Johnny Cash’s ‘Unearthed’ Recordings Headed to Vinyl
Get ready, Johnny Cash fans: The Man in Black's Unearthed collection is being released as a colossal vinyl box set for the first time ever on Nov. 3.
Produced by Rick Rubin, Unearthed was first released in November of 2003, just two months after Cash died that September. The box set featured stripped-down songs, mostly unreleased, that were recorded in Cash's later years. According to a press release, "the recordings, which run the stylistic gamut from stark balladry to punchy rockabilly to heartfelt gospel to classic covers, offer a stunning encapsulation of Cash's wide-ranging musical vision, and provide a fitting epitaph for his iconic career."
In total, Unearthed features 79 songs across nine records, broken into five distinct themed sections. Those sections include the acoustic solo recordings of Who's Gonna Cry, amazing guest appearances by the likes of June Carter Cash and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during Trouble in Mind, acoustic duets in the Redemption Songs section, gospel music on My Mother's Hymn Book and a 15-song collection of Cash's most iconic songs, produced by Rubin, in the Best of Cash on American. A full listing of the songs being pressed on this special vinyl collection can be seen below.
In addition to the records themselves, the new Unearthed vinyl box set includes a 60-page coffee table book that allows fans to dive deeper into the collection. The book features notes from Cash and Rubin, and photographs from the recording sessions. The entire set is available for pre-order now.
Johnny Cash, Unearthed Vinyl Box Set 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"
3. "Heart of Gold"
4. "The Running Kind"
Side C
1. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"
2. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
3. ""T" for Texas"
4. "Devil's Right Hand"
Side D
1. "I'm a Drifter"
2. "Like a Soldier"
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"
4. "Father and Son"
Side B
1. "Chattanooga Sugar Babe"
2. "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
3. "Hard Times"
4. "Wichita Lineman"
Side C
1. "Cindy"
2. "Big Iron"
3. "Salty Dog"
4. "Gentle on My Mind"
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"
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