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American Recordings
With all of the massive hype around at the moment regarding Johnny Cash, largely due to the movie ‘Walk The Line’, the time is right that these fantastic American Recordings titles are available again. Cash’s American Recordings albums were critically acclaimed, and captivated a younger audience than his previous albums – they inspired a whole new legion of Johnny Cash devotees. All at Mid Price, these albums deserve to be in any serious record collection In 1994 Cash stunned the music world with this commanding collection of 13 solo acoustic performances that roll from gospel to cowboy to sarcastic folk. Minimalism had long been Cash’s meal ticket, but this time around, producer Rick Rubin stripped it all away, recording the bulk of the record in Cash’s cabin or his own living room (two cuts were captured live at the Viper Room in front of an emphatic audience). Cash offers five typically direct and vivid originals, but he also seizes control of songs by Kris Kristofferson, Nick Lowe, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and Loudon Wainwright. Forty years after “Hey Porter,” Cash delivers a pure, naked, and incredibly moving record that, dare we say, rivals the impact of his greatest achievements. – Marc Greilsamer