Austin Prison Explained

Austin Prison
Type:single
Artist:Johnny Cash
Album:Everybody Loves a Nut
A-Side:"Everybody Loves a Nut"
"Austin Prison"
Genre:country
Label:Columbia 4-43673
Producer:Don Law and Frank Jones
Url:https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Cash-Everybody-Loves-A-Nut/release/1882609
Johnny Cash - Everybody Loves A Nut (1966, Terre Haute Pressing, Vinyl)
Website:Discogs
Year:1966
Accessdate:2020-05-09

"Austin Prison" is a song written by Johnny Cash[1] and originally recorded by him on Columbia Records for his 1966 novelty album Everybody Loves a Nut.

It was first released in May 1966[2] as the flip side to the second single (Columbia 4-43673, "Everybody Loves a Nut" / "Austin Prison") from the yet-to-be-released album.[3] [4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash, the Songs. 2004. Thunder's Mouth Press. 9781560256298. This song was followed by "Everybody Loves a Nut," also written by Clement, which has Cash proclaim that the world likes people a little off center and slightly weird..
  2. Book: Peter Lewry. I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. 2001. Helter Skelter. 978-1-900924-22-1.
    May
    "Everybody Loves A Nut"/"Austin Prison" (Columbia 4-43673) released. This is the second single to be lifted from the forthcoming Everybody Loves A Nut album and it will spend nine weeks on the charts in July and August, reaching a high of #17.. 49–50.
  3. Book: Steve Turner. The man called Cash: the life, love, and faith of an American legend. 1 November 2005. Thomas Nelson Inc. 978-0-8499-0815-6. ... and started recording a lighthearted album that appeared to be a deliberate diversion from all the morbidity around him. In the first ....
  4. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 23 May 1970. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 1–. 0006-2510.
    Book: Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975. 2000. Krause Publications. 978-0-87341-934-5.
    Book: Tim Neely. Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. 31 August 2006. Krause Publications. 9780896893078.
    Book: The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. 1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-29506-5. 8.
  5. Book: George Albert. The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. 1984-01-01. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-1685-5.