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But it is a great collection, thoughtfully and attractively packaged. Murder stands out from the pack for me, while his God songs don't have quite the same quality in depth for me.
I don't understand why these three CDs didn't have the Life Cd included in the set. But I love all of Johnny's music. Haven't heard a bad one yet and I hav A LOT of Johnny, June, the Highwaymen and I'm currently building on my Rosanne collection. She's the one who inhereted "the gift".
It's Johnny Cash's personal favorites on three of the dominant themes of his oeuvre. The recording sounds of the day are part of the music's charm.My one criticism concerns the "essays" included. It's not a best-of collection in the strictest sense. I must disagree with the reviewer who asserts that the themed discs fail to cohere. All the more so because it is a collection that Cash wanted to represent himself. To create a stereo mix out of monaural source material is, to me at least, akin to the hideous colorization of black and white films.
Remastering is most helpful when cleaning up old and damaged recordings.
In that sense, the song selection is extremely interesting.
They feel like an afterthought with nothing very substantial.
I'm not sure if the reviewer is aware of this or not, but these discs weren't just slapped together by the record label - Cash hand-picked these himself.
They consist of one liner note page each.
We may never know why every specific song was included here, but suffice it to say they each carry a special significance for Cash.As for the recording quality, I found this collection to be quite acceptable.
One reviewer complains that the tracks are mono records with little remastering.
I was hoping for some interesting commentary on Cash's work, but that was in short supply.I have personally enjoyed this collection very much.
It may not flow as nicely as some of the other collections and there may not be exceedingly obvious connections between songs, but it has Cash's personal touch and in that respect, it's amongst my favorite Cash collections.Highly recommended to those familiar and those new to the man in black.
Just like the title says. Themed discs , 1 for songs of love , 1 for songs of God , and 1 for songs of murder. Great to listen to individually , but for real fun I put the 3 discs on shuffle.Makes for some interesting song to song sequences.
A great mix of songs from throughout his impressive history. I am a long time fan of Mr. Cash and this covers a lot of ground. He was a gifted, half crazy, great American artist and this shows it all. If you are new to Cash this is a great one to start with and it's also a great collection for long time fans like me.
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