Definitive Collection (1985 To 1993) (2008)

Artist: Johnny Cash
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Label: Revolver Usa
UPC: 00602517601307
Release Date: 3/4/2008
Buy.com Sku: 206870791
Item#: M3YP7X
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Highwayman - (with Waylon Jennings/Kris Kristofferson, featuring Kris Kristofferson/Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson) ~ Johnny Cash
2. Sixteen Tons ~ Johnny Cash
3. Night Hank Williams Came to Town, The - (featuring Waylon Jennings) ~ Johnny Cash
4. Get Rhythm ~ Johnny Cash
5. Long Black Veil ~ Johnny Cash
6. Ring Of Fire ~ Johnny Cash
7. Guess Things Happen That Way ~ Johnny Cash
8. I Walk The Line ~ Johnny Cash
9. Cry Cry Cry ~ Johnny Cash
10. As Long as I Live - (featuring Emmylou Harris) ~ Johnny Cash
11. Ballad of a Teenage Queen - (featuring Rosanne Cash/The Everly Brothers) ~ Johnny Cash
12. Where Did We Go Right - (featuring June Carter/The Carter Family) ~ Johnny Cash
13. That Old Wheel - (featuring Hank Williams Jr.) ~ Johnny Cash
14. Cat's In The Cradle ~ Johnny Cash
15. Family Bible ~ Johnny Cash
16. Hey Porter ~ Johnny Cash
17. Goin' By The Book ~ Johnny Cash
18. Wanted Man ~ Johnny Cash
19. Wanderer, The - (featuring U2) ~ Johnny Cash

(P) 2007 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 2007 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel: Johnny Cash (vocals, guitars).
The mid 1980s to early '90s are often regarded by casual listeners as Johnny Cash's lost years, merely because he was under the commercial radar before Rick Rubin helped revive his career in the mid '90s. Nevertheless, the recordings Cash made during this period, as captured on THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION, contain plenty of substantive work. Things lead off with "Highwayman," the theme song of Cash's Highwaymen country supergroup with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. Sharp new versions of Cash classics like "I Guess Things Happen That Way" find him breathing new life into the past. The hard-hitting country rock of "Goin' By the Book" and Cash's atmospheric U2 collaboration, "The Wanderer" (from their ZOOROPA album), show he hadn't lost the contemporary touch. Ultimately, though, the real testament to this phase of his career is the fact that there are still enough unrepresented tunes for a second volume.
Someone please alert the Better Business Bureau: in a clear case of false advertising, Mercury Records is marketing a Johnny Cash CD called The Definitive Collection which is anything but definitive. In 1986, Cash found himself without a record label when Columbia Records decided not to pick up the option on his contract after close to 30 years. Within a year the Man in Black had a new deal with Mercury Records, but like many veteran country acts in the '80s, radio wasn't especially interested in him and Cash's recordings of the period are a frustrating mix of re-recordings of his old hits, and new material pockmarked by overly slick production and engineering that didn't flatter Cash's voice or musical approach. The spirit was still willing within Cash, but he wasn't getting much help, and this collection of material from his brief sojourn with Mercury is often dispiriting stuff. Six of the tunes here were drawn from 1987's Classic Cash, in which Johnny recut 20 of his best-known tunes in honor of his entry into the Country Music Hall of Fame; the new versions of numbers like "I Walk the Line," "Guess Things Happen That Way," "Ring of Fire," and "Cry Cry Cry" are approached in a lean, straightforward fashion, and while Cash handles them like a pro, he doesn't sound especially excited, and the new recordings don't hold a candle to the originals. (Cash also redid some older numbers on his other Mercury sessions, several of which are also included here.) Elsewhere, the selections from Cash's other Mercury albums -- Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town, Boom Chicka Boom, Water from the Wells of Home, and The Mystery of Life -- tend to reflect their flaws instead of their strengths, though there are a few bright moments, including the nostalgic but rollicking "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" and the apocalyptic "Goin' by the Book." The fact that the disc is bookended by two songs that didn't even appear on Cash's Mercury recordings is telling -- the set leads off with "Highwayman," a single from his collaboration with Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson, and ends with U2's "The Wanderer," with Cash's guest lead vocal giving the song a gravity it sorely needs. As an overview of Cash's years with Mercury, this disc is serviceable but little more. The Definitive Collection? Not by a long shot. ~ Mark Deming

Musical Guests
Kris Kristofferson
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Emmylou Harris
Rosanne Cash
The Everly Brothers
June Carter Cash
The Carter Family
Hank Williams, Jr.
U2

 
Compilation Appearances
Bob Dylan-30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Will The Circle Be Unbroken: Vol. 2
Zooropa
Television Themes-16 Most Requested Songs
Vol. 2-Mystery Train
Grumpier Old Men
Nashville At Newport
Vanguard Newport Folk Festival
Airdream Believer-Retrospectiv
Kings Of Country
Vol. 1-Ridin' West
Vol. 2-Ridin' West
Jackie Brown
Storyteller Poet
Sun Singles Vol 1
My Rifle My Pony And Me
Twisted Willie 196
Country Superstars
Complete Hank Williams Jr.
Original Stars Of Bluegrass
Original Bluegrass Spectacular
Sun Records-Definitive Hits (Limited Edition)
Ballad Of Ramblin' Jack
Badlands (Bonus Tracks)
Classic Country Love Songs
Country Classics From The 60's
Vol. 1-Best Of
Vol. 2-Best Of
Houston Kid
Trick Pony
Country Anthems
Timeless-Hank Williams Tribute
That's Country
Ultimate Classic Country Collection
#1 Country Legendary Hits Volume 2
We Were Soldiers
Classic Country: great Story Songs
Outlaws Of Country
Classic Country
Classic Country More Great Story Song
Will The Circle Be Unbroken: Vol. 3
Ultimate Country Super Hits
Essential Willie Nelson
Rules Of Travel
Singin With Emmylou 2
Top Hits Of The Sixties: chart Toppers
Folk Years
Patriot's Songbook
Hank Williams Songbook
Limited Edition Catalog Box Set (SACD Hybrid) (Limited Edition)
Nashville Skyline
Live Recordings From The Louisiana (Live)
Ultimate Waylon Jennings
Essential Kris Kristofferson (Limited Edition)
No Depression,What It Sounds Like Vol
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (Explicit Version)
World's Greatest Garth Brooks Tribute
Tribute To Josh Turner
Nashville Skyline
Greetings From Tennessee
Super Hits 1956
Rio Bravo
Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe
Sun Gospel
That'll Flat Git It Vol 17
Greetings From Tennessee
Musical Heritage Of The Carter Fa
Songs Of The South Farther Along
Classic Country: God Country & Family / Vario
Classic Country Great Duets
Country Outlaws
Truckin
Classic Country: Kings Of Country
Appalachians
Classic Country: Great Country Gospel / Vario
Mac Dre Presents: Son Of A Pimp (Explicit Version)
Classic Country:crazy Country Hits
Maverick Country
Strings And Things:best In Blueg
Keep On The Sunny Side: June Carter Cash
Classic Country Gold
Bob Dylan: Collection
Latenighttales
Road Goes On Forever (w/ Bonus DVD) (Limited Edition)
Road Goes On Forever
Hee Haw Country
Country Christmas
Very Best Of Rosanne Cash
My Very Special(legacyed)
The Best Of Shel Silverst
Country Legends
Voice Of The Spirit Gospel Of The So
Superstars Of Country: Live
Best Of Classic Country 50's
We The People
Classic Country: Sing Me A Hank Williams Song
Tennessee Rock N Billy
I Walk The Line: An All-star Tribute To Johnn
Highway Fever: All Time Greatest Country Road
Drifting Cowboy: Country Music Tribute To Han
No Depression What It V2
Rockin Bones: 1950S Punk & Rockabilly
Very Best Of Country
Billboard No 1's:classic Country
Introduction To Country Gospel
Hag:best Of Merle Haggard
Nashville Rebel
Now That's What I Call Christmas Vol 3
Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems
Classic Country: Outlaws
This Is Trucker's Jukebox Anthems
Thizz Nation 9:rydah J. Klyde(Explicit Version)
Thizz Nation 11:johnny Cash(Explicit Version)
Gold
Miami N Tha Nation Of Thizzlam 2(Explicit Version)
Ultimate Country Redneck
Country Number 1's
Thizz Nation 13:thizz Nation(Explicit Version)
Classic Country:killer Country B Side
Thizz Or Die(Explicit Version)
All Country Outlaws
King Of Oakland(Explicit Version)
Thizz Nation Vol 16:starring J Diggs(Explicit Version)
Compadres:anthology Of Duets
Best Of Thizz Nation:vol1
Everybody's Brother
16 Biggest Hits
Wounded Heart Of America
Leiber Stoller Story Vol 3:963-1970
Americana Christmas:millennium Collec
Hear Something Country Christmas
Tbd
Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show
Starters In The Game(Explicit Version)
Tom Waits Jukebox
Joel Whitburn Presents:top Pop Treasu
Outlaw Country
God Bless The Usa:17 Inspirational So
Sun Records:collector's Edition
O Lord How Great Thou Art #2
Country's 20 Classic Songs of the Century
Thizz Nation V23:thizz South(Explicit Version)
Golden Age Of American Popular Music
Live At The Louisiana Hayride(Limited Edition)
Soul Of Rock And Roll
Johnny Cash Remixed
Boots, Buckles and Spurs: 50 Songs Celebrate 50 Years of Cowboy Tradition
Songbird
Roots Of The White Stripes
Best Of Thizz Nation V3(Explicit Version)
Strike 100
16 Biggest Hits Vol 2
16 Biggest Hits
Best Of Trick Pony
Country Gospel Favorites
Sun Rockabilly Meltdown
Golden Age Of American Pop Music:folk
Sixteen Timeless Classic Hits
Now That's What I Call Country Christ
Music Of Waylon Jennings
Nick Cave's Jukebox

 
Associated Artists and Works
Artists, Various
Artists, Various
Cash From Chaos ~ Artists, Various
Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash ~ Artists, Various
Artists, Various
Boxcar Willie
It's All In The Family ~ Carter, June
Carter, June
Carter, June
It's All in the Family ~ Cash, June Carter
Cash, June Carter
Cash, June Carter
Dogg, Snoop
Jonboy Langford & The Pine Vall
Live At the Louisiana Hayride ~ Jones, George
Langford, Jon
Langford, Jonboy
Johnny Cash's America (Sdtk) ~ Original Soundtrack
Perkins, Carl
The Complete Million Dollar Quartet ~ Presley, Elvis
Snoop Dogg
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
A Tribute to the Legendary Man in Black: Johnny Ca ~ Various Artists
Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
A Tribute To Johnny Cash ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
We the People ~ Various Artists
Sing Like Cash: Perform The Songs Of Johnny Cash ~ Various Artists
The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
Johnny Cash Remixed ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 03/04/2008
Original Release Date : 2008
Catalog ID : B0010667-02
Label : Mercury
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00602517601307

  
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