Water from the Wells of Home

Track list

Disc 1

1. Ballad of a Teenage Queen

   2:45 • Studio version

2. As Long as I Live

   2:58 • Studio version

3. Where Did We Go Right

   2:58 • Studio version

4. The Last of the Drifters

   3:17 • Studio version

5. Call Me the Breeze

   3:24 • Studio version

6. That Old Wheel

   2:49 • Studio version

7. Sweeter Than the Flowers

   2:56 • Studio version

8. A Croft in Clachan (The Ballad of Rob MacDunn)

   4:04 • Studio version

9. New Moon Over Jamaica

   Written by Paul McCartney, Tom T. Hall, Johnny Cash

   3:12 • Studio version • A

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Vocals Hamish Stuart : Guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Chris Whitten : Drums Tom T. Hall : Backing vocals Johnny Cash : Vocals Matt Butler : Assistant engineer Jack Clement : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer June Carter : Backing vocals

   Session Recording: May 09, 1988 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

10. Water from the Wells of Home

    2:58 • Studio version

From Wikipedia:

Water from the Wells of Home is the 75th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Mercury Records in 1988. It features several collaborations with other artists, including “New Moon Over Jamaica” with Paul McCartney. Other guests include Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris and family members Rosanne Cash, John Carter Cash, June Carter Cash and members of the Carter Family. “Call Me the Breeze” is a J. J. Cale song that had been previously covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd. “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” is a new recording of a song that had appeared on Cash’s Sun era album Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous. The album did not fare well on the charts, peaking at No. 48; the two singles, “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” and “That Old Wheel“, reached No. 45 and No. 21, respectively. A 2003 re-release of the album contained a bonus track, consisting of Johnny Cash discussing various songs on the album.

From Club Sandwich N°50, Autumn 1988:

From its casual beginnings as a holiday collaboration between Paul, Johnny and Tom T. Hall, ‘New Moon Over Jamaica’ is now a track on the new Cash album, Water from the Wells of Home.

Johnny Cash’s rich voice is as much an American monument as Mount Rushmore, where the heads of four great Presidents are carved in stone. It’s so individual that blending with it would seem no easy task. Yet, as if to prove me wrong, Johnny’s new album is made up of ten duets.

This album is phase two of a significant comeback by Mr. Cash. Having started at Sun Records with Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, he moved to CBS for almost 30 years. However, as often happens, a change of scene gave Johnny a new lease of life, his first album for Mercury containing sterling performances of strong material like Elvis Costello’s ‘The Big Light’.

The new one features stellar names such as the Everly Brothers, Glen Campbell and Hank Williams Jr., but only one of these is English: yes, your very own Paul McCartney.

jgarrett7 • 2 years ago

The PaulMcCartney Project • 2 years ago

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