compared to other work. If only he had been hesitant however in the cover of Ray Charles' What I Say. The band almost exactly replicates the original version give or take a bit of dodgy keyboard timing, but Cash is singing high! And let me tell you, Johnny Cash cannot sing high. It sounds like your Dad drunk at the Karaoke machine. Very strange indeed. Don't let it put you off buying the album, but just be ready to be apalled and amazed in equal measure.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Linesider
Format:Audio CD
I got this album on the strength of the review on here and because of the 'Still Unravished' tribute, for which one of my favourite bands had contributed a song, thus bringing the band to my attention. And what a band! The songs, both those of the June Brides and Phil Wilson, are intelligent, musically interesting and genuine. If that's not enough, they possess amazing foot stomping tunes. As has been mentioned, the set comes with extensive sleeve notes which is just as well, because if you search the net you will find depressingly little about the band. That's a crying shame, but it does make you feel slightly smug for discovering them.
This is proper, original indie music in all its glory, augmented by beautiful viola and trumpet. It's the sound of a tight band playing together in a room: no autotune here. Considering this is every song of both JB and PW, you'd expect some duffers, but there aren't any! That said, standouts have to be 'In The Rain', 'Every Conversation', 'The Instrumental', 'No Place Like Home' and 'Waiting For A Change' (gorgeous country lilt and rockabilly, with sublime lyrics to boot). If you're into the modern 'indie scene', check this album out - it destroys the vast majority of it (whatever indie now is). Check it out if you appreciate fine music and want to feel smug that the June Brides and Phil Wilson are on your ipod and hardly anybody elses; this is precious music that deserves to be heard.
This is proper, original indie music in all its glory, augmented by beautiful viola and trumpet. It's the sound of a tight band playing together in a room: no autotune here. Considering this is every song of both JB and PW, you'd expect some duffers, but there aren't any! That said, standouts have to be 'In The Rain', 'Every Conversation', 'The Instrumental', 'No Place Like Home' and 'Waiting For A Change' (gorgeous country lilt and rockabilly, with sublime lyrics to boot). If you're into the modern 'indie scene', check this album out - it destroys the vast majority of it (whatever indie now is). Check it out if you appreciate fine music and want to feel smug that the June Brides and Phil Wilson are on your ipod and hardly anybody elses; this is precious music that deserves to be heard.
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Nice album
Am not a huge Johnny Cash fan, but bought this after watching the film 'Walk The Line'. Nice album. Enjoyed!
Published 2 months ago by Apiarist
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Fabulous music
I love all and anything that johnny cash and june carter did,theirs was a very long partnership and for a married couple, they continued to wor their magic into all their... Read more
Published 4 months ago by cyfinch
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A wonderful career overview.
It is a pity June Carter is best known to most people as Mrs Johnny Cash.She enjoyed a stellar career with the Carter Family/sisters,various duet partners,most notably J.C. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2010 by A. Hansen
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Lovely Album
I have nothing more to add to the about reveiw. I just think it deserves more that one start ( an accident maybe on the part of the reviewer )
Published on 31 May 2006 by Keith B. Douglas
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Joy Will Find You Out
It's weird seeing your first crush, nay, love two decades on, looking all chic and fresh. The June Brides were the first band I truly fell for in my late teens, after years of... Read more
Published on 23 May 2006 by A. J. Wood
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