It is truly a fantastic album - I still have it on vinyl. The book should be a fascinating read - I've read descriptions of the circumstances surrounding the concert that are fascinating, although not book length.

Johnny Cash and June Carter were amazingly gutsy indviduals on top of being amazing musicians, and this album is abundant proof of both.

dunno wether its the best country record or not, but its certainly one of the dukes favourite records of all ever. The CD reissue from a couple years ago had the complete show, also, rather than the edited version available since forever. Same goes for the San Quentin concert, which is brilliant too, but there's just something magical about live at folsom prison. Its a tremendous record.

I might nominate the first American Recordings album with "Delia's Gone" and "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" as Johnny Cash's best one album.

Shark's Expert Opinion

"Live at Folsom" is tied for first place with:

"Big City" - by Merle Haggard; (this album is the "Sargeant Pepper" of C&W, imo.)

I dont even like country music,
So I dont even know why i'm posting this message

Country music shows only reflections, so if you don't like country music then you don't like yourself. Don't take it too hard though, because it's the same for all music. To say you don't like a certain type of music means you spend way to much time thinking about what you dislike over what you like. Please refrain from writing such immature comments in the future. Furthermore, these lists of what's the best is getting ridiculous. Who cares if Johnny Cash @ Folsom Prison is the #1 album or the #6 greatest album of all time. What matters is that it's great. So shut up about it already. Please and thankyou.

it sucks