Johnny Cash -American Recording III:Solitary Man ( 180g vinyl LP )

Release date: 20-01-2017 (originally released in 2000)

2017 EU repressing ( 180g vinyl LP ) The 3rd album issued by American Recordings -Cut from the Original Masters Under the Strict Supervision of Rick Rubin and Pressed at QRP Record Pressing Plant.This album received a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album of the Year at the 1994 Grammy Awards.Plus digital download voucher.

Tracks:
A1. I Won't Back Down
A2. Solitary Man
A3. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
A4. One
A5. Nobody
A6. I See A Darkness
A7. The Mercy Seat

B1. Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
B2. Field Of Diamonds
B3. Before My Time
B4. Country Trash
B5. Mary Of The Wild Moor
B6. I'm Leavin' Now
B7. Wayfaring Stranger

For younger generations of musicians, having their song cut by Johnny Cash must be a little like scaling the Washington Monument. On his third album for producer Rick Rubin's American label, Cash makes Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" sound like a companion classic to "I Walk the Line." He transforms U2's "One" into a sturdy testament of plainspoken faith, while he plumbs the netherworld of Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat" and Will Oldham's "I See a Darkness." Amid more familiar fare (including Neil Diamond's title track), the album's sing-along standout is the deadpan, down-and-out, talking blues of "Nobody." Cash's recent originals have the age-old purity of Appalachian music, while the traditional closing of "Wayfaring Stranger" offers bittersweet benediction. Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow, and June Carter Cash provide vocal cameos.

Johnny Cash's American Recordings Discography:
01 American I: American Recordings (1994)
02 American II: Unchained (1996)
03 American III: Solitary Man (2000)
04 American IV: The Man Comes Around(2002)
05 American V: A Hundred Highways(2006)
06 American VI: Ain't No Grave (2010)

Although he began his career as an outlaw to the Nashville establishment, Johnny Cash has come to literally define and embody country music. At first, his unique mix of hillbilly music with gospel and blues made him a perfect fit at Sam Phillips' Sun Records, where he recorded such classics as "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk The Line."

From there, Johnny signed with Columbia records and embarked on one of the most remarkable musical careers of the twentieth century. Transforming into The Man In Black, Johnny spent more than thirty years reinventing and contradicting himself - breaking all of the rules of traditional country music only to emerge as the ultimate mythic hero and archetype of the genre.

No other artist has touched the world of music quite like Johnny Cash. He is the only person to be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and The Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. His very name is synonymous with the fight for the rights of the poor and downtrodden and the image of "The Man In Black" is as deeply American as the stars and stripes themselves.

After rejuvenating his career with the two Grammy winning albums American Recordings (1994) and Unchained (1996) on Rick Rubin's American label, Johnny took a four year break due to health reasons before returning in 2000 for his third release in the series, Solitary Man. This time around Cash performs his originals/covers program unaccompanied as well as duets with guest artists like Tom Petty, June Carter, Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow and Will Oldham.