Unearthed, a CD box set spanning Johnny Cash's final recordings, hit shelves two months after the Man in Black's Sept. 2003 death. Producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings issued the set, introducing a new generation to Cash's timeless music and rebellious reputation. Now, the collection is finally slated for its first-ever vinyl release, out Nov. 3.
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The ambitious vinyl edition spreads the original five volume, 79-song collection across nine LPs. Each volume has a definitive theme that proves Cash's stylistic range, predating his 1994 American Recordings debut.
The acoustic-themed Who's Gonna Cry revisits classic Cash song topics. Covers range from Jimmie Rodgers' "Waiting For a Train" to Tom Waits' "Down There By The Train." Cash plugs in his electric guitar for Trouble in Mind, which features another wide-reaching celebration of American music, complete with a Tom Petty cameo.
Duets continue on acoustic collection Redemption Songs, named after the Bob Marley standard Cash sings with Joe Strummer. My Mother's Hymn Book displays Cash's lifelong love for gospel music. Finally, Best of Cash on American includes select cuts from Cash's previously released work with Rubin. The set fittingly ends with the heart-wrenching cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" that probably defines Cash to a lot of younger fans.
In addition, the deluxe packaging includes a 60-page coffee table book. It features Sylvie Simmons' liner notes, Cash and Rubin's comments on each song and rare photographs.
The book alone makes this a worthy Christmas gift for the hardest to please country music fanatic on your shopping list.
Unearthed Track Listing:
Who's Gonna Cry
Side A
1. "Long Black Veil"
2. "Flesh And Blood"
3. "Just The Other Side Of Nowhere"
4. "If I Give My Soul"
5. "Understand Your Man"
Side B
1. "Banks Of The Ohio"
2. "Two Timin' Woman"
3. "The Caretaker"
4. "Old Chunk Of Coal"
5. "I'm Going To Memphis"
Side C
1. "Breaking Bread"
2. "Waiting For A Train"
3. "Casey's Last Ride"
4. "No Earthly Good"
Side D
1. "The Fourth Man In The Fire"
2. "Dark As A Dungeon"
3. "Book Review"
4. "Down There By The Train"
Trouble In Mind
Side A
1. "Pocahontas"
2. "I'm A Drifter"
3. "Trouble In Mind"
4. "Down The Line"
Side B
1. "I'm Movin' On"
2. "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow" (feat. June Carter Cash)
3. "Heart Of Gold" (feat. Red Hot Chili Peppers)
4. "The Running Kind" (feat. Tom Petty)
Side C
1. "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby"
2. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (feat. Carl Perkins)
3. "'T' For Texas"
4. "Devil's Right Hand"
Side D
1. "I'm A Drifter"
2. "Like A Soldier" (feat. Willie Nelson)
3. "Drive On"
4. "Bird On A Wire"
Redemption Songs
Side A
1. "A Singer Of Songs"
2. "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore"
3. "Redemption Song" (feat. Joe Strummer)
4. "Father And Son" (feat. Fiona Apple)
Side B
1. "Chattanooga Sugar Babe"
2. "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
3. "Hard Times"
4. "Wichita Lineman"
Side C
1. "Cindy" (feat. Nick Cave)
2. "Big Iron"
3. "Salty Dog"
4. "Gentle On My Mind" (feat. Glen Campbell)
Side D
1. "You Are My Sunshine"
2. "You'll Never Walk Alone"
3. "The Man Comes Around"
My Mother's Hymn Book
Side A
1. "Where We'll Never Grow Old"
2. "I Shall Not Be Moved"
3. "I Am A Pilgrim"
4. "Do Lord"
5. "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder"
6. "If We Never Meet Again This Side Of Heaven"
7. "I'll Fly Away"
8. "Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies"
Side B
1. "Let The Lower Lights Be Burning"
2. "When He Reached Down"
3. "In The Sweet By And By"
4. "I'm Bound For The Promised Land"
5. "In The Garden"
6. "Softly And Tenderly"
7. "Just As I Am"
Best Of Cash On American
Side A
1. "Delia's Gone"
2. "Bird On A Wire"
3. "Thirteen"
4. "Rowboat"
Side B
1. "The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)"
2. "Rusty Cage"
3. "Southern Accents"
4. "The Mercy Seat"
Side C
1. "Solitary Man"
2. "Wayfaring Stranger"
3. "One"
4. "I Hung My Head"
Side D
1. "The Man Comes Around"
2. "We'll Meet Again"
3. "Hurt"
