Johnny Cash

THE JOHNNY CASH BOX SET TO END ALL BOX SETS

By Sally Bailey

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:43:29 +1000

Columbia Records will release a monster Johnny Cash box set in October recounting the entire career of Cash with the label. The box set will be very sensibly titled, "Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection" It is an absolute behemoth.

How many CD's do you reckon it contains? The number is sixty three and they begin in 1958 when Johnny Cash was just 26 years old.

Here is a breakdown of what the boxed set contains.

The set will feature 35 albums to be released on CD for the first time, as well as two records that are exclusive to the collection, "Johnny Cash With His Hot & Blue Guitar" and "The Singles," which is a two-disc recording that contains 55 singles never released on albums, plus guest performances by Bob Dylan, The Carter Family, Willie Nelson and Shel Silverstein plus more.

If it's rarities you are after then you will find three live albums that were only ever released outside the U.S; Johnny Cash pa Osteraker, recorded at Osteraker Prison in Sweden in 1972, Strawberry Cake, recorded at the Palladium in London in 1975, and Koncert V Praze, recorded at the Sport Hall in Prague in 1978.

Also included are two original motion picture soundtracks; I Walk the Line (which starred Gregory Peck) and Little Fauss And Big Halsy (which starred Robert Redford).

The focal point of the set is are the first 19 albums (spanning from 1958 to 1967),released for the first time in mono sound on CD. Each album is packaged as a mini-LP CD with its original artwork.

The box set hits will be available on Oct. 30

You have to see the full discography below to believe it.

Johnny Cash – The Complete Columbia Album Collection

1. The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958) *
2. Hymns By Johnny Cash (1959) *
3. Songs Of Our Soil (1959) *
4. Now There Was A Song! (1960) *
5. Ride This Train (1960) *
6. Hymns From The Heart (1962) *
7. The Sound Of Johnny Cash (1962) *
8. Blood, Sweat And Tears (1962) *
9. Ring Of Fire: The Best Of Johnny Cash (1963) *
10. The Christmas Spirit (1963) *
11. Keep On The Sunny Side – The Carter Family with special guest Johnny Cash (1963) *
12. I Walk The Line (1964) *
13. Bitter Tears: Johnny Cash Sings Ballads Of The American Indian (1964) *
14. Orange Blossom Special (1965) *
15. Johnny Cash Sings Ballads Of The True West (1965) * #
16. Everybody Loves A Nut (1966) *
17. Happiness Is You (1966) *
18. Carryin' On With Johnny Cash & June Carter (1967)*
19. From Sea To Shining Sea (1967) *
20. Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (Live) (1968)
21. The Holy Land (1968)
22. Johnny Cash At San Quentin (Live) (1969)
23. Hello, I'm Johnny Cash (1970) #
24. The Johnny Cash Show (Live) (1970)
25. I Walk The Line Soundtrack (1970)
26. Little Fauss And Big Halsy Soundtrack (1970)
27. Man In Black (1971)
28. A Thing Called Love (1972)
29. Johnny Cash: America – A 200-Year Salute In Story And Song (1972) #
30. Christmas – The Johnny Cash Family (1972) #
31. Any Old Wind That Blows (1973)
32. The Gospel Road (2-CD1972 (1973) #
33. Johnny Cash And His Woman (1973)
34. Johnny Cash pa Osteraker (Live at Osteraker Prison, Sweden) (1973)
35. Ragged Old Flag (1974)
36. The Junkie And The Juicehead Minus Me (1974)
37. The Johnny Cash Children's Album (1975)
38. Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories (1975)
39. John R. Cash (1975)
40. Look At Them Beans (1975)
41. Strawberry Cake (Live at the Palladium, London, England) (1976)
42. One Piece At A Time (1976)
43. The Last Gunfighter Ballad (1977)
44. The Rambler (1977)
45. I Would Like To See You Again (1978)
46. Gone Girl (1978)
47. Silver (1979)
48. Rockabilly Blues (1980)
49. Classic Christmas (1980)
50. The Baron (1981)
51. The Survivors: Johnny Cash – Jerry Lee Lewis – Carl Perkins (Live) (1982)
52. The Adventures Of Johnny Cash (1982)
53. Johnny 99 (1983)
54. Koncert V Praze (In Prague Live) (1983)
55. Rainbow (1985)
56. Highwayman: Waylon Jennings – Willie Nelson – Johnny Cash – Kris Kristofferson (1985)
57. Heroes (1986)
58. Highwayman 2: Waylon Jennings – Willie Nelson – Johnny Cash – Kris Kristofferson (1990)
59. At Madison Square Garden (Live) (2002)