VIA PRESS RELEASE | Following hard on the heels of the critically acclaimed The Original Sun Albums 1957-1964 8 CD box set of Johnny Cash recordings for the legendary Sun Records label earlier in 2017, comes Johnny Cash Greatest Hits – The Sun Records Years, a twenty-track vinyl-only release which contains such defining JC recordings as “I Walk The Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and “There You Go.”
This is but the first in what will comprise a total of eight high-quality 180-gram audiophile quality vinyl releases, cut from lacquers and sourced from original master tapes, which restore the classic Sun sleeve artwork, this series of releases will be the best sounding—and looking—JC Sun Records reissues ever! The albums to follow in 2018 are JOHNNY CASH WITH HIS HOT AND BLUE GUITAR, JOHNNY CASH SINGS THE SONGS THAT MADE HIM FAMOUS, GREATEST, JOHNNY CASH SINGS HANK WILLIAMS AND OTHER FAVOURITE SONGS, NOW HERE’S JOHNNY CASH, ALL ABOARD THE BLUE TRAIN WITH JOHNNY CASH, ORIGINAL SUN SOUND OF JOHNNY CASH. CD, MFIT and digital download versions will also be available, and will also feature on streaming platforms.
This historic reissue series comes with the full involvement and oversight of Sun Entertainment Corporation president John A. Singleton, and has been project managed by Charly label manager Rob Caiger in London, in conjunction with some of the UK’s finest studios and leading mastering engineers, including Matt Colton and Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering, and Nick Robbins at Soundmastering Ltd.
Track Listing Side 1: Cry! Cry! Cry! / Folsom Prison Blues / So Doggone Lonesome / I Walk The Line / There You Go / Train of Love / Next In Line / Home of the Blues / Ballad of A Teenage Queen / Big River
Track Listing Side 2: Guess Things Happen That Way / Come In Stranger / The Ways of a Woman In Love / You’re The Nearest Thing To Heaven / Thanks A Lot / Luther Played The Boogie / Katy Too / Straight A’s In Love / I Love You Because / Oh Lonesome Me
