(Los
Angeles, CA) Born in the State
of Arkansas, U.S.A.,
Johnny Cash successfully escaped his cotton farmer background. In fact; as an American singer, songwriter,
musician, actor and author he is legendary.
Incidentally, John R. Cash was born on February 26th, 1932. He died on September 12th, 2003. In between, he is credited with having sold
more than 90 million music albums, worldwide.
Helping to arrive, at the previous milestone are 71 released studio
music albums. Additionally, all 71 music
albums are fan favorites. The latter is
due to the fact that; they successfully bridged the country, rock & roll,
blues, folk and gospel genres. One could
also say, crossover appeal. Due to his
crossover appeal, Johnny Cash was inducted into the following three halls of
fame. The halls of fame are; the Country
Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Gospel Music
Hall of Fame. Recently, Universal Music
Enterprises announced that, it will commemorate Johnny Cash. Specifically, the aforementioned music
industry giant revealed that, it will commemorate Johnny Cash’s Mercury Records
Era. The previously said, will be done
through a re-release and release of music albums. For the former and the latter, the music
albums are; The Complete Mercury
Recordings 1986-1991, and, Easy
Rider: The Best of the Mercury
Recordings. Both, have a release
date of April 24th, 2020.
On April 24th, 2020, the release of the
aforementioned music albums, will be done as vinyl records or albums. For The
Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991, and, Easy Rider: The Best of the
Mercury Recordings; the record labels are the following. Officially; the record labels are Mercury
Records, and, Universal Music Enterprises.
However and returning to, Johnny Cash, the aforementioned musician was
once stuck between record labels. In fact,
in the middle of the decade of the 1980s, he left Columbia Records after almost
thirty years. Determined to prove that,
his musical gifts were as sharp as ever, Johnny Cash signed with Mercury
Records. What resulted were six music
albums, within a five year span. These
five music albums were released between the years 1986, and, 1991. Additionally, these five music albums are
celebrated, because, they feature notable and newsworthy collaborations. Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins,
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris
and Hank Williams, Jr. are the musicians; with whom Johnny Cash collaborated
with. Music critics often refer to these
music albums, as transitional, as part of Johnny Cash’s body of work. However, other times music critics call these
music albums, an overlooked and underappreciated chapter. The resurrection of the Mercury Records Era
music albums, did receive assistance.
The assistance came from, Universal Music Group Studios Nashville. Specifically, engineer Kevin Reeves when he
re-mastered these music albums, from Mercury’s master tapes.
Returning to; Johnny Cash’s Mercury
Records Era, the aforementioned and as previously said, is being commemorated
through two music albums. These two
music albums, will be released on April
24th, 2020. The
release will be done as, 180 gram vinyl records or albums. Specifically, The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991, will be released
as 7 vinyl records. Meanwhile, Easy
Rider: The Best of the Mercury
Recordings, will be released as 2 vinyl records. The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991,
is made up of six music albums. The six
music albums are; Class of ’55:
Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming (1986), Johnny Cash is Coming
to Town (1987), Water from the Wells of Home (1988), Classic
Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988), Boom
Chicka Boom (1990) and The Mystery of Life (1991). Easy Rider: The Best of the Mercury Recordings, is a
newly created portfolio. This portfolio
is a compilation of 24 songs. The idea
of these 24 songs, is to highlight Johnny Cash’s Mercury Records Era.
To end and as previously said,
Johnny Cash’s discography is made up of 71 music albums. The eight most recent music albums are; The Road Goes on Forever (1995), American II:
Unchained (1996), American
III: Solitary Man (2000), American IV:
The Man Comes Around (2002), My
Mother’s Hymn Book (2004), American
V: A Hundred Highways (2006), American VI:
Ain’t No Grave (2010) and Out
among the Stars (2014). As previously
stated, Universal Music Enterprises recently announced that, it will
commemorate Johnny Cash. Specifically,
the aforementioned music industry giant revealed that, it will commemorate
Johnny Cash’s Mercury Records Era. The
previously said, will be done through a re-release and release of music
albums. For the former and the latter,
the music albums are; The Complete
Mercury Recordings 1986-1991, and, Easy
Rider: The Best of the Mercury
Recordings. Both, have a release
date of April 24th, 2020. Lastly; the record labels are Mercury
Records, and, Universal Music Enterprises.
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