My personal favorites are his live prison albums. Live At Folsom Prison and Live At San Quentin.

There's something about one of the greatest outlaw country singers of all-time singing and performing in front of some of the most dangerous men in the U.S.

What those albums showed was Cash's unrelenting love for his fans. There was no mention of the prisoner's pasts, no retribution or holy forgiveness. Just straight up Johnny's best. Cash at his grittiest.

Cash's live band was also ridiculously tight. Cash was a brilliant performer and I think those albums captured two of his best shows ever.

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Read more about these fantastic albums here:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfexql5ldte

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Maybe this is cheating, but I love his "best of" CDs. This one is my favorite:
http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Johnny-Cash/dp/B000BISBDY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1242162584&sr=1-2
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Here is the track list:
1. Cry! Cry! Cry!
2. Hey Porter
3. Folsom Prison Blues
4. I Walk The Line
5. Get Rhythm
6. Big River
7. Guess Things Happen That Way
8. Ring Of Fire
9. Jackson
10. A Boy Named Sue
11. Sunday Morning Coming Down
12. Man In Black
13. One Piece At A Time
14. Highwayman
15. The Wanderer
16. Delia's Gone
17. Rusty Cage
18. I've Been Everywhere
19. Give My Love To Rose
20. The Man Comes Around
21. Hurt
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