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På Österåker

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Johnny Cash på Österåker
Live album by
ReleasedJanuary 1973
RecordedOctober 3, 1972
VenueÖsteråker Prison (Sweden)
Genre
Length34:07
LabelColumbia
Producer
Johnny Cash chronology
International Superstar
(1972)
Johnny Cash på Österåker
(1973)
Any Old Wind That Blows
(1973)
Singles from Johnny Cash på Österåker
  1. "Orleans Parish Prison"
    Released: January 11, 1974
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Allmusic[1]

Johnny Cash på Österåker (Swedish for 'At Österåker') is a live album by country singer Johnny Cash released on Columbia Records in 1973, making it his 43rd overall release. The album features Cash's concert at the Österåker Prison in Sweden held on October 3, 1972. Its counterparts in concept are the more notable At Folsom Prison (1968), At San Quentin (1969), and A Concert Behind Prison Walls (1976). Unlike aforementioned, På Österåker does not contain any of Cash's most well-known songs; it does, however, include a version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee". "Orleans Parish Prison" was released as a single, faring rather poorly on the charts. Cash had previously recorded "I Saw a Man" for his 1959 album, Hymns by Johnny Cash.

The majority of the songs featured in the original release would remain unique to this concert recording, though Cash would later record a studio version of "City Jail" for his 1977 album, The Last Gunfighter Ballad. Some lyrics from "City Jail" taken from the protagonist's dialogue with a policeman would later be incorporated by Cash into live performances of "Orange Blossom Special".

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Orleans Parish Prison"Dick Feller2:32
2."Jacob Green"Johnny Cash3:07
3."Me and Bobby McGee"Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson3:11
4."The Prisoner's Song"Guy Massey2:24
5."The Invertebraes"Johnny Cash, Gordon D. Dillingham, Charles A. Johnston2:27
6."That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine"Gene Autry, Jimmy Long3:08
7."City Jail"Johnny Cash3:56
8."Life of a Prisoner"Jimmy Lee Wilkerson2:49
9."Looking Back in Anger"Harlan Sanders, Glen Sherley2:14
10."Nobody Cared"June Carter Cash2:07
11."Help Me Make It Through the Night"Kris Kristofferson3:09
12."I Saw a Man"Arthur Smith3:03

Personnel

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Additional personnel (2007 reissue only)

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  • Original Recordings Produced by: Larry Butler & Charlie Bragg
  • Produced for Reissue By: Al Quaglieri
  • Mixed and Mastered by: Bob Irwin at Sundazed Studios
  • Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz
  • Project Direction: Lars Hoglund & Tom Burleigh
  • Art Direction and Design: Ricky Tillblad & Joan Kjellberg/Zion Graphics
  • Photography: Don Hunstein, Sony BMG Archives
  • Executive Producers: John Carter Cash & Lou Robin

Charts

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SinglesBillboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1974 "Orleans Parish Prison" Country Singles 52

References

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