Johnny Cash - Complete Columbia Albums Collection
Representing the entirety of the musical performances released by the Man in Black on Columbia Records during his lifetime, JOHNNY CASH: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUM COLLECTION is a 63-CD treasure trove that will appeal equally to longtime Cash followers, as well as new¬comers to his timeless body of music. Featuring 59 original album titles Cash recorded for Columbia, from 1958’s The Fabulous Johnny Cash through the two Highwayman albums of 1985 and 1990 (with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson), JOHNNY CASH: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUM COLLECTION shows Cash in command of his country & western and gospel roots, as well as the blues, straight-ahead rock and roll, traditional balladry and folk music he loved so dearly, and much more.
The box set includes:
- 59 Columbia albums plus two new supplemental compilations make this the all-time, hands-down granddaddy of all Johnny Cash collections, period.
- 35 titles released for the first time on CD by Columbia/Legacy in the U.S.
- The first 19 chronological titles released in monaural (mono) sound for the first time on CD in the U.S.
- Each title is packaged in a LP-replica mini jacket with its original artwork
- The accompanying booklet includes a definitive 5,000-word liner notes essay by music historian and author Rich Kienzle.
- Also included in the booklet is complete and extensive discographical information (songwriters, recording dates and cities, musicians, guest performers, producers, release dates, original catalog numbers and Billboard chart numbers for albums and single tracks, and more).
Disc listing:
Disc # | Title | Rec. | Rel. |
1 | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | 1958 | 1958 |
2 | Hymns By Johnny Cash | 1958-59 | 1959 |
3 | Songs Of Our Soil | 1958-59 | 1959 |
4 | Now There Was A Song | 1960 | 1960 |
5 | Ride This Train | 1959-60 | 1960 |
6 | Hymns From The Heart | 1961 | 1961 |
7 | The Sound Of Johnny Cash | 1961-62 | 1962 |
8 | Blood, Sweat And Tears | 1962 | 1962 |
9 | Ring Of Fire: The Best Of Johnny Cash | 1958-63 | 1963 |
10 | The Christmas Spirit | 1959-63 | 1963 |
11 | Keep On The Sunny Side by the Carter Family | 1963 | 1963 |
12 | I Walk The Line | 1963-64 | 1964 |
13 | Bitter Tears: Johnny Cash Sings Ballads Of | 1964 | 1964 |
14 | Orange Blossom Special | 1964 | 1965 |
15 | Johnny Cash Sings The Ballads Of The True West | 1959-65 | 1965 |
16 | Everybody Loves A Nut | 1965-66 | 1966 |
17 | Happiness Is You | 1962-65 | 1966 |
18 | Carryin' On With Johnny Cash and June Carter | 1964-67 | 1967 |
19 | From Sea To Shining Sea | 1967 | 1967 |
20 | Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (live) | 1968 | 1968 |
21 | The Holy Land | 1968 | 1968 |
22 | Johnny Cash At San Quentin (live) | 1969 | 1969 |
23 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | 1969 | 1970 |
24 | The Johnny Cash Show | 1970 | 1970 |
25 | I Walk The Line original soundtrack | 1970 | 1970 |
26 | Little Fauss and Big Halsey original soundtrack | 1970 | 1970 |
27 | Man In Black | 1971 | 1971 |
28 | A Thing Called Love | 1971-72 | 1972 |
29 | America - A 200-Year Salute In Story and Song | 1970-72 | 1972 |
30 | Christmas - The Johnny Cash Family | 1972 | 1972 |
31 | Any Old Wind That Blows | 1972 | 1972 |
32 | The Gospel Road [2-CD] | 1971-72 | 1973 |
33 | Johnny Cash and His Woman | 1973 | 1973 |
34 | Johnny Cash pa Osteraker | 1972 | 1973 |
35 | Ragged Old Flag | 1974 | 1974 |
36 | The Junkie And The Juicehead Minus Me | 1973-74 | 1974 |
37 | The Johnny Cash Children's Album | 1971-73 | 1975 |
38 | Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories | 1974 | 1975 |
39 | John R. Cash | 1974 | 1975 |
40 | Look At Them Beans | 1975 | 1975 |
41 | Strawberry Cake (live) | 1975 | 1976 |
42 | One Piece At A Time | 1975-76 | 1976 |
43 | The Last Gunfighter Ballad | 1975-76 | 1977 |
44 | The Rambler | 1977 | 1977 |
45 | I Would Like To See You Again | 1976-77 | 1978 |
46 | Gone Girl | 1977-78 | 1978 |
47 | Silver | 1979 | 1979 |
48 | Rockabilly Blues | 1979-80 | 1980 |
49 | Classic Christmas | 1980 | 1980 |
50 | The Baron | 1980-81 | 1981 |
51 | The Survivors Johnny Cash + Jerry Lee Lewis + Carl Perkins (live) | 1981 | 1982 |
52 | The Adventures Of Johnny Cash | 1981-82 | 1982 |
53 | Johnny 99 | 1983 | 1983 |
54 | Koncert V Praze - In Prague Live | 1978 | 1983 |
55 | Rainbow | 1984-85 | 1985 |
56 | Highwayman - Waylon Jennings + Willie Nelson + Johnny Cash + Kris Kristofferson | 1984-85 | 1985 |
57 | Heroes with Waylon Jennings | 1984-85 | 1986 |
58 | Highwayman 2 - Waylon Jennings + Willie Nelson + Kris Kristofferson + Johnny Cash | 1989 | 1990 |
59 | At Madison Square Garden (live) | 1969 | 2002 |
Bonus Discs: | |||
60 | Johnny Cash With His Hot & Blue Guitar | 1955-58 | 2012 |
61 | The Singles, Plus (2-CD) | 1958-85 | 2012 |
I have a spare copy of this set - for the first FNB to buy me a pint!
ReplyDeleteTK.
If you've still got it. Does it say anywhere in the booklet when the Pa Osteraker album was originally released ie more than 1973? I'm not an FNB but i'll get you a pint next time I'm in your neck of the woods.
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