Complete Mercury Albums

Johnny Cash‘s 5 year tenure on Mercury Records in the late 1980's, early 90's, is marked by "Johnny Cash : The Complete Mercury Studio Albums 1986 - 1991", a forthcoming box set available on CD and vinyl.

The 7 CD and 7 LP vinyl boxes feature 6 studio albums including 1986’s "Class Of ’55" recorded with Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins and "Water From The Wells Of Home" which includes collaborations with artists such as Paul McCartney, Emmylou Harris and Everly Brothers.

1988’s "Classic Cash : Hall Of Fame Series" also features, and in the CD box set comes with a bonus disc featuring Cash’s early mix of the album, newly discovered from the archive. In the vinyl set the album is a double, but it doesn’t include the early mixes, because that is being released as a standalone release for this year’s Record Store Day. The final album in this box set 1991’s "Mystery Of Life" features, "The Wanderer" with U2.

All audio in the CD and vinyl box sets is newly remastered for the 1st time and new sleeve notes come courtesy of Scott Schinder. You can also buy the remastered vinyl separately, but not the CD's. Finally, a best of compilation called "Easy Rider : The Best Of The Mercury Years" is also being issued on CD and a 2 LP set, if you don’t want to go for the box sets.

These will all be released on June 26th, 2020, via Mercury Records/Universal Music.