[2020-06-26] Johnny Cash "The Complete Mercury Albums 1986-1991" 7CD box set (Mercury)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:07 am

Description
In 1986, after almost 30 years on Columbia Records, Country music legend Johnny Cash released his first album on Mercury Records – Class Of ’55, in collaboration with fellow Sun Records alumni Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. Seven years later, his last recording before signing with Rick Rubin’s American Recordings would be another collaboration, “The Wanderer”, with U2.

In the years that span those recordings, Johnny Cash released a total of six albums for Mercury. Despite significant focus and attention around his Columbia and American recordings, his Mercury catalogue has never been revisited… until now.

UMC / Mercury Records are proud to announce that April 2020 will see the release of Johnny Cash: The Complete Mercury Studio Albums (1986-1991) – a 7CD boxed set featuring newly remastered audio for the very first time, using the original Mercury master tapes.

With brand new liner notes by music writer Scott Schinder, Johnny Cash: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings (1986-1991) represents the very first deep dive into the Country music legend’s Mercury catalogue, and reveals its importance as the bridge between his better known catalogues on Columbia and American.

[tracklisting][CD1: Carl Perkins / Jerry Lee Lewis / Roy Orbison / Johnny Cash – Class Of ’55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming (1986)]
1. Birth Of Rock And Roll
2. Sixteen Candles
3. Class Of ’55
4. Waymore’s Blues
5. We Remember The King
6. Coming Home
7. Rock And Roll (Fais-Do-Do)
8. Keep My Motor Running
9. I Will Rock And Roll With You
10. Big Train (From Memphis)

[CD2: Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town (1987)]
1. The Big Light
2. The Ballad Of Barbara
3. I’d Rather Have You
4. Let Him Roll
5. The Night Hank Williams Came To Town
6. Sixteen Tons
7. Letters From Home
8. W. Lee O’Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)
9. Heavy Metal (Don’t Mean Rock And Roll To Me)
10. My Ship Will Sail

[CD3: Water From The Wells Of Home (1988)]
1. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (With Roseanne Cash & The Everly Brothers)
2. As Long As I Live (With Emmylou Harris)
3. Where Did We Go Right (With June Carter Cash and The Carter Family)
4. The Last Of The Drifters (With Tom T. Hall)
5. Call Me The Breeze (With John Carter Cash)
6. That Old Wheel (With Hank Williams, Jr.)
7. Sweeter Than The Flowers (With Waylon Jennings)
8. A Croft In Clachan (The Ballad Of Rob MacDunn) (With Glen Campbell)
9. New Moon Over Jamaica (With Paul McCartney)
10. Water From The Wells Of Home (With John Carter Cash)

[CD4: Classic Cash: Hall Of Fame Series (1988)]
1. Get Rhythm
2. Tennessee Flat Top Box
3. Long Black Veil
4. A Thing Called Love
5. I Still Miss Someone
6. Cry, Cry, Cry
7. Blue Train
8. Sunday Morning Coming Down
9. Five Feet High And Rising
10. Peace In The Valley
11. Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
12. Home Of The Blues
13. Guess Things Happen That Way
14. I Got Stripes
15. I Walk The Line
16. Ring Of Fire
17. Ballad Of Ira Hayes
18. The Ways Of A Woman In Love
19. Folsom Prison Blues
20. Supper Time

[CD5: Classic Cash: Hall Of Fame Series (Early Mixes) (1987)]
1. Sunday Morning Coming Down (early mix)
2. Get Rhythm (early mix)
3. I Walk The Line (early mix)
4. Long Black Veil (early mix)
5. I Still Miss Someone (early mix)
6. Blue Train (early mix)
7. I Got Stripes (early mix)
8. Peace In The Valley (early mix)
9. Five Feet High And Rising (early mix)
10. Folsom Prison Blues (early mix)
11. Cry, Cry, Cry (early mix)
12. Don’t Take Your Guns To Town (early mix)
13. Tennessee Flat Top Box (early mix)
14. A Thing Called Love (early mix)
15. The Ways Of A Woman In Love (early mix)
16. Ballad Of Ira Hayes (early mix)
17. Guess Things Happen That Way (early mix)
18. Home Of The Blues (early mix)
19. Supper Time (early mix)
20. Ring Of Fire (early mix)

[CD6: Boom Chicka Boom (1990)]
1. A Backstage Pass
2. Cat’s In The Cradle
3. Farmer’s Almanac
4. Don’t Go Near The Water
5. Family Bible
6. Harley
7. I Love You, Love You
8. Hidden Shame
9. Monteagle Mountain
10. That’s One You Owe Me
11. Veteran’s Day (b-side of “The Mystery Of Life”)
12. I Shall Be Free (b-side of “Farmer’s Almanac”)
13. I Draw The Line (previously unreleased)
14. A Backstage Pass (early version)
15. Harley (early version)
16. That’s One You Owe Me (early version)
17. Veteran’s Day (early version)

[CD7: The Mystery Of Life (1991)]
1. The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All
2. I’m An Easy Rider
3. The Mystery Of Life
4. Hey Porter
5. Beans For Breakfast
6. Goin’ By The Book
7. Wanted Man
8. I’ll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again (with Tom T. Hall)
9. The Hobo Song
10. Angel And The Badman
11. The Wanderer (with U2) [Long version from the Faraway, So Close! soundtrack album][/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
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Amazon Canada
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Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083XTZC13/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:09 am

There will also be a 1CD distillation released on the same day:

Description
In 1986, after almost 30 years on Columbia Records, Country music legend Johnny Cash released his first album on Mercury Records – Class Of ’55, in collaboration with fellow Sun Records alumni Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. Seven years later, his last recording before signing with Rick Rubin’s American Recordings would be another collaboration, “The Wanderer”, with U2.

In the years that span those recordings, Johnny Cash released a total of six albums for Mercury Records. The highlights of that output are presented here, on the brand new compilation Easy Rider: The Best Of The Mercury Recordings.

Now remastered for the very first time, using the original Mercury master tapes, the 24 tracks that make up the set feature Cash’s updated interpretations of classics songs “Get Rhythm” and “Tennessee Flat Top Box”, the rare B-side “Veteran’s Day”, Elvis Costello’s “The Big Light”, and his collaboration with U2, “The Wanderer”.

Featuring brand new liner notes by music writer Scott Schinder, Easy Rider represents the very first collection of Johnny Cash’s Mercury Records recording career.

[tracklisting]1. Waymore Blues (with Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins)
2. We Remember The King
3. The Big Light
4. The Night Hank Williams Came To Town (with Waylon Jennings)
5. Let Him Roll
6. W. Lee O'Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)
7. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (with Roseanne Cash & The Everly Brothers)
8. The Last Of The Drifters (with Tom T. Hall)
9. That Old Wheel (with Hank Williams Jr.)
10. Get Rhythm
11. Tennessee Flat Top Box
12. Sunday Morning Coming Down
13. Veteran's Day
14. A Backstage Pass
15. Cat's In The Cradle
16. Farmer's Almanac
17. Monteagle Mountain
18. I Shall Be Free
19. I'm An Easy Rider
20. The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All
21. Hey Porter
22. The Mystery Of Life
23. Goin' By The Book
24. The Wanderer (with U2)[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083X6NKWV/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B083X6NKWV/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083X6NKWV/?tag=imwan-21

richman666 · 15 Nov 2006

I've been a Cash fan since I was a kid but I only own two of his Mercury albums, so I will most certainly be picking up this collection.

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

I'm in on this as well. Not sure if I have any of this other than Classic Cash, but I know I don't have all of it.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I'm in the same boat- I have all the Sun material, most of the individual Columbia releases, the Sony/Legacy reissues, the Bootleg Series, and went for the huge Legacy box set of his Columbia catalogue, and all of the American Recordings releases. But my Mercury years collection is lacking. I have "Water From The Wells of Home", "Classic Cash/Hall of Fame Series", "Boom Chicka Boom" and a couple of comps. If I get this I'll have virtually all of his recordings. He has such a strong catalog. It'll be nice to fill in the gaps with this collection.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:39 pm

Now available for pre-order in the USA, showing a release date of April 24th:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XTZC13/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:22 pm

Update: The box set and the 1CD distillation have both been pushed back to June 26th.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

I preordered this via .ca the day it appeared, they have yet to change the date, that will obviously change but I locked in to the best price.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:13 pm

Amazon USA is currently running a Christmas sale on the 7CD complete albums box -- it's $37.16 (38% off) with a coupon at the link for an additional $6.83 discount on top of that:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XTZC13/?tag=imwan-20

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Linda wrote:

Amazon USA is currently running a Christmas sale on the 7CD complete albums box -- it's $37.16 (38% off) with a coupon at the link for an additional $6.83 discount on top of that:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XTZC13/?tag=imwan-20

Why must you torment me by publicizing these deals months after I’ve bought the item in question? :-o

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:27 am

I'll try to find something you don't already have, okay?

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Linda wrote:

I'll try to find something you don't already have, okay?

Can you find me a deal on the Kiss box set?

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:47 am

Why don't you just take it from Chris after he takes it from Bill?

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Linda wrote:

Why don't you just take it from Chris after he takes it from Bill?

Headfone · **Joined:** 08 Mar 2008 **Posts:** 392

Once again, so glad I visited. Perfect Christmas gift for a friend of mine. Saved bucks. I love a deal. Thanks.

Smiff · 10 Aug 2006

Linda wrote:

Why don't you just take it from Chris after he takes it from Bill?

Take my word for it, Chris will never take any kind of Kiss from me!!!

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Smiff wrote:

Linda wrote:

Why don't you just take it from Chris after he takes it from Bill?

Take my word for it, Chris will never take any kind of Kiss from me!!!

Nah - we know any Kiss transaction is totally consensual. :kiss2:

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:49 pm

Linda wrote:

Amazon USA is currently running a Christmas sale on the 7CD complete albums box -- it's $37.16 (38% off) with a coupon at the link for an additional $6.83 discount on top of that:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XTZC13/?tag=imwan-20

Sale over.

[2020-06-26] Johnny Cash "The Complete Mercury Albums 1986-1991" 7CD box set (Mercury)

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