The Platinum Collection

Release Date: March 1, 2019

Johnny Cash's The Platinum Collection (2019) gathers 42 tracks spanning his career across three LPs in a gatefold sleeve. The compilation captures Cash's distinctive baritone and sparse instrumentation across prison songs, train ballads, and honky-tonk numbers, including a live version of 'Ring of Fire' and TV theme songs like 'Bonanza!' and 'The Rebel-Johnny Yuma'.

Standout Tracks

• I Walk The Line: Cash's signature boom-chicka-boom rhythm and unwavering vocal delivery
• Folsom Prison Blues: The train-beat classic with its famous 'shot a man in Reno' line
• Ring Of Fire: Live version of the mariachi-influenced love song with its distinctive horn arrangement feel

Mood: driving, contemplative, americana, storytelling

Tracklist

1. A1. I Walk The Line (2:45)
2. A2. Folsom Prison Blues (2:47)
3. A3. Cry! Cry! Cry! (2:25)
4. A4. Home Of The Blues (2:38)
5. A5. Katy, Too (1:56)
6. A6. I Got Stripes (2:06)
7. A7. Seasons Of My Heart (2:28)
8. B1. Ring Of Fire (live) (2:49)
9. B2. Delia's Gone (2:01)
10. B3. The Wreck Of Old '97 (1:44)
11. B4. Five Feet High And Rising (1:48)
12. B5. Straight A's In Love (2:15)
13. B6. The Ways Of A Woman In Love (2:15)
14. B7. What Do I Care (2:07)
15. C1. Rock Island Line (2:11)
16. C2. Get Rhythm (2:14)
17. C3. Hey, Good Lookin' (1:42)
18. C4. Don't Take Your Guns To Town (3:01)
19. C5. Hey Porter (2:13)
20. C6. You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven (2:39)
21. C7. All Over Again (2:06)
22. D1. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (2:12)
23. D2. Big River (2:30)
24. D3. Second Honeymoon (1:57)
25. D4. Come In Stranger (1:41)
26. D5. I Want To Go Home (1:58)
27. D6. Oh Lonesome Me (2:30)
28. D7. Bonanza! (2:21)
29. E1. The Rebel-Johnny Yuma (1:53)
30. E2. Loading Coal (2:15)
31. E3. Guess Things Happen That Way (1:50)
32. E4. It’s Just About Time (2:08)
33. E5. I Just Thought You'd Like To Know (2:23)
34. E6. Honky Tonk Girl (1:57)
35. E7. Luther Played The Boogie (2:03)
36. F1. Busted (2:16)
37. F2. Tennessee Flat-Top Box (3:00)
38. F3. Down The Street To 301 (2:07)
39. F4. I Love You Because (2:26)
40. F5. Country Boy (1:52)
41. F6. In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home (2:33)
42. F7. In The Jailhouse Now (2:24)