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Personal File is an album by the late American

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icon Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

. The two CD set was released on May 23, 2006 on the Legacy label

Legacy Recordings

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. Personal File contains 49 unreleased tracks on 2 CDs recorded between 1973 and 1982. Recovered from a vault of material housed at the House of Cash studios, Personal File includes "Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century...

hits, traditional folk and gospel tunes, new originals and favorite covers" http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9418830/johnny_cashs_vault_opens – by Carter Family

Carter Family

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, Louvin Brothers

Louvin Brothers

The Louvin Brothers were an American country music duo composed of brothers Ira Lonnie Loudermilk and Charlie Elzer Loudermilk , better known as Ira and Charlie Louvin. They helped popularize close harmony, a genre of country music.-History:The brothers adopted the name Louvin Brothers in the...

, Johnny Horton

Johnny Horton

John Gale "Johnny" Horton was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s...

, John Prine

John Prine

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, Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell

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, and Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter

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. The album was compiled and produced by Gregg Geller with liner notes by Greil Marcus

Greil Marcus

Greil Marcus is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a much broader framework of culture and politics than is customary in pop music journalism.-Life and career:Marcus was born in San Francisco...

Disc one

"The Letter Edged in Black" (H. Navada) – 2:39
"There's a Mother Always Waiting at Home" (J. Thornton) – 4:21
"The Engineer's Dying Child" (H. Neil/G. Davis) – 2:07
"My Mother Was a Lady" (E. Marks) – 3:36
"The Winding Stream" (A.P. Carter
A. P. Carter
Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter , best known as A.P. Carter, was an American musician and founding member of The Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music.-Life:...

) – 2:37
"Far Away Places
Far Away Places
"Far Away Places" is an American popular song. It was written by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer and published in 1948.The recording by Bing Crosby was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24532. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on December 31, 1948 and lasted 18 weeks...

" (A. Kramer
Alex Kramer (songwriter)
Alex J. Kramer was a Canadian songwriter....

/J. Whitney
Joan Whitney Kramer
Joan Whitney Kramer was an American singer and songwriter.She was born as Zoe Parenteau in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Finch College in New York City. In 1934, while playing a showgirl in The Great Waltz on Broadway, she took the stage name Joan Whitney...

) – 2:23
"Galway Bay" (Dr. A. Colahan) – 1:45
"When I Stop Dreaming" (C. Louvin/I. Louvin
Louvin Brothers
The Louvin Brothers were an American country music duo composed of brothers Ira Lonnie Loudermilk and Charlie Elzer Loudermilk , better known as Ira and Charlie Louvin. They helped popularize close harmony, a genre of country music.-History:The brothers adopted the name Louvin Brothers in the...

) – 3:11
"Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
"Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" is a popular English song, set to the lyrics of Ben Jonson's 1616 poem "Song. To Celia." John Addington Symonds demonstrated in The Academy 16 that almost every line has its counterpart in the Epistles of Philostratus, notably Epistle xxx...

" (Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
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/Traditional) – 3:32
"I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" (T.P. Westendorf) – 2:28
"Missouri Waltz" (J.R. Shannon/F.K. Logan-Eppel) – 2:00
"Louisiana Man" (D. Kershaw/B. Deaton) – 3:28
"Paradise
Paradise (John Prine song)
"Paradise" is a song written by John Prine for his father, and recorded for his 1971 debut album, John Prine. Prine also re-recorded the song for his 1986 album, German Afternoons. The song is about the impact of coal mining both while in activity and what happens to the area around the Green River...

" (J. Prine
John Prine
John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...

) – 3:03
"I Don't Believe You Wanted to Leave" (J. Tubb) – 2:56
"Jim, I Wore a Tie Today" (C. Walker) – 2:47
"Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw was once a thriving lumber town and manufacturing center. Saginaw and Saginaw County lie in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan...

" (B. Anderson/D. Wayne) – 2:29
"When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
"When It's Springtime in Alaska " is a 1959 single by Johnny Horton. The single was Johnny Horton's sixth release on the country chart and the first of three number ones on the country chart . The single spent twenty-three weeks on the chart....

" (J. Horton
Johnny Horton
John Gale "Johnny" Horton was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s...

/T. Franks) – 2:16
"Girl in Saskatoon" (J. Horton) – 2:17
"The Cremation of Sam McGee
The Cremation of Sam McGee
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" is among the most famous of Robert W. Service's poems. It was published in 1907 in The Songs of a Sourdough...

" (A poem by Robert W. Service
Robert W. Service
Robert William Service was a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon".Service is best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", from his first book, Songs of a Sourdough...

) – 5:33
"Tiger Whitehead" (Cash/N. Winston) – 4:44
"It's All Over" (Cash) – 2:49
"A Fast Song" (Cash) – 2:32
"Virgie" (Cash) – 2:57
"I Wanted So" (Cash) – 2:41
"It Takes One to Know Me" (C. Carter
Carlene Carter
Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith....

) – 3:14

Disc two

"Seal It in My Heart and Mind" (Cash) – 1:51
"Wildwood in the Pines" (R. Crowell
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....

) – 2:41
"Who at My Door Is Standing" (M.B.C. Slade/A.B. Everett) – 2:31
"Have Thine Own Way, Lord
Have Thine Own Way, Lord
"Have Thine Own Way, Lord" is a Christian hymn with lyrics by Adelaide A. Pollard and music by George C. Stebbins was first published in 1907, in the "Northfield Hymnal with Alexander's Supplement". Later that year, it also appeared in two other popular hymnals, Ira Sankey's "Hallowed Hymns New and...

" (A. Pollard/G. Stebbins) – 3:43
"Lights of Magdala" (L. Murray) – 2:26
"If Jesus Ever Loved a Woman" (Unknown) – 2:39
"The Lily of the Valley" (C.W. Fry/W.S. Hays) – 1:45
"Have a Drink of Water" (Unknown) – 3:36
"The Way Worn Traveler" (A.P. Carter
A. P. Carter
Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter , best known as A.P. Carter, was an American musician and founding member of The Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music.-Life:...

) – 2:03
"Look Unto the East" (Cash) – 2:12
"Matthew 24 (Is Knocking at the Door)" (Cash/June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash
Valerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...

) – 1:57
"The House Is Falling Down" (Unknown) – 2:51
"One of These Days I'm Gonna Sit Down and Talk to Paul" (Cash) – 3:20
"What on Earth (Will You Do for Heaven's Sake)" (Cash) – 2:44
"My Children Walk in Truth" (Cash) – 2:50
"No Earthly Good" (Cash) – 1:51
"Sanctified" (Cash) – 2:33
"Lord, Lord, Lord" (Unknown) – 2:20
"What Is Man" (Cash) – 2:24
"Over the Next Hill (We'll Be Home)" (Cash) – 2:55
"A Half a Mile a Day" (Cash) – 4:25
"Farther Along" (Traditional) – 2:57
"Life's Railway to Heaven" (M.E. Abbey/C.D. Tillman) – 2:14
"In the Sweet By-and-By" (S.F. Bennett/J.P. Webster) – 2:50

Additional personnel

Vic Anesini – Mastering
Charlie Bragg – Engineer
John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash is an American Country music-singer, author, songwriter and producer. He is the only son of Johnny and June Carter Cash.-Biography:...

– Executive Producer
Gregg Geller – Producer, Compilation
John Jackson – Project Director
Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a much broader framework of culture and politics than is customary in pop music journalism.-Life and career:Marcus was born in San Francisco...

– Liner Notes
Jim Marshall – Photography, Cover Photo
Randall Martin – Art Direction, Design
Rosa Menkes – Producer
Lou Robin – Executive Producer

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	22
U.S. Billboard 200	108

Reviews

"Johnny Cash Treasure Chest on the Way" - CMT
Country Music Television
Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
"Johnny Cash's Vault Opens" - Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
"Johnny Cash Gets Personal" - Spin

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