Johnny Cash - Unearthed (CD 2004)

Johnny Cash was criminally overlooked in the 80's. His timeless works of the 60's and 70's had already made him a legend, but the music buyers of the day wanted pretty everything other than country music. With album sales dropping, Johnny was dropped by the record label that his album sales had originally aided in its success. It was expected that Johnny would just retire from music and accept that he'd already hit his artistic peak.

Thank the Lord for Rick Rubin, producer extraordinaire, who convinced Johnny to get back into the studio and make some of the best music of his career. Most people are aware of the American Music recordings, but this box set is the out-takes from those sessions and alternative versions, all of whiich are just as outstanding as the tracks that made it onto the original albums.