Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection

The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Box set by Johnny Cash
Released December 04, 2012
Genre Country
Label Columbia/Legacy
Producer Gregg Geller, Steve Berkowitz
Johnny Cash chronology

American VI: Ain't No Grave
(2010)		 Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
(2012)		 Out Among the Stars
(2014)

The Complete Columbia Album Collection is a box set by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 2012 (see 2012 in music) on Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings.

The set consists of 63 CDs, the majority of which are reissues of the 59 albums released by Cash during his 1958-1986 tenure with Columbia. Each CD is packaged in a replica of the original LP cover, with any albums originally issued as two-LP set condensed onto one disc with the exception of The Gospel Road which remains in a two-CD configuration. Bonus material includes a two-CD set titled The Singles, Plus, compiling non-album tracks and duets taken from other albums; a Carter Family album on which Cash provided guest vocals; the two albums Cash recorded for Columbia as a member of the supergroup The Highwaymen; and an extended edition of the Sun Records album With His Hot and Blue Guitar with additional tracks from the Sun era. Hot and Blue Guitar is the only album to be presented in an extended edition; all other albums are featured with their original contents, without augmentation. As such this is not a complete survey of everything Cash recorded for Columbia; for example, additional performances from the At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin live shows, included on separate reissues of the two albums, are not included. Nor are most of the tracks issued on Columbia's Bootleg series of 2011 included.[1][2]

Many of the albums featured in the set make their CD debut in the collection. According to country historian Rich Kienzle's liner notes (part of a 200-page book included in the set), one album Koncert V Praže (In Prague–Live) received its first North American release in the set.[3]

Album list

  1. The Fabulous Johnny Cash
  2. Hymns by Johnny Cash
  3. Songs of Our Soil
  4. Now, There Was a Song!
  5. Ride This Train
  6. Hymns from the Heart
  7. The Sound of Johnny Cash
  8. Blood, Sweat and Tears
  9. Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
  10. The Christmas Spirit
  11. Keep on the Sunny Side - The Carter Family with special guest Johnny Cash
  12. I Walk the Line
  13. Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian
  14. Orange Blossom Special
  15. Sings the Ballads of the True West
  16. Everybody Loves a Nut
  17. Happiness Is You
  18. Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter
  19. From Sea to Shining Sea
  20. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
  21. The Holy Land
  22. Johnny Cash at San Quentin
  23. Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
  24. The Johnny Cash Show
  25. I Walk the Line (soundtrack)
  26. Little Fauss and Big Halsy (soundtrack)
  27. Man in Black
  28. A Thing Called Love
  29. America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song
  30. The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
  31. Any Old Wind That Blows
  32. The Gospel Road (disc 1)
  33. The Gospel Road (disc 2)
  34. Johnny Cash and His Woman
  35. På Österåker
  36. Ragged Old Flag
  37. Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me
  38. The Johnny Cash Children's Album
  39. Sings Precious Memories
  40. John R. Cash
  41. Look at Them Beans
  42. Strawberry Cake
  43. One Piece at a Time
  44. The Last Gunfighter Ballad
  45. The Rambler
  46. I Would Like to See You Again
  47. Gone Girl
  48. Silver
  49. Rockabilly Blues
  50. Classic Christmas
  51. The Baron
  52. The Survivors Live - Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins
  53. The Adventures of Johnny Cash
  54. Johnny 99
  55. Koncert V Praze (In Prague–Live)
  56. Rainbow
  57. Highwayman - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
  58. Heroes - Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings
  59. Highwayman 2 - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
  60. At Madison Square Garden
Disc 61: Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar
No. TitleOriginal Release Length
1. "Rock Island Line"  With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
2. "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle"  With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
3. "Country Boy"  With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
4. "If The Good Lord's Willing"  With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
5. "Cry! Cry! Cry!"  Single A-side/With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
6. "Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)"  With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
7. "So Doggone Lonesome"  Single A-side/With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
8. "I Was There When It Happened"  With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
9. "I Walk the Line"  Single A-side/With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
10. "The Wreck of the Old 97"  With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
11. "Folsom Prison Blues"  "So Doggone Lonesome" B-side  
12. "Doin' My Time"  With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
13. "Luther Played The Boogie"  Single A-side/With His Hot and Blue Guitar  
14. "Hey Porter"  "Cry! Cry Cry!" B-side  
15. "Get Rhythm"  "I Walk the Line" B-side  
16. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"  Single A-side  
17. "There You Go"  Single A-side  
18. "Come in Stranger"  "Guess Things Happen That Way" B-side  
19. "Don't Make Me Go"  "Next in Line" B-side  
20. "Train Of Love"  "There You Go" B-side  
21. "Guess Things Happen That Way"  Single A-side  
22. "The Ways of a Woman in Love"  Single A-side  
23. "Next in Line"  Single A-side  
24. "You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven"  "The Ways of a Woman in Love" B-side  
25. "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)"  Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous  
26. "Home of the Blues"  Single A-side  
27. "Big River"  "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" B-side  
28. "Give My Love to Rose"  "Home of the Blues" B-side  
Note: Tracks 1-12 are the original album line-up; Tracks 13-28 are exclusive to this reissue.
Disc 62: The Singles, Plus (disc 1)
No. TitleOriginal Release Length
1. "All Over Again"  Single A-side  
2. "You Dreamer You"  "Frankie's Man Johnny" B-side  
3. "I Got Stripes"  Single A-side  
4. "I'll Remember You"  "Little Drummer Boy" B-side  
5. "Lorena"  "The Rebel - Johnny Yuma" EP  
6. "Smiling Bill McCall"  "Seasons of My Heart" B-side  
7. "Second Honeymoon"  "Honky Tonk Girl" B-side  
8. "Girl in Saskatoon"  Single A-side  
9. "Locomotive Man"  "Girl in Saskatoon" B-side  
10. "Tall Man"  "Tennessee Flat-Top Box" B-side  
11. "A Little At A Time"  "In the Jailhouse Now" B-side  
12. "Pick A Bale O' Cotton"  "Bonanza" B-side  
13. "Send A Picture Of Mother"  "Busted" B-side  
14. "The Matador"  Single A-side  
15. "Dark As A Dungeon"  "Understand Your Man" B-side  
16. "Hammers and Nails" (with The Statler Brothers)Single A-side  
17. "Time And Time Again"  "It Ain't Me Babe" B-side  
18. "The Sons of Katie Elder"  Single A-side  
19. "A Certain Kinda Hurtin'"  "The Sons of Katie Elder" B-side  
20. "Cotton Pickin' Hands"  "The One On The Right Is On The Left" B-side  
21. "Bottom Of A Mountain"  "Boa Constrictor" B-side  
22. "You Beat All I Ever Saw"  Single A-side  
23. "Put The Sugar To Bed"  "You Beat All I Ever Saw" B-side  
24. "The Wind Changes"  Single A-side  
25. "Red Velvet"  "The Wind Changes" B-side  
26. "Rosanna's Going Wild"  Single A-side  
27. "Roll Call"  "Rosanna's Going Wild" B-side  
28. "The Folk Singer"  "Folsom Prison Blues" B-side  
29. "Girl from the North Country" (with Bob Dylan)Nashville Skyline  
30. "What Is Truth"  Single A-side  
31. "Little Bit Of Yesterday"  "Man in Black" B-side  
32. "A Song To Mama" (with The Carter Family)Travelin' Minstrel Band  
Disc 63: The Singles, Plus (disc 2)
No. TitleOriginal Release Length
1. "No Need to Worry" (with June Carter Cash)Single A-side  
2. "I'll Be Loving You" (with June Carter Cash)"No Need to Worry" B-side  
3. "A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing" (with Shel Silverstein)Single A-side  
4. "The World Needs A Melody" (with The Carter Family)Travelin' Minstrel Band  
5. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (with June Carter Cash)"The Loving Gift" B-side  
6. "Praise the Lord and Pass the Soup" (with The Carter Family and The Oak Ridge Boys)Single A-side  
7. "The Ballad Of Barbara" (with The Carter Family)"Praise the Lord and Pass the Soup" B-side  
8. "Pick the Wildwood Flower" (with Maybelle Carter)Single A-side  
9. "Diamonds In The Rough" (with Maybelle Carter)"Pick the Wildwood Flower" B-side  
10. "Song to Woody" (with Earl Scruggs)Anniversary Special Vol. 1  
11. "Hey Porter" (with Earl Scruggs)Anniversary Special Vol. 1  
12. "I Still Miss Someone" (with Earl Scruggs)Anniversary Special Vol. 2  
13. "My Ship Will Sail" (with Earl Scruggs)Anniversary Special Vol. 2  
14. "It's All Over"  Single A-side  
15. "Old Time Feeling" (with June Carter Cash)Single A-side  
16. "Song of the Patriot" (with Marty Robbins)Single A-side  
17. "I Will Dance With You"  "The Baron" B-side  
18. "The General Lee"   The Dukes of Hazzard TV episode  
19. "Crazy Old Soldier" (with Ray Charles)Friendship  
20. "The Chicken in Black"  Single A-side  
21. "Battle Of Nashville"  "The Chicken in Black" B-side  
22. "They Killed Him"  Single A-side  
23. "The Three Bells"  "They Killed Him" B-side  
24. "The Human Condition" (with Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson)"The Highwayman" B-side  

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ The four-volume Bootleg series, released under Columbia-Legacy, consists of four sets of rare and mostly previously unreleased Cash recordings: Vol. 1 features home recordings and demos; Vol. 2 features Sun demos, a transcribed episode of the Johnny Cash Show radio program, rare singles (some of which are included in The Singles, Plus) and unissued recordings; Vol. 3 compiles live recordings dating from the 1950s to 1979; Vol. 4 compiles Gospel recordings, including the contents of two albums recorded during Cash's Columbia tenure but initially released by other labels.
  3. ↑ Rich Kienzle, writing in Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection liner notes, 2012, p. 29