The Johnny Cash Sun Records discography details the music recorded by country music legend Johnny Cash and released on Sun Records. From late 1954 to July, 1958, Cash recorded for Sun Records, a label founded by Sam Phillips and located at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Despite making his final recordings for Sun in 1958 and subsequently moving to Columbia Records, Phillips amassed sufficient backlog to continue to release new material by Cash in single and album format until as late as 1964.
LPs
Cash was the first Sun artist to release an LP
Singles
The following are the singles released by Sun Records. Cash left Sun for Columbia in July, 1958. Sun continued to release singles through 1964.
Sun recording history
Between September 1, 1954, and July 17, 1958, Cash recorded several sessions at Memphis Sun Studios. The Sun singles and albums were recorded at the sessions described below; "master" indicates which take of a song was used for singles and albums.
Demo session, September 1, 1954
"Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:26
"You're My Baby" (demo) – 1:42
"My Treasure" (demo) – 2:31
"My Treasure" (overdubbed master) – 1:17
Demo session, March 22, 1955
"Folsom Prison Blues" (demo) – 2:32
"Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:36
"Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:28
"My Two Timin' Woman" (demo) – 1:59
"Hey Porter" (demo) – 2:13
Studio session, September 1, 1954
"Hey Porter" (master) – 2:14
"Cry, Cry, Cry" (master) – 2:29
"Wide Open Road" (master) – 2:24
Studio sessions, April 26, 1955
"Port of Lonely Hearts" (master) – 2:36
"I Couldn't Keep from Crying" (master) – 2:02
"New Mexico" (master) – 2:07
Studio session, July 30, 1955
"Folsom Prison Blues" (master) – 2:50
"Luther Played the Boogie" (master) – 2:05
"So Doggone Lonesome" (master) – 2:38
"Mean Eyed Cat" (master) – 2:30
Demo session for KWEM, November 2, 1955 – KWEM Radio Studio, West Memphis, Arkansas "Rock 'n' Roll Ruby" (demo) – 1:42