The Holy
Land
Columbia
KCS-9726
1969
No Longer Available New, On Vinyl
Now Available On CD Harmony 1786-2
Note: This Album Was first Released With A Three-D Plastic Picture On The
Cover. On later Re-Issues This feature Was Dropped and a Normal Picture Was
Used
The
State of Israel would like to express its condolences to the family of the
late Johnny Cash, an American icon and true friend of Israel.
In
1968, Johnny Cash produced “The Holy Land,” an album about his travels
in Israel
He
returned in 1973 to film a documentary about the life of Jesus called
“The Gospel Road” with his wife, June Carter Cash.
A
frequent guest, Johnny Cash was loved by Israelis and his music will live
on in the pubs, cafes and hearts of a grateful nation
In the sixties Johnny Cash and June Carter visited the Holy Land
and recorded this album "The Holy Land" some parts of the album was actuality
record live in the holy land. The album was release in 1969 on Columbia Records KCS-1786-2
and the first albums that where released had a plastic 3-D picture on it’s cover of
Johnny Cash sanding supposedly in the holy land. Later released copies no longer had the
3-D picture on the cover
All Songs On This Album Was Written By Johnny Cash And
Published By House Of Cash (BMI) 1968 Except Track 11, Written By L.D. Witt And Published
By House Of Cash ( BM I ) 1968.Track 12, Written By Carl Perkins And Published By
Cedarwood Publising Co. Inc/ House Of Cash 1968. And Track 17, Written By L Smith And
Published By Lynn Music Corp. ( BMI ) 1955
Johnny Cash, June Carter And Columbia Records Photographic Staff In The Holy
Land, Where Johnny Did Extensive Research For The Holy Land Album. Studying The Deep Sea
Scrolls and Investigating The Moslem And Other Religions Were also Involved In Giving Him
background For Such A major Project .
The Holy Land
Jerusalem;
In it’s 4,000-year history, Jerusalem has been
repeatedly besieged burned, buffeted, and rebuilt. Yet as the cradle of three major
religions, it endures as a place of irresistible spiritual seduction.
Jerusalem is enthroned upon a hill at the edge of a cruel blue sky. It’s
stones and the stones of it’s walls are the color of bones left too long in the sun.
The Judean deserts plots against it’s air-condition suburbs. Sands whisper along its
ancient streets. One of oldest Jewish prayers is for rain. At first sight the city is
instantly familiar; the walls, the crosses, the great golden dome. It’s sits astride
the path of pilgrims from every point of the spiritual compass. For the people of the book
Jews, Christians, and Muslims – it is a scared place
Islam's Golden Dome Of The Rock, Christianity's Church Of The Holy
Sepulcher, And Judaism's Western Wall Lie Clustered in A Single Square Mile,
Tightly bound
Together By Walls Of Ancient Stone
Links To Words of Other Songs
Home Of The
Blues
Big River
I walk The
Line
(
Ghost ) Riders In The Sky
Hank
And Joe And Me
All Over
Again
What
I Care
Orange
Blossom Special
Revised: September 02, 2007
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