Cash Collection

Universal’s 2010 collection Icon rounds up recordings Johnny Cash made during his stint on Mercury in the ‘80s, which means that the versions of “I Walk the Line,” “Cry Cry Cry,” “Guess Things Happen That Way,” “Get Rhythm,” “Hey Porter,” “Wanted Man,” “Ring of Fire,” and “Folsom Prison Blues” included here are not the original hit versions. They’re perfectly fine remakes supported by such ‘80s vintage recordings as “The Night Hank Williams Came to Town” and a cover of Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle.” This will inevitably be a let-down for those looking for the originals, but they’re solid versions and this collection is enjoyable for what it is.

2009 six CD holiday release that contains some of the most memorable and recognizable Christmas music ever released! Features 84 tracks including cuts from Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Andy Wiliams, Harry Belafonte, Boney M, Celine Dion, Chris Botti, Hall & Oates, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Burl Ives, John Denver, Ray Conniff, Britney Spears, Avil Lavigne, Etta James, Jim Brickman, Kenny G, Gene Autrey, Jim Reeves and manyothers. Sony/BMG.

German Funk, Rare Groove and 1970s Disco music (e.g. the highly regarded Munich scene around Italian producer Giorgio Moroder) have been widely recognized and featured on numerous reissues and compilations. However, the Boogie-ish post-disco side of German music history until now has remained relatively undiscovered. One of the reasons might be that a broader national scene in Germany (unlike the UK for example) never existed. Even though tracks by US bands such as Dazz or Midnight Star were popular in discotheks in Germany around that time, bigger labels showed little interest in promoting German groups playing this new style of Disco Funk that brought in electronic musical instruments and often lacked the iconic "four-on-the-floor" beat.

Album dedicated entirely to the country music, published in England in 1986 as the first volume of 'The Country Collection'. The CD is a compilation of 18 original remastered recordings of performers gathered between some of the most recognized historically and even some still alive in this gender. We could not miss names as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Faron Young , Patsy Cline or Dolly Parton.

Over the course of five mesmerizing CDs, Unearthed shows us just how Johnny Cash's now-legendary handful of recordings for American Records came to be. Four discs feature previously unreleased tracks from the famed Rick Rubin-produced sessions. Through their inconsistencies and quirks (and, more often than not, brilliance), they shed light on how Cash's final records were shaped, edited, and produced. Here we get some creative pairings: Fiona Apple providing guest vocals on Cat Stevens' "Father & Son," and the late Joe Strummer duetting with Cash on Bob Marley's "Redemption Song."

CD and Two-LP set, featuring guests like Jerry Douglas and Sam Bush, arrives April 21st for Record Store Day.