The albums have all been remastered from the original Mercury master tapes by Kevin Reeves at UMG Studios in Nashville. These early mixes of the 1988 album have been mastered from tapes newly discovered in the Universal vaults. The CD version of the box set also includes Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (Early Mixes). Other albums included in the box set are Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town (1987), Boom Chicka Boom (1990), and The Mystery Of Life (1991). Very little fanfare accompanied the release.

The box set was released on June 26th after originally scheduled to be released on April 24th.

The 7 CD or 7 LP set features six studio albums including 1986’s Class of ’55 recorded with Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, and Water from the Wells of Home which includes collaborations with artists such as Paul McCartney, Emmylou Harris and the Everly Brothers. Now Johnny Cash’s Mercury years have been released in box set form. This was the time Cash was signed to Mercury Records from 1986 to 1991. One of the most consistently overlooked and forgotten eras of Johnny Cash music was after Columbia famously dropped him, but before he began working with Rick Rubin and his American Recordings imprint. So if you’ve been waiting for your opportunity to pick up The Man in Black’s most iconic songs and performances on vinyl, this will be your opportunity.

2, capturing Cash’s biggest songs during his Columbia Records era. 1, and The Johnny Cash Collection, His Greatest Hits Vol. It’s kind of crazy to think they ever went out-of-print on vinyl, but such has been the case for years.Īlso to be reissued on vinyl August 7th will be Johnny Cash Greatest Hits Vol. Though many Johnny Cash or country music fans have already scarfed up a copy of the iconic Johnny Cash prison albums At Folsom Prison (1968) and At San Quentin (1969) from a thrift store, or record store, or from your parent’s record collection, they both will finally be reissued new on vinyl on August 7th. For all of you Johnny Cash fans out there, there’s been a bevy of release and announcement activity lately you should be aware of-some of it newer stuff, some of it old, and all of it worthy to be on your radar.

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