Johnny Cash — Beat-Club 1972
Recorded 1972
Radio Bremen studios · Bremen · 
Germany
Featuring Carl Perkins, Anita Carter, June Carter Cash
Setlist
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Album featured at the showA Thing Called Love1972The title track of the album released that year closes the performance“To see Cash fill an edition devoted to his music in the final months of Beat-Club, in 1972.”
Context
In 1972, Johnny Cash's country takes over a German program associated with rock. Beat-Club welcomes the singer in Bremen for an edition devoted to his music, aired on September 30. His American show had ended the year before; here, television once again gathers road partners and family.
Carl Perkins clears the way with Blue Suede Shoes and Me and Jesus. Cash takes the vocals on A Boy Named Sue and moves through prison stories like San Quentin and Folsom Prison Blues. Anita Carter sings Lovin' Him Was Easier, with a false start preserved. June comes in for five duets, from Jackson to If I Had a Hammer.
A Thing Called Love, the title track of the record released that year, closes the session. A few months later, Beat-Club ends its run and Radio Bremen launches Musikladen. The recording stays tied to that chapter of German television: a Cash performance that keeps not only the songs but also the attempts and interruptions.
- June Carter Cash shares five songs with Cash, including Jackson and The Loving Gift.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Johnny CashVocals and acoustic guitar
- Bob WoottonGuitar
- Marshall GrantBass
- W. S. HollandDrums
- Carl PerkinsguestGuitar and vocals
- Anita CarterguestVocals
- June Carter CashguestVocals
Trivia
Carl Perkins opens the performance singing Blue Suede Shoes and Me and Jesus.
Anita Carter restarts Lovin' Him Was Easier after a false start.
The Wall is cut off before The Prisoner's Song.
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