Name: Complete Mercury Albums 1986-1991 par Johnny Cash
Brand: Johnny Cash
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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5

Volume 6

Volume 7

It's widely acknowledged that Johnny Cash's time at Mercury didn't find the Man in Black at either his commercial or creative peak. Cash moved to the label in 1986, just after he departed his longtime home of Columbia, and he stayed there through 1991, a half-decade stint that resulted in only one Country Top 40 hit (1988's "That Old Wheel," which charted thanks to the momentum of Cash's duet partner, Hank Williams, Jr.) and has subsequently been framed as the wilderness years before he righted himself on Rick Rubin's American Recordings. The 2020 box set The Complete Mercury Albums 1986-1991 is the first opportunity to challenge this conventional wisdom, a place where it's possible to concentrate on the relative merits of the handful of LPs he recorded for the label. The box expands upon the original five records for Mercury by adding a bunch of bonus tracks, plus a full album's worth of alternate mixes of the 1988 covers collection Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series and the 1986 collaborative set Class of 55, where he was joined by fellow Sun Records survivors Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Roy Orbison for a set of new songs written in the style of the oldies. Class of 55 opens this chronological set on a shaky note, thanks to freeze-dried Chips Moman production that steers each of these greats toward their worst instincts. It's one of the worst LPs credited to any of the four, and having it open the set suggests that Cash's Mercury stint is as bad as its rep, but 1987's Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town is a better yardstick to gauge this era by. Produced by Jack Clements, Coming to Town opens with a careening version of Elvis Costello's "The Big Light" and then proceeds to run through covers, cornball novelties, sincere ballads, and story songs. It's a dynamic, entertaining record and Cash returned to its formula often on Mercury to admittedly varied but often entertaining results. Clement also helmed 1988's Water from the Wells of Home, a record that gets weighed down by its cameos, but the guests can also conjure some unexpected delights, such as Paul McCartney's appearance on "New Moon Over Jamaica." Producer Bob Moore kept 1990's Boom Chicka Boom tight and focused. The 1991 set The Mystery of Life comprised cobbled-together leftovers from Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town and sessions for a new album that didn't quite come to fruition; it's uneven but has more than its share of moments, including a new version of Bob Dylan's "Wanted Man." Listened to collectively, these records sound much better than their reputation suggests. Even Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series, a collection of re-recordings of his old hits, is livelier than its description suggests, benefitting from Cash sounding spry and invested in the material. That none of these LPs generated hit singles at the time can be chalked up to a matter of age. Cash was on the other side of 50 when he made this music and he'd been a hitmaker for 30 years. He was a known property who couldn't fit into the sound of modern country radio, which happened to be running away from veterans like Cash in the first place. All these personal and cultural changes doomed Cash's Mercury records to commercial failure, and while the albums still have a distinct gloss endemic to the '80s, each of them has its share of moments, and Comes to Town and Boom Chicka Boom are strong records in their own right.
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Volume 1

1. Birth Of Rock And Roll

par Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Gregory S. Perkins
Carl Perkins; Compositeur
Parolier: Carl Perkins
Gregory S. Perkins; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: Carl Perkins
Gregory S. Perkins; Autre

2. Sixteen Candles

par Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Allyson R. Khent
Luther Dixon; Compositeur
Parolier: Luther Dixon
Allyson R. Khent; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: Luther Dixon
Allyson R. Khent; Autre

3. Class Of '55

par Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Blake Emmons
Chips Moman; Compositeur
Parolier: Chips Moman
Blake Emmons; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: Blake Emmons
Chips Moman; Autre

4. Waymore's Blues

par Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Curtis Buck
Will Jennings; Compositeur
Parolier: Will Jennings
Curtis Buck; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: Curtis Buck
Will Jennings; Autre

5. We Remember The King

par Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Paul Kennerley; Compositeur
Parolier: Paul Kennerley; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: Paul Kennerley; Autre

6. Coming Home

par Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: J.d. Souther
Roy Orbison
Will Jennings
Jd Souther; Compositeur
Parolier: Roy Orbison
J.d. Souther
Will Jennings; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: J.d. Souther
Roy Orbison
Will Jennings; Autre

7. Rock And Roll (Fais-Do-Do)

par Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Michael Smotherman; Compositeur
Parolier: Michael Smotherman; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: Michael Smotherman; Autre

8. Keep My Motor Running

par Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Kenn Beal
Bruce Channel; Compositeur
Parolier: Bruce Channel
Kenn Beal; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: Bruce Channel
Kenn Beal; Autre

9. I Will Rock And Roll With You

par Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Johnny Cash; Compositeur
Parolier: Johnny Cash; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Cash; Autre

10. Big Train (From Memphis)

par Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

Artiste Principal: Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins; Interprète principal
Compositeur: John Fogerty; Compositeur
Parolier: John Fogerty; Compositeur
Producteur: Chips Moman; Production
Composer Lyricist: John Fogerty; Autre

Complete Mercury Albums 1986-1991

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5

Volume 6

Volume 7

Volume 1

1. Birth Of Rock And Roll

2. Sixteen Candles

3. Class Of '55

4. Waymore's Blues

5. We Remember The King

6. Coming Home

7. Rock And Roll (Fais-Do-Do)

8. Keep My Motor Running

9. I Will Rock And Roll With You

10. Big Train (From Memphis)

Volume 2

1. The Big Light

2. The Ballad Of Barbara

3. I'd Rather Have You

4. Let Him Roll

5. The Night Hank Williams Came To Town

6. Sixteen Tons

7. Letters From Home

8. W. Lee O'Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)

9. Heavy Metal (Don't Mean Rock And Roll To Me)

10. My Ship Will Sail

Volume 3

1. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

2. As Long As I Live

3. Where Did We Go Right

4. The Last Of The Drifters

5. Call Me The Breeze

6. That Old Wheel

7. Sweeter Than The Flowers

8. A Croft In Clachan (The Ballad Of Rob MacDunn)

9. New Moon Over Jamaica

10. Water From The Wells Of Home

11. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

12. That Old Wheel

Volume 4

1. Get Rhythm

2. Tennessee Flat Top Box

3. Long Black Veil

4. A Thing Called Love

5. I Still Miss Someone

6. Cry, Cry, Cry

7. Blue Train

8. Sunday Morning Coming Down

9. Five Feet High And Rising

10. Peace In The Valley

11. Don't Take Your Guns To Town

12. Home Of The Blues

13. Guess Things Happen That Way

14. I Got Stripes

15. I Walk The Line

16. Ring Of Fire

17. Ballad Of Ira Hayes

18. The Ways Of A Woman In Love

19. Folsom Prison Blues

20. Supper Time

Volume 5

1. Sunday Morning Coming Down

2. Get Rhythm

3. I Walk The Line

4. Long Black Veil

5. I Still Miss Someone

6. Blue Train

7. I Got Stripes

8. Peace In The Valley

9. Five Feet High And Rising

10. Folsom Prison Blues

11. Cry, Cry, Cry

12. Don't Take Your Guns To Town

13. Tennessee Flat Top Box