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Johnny Cash

Sitting here with too much time and doing some much needed listening. I cued up the American IV The man comes around, Man ! What a powerful album! Great sonics and the music is just awesome. The Nine inch nails cover of hurt was just powerful. The man definitely had what it takes to stir a soul. What are we doing to have when all the greats are gone? LOL, I reckon new greats. Johnny you are missed RIP!
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darosenb
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I finally scored vinyl copies of all six of J Cash's American Series. Numbers one and two were hard to come by. My most treasured set of all. Dying has never been documented so well.
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tpreaves
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Dying has never been documented so well.

That's for sure Darosenb.It's eerie when you think about it.Rubin pulled out everything Cash had left in him.A must have collection in my opinion.
coxhaus
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Do the vinyl versions sound better than the CD versions?
darosenb
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I have the 1st, 2nd and 5th albums on both vinyl and cd. The vinyl sounds much better than the cd on the 1st and 2nd albums. Johnny is holographic in the extreme. The sound on the 5th album is also quite good, but the quality of the vinyl leaves something to be desired.

Best song in the set = Unchained. Also worthy of note is "Aloha Oe", the last song on the last album. What an inspired selection.

But hell ...every song in the series is good.
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mapman
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"Dying has never been documented so well."

I think that is probably a true statement, at least in terms of music.

Cash was unique in his ability to sing about things in his life that so many can relate to. I suppose its only appropriate that he knowingly continued practically up to last breathe and that so many people (perhaps more than ever) continued to listen
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