CD: Johnny Cash UNEARTHED 5 Disc CD Box Set -hard to find- American Recordings

' Unearthed is an acclaimed box set by Johnny Cash, released two months after his death in 2003. It was produced by Rick Rubin and released by American Recordings. The first three discs feature outtakes and alternate versions of songs recorded for American Recordings, Unchained, American III: Solitary Man and American IV: The Man Comes Around. The fourth disc, My Mother's Hymn Book features gospel songs Cash first learned from his mother as a child. The final disc is a best of distillation of the first four American albums. It was certified Gold on 12/2/2004 by the RIAA. Disc 1 – Who's Gonna Cry This disc features acoustic solo recordings in the same style as American Recordings. The song selection leans toward songs from Cash's back catalog, as noted below each song. Total running time: 51:13 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Track listing[edit] "Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill/Marijohn Wilkin) – 3:15 Originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell (1959) "Flesh and Blood" (Cash) – 2:29 Originally recorded by Cash for the I Walk the Line soundtrack (1970) "Just the Other Side of Nowhere" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:18 Originally recorded by Kristofferson for Kristofferson (1970) "If I Give My Soul" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:01 Originally recorded by Shaver for Tramp on Your Street (1993) "Understand Your Man" (Cash) – 2:06 Originally recorded by Cash for I Walk the Line (1964) "Banks of the Ohio" (Maybelle Carter) – 4:07 Originally recorded by Cash with the Carter Family for Columbia in 1963 for Keep On The Sunnyside (1964) "Two Timin' Woman" (Hank Snow) – 2:06 Originally recorded by Hank Snow "The Caretaker" (Cash) – 1:55 Originally recorded by Cash for Songs of Our Soil (1959) "Old Chunk of Coal" (Shaver) – 1:54 Originally recorded by Cash in 1979 on the album A Believer Sings The Truth "I'm Going to Memphis" (Cash/Hollie Dew/Alan Lomax) – 2:40 Originally recorded by Cash for Ride This Train (1960) "Breaking Bread" (Randy L. George) – 2:48 "Waiting for a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 1:46 Originally recorded by Cash for Blood, Sweat & Tears (1963) "Casey's Last Ride" (Kristofferson) – 3:21 Originally recorded by Kristofferson for Kristofferson (1970) Johnny Cash Received permission to record it after calling Kristofferson personally who expressed amazement that anyone remembered the song. (Album Notes) "No Earthly Good" (Cash) – 2:43 Originally recorded by Cash for The Rambler (1976) "The Fourth Man in the Fire" (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) – 2:48 Originally recorded by Cash for The Holy Land (1969) "Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis) – 3:00 Originally recorded by Cash for Old Golden Throat (1968) "Book Review" (dialogue) (Bobby George/Charlie Williams) – 2:07 "Down There by the Train" (Tom Waits) – 5:49 Alternate take from American Recordings Disc 2 – Trouble in Mind This disc feels more like Unchained. Most of the performances are electric, have a lighthearted feel, and feature Cash backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, members of Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Red Devils, or his extended family. This CD features many covers of songs Cash had not previously recorded. One track features a duet with longtime collaborator Carl Perkins and was one of the last times Cash recorded with him before Perkins' death in 1998. Total running time: 52:10 Track listing[edit] "Pocahontas" (Neil Young) – 3:43 Originally recorded by Young for Rust Never Sleeps (1978) "I'm a Drifter" (Version 1) (Dolly Parton) – 3:50 Originally recorded by Parton for All I Can Do (1976) "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 3:32 "Down the Line" (Roy Orbison/Sam Phillips) – 2:38 "I'm Moving On" (Hank Snow) – 2:54 "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow" (Peter La Farge, Cash) – 4:21 with June Carter Cash Originally recorded by Cash for Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian (1964). Cash rerecorded it with the lyrics altered to describe his relationship with and devotion to June Carter Cash. "Heart of Gold" (Young) – 3:01 with Red Hot Chili Peppers Originally recorded by Young for Harvest (1972) "The Running Kind" (Haggard) – 3:11 with Tom Petty "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (Carl Perkins) – 2:11 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Chuck Berry) – 2:21 with Carl Perkins "T for Texas" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:38 "Devil's Right Hand" (Steve Earle) – 2:33 Originally recorded by Steve Earle for Copperhead Road in 1988 and previously by The Highwaymen for The Road Goes on Forever (1995) "I'm a Drifter" (Version 2) (Parton) – 3:45 "Like a Soldier" (Cash) – 2:55 with Willie Nelson Alternate take from American Recordings "Drive On" (Cash) – 2:23 Alternate take from American Recordings "Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:13 Live, orchestrated alternate take from American Recordings Disc 3 – Redemption Songs Like Solitary Man and The Man Comes Around, this disc is mostly acoustic, though Cash is backed by a full band on most songs. Like the second disc, it features several duets. Total running time: 47:58 Track listing[edit] "A Singer of Songs" (Tim O'Connell) – 2:48 "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore" (Jean Ritchie) – 3:13 Originally recorded by Cash for Silver (1979) "Redemption Song" (Bob Marley) – 3:27 with Joe Strummer Originally recorded by Marley for Uprising (1980) "Father and Son" (Cat Stevens) – 2:49 with Fiona Apple Originally recorded by Stevens for Tea for the Tillerman (1970) Originally recorded by Cash for Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me (1974) "Chattanooga Sugar Babe" (Norman Blake) – 3:16 "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (Bobby Braddock/Curly Putman) – 2:37 Originally recorded by George Jones for I Am What I Am (1980) "Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Foster) – 4:01 "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:03 Originally recorded by Glen Campbell for Wichita Lineman (1968) "Cindy" (Traditional) – 2:53 with Nick Cave "Big Iron" (Marty Robbins) – 3:52 Originally recorded by Robbins for Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) "Salty Dog" (Rudy Toombs/Traditional) – 2:26 "Gentle on My Mind" (John Hartford) – 3:24 with Glen Campbell "You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis/Charles Mitchell) – 3:18 "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Oscar Hammerstein II/Richard Rodgers) – 2:59 "The Man Comes Around" (Cash) – 3:51 Alternate take from American IV: The Man Comes Around Disc 4 – My Mother's Hymn Book My Mother's Hymn Book is a collection of Christian spiritual songs and hymns that Cash originally learned from his mother while growing up. The album features only Cash's voice and a single acoustic guitar. This disc was released as a stand alone disc the following year (his 89th overall album) under the same title, and peaked at #9 on the Christian music album chart. In the album's liner notes Cash mentions that this is his favorite album he ever made. This was Cash's final album devoted to (previously unreleased) gospel music and hymns, following a long string of such releases dating back to 1959 and individual singles and album tracks even before that. Tracks 6, 9 and 10 were previously recorded for Hymns from the Heart (1962) and tracks 5, 11, 14 and 15 were previously recorded for Sings Precious Memories (1975). Track listing[edit] "Where We'll Never Grow Old" (James C. Moore) – 3:31 "I Shall Not Be Moved" (V.O. Fossett) – 2:41 "I Am a Pilgrim" (Merle Travis) – 2:27 "Do Lord" (Fossett) – 2:12 "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder" (James Milton Black) – 1:36 "If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven" (Albert E. Brumley) – 2:31 "I'll Fly Away" (Brumley) – 1:54 "Where the Soul of Man Never Dies" (William Lee Golden/Wayne Raney) – 2:15 "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" (Philip Bliss) – 3:14 "When He Reached Down His Hand for Me" (Marion Easterling/Thomas Wright/J.F.B. Wright) – 2:14 "In the Sweet By-and-By" (Sanford Fillmore Bennett/Joseph Philbrick Webster) – 2:25 "I'm Bound for the Promised Land" (Traditional) – 2:15 "In the Garden" (C. Austin Miles) – 3:18 "Softly and Tenderly" (Will L. Thompson) – 3:17 "Just as I Am" (William Batchelder Bradbury/Charlotte Elliot) – 2:38 Personnel[edit] Karen Adams – Group Member Craig Allen – Design Martyn Atkins – Photography John Carter Cash – Liner Notes, Associate Producer Rosanne Cash – Liner Notes Lindsay Chase – Production Coordination Steven Kadison – Assistant Vlado Meller – Mastering Rick Rubin – Producer Disc 5 — Best of Cash on American This disc contains what the producers considered to be some of Cash's finest from his productive time at American Recordings; in essence, it is a "best of" compilation from the four albums he released under the label before passing away in 2003. Total running time: 52:14 Track listing From American Recordings (album) (1994): "Delia's Gone" (Silbersdorf, Toops) – 2:19 "Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:04 "Thirteen" (Danzig) – 3:23 (though unadvertised as such, this version is extended compared to the original album version) From Unchained (album) (1996): "Rowboat" (Beck) – 3:45 "The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)" (Lyon, McIntire) – 2:28 "Rusty Cage" (Cornell) – 2:50 "Southern Accents" (Petty) – 4:42 From American III: Solitary Man (2000): "Mercy Seat" (Cave, Harvey) – 4:35 "Solitary Man" (Diamond) – 2:25 "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional) – 3:22 "One" (Bono, Clayton, Edge, Mullen) – 3:52 From American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002): "I Hung My Head" (Sting) – 3:52 "The Man Comes Around" (Cash) – 4:29 "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 2:57 "Hurt" (Trent Reznor) – 3:38 Personnel Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar, Arranger, Adaptation Glen Campbell - Vocals, Performer Fiona Apple - Vocals Nick Cave - Vocals Joe Strummer - Vocals John Carter Cash - Performer, Arranger, Engineer, Associate Producer, Adaptation David Ferguson - Performer, Engineer, Mixing D. Sardy - Performer, Engineer, Mixing Greg Fidelman - Performer, Mixing Bill Bateman - Performer Norman Blake - Performer Thom Bresh - Performer Nick Cave - Performer Lester Bulter - Performer Mike Campbell - Performer Laura Cash - Performer Jack Clement - Performer Sheryl Crow - Performer Howie Epstein - Performer Steve Ferrone - Performer Flea - Performer John Frusciante - Performer Terry Harrington - Performer Smokey Hormel - Performer Rami Jaffee - Performer Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. - Performer Carl Perkins - Performer Larry Perkins - Performer Tom Petty - Performer Juliet Prater - Performer David Roe - Performer Randy Scruggs - Performer Paul "The Kid" Size - Performer Chad Smith - Performer Marty Stuart - Performer Benmont Tench - Performer Jimmy Tittle - Performer Additional personnel Rick Rubin - Producer Richard Dodd, Thom Russo, Andrew Scheps, David Schiffman, Chuck Turner - Engineers Sylvia Massy - Engineer, Mixing Jim Scott - Mixing Vlado Meller - Mastering Steven Kadison - Assistant Christine Cano - Art Direction, Design, Photography Martyn Atkins, Andy Earl - Photography Lindsay Chase - Production Coordination Sylvie Simmons - Interviewer, Text Click on the logo below to visit Radio or Not, home of The Nicole Sandler Show! 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