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At Folsom Prison is a live album by Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in May 1968. Since his 1955 song "Folsom Prison Blues", Cash had been interested in performing at a prison. His idea was put on hold until 1967, when personnel changes at Columbia Records put Bob Johnston in charge of producing Cash's material. Cash had recently controlled his drug abuse problems, and was looking to turn his career around after several years of limited commercial success. Backed with June Carter, whom he married later that year; Carl Perkins and the Tennessee Three, Cash performed two shows at Folsom State Prison in California on January 13, 1968. The resulting album consisted of 15 tracks from the first show and two tracks from the second.

Despite little initial investment by Columbia, the album was a hit in the United States, reaching number one on the country charts and the top 15 of the national album chart. The lead single from the album, a live version of "Folsom Prison Blues", was a top 40 hit, Cash's first since 1964's "Understand Your Man". At Folsom Prison received good reviews upon its release and the ensuing popularity revitalized Cash's career, leading to the release of a second prison album, At San Quentin. The album was re-released with additional tracks in 1999.

1. "Folsom Prison Blues" - 2:42 
2. "Busted" (Harlan Howard) - 1:25 
3. "Dark as a Dungeon" - 3:04 
4. "I Still Miss Someone" - 1:38 
5. "Cocaine Blues" - 3:01 
6. "25 Minutes to Go" - 3:31 
7. "Orange Blossom Special" - 3:06 
8. "The Long Black Veil" - 3:58 
9. "Send a Picture of Mother" - 2:05 
10. "The Wall" - 1:36 
11. "Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog"  - 1:30 
12. "Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart" - 2:05 
13. "Joe Bean" (B. Freeman, L. Pober)  - 3:05 
14. "Jackson" (with June Carter) - 3:12 
15. "Give My Love to Rose" (with June Carter) - 2:43 
16. "I Got Stripes" - 1:52 
17. "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" (Johnny Cash, June Carter)  - 7:08 
18. "Green, Green Grass of Home" - 2:13 
19. "Greystone Chapel" - 6:02