American Recordings/Lost Highway objavio je box set “Unearthed” od 5 CD-a na kojima se nalazi 79 pjesama koje je Johnny Cash snimio pred kraj svog života blisko surađujući s Rickom Rubinom, producentom i osnivačem American Recordingsa.
Četiri CD-a sadrže čak 69 do sad neobjavljenih snimaka dok se na petom nalaze pjesme s posljednja 4 albuma, odreda dobitnika nagrade Grammy; “American Recordings” (1994), “Unchained” (1996), “American III: Solitary Man” (2000) i “American IV: The Man Comes Around” (2002).
“Unearthed” CD-i “I – Who’s Gonna Cry”, “II – Trouble In Mind” i “III – Redemption Songs” sadrže neobjavljene bisere, poput “Trouble In Mind” i akustične verzije pjesama “Long Black Veil” i “Flesh And Blood”. Ova 3 CD-a sadrže i Casheve interpretacije Steve Earleove “Devil’s Right Hand”, Roy Orbisonove “Down The Line” te “Heart of Gold” i “Pocahontas” Neila Younga. CD IV je duhovni album naslova “My Mothers Hymn Book” na kojem se nalazi 15 akustičnih solo izvedbi pjesama koje je Cashu, kao dječaku, prenijela njegova majka Carrie. CD V “Best Of Cash On American” sadrži izbor pjesama sa sva 4 album izdanja za American Recordings.
Neki od najboljih trenutaka na “Unearthed” boxu su do sad neobjavljeni dueti, između ostalih s Joe Strummerom na Marleyevoj “Redemption Song“, Fionom Apple na Cat Stevensovoj “Father And Son”, Carlom Perkinsom na Chuck Berryjevoj “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” te s Nickom Caveom na “Cindy” i Williem Nelsonom na “Like A Soldier”.
Raskošno pakiranje uključuje i opširnu knjižicu od 104 strane koja sadrži jedan od posljednjih interviewa čovjeka u crnom, u kojem on i Rick Rubin govore o svojoj suradnji. Interview uključuje i opširne komentare Toma Pettyja, Roseanna Cash i Johna Cartera Casha i, kao možda najzanimljiviji dio, Cashev i Rubinov komentar svake pjesme s ovog monumentalnog izdanja.
Johnny Cash “Unearthed“:
CD I – “Who’s Gonna Cry”
Long Black Veil
Flesh And Blood
Just The Other Side of Nowhere
If I Give My Soul
Understand Your Man
Banks Of The Ohio
Two Timin; Woman
The Caretaker
Old Chunk Of Coal
I’m Going To Memphis
Breaking Bread
Waiting For A Train
Casey’s Last Ride
No Earthly Good
The Fourth Man In The Fire
Dark As A Dungeon
Bonus Tracks:
Book Review
Down There By The Train
CD II – “Trouble In Mind”
Pocahontas
I’m A Drifter (Version 1)
Trouble In Mind Line
I’m Moving On
As Long As The Green Gras Shall Grow
Heartt Of Gold
The Running Kind (w/Tom Petty)
Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (w/Carl Perkins)
“T” For Texas
Devil’s Right Hand
I’m A Drifter (Version 2)
Bonus Tracks:
Like A Soldier (w/Willie Nelson)
Drive On (alternate lyrics)
Bird On A Wire (Live w/ Orchestra)
CD III – “Redemption Songs”
A Singer Of Songs
The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
Redemption Song (w/Joe Strummer)
Father And Son (w/Fiona Apple)
Chattanooga Sugar Babe
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Hard Times
Wichita Lineman
Cindy (w/Nick Cave)
Big Iron
Salty Dog
Gentle On My Mind (w/Glen Campbell)
You Are My Sunshine
You’ll Never Walk Alone
Bonus Track:
The Man Comes Around (Early take)
CD IV – “My Mother’s Hymn Book”
Where We’ll Never Grow Old
I Shall Not Be Moved
I Am A Pilgrim
Do Lord
When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
If We Never Meet Again This Side Of Heaven
I’ll Fly Away
Where The Soul Of A Man Never Dies
Let The Lower Lights Be Burning
When He Reached Down
In The Sweet By And By
I’m Bound For The Promised Land
In The Garden
Softly And Tenderly
Just As I Am
CD V – “Best Of Cash On American”
Delia’s Gone
Bird On A Wire
Thirteen
Rowboat
The One Rose
Rusty Cage
Southern Accents
Mercy Seat
Solitary Man
Wayfaring Stranger
One
Hung My Head
The Man Comes Around
We’ll Meet Again
Hurt
