The first three discs feature outtakes and alternate versions of songs recorded for American Recordings, American II: Unchained, American III: Solitary Man and American IV: The Man Comes Around. The fourth disc, My Mother's Hymn Book, features gospel songs Cash first learned from his mother as a child and was later reissued as a standalone album in 2004. The final disc is a best-of distillation of the first four American albums.
Previous recordingsedit
Many of the songs Cash recorded during the American sessions were updated versions of songs he had previously recorded.
"Long Black Veil" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1965 album Orange Blossom Special.
"Flesh and Blood" was previously recorded by Cash for the soundtrack to the 1970 film I Walk the Line.
"Understand Your Man" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1964 album I Walk the Line.
"Banks of the Ohio" was previously recorded by Cash with the Carter Family for the 1964 album Keep on the Sunny Side.
"The Caretaker" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1959 album Songs of Our Soil.
"I'm Going to Memphis" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1960 album Ride This Train.
"Waiting for the Train" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1963 album Blood, Sweat & Tears.
"No Earthly Good' was previously recorded by Cash for his 1976 album The Rambler.
"The Fourth Man in the Fire" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1969 album The Holy Land.
"Dark as a Dungeon" was previously recorded by Cash as the B-side to his 1964 single "Understand Your Man".
"I'm Moving On" was previously recorded by Cash in 1984 as a duet with Waylon Jennings. This version would not be released until 2014 on Out Among the Stars.
"If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1962 album Hymns from the Heart.
"Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1962 album Hymns from the Heart.
"When He Reached Down His Hand for Me" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1962 album Hymns from the Heart.
"In the Sweet By-and-By" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1975 album Sings Precious Memories.
"Softly and Tenderly" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1975 album Sings Precious Memories.
"Just as I Am" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1975 album Sings Precious Memories.
Critical receptionedit
Rock historian Graeme Thomson in his monograph, The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption, and American Recordings has called Unearthed a monolithic achievement.[3]
Note: All tracks previously unreleased. A different take of "Down There by the Train" was issued on the 1994 album American Recordings. "Flesh and Blood" is a newer version of the original that was written for I Walk the Line (Soundtrack).
Note: All tracks previously unreleased. A solo version of "Like a Soldier", a version of "Drive On" featuring different lyrics, and an acoustic studio version of "Bird on a Wire" were issued on the 1994 album American Recordings.
Note: All tracks previously unreleased, except "Wichita Lineman" and "Big Iron" which were previously released on the original vinyl pressing of American IV: The Man Comes Around. The final version of "The Man Comes Around" was also released on American IV: The Man Comes Around.
My Mother's Hymn Book is a collection of Christian spiritual songs and hymns that Cash originally learned from his mother while growing up. The album features only Cash's voice and a single acoustic guitar. This disc was released as a stand-alone disc the following year (his 89th overall album) under the same title, and peaked at #9 on the Christian music album chart. In the album's liner notes Cash mentions that this is his favorite album he ever made.
This was Cash's final album devoted to previously unreleased performances of faith-based music and hymns, following a long string of such releases dating back to 1959 and individual singles and album tracks even before that. Tracks 6, 9 and 10 were previously recorded for Hymns from the Heart (1962); tracks 5, 11, 14 and 15 were previously recorded for Sings Precious Memories (1975); and track 7 was recorded in concert for The Survivors Live (1982). Several other songs, such as track 13, had been performed by Cash on TV or live in concert, but formal studio recordings had not yet been issued until now.
Although the images used on the standalone CD depict Cash near the end of his life, most of the recordings on My Mother's Hymn Book actually date to Cash's early sessions for American in 1993–1994 (hence the fact they only feature Cash performing by himself).
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Unearthed is a box set by American country singer Johnny Cash It was released by American Recordings on November 25 2003 two months after Cash s death The album was compiled by Cash and Rick Rubin who also produced the set It was certified Gold on December 2 2004 by the Recording Industry Association of America 2 UnearthedBox set by Johnny CashReleasedNovember 25 2003Recorded1993 2002GenreCountrySouthern gothicfolkgospelLength242 31LabelAmerican RecordingsProducerRick RubinJohnny Cash chronologyAmerican IV The Man Comes Around 2002 Unearthed 2003 Life 2004 American series chronologyAmerican IV The Man Comes Around 2002 Unearthed 2003 American V A Hundred Highways 2006 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Contents 1 Content 1 1 Previous recordings 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 Certifications 7 My Mother s Hymn Book 7 1 Track listing 7 2 Personnel 8 References 9 External linksContent editThe first three discs feature outtakes and alternate versions of songs recorded for American Recordings American II Unchained American III Solitary Man and American IV The Man Comes Around The fourth disc My Mother s Hymn Book features gospel songs Cash first learned from his mother as a child and was later reissued as a standalone album in 2004 The final disc is a best of distillation of the first four American albums Previous recordings edit Many of the songs Cash recorded during the American sessions were updated versions of songs he had previously recorded Long Black Veil was previously recorded by Cash for his 1965 album Orange Blossom Special Flesh and Blood was previously recorded by Cash for the soundtrack to the 1970 film I Walk the Line Understand Your Man was previously recorded by Cash for his 1964 album I Walk the Line Banks of the Ohio was previously recorded by Cash with the Carter Family for the 1964 album Keep on the Sunny Side The Caretaker was previously recorded by Cash for his 1959 album Songs of Our Soil Old Chunk of Coal was previously recorded by Cash for his 1979 album A Believer Sings the Truth I m Going to Memphis was previously recorded by Cash for his 1960 album Ride This Train Waiting for the Train was previously recorded by Cash for his 1963 album Blood Sweat amp Tears No Earthly Good was previously recorded by Cash for his 1976 album The Rambler The Fourth Man in the Fire was previously recorded by Cash for his 1969 album The Holy Land Dark as a Dungeon was previously recorded by Cash as the B side to his 1964 single Understand Your Man I m Moving On was previously recorded by Cash in 1984 as a duet with Waylon Jennings This version would not be released until 2014 on Out Among the Stars As Long as the Grass Shall Grow was previously recorded by Cash for his 1964 album Bitter Tears Ballads of the American Indian Devil s Right Hand was previously recorded by Cash with the Highwaymen for the 1995 album The Road Goes on Forever The L amp N Don t Stop Here Anymore was previously recorded by Cash for his 1979 album Silver Father and Son was previously recorded by Cash as Father and Daughter for his 1974 album The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder was previously recorded by Cash for his 1975 album Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven was previously recorded by Cash for his 1962 album Hymns from the Heart Let the Lower Lights Be Burning was previously recorded by Cash for his 1962 album Hymns from the Heart When He Reached Down His Hand for Me was previously recorded by Cash for his 1962 album Hymns from the Heart In the Sweet By and By was previously recorded by Cash for his 1975 album Sings Precious Memories Softly and Tenderly was previously recorded by Cash for his 1975 album Sings Precious Memories Just as I Am was previously recorded by Cash for his 1975 album Sings Precious Memories Critical reception editRock historian Graeme Thomson in his monograph The Resurrection of Johnny Cash Hurt Redemption and American Recordings has called Unearthed a monolithic achievement 3 Track listing editDisc 1 Unearthed Vol 1 Who s Gonna CryNo TitleWriter s Length1 Long Black Veil Danny Dill Marijohn Wilkin3 152 Flesh and Blood Johnny Cash2 293 Just the Other Side of Nowhere Kris Kristofferson3 184 If I Give My Soul Billy Joe Shaver3 015 Understand Your Man Cash2 066 Banks of the Ohio Maybelle Carter4 077 Two Timin Woman Hank Snow2 068 The Caretaker Cash1 559 Old Chunk of Coal Billy Joe Shaver1 5410 I m Going to Memphis Cash Hollie Dew Alan Lomax2 4011 Breaking Bread Cash2 4812 Waiting for a Train Jimmie Rodgers1 4613 Casey s Last Ride Kristofferson3 2114 No Earthly Good Cash2 4315 The Fourth Man in the Fire Arthur Guitar Boogie Smith2 4816 Dark as a Dungeon Merle Travis3 0017 Book Review bonus track 2 0718 Down There by the Train Alternate Take bonus track Tom Waits5 49Total length 51 13 Note All tracks previously unreleased A different take of Down There by the Train was issued on the 1994 album American Recordings Flesh and Blood is a newer version of the original that was written for I Walk the Line Soundtrack Disc 2 Unearthed Vol 2 Trouble in MindNo TitleWriter s Length1 Pocahontas Neil Young3 432 I m a Drifter Version 1 Dolly Parton3 503 Trouble in Mind Richard M Jones3 324 Down the Line Roy Orbison Sam Phillips2 385 I m Moving On Hank Snow2 546 As Long as the Grass Shall Grow Peter La Farge Cash4 217 Heart of Gold Young3 018 The Running Kind with Tom Petty Merle Haggard3 119 Everybody s Trying to Be My Baby Carl Perkins2 1110 Brown Eyed Handsome Man with Carl Perkins Chuck Berry2 2111 T for Texas Rodgers3 3812 Devil s Right Hand Steve Earle2 3313 I m a Drifter Version 2 Parton3 4514 Like a Soldier with Willie Nelson bonus track Cash2 5515 Drive On Alternate Lyrics bonus track Cash2 2316 Bird on a Wire Live with Orchestra bonus track Leonard Cohen5 13Total length 52 10 Note All tracks previously unreleased A solo version of Like a Soldier a version of Drive On featuring different lyrics and an acoustic studio version of Bird on a Wire were issued on the 1994 album American Recordings Disc 3 Unearthed Vol 3 Redemption SongsNo TitleWriter s Length1 A Singer of Songs Tim O Connell2 482 The L amp N Don t Stop Here Anymore Jean Ritchie3 133 Redemption Song with Joe Strummer Bob Marley3 274 Father and Son with Fiona Apple Cat Stevens2 495 Chattanooga Sugar Babe Norman Blake3 166 He Stopped Loving Her Today Bobby Braddock Curly Putman2 377 Hard Times Come Again No More Stephen Foster4 018 Wichita Lineman Jimmy Webb3 039 Cindy with Nick Cave Traditional2 5310 Big Iron Marty Robbins3 5211 Salty Dog Traditional Rudy Toombs2 2612 Gentle on My Mind with Glen Campbell John Hartford3 2413 You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis Charles Mitchell3 1814 You ll Never Walk Alone Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers2 5915 The Man Comes Around Early Take bonus track Cash3 51Total length 47 58 Note All tracks previously unreleased except Wichita Lineman and Big Iron which were previously released on the original vinyl pressing of American IV The Man Comes Around The final version of The Man Comes Around was also released on American IV The Man Comes Around Disc 4 Unearthed Vol 4 My Mother s Hymn BookNo TitleWriter s Length1 Where We ll Never Grow Old James C Moore3 312 I Shall Not Be Moved V O Fossett2 413 I Am a Pilgrim Merle Travis2 274 Do Lord Fossett2 125 When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder James Milton Black1 366 If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Albert E Brumley2 317 I ll Fly Away Brumley1 548 Where the Soul of Man Never Dies William Lee Golden Wayne Raney2 159 Let the Lower Lights Be Burning Philip Bliss3 1410 When He Reached Down His Hand for Me Marion Easterling Thomas Wright J F B Wright2 1411 In the Sweet By and By Sanford Fillmore Bennett Joseph Philbrick Webster2 2512 I m Bound for the Promised Land Traditional2 1513 In the Garden C Austin Miles3 1814 Softly and Tenderly Will L Thompson3 1715 Just as I Am William Batchelder Bradbury Charlotte Elliot2 38Total length 38 28 Note All tracks previously unreleased Disc 5 Unearthed Vol 5 Best of Cash on AmericanNo TitleWriter s Original releaseLength1 Delia s Gone Silbersdorf ToopsAmerican Recordings 1994 2 192 Bird on a Wire Leonard CohenAmerican Recordings 1994 4 043 Thirteen Glenn DanzigAmerican Recordings 1994 3 234 Rowboat BeckAmerican II Unchained 1996 3 455 The One Rose That s Left in My Heart Lyon McIntireAmerican II Unchained 1996 2 286 Rusty Cage Chris CornellAmerican II Unchained 1996 2 507 Southern Accents Tom PettyAmerican II Unchained 1996 4 428 Mercy Seat Nick Cave Mick HarveyAmerican III Solitary Man 2000 4 359 Solitary Man Neil DiamondAmerican III Solitary Man 2000 2 2510 Wayfaring Stranger TraditionalAmerican III Solitary Man 2000 3 2211 One Bono Clayton Edge MullenAmerican III Solitary Man 2000 3 5212 I Hung My Head StingAmerican IV The Man Comes Around 2002 3 5213 The Man Comes Around Johnny CashAmerican IV The Man Comes Around 2002 4 2914 We ll Meet Again Hughie Charles Ross ParkerAmerican IV The Man Comes Around 2002 2 5715 Hurt Trent ReznorAmerican IV The Man Comes Around 2002 3 38Total length 52 14 Note All tracks previously released although Thirteen features an additional verse that was omitted from its original album release Personnel editAdapted from the album liner notes Johnny Cash Vocals Guitar Arranger Adaptation Glen Campbell Vocals Performer Fiona Apple Vocals Nick Cave Vocals Joe Strummer Vocals John Carter Cash Performer Arranger Engineer Associate Producer Adaptation David Ferguson Performer Engineer Mixing D Sardy Performer Engineer Mixing Greg Fidelman Performer Mixing Bill Bateman Performer Norman Blake Performer Thom Bresh Performer Nick Cave Performer Lester Butler Performer Mike Campbell Performer Laura Cash Performer Jack Clement Performer Sheryl Crow Performer Howie Epstein Performer Steve Ferrone Performer Flea Performer John Frusciante Performer Terry Harrington Performer Smokey Hormel Performer Rami Jaffee Performer Roger Joseph Manning Jr Performer Carl Perkins Performer Larry Perkins Performer Tom Petty Performer Juliet Prater Performer David Roe Performer Randy Scruggs Performer Paul The Kid Size Performer Chad Smith Performer Marty Stuart Performer Benmont Tench Performer Jimmy Tittle Performer Rick Rubin Producer Richard Dodd Thom Russo Andrew Scheps David Schiffman Chuck Turner Engineers Sylvia Massy Engineer Mixing Jim Scott Mixing Vlado Meller Mastering Steven Kadison Assistant Christine Cano Art Direction Design Photography Martyn Atkins Andy Earl Photography Lindsay Chase Production Coordination Sylvie Simmons Interviewer TextCharts editAlbum Billboard United States Chart 2003 PeakpositionUS Top Country Albums Billboard 4 33Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited States RIAA 5 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone My Mother s Hymn Book editMy Mother s Hymn Book nbsp Studio album by Johnny CashReleasedApril 6 2004RecordedOctober 12 November 1 1993StudioCedar Hill Refuge Studio Hendersonville GenreGospelLength38 28LabelAmerican RecordingsProducerRick RubinJohnny Cash chronologyLife 2004 My Mother s Hymn Book 2004 The Legend 2005 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp My Mother s Hymn Book is a collection of Christian spiritual songs and hymns that Cash originally learned from his mother while growing up The album features only Cash s voice and a single acoustic guitar This disc was released as a stand alone disc the following year his 89th overall album under the same title and peaked at 9 on the Christian music album chart In the album s liner notes Cash mentions that this is his favorite album he ever made This was Cash s final album devoted to previously unreleased performances of faith based music and hymns following a long string of such releases dating back to 1959 and individual singles and album tracks even before that Tracks 6 9 and 10 were previously recorded for Hymns from the Heart 1962 tracks 5 11 14 and 15 were previously recorded for Sings Precious Memories 1975 and track 7 was recorded in concert for The Survivors Live 1982 Several other songs such as track 13 had been performed by Cash on TV or live in concert but formal studio recordings had not yet been issued until now Although the images used on the standalone CD depict Cash near the end of his life most of the recordings on My Mother s Hymn Book actually date to Cash s early sessions for American in 1993 1994 hence the fact they only feature Cash performing by himself Track listing edit My Mother s Hymn BookNo TitleWriter s Length1 Where We ll Never Grow Old James C Moore3 312 I Shall Not Be Moved V O Fossett2 413 I Am a Pilgrim Merle Travis2 274 Do Lord Fossett2 125 When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder James Milton Black1 366 If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Albert E Brumley2 317 I ll Fly Away Brumley1 548 Where the Soul of Man Never Dies William Lee Golden Wayne Raney2 159 Let the Lower Lights Be Burning Philip Bliss3 1410 When He Reached Down His Hand for Me Marion Easterling Thomas Wright J F B Wright2 1411 In the Sweet By and By Sanford Fillmore Bennett Joseph Philbrick Webster2 2512 I m Bound for the Promised Land Traditional2 1513 In the Garden C Austin Miles3 1814 Softly and Tenderly Will L Thompson3 1715 Just as I Am William Batchelder Bradbury Charlotte Elliot2 38Total length 38 28 Personnel edit Adapted from the album liner notes Karen Adams Group Member Craig Allen Design Martyn Atkins Photography John Carter Cash Liner Notes Associate Producer Rosanne Cash Liner Notes Lindsay Chase Production Coordination Steven Kadison Assistant Vlado Meller Mastering Rick Rubin ProducerReferences edit Jurek Thom Unearthed at AllMusic Gold amp Platinum RIAA riaa com Thomson G 2011 The Resurrection of Johnny Cash Hurt Redemption and American Recording Jawbone Press p 232 Johnny Cash Chart History Top Country Albums Billboard Retrieved July 13 2020 American album certifications Johnny Cash Unearthed Recording Industry Association of America Collar matt Unearthed at AllMusicExternal links editLuma Electronic s Johnny Cash discography listing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Unearthed Johnny Cash album amp oldid 1212017999 Disc 4 My Mother s Hymn Book, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
