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''Destination Victoria Station'' is a 1975 album by country music singer [[Johnny Cash]]. It was offered as a CBS Special Product and could only be bought at Victoria Station restaurants. Cash re-recorded many of his old train songs for this album, including "Hey Porter", "Casey Jones", "Waitin' for a Train" and "Wreck of the Ol' 97", as well as recording two new songs, "John Henry", and "Destination Victoria Station". In addition to re-recording songs, Cash also re-recorded his voice on "Wabash Cannonball" and "Orange Blossom Special", both retaining their original backing music.
{{Infobox album
| name = Destination Victoria Station
| type = studio
| artist = [[Johnny Cash]]
| cover = DestinationVictoriaStation.jpg
| alt = Portrait of a smiling man holding a guitar and standing on the stairs of a railroad car.
| released = {{Start date|1975}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length =
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Five Feet High and Rising]]
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = [[Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (Johnny Cash album)|Greatest Hits, Vol. 3]]
| next_year = 1978
}}
{{music ratings
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Destination Victoria Station Album Reviews, Songs & More | website=AllMusic | date=1 January 1970 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/destination-victoria-station-mw0000864174 | access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>
|rev1score={{Rating|2|5}}
|rev2=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]<ref>Larkin, Colin (ed.), [https://archive.org/details/virginencycloped0000unse_d1p5/page/110/mode/2up The Virgin Encyclopedia of 60s Music], Virgin Books (UK), 2002, p. 110.</ref>
|rev2score={{Rating|2|5}}
}}
'''''Destination Victoria Station''''' is a 1975 album by country music singer [[Johnny Cash]]. It was offered as a Columbia Special Product and could only be bought at [[Victoria Station (restaurant)|Victoria Station restaurants]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Miller | first=Stephen | title=Johnny Cash: The Life of an American icon | publisher=Music Sales | date=2003 | isbn=978-1-84449-414-9 | page=238 |url=https://archive.org/details/johnnycashlifeof0000mill/page/238/mode/2up}}</ref> Cash re-recorded several of his old train songs for this album, including "Waitin' for a Train", "Wreck of the Ol' 97" and "John Henry", and one new song, "Destination Victoria Station". In addition to re-recording songs, Cash also re-recorded his vocals on "Wabash Cannonball" and "Orange Blossom Special", both retaining their original 1960s backing tracks. The title track had previously been featured on a live album, but the recording for this release was a new studio performance. The album also included several tracks lifted from previously released albums. To date this album has never been released on CD and due to its heavy reliance on previously released recordings was omitted from the otherwise-comprehensive 2012 box set ''[[Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection]]''.


==Tracklisting==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
*Casey Jones (Johnny Cash) 3:01
|headline=Side one
*[[Hey Porter]] (Cash) 2:41
|title1 = [[Casey Jones (folksong)|Casey Jones]]
*John Henry (Traditional) 2:51
|writer1 = Trad. arr. Johnny Cash
*[[Wabash Cannonball]] (A.P. Carter) 2:39
|length1 = 3:01
*[[City of New Orleans (song)|City of New Orleans]] (Steve Goodman) 3:38
|note1 = from ''[[Blood, Sweat and Tears (album)|Blood, Sweat and Tears]]''
*[[Folsom Prison Blues]] (Cash) 2:45
|title2 = [[Hey Porter]]
*Crystal Chandeliers and Burgundy (Jack Routh) 2:27
|writer2 = Johnny Cash
*[[Wreck of the Old 97]] (Trad. arr. by Cash, Norman Blake, Bob Johnson) 1:49
|length2 = 2:41
*Waitin' for a Train ([[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]) 1:46
|title3 = [[John Henry (folklore)|John Henry]]
*[[Orange Blossom Special (song)|Orange Blossom Special]] (Ervin T. Rouse) 3:05
|writer3 = Traditional
*Texas 1947 (Guy Clark) 3:16
|length3 = 2:51
*Destination Victoria Station (Cash) 2:20
|note3 = previously recorded in a longer version with different lyrics as "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" for ''[[Blood, Sweat and Tears (album)|Blood, Sweat and Tears]]''
|title4 = [[Wabash Cannonball]]
|writer4 = [[A.P. Carter]]
|length4 = 2:39
|note4 = new vocal; original instrumental backing from ''[[Happiness is You]]''
|title5 = [[City of New Orleans (song)|City of New Orleans]]
|writer5 = [[Steve Goodman]]
|length5 = 3:38
|note5 = from ''[[Johnny Cash and His Woman]]''
|title6 = [[Folsom Prison Blues]]
|writer6 = Johnny Cash
|length6 = 2:45
|note6 = from ''[[At Folsom Prison]]''
}}
{{track listing
|headline=Side two
|title1 = Crystal Chandeliers and Burgundy
|writer1 = Jack Wesley Routh
|length1 = 2:27
|note1 = from ''[[Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me|The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me]]''
|title2 = [[Wreck of the Old 97]]
|writer2 = Trad. arr. [[Norman Blake (American musician)|Norman Blake]], Johnny Cash, [[Bob Johnson (musician)|Bob Johnson]]
|length2 = 1:49
|title3 = [[Waiting for a Train (Jimmie Rodgers song)|Waiting for a Train]]
|writer3 = [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]
|length3 = 1:46
|title4 = [[Orange Blossom Special (song)|Orange Blossom Special]]
|writer4 = [[Ervin T. Rouse]]
|length4 = 3:05
|note4 = new vocal; original instrumental backing from ''[[Orange Blossom Special (album)|Orange Blossom Special]]''
|title5 = Texas 1947
|writer5 = [[Guy Clark]]
|length5 = 3:16
|note5 = from ''[[Look at Them Beans]]''
|title6 = Destination Victoria Station
|writer6 = Johnny Cash
|length6 = 2:20
}}


==See also==
==See also==
[[List of train songs|List of Train Songs]]
*[[List of train songs]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Johnny Cash}}


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[[Category:Johnny Cash albums]]
[[Category:Johnny Cash albums]]
[[Category:1975 albums]]
[[Category:1975 albums]]

[[Category:Songs about trains]]

{{1970s-country-album-stub}}

Latest revision as of 08:32, 23 February 2024

Destination Victoria Station
Portrait of a smiling man holding a guitar and standing on the stairs of a railroad car.
Studio album by
Johnny Cash
Released1975 (1975)
GenreCountry
LabelColumbia
Johnny Cash chronology
Five Feet High and Rising
(1974) 		Destination Victoria Station
(1975) 		Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Destination Victoria Station is a 1975 album by country music singer Johnny Cash. It was offered as a Columbia Special Product and could only be bought at Victoria Station restaurants.[3] Cash re-recorded several of his old train songs for this album, including "Waitin' for a Train", "Wreck of the Ol' 97" and "John Henry", and one new song, "Destination Victoria Station". In addition to re-recording songs, Cash also re-recorded his vocals on "Wabash Cannonball" and "Orange Blossom Special", both retaining their original 1960s backing tracks. The title track had previously been featured on a live album, but the recording for this release was a new studio performance. The album also included several tracks lifted from previously released albums. To date this album has never been released on CD and due to its heavy reliance on previously released recordings was omitted from the otherwise-comprehensive 2012 box set Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection.

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Casey Jones" (from Blood, Sweat and Tears)Trad. arr. Johnny Cash3:01
2."Hey Porter"Johnny Cash2:41
3."John Henry" (previously recorded in a longer version with different lyrics as "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" for Blood, Sweat and Tears)Traditional2:51
4."Wabash Cannonball" (new vocal; original instrumental backing from Happiness is You)A.P. Carter2:39
5."City of New Orleans" (from Johnny Cash and His Woman)Steve Goodman3:38
6."Folsom Prison Blues" (from At Folsom Prison)Johnny Cash2:45
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crystal Chandeliers and Burgundy" (from The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me)Jack Wesley Routh2:27
2."Wreck of the Old 97"Trad. arr. Norman Blake, Johnny Cash, Bob Johnson1:49
3."Waiting for a Train"Jimmie Rodgers1:46
4."Orange Blossom Special" (new vocal; original instrumental backing from Orange Blossom Special)Ervin T. Rouse3:05
5."Texas 1947" (from Look at Them Beans)Guy Clark3:16
6."Destination Victoria Station"Johnny Cash2:20

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Destination Victoria Station Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (ed.), The Virgin Encyclopedia of 60s Music, Virgin Books (UK), 2002, p. 110.
  3. ^ Miller, Stephen (2003). Johnny Cash: The Life of an American icon. Music Sales. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-84449-414-9.



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