Title: Johnny Cash | At Folsom Prison

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1968, Country, Outlaw Country, Nashville

Matrix #: CS 9639

Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good, some light marks (CC)

Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle Cash came into this era battered by amphetamine addiction, career instability, and public self-destruction, making the prison setting feel more lived than theatrical.
2. Studio Lore The album was recorded live inside Folsom State Prison, with the crowd’s reactions becoming part of the record’s tension, humor, and authority.
3. Media Narrative This LP rebuilt Cash’s image, turning him from a fading star into a harder, more credible American figure tied to inmates, outsiders, and social realism.

4/18/2026 CC