Johnny Cash - All the Best (All Tracks Remastered) '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist:

01. The Rock Island Line (Remastered 2019)
02. The Legend of John Henrys Hammer (Remastered 2019)
03. Ballad of a Teen-Age Queen (Remastered 2020)
04. Down the Street To 301 (Remastered 2020)
05. Life Goes On (Remastered 2020)
06. Lost on the Desert (Remastered 2019)
07. Clementine (Remastered 2020)
08. Lumberjack (Remastered 2019)
09. I Forgot to Remember to Forget (Remastered 2020)
10. Straight as in Love (Remastered 2020)
11. Time Changes Everything (Remastered 2019)
12. Nine Pound Hammer (Remastered 2019)
13. In the Jailhouse Now (Remastered 2019)
14. Port of Lonely Hearts (Remastered 2020)
15. You Win Again (Remastered 2020)
16. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Remastered 2019)
17. The Man on the Hill (Remastered 2020)
18. Youre the Nearest Thing to Heaven (Remastered 2020)
19. I Walk the Line (Remastered 2020)
20. Country Boy (Remastered 2020)
21. Drink to Me (Remastered 2020)
22. Loading Coal (Remastered 2019)
23. Folsom Prison Blues (Remastered 2020)
24. Oh Lonesome Me (Remastered 2020)
25. I Love You Because (Remastered 2020)
26. God Will (Remastered 2019)
27. Waiting For a Train (Remastered 2019)
28. The Wreck of Old 97 (Remastered 2020)
29. Mr. Lonesome (Remastered 2019)
30. Youre the Nearest Thing to Heaven (Remastered 2020)
31. Goodbye Little Darlin (Remastered 2020)
32. Seasons of My Heart (Remastered 2019)
33. I Got Shoes (Remastered 2019)
34. Slow Rider (Remastered 2019)
35. Mean Eyed Cat (Remastered 2020)
36. Hey Good Lookin (Remastered 2020)
37. My Grandfathers Clock (Remastered 2020)
38. Im so Lonesome I Could Cry (Remastered 2019)
39. Train of Love (Remastered 2020)
40. Doin My Time (Remastered 2020)
41. I Want to Go Home (Remastered 2020)
42. Hell Understand and Say Well Done (Remastered 2019)
43. Going to Memphis (Remastered 2019)
44. Honky-Tonk Girl (Remastered 2019)
45. Transfusion Blues (Remastered 2019)


 Read MoreCash finally landed an audition with Sun Records and its founder,
Sam Phillips, in 1955. Initially, Cash presented himself as a gospel singer, but
Phillips turned him down. Phillips asked him to come back with something more
commercial. Cash returned with Hey Porter, which immediately caught Phillips
ear. Soon, Cash released Cry Cry Cry/Hey Porter as his debut single for Sun. On
it, Phillips billed Cash as Johnny, which upset the singer because he felt it
sounded too young; the record producer also dubbed Perkins and Grant as the
Tennessee Two. Cry Cry Cry became a success upon its release in 1955, entering
the country charts at number 14 and leading to a spot on The Louisiana Hayride,
where he stayed for nearly a year. A second single, Folsom Prison Blues, reached
the country Top Five in early 1956 and its follow-up, I Walk the Line, was
number one for six weeks and crossed over into the pop Top 20.

With His Hot and Blue GuitarCash had an equally successful year in 1957, scoring
several country hits including the Top 15 Give My Love to Rose. He also made his
Grand Ole Opry debut that year, appearing all in black where the other
performers were decked out in flamboyant, rhinestone-studded outfits.
Eventually, he earned the nickname of The Man in Black. Cash became the first
Sun artist to release a long-playing album in November of 1957, when Johnny Cash
with His Hot and Blue Guitar hit the stores. His success continued to roll
throughout 1958, as he earned his biggest hit, Ballad of a Teenage Queen (number
one for ten weeks), as well another number one single, Guess Things Happen That
Way. For most of 1958, Cash attempted to record a gospel album, but Sun refused
to allow him to record one. The label also was unwilling to increase Cashs
record royalties. Both of these were deciding factors in the vocalists decision
to sign with Columbia Records in 1958. By the end of the year, he had released
his first single for the label, All Over Again, which became another Top Five
success. Sun continued to release singles and albums of unissued Cash material
into the 60s.

Hymns by Johnny CashDont Take Your Guns to Town, Cashs second single for
Columbia, was one of his biggest hits, reaching the top of the country charts
and crossing over into the pop charts in the beginning of 1959. Throughout that
year, Columbia and Sun singles vied for the top of the charts. Generally, the
Columbia releases -- Frankies Man Johnny, I Got Stripes, and Five Feet High and
Rising -- fared better than the Sun singles, but Luther Played the Boogie did
climb into the Top Ten. That same year, Cash had the chance to make his gospel
record -- Hymns by Johnny Cash -- which kicked off a series of thematic albums
that ran into the 70s.

The Tennessee Two became the Tennessee Three in 1960 with the addition of
drummer W.S. Holland. Though he was continuing to have hits, the relentless pace
of his career was beginning to take a toll on Cash. In 1959, he had begun taking
amphetamines to help him get through his schedule of nearly 300 shows a year. By
1961, his drug intake had increased dramatically and his work was affected,
which was reflected by a declining number of hit singles and albums. By 1963, he
had moved to New York, leaving his family behind. He was running into trouble
with the law, most notably for starting a forest fire out West.

June Carter -- who was the wife of one of Cashs drinking buddies, Carl Smith --
would provide Cash with his return to the top of the charts with Ring of Fire,
which she co-wrote with Merle Kilgore. Ring of Fire spent seven weeks on the top
of the charts and was a Top 20 pop hit. Cash continued his success in 1964 as
Understand Your Man became a number one hit. However, Cashs comeback was
short-lived as he sank further into addiction, and his hit singles arrived
sporadically. Cash was arrested in El Paso for attempting to smuggle
amphetamines into the country in his guitar case in 1965. That same year, the
Grand Ole Opry refused to have him perform and he wrecked the establishments
footlights. In 1966, his wife Vivian filed for divorce, after which Cash moved
to Nashville. At first, he was as destructive as he ever had been, but he became
close friends with June Carter, who had divorced Carl Smith. With Carters help,
he was able to shake his addictions; she also converted Cash to fundamentalist
Christianity. His career began to bounce back as Jackson and Rosannas Going Wild
became Top Ten hits. Early in 1968, Cash proposed to Carter during a concert;
the pair were married that spring.

At Folsom PrisonAlso in 1968, Cash recorded and released his most popular album,
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. Recorded during a prison concert, the album
spawned the number one country hit Folsom Prison Blues, which also crossed over
into the pop charts. By the end of the year, the record had gone gold. The
following year, he released a sequel, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, which had his
only Top Ten pop single, A Boy Named Sue, which peaked at number three; it also
hit number one on the country charts. Cash guested on Bob Dylans 1969
country-rock album Nashville Skyline. Dylan returned the favor by appearing on
the first episode of The Johnny Cash Show, the singers television program for
ABC. The Johnny Cash Show ran for two years, between 1969 and 1971.

Cash was reaching a second peak of popularity in 1970. In addition to his
television show, he performed for President Richard Nixon at the White House,
acted with Kirk Douglas in The Gunfight, sang with John Williams and the Boston
Pops Orchestra, and he was the subject of a documentary film. His record sales
were equally healthy as Sunday Morning Coming Down and Flesh and Blood were
number one hits. Throughout 1971, Cash continued to have hits, including the Top
Three Man in Black. Both Cash and Carter became more socially active in the
early 70s, campaigning for the civil rights of Native Americans and prisoners,
as well as frequently working with Billy Graham.

In the mid-70s, Cashs presence on the country charts began to decline, but he
continued to have a series of minor hits and the occasional chart-topper like
1976s One Piece at a Time, or Top Ten hits like the Waylon Jennings duet There
Aint No Good Chain Gang and (Ghost) Riders in the Sky. Man in Black, Cashs
autobiography, was published in 1975. In 1980, he became the youngest inductee
to the Country Music Hall of Fame. However, the 80s were a rough time for him as
his record sales continued to decline and he ran into trouble with Columbia.
Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis teamed up to record The Survivors in
1982, which was a mild success. The Highwaymen -- a band featuring Cash, Waylon
Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson -- released their first album in
1985, which was also moderately successful. The following year, Cash and
Columbia Records ended their relationship and he signed with Mercury Nashville.
The new label didnt prove to be a success, as the company and the singer fought
over stylistic direction. Furthermore, country radio had begun to favor more
contemporary artists, and Cash soon found himself shut out of the charts.
Nevertheless, he continued to be a popular concert performer.

American RecordingsThe Highwaymen recorded a second album in 1992, and it was
more commercially successful than any of Cashs Mercury records. Around that
time, his contract with Mercury ended. In 1993, he signed a contract with
American Records. His first album for the label, American Recordings, was
produced by the labels founder, Rick Rubin, and was a stark, acoustic collection
of songs. American Recordings, while not a blockbuster success, revived his
career critically and brought him in touch with a younger, rock-oriented
audience. In 1995, the Highwaymen released their third album, The Road Goes on
Forever. The following year, Cash released his second album for American
Records, Unchained, which featured support from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
His VH1 Storytellers outing was released in 1998, and in the spring of 2000,
Cash compiled Love, God, Murder, a three-disc retrospective focusing on the
major songwriting themes dominant throughout his career. The new studio album
American III: Solitary Man appeared later that year.

American IV: The Man Comes AroundHealth problems plagued Cash throughout the 90s
and into the 2000s, but he continued to record with Rubin; their fourth
collaboration, American IV: The Man Comes Around, was released in late 2002. The
following year, the Mark Romanek-directed video for his cover of Nine Inch Nails
Hurt garnered considerable acclaim and media attention, culminating in an
unexpected nomination for video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards. Not
long after the video sparked numerous stories, his beloved wife June Carter Cash
died on May 15, 2003, of complications following heart surgery. Four months
later, Johnny died of complications from diabetes in Nashville, Tennessee. He
was 71. Five months later, the compilation Legend of Johnny Cash became a Top
Ten hit. In 2006 Lost Highway released the next-to-last installment of Cashs
legendary American recordings, American V: A Hundred Highways, from the late
singers last sessions with collaborator Rick Rubin. The final installment from
those sessions appeared as American VI: Aint No Grave, in early 2010, and is
reported to be the last of the American Recordings releases. Sony Legacy started
a vigorous bootleg series of rare, unreleased, or hard to find Cash tracks in
2011 with the two-disc Bootleg, Vol. 1: Personal File and continued into 2012
with three further two-disc sets of rare material. In 2014, Out Among the Stars
-- a collection of unreleased material recorded in the early 80s, produced by
Billy Sherrill and finished under the direction of John Carter Cash in 2013 --
appeared in the spring. Cashs Mercury albums received a complete reissue in the
summer of 2020 in the form of a hefty box set, which had an accompanying sampler
called Easy Rider: The Best pf the Mercury Years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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