Universal Music will, in June, issue The Vinyl Collection, a 5LP box set of John Mellencamp‘s records from 1982-1989.
The box set contains the albums American Fool, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow, The Lonesome Jubilee, and Big Daddy. All albums have been “cut from the original analog master tapes on 180 gram vinyl.”
The Vinyl Collection is released on 10 June 2016.
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John Mellencamp
The Vinyl Collection 1982-1989 [VINYL]
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LP 1 – American Fool
1. Hurts So Good (Side A)
2. Jack & Diane (Side A)
3. Hand To Hold On To (Side A)
4. Danger List (Side A)
5. Can You Take It (Side A)
6. Thundering Hearts (Side B)
7. China Girl (Side B)
8. Close Enough (Side B)
9. Weakest Moments (Side B)
LP 2 – Uh-Huh
1. Crumblin’ Down (Side A)
2. Pink Houses (Side A)
3. Authority Song (Side A)
4. Warmer Place To Sleep (Side A)
5. Jackie O (Side B)
6. Play Guitar (Side B)
7. Serious Business (Side B)
8. Lovin’ Mother Fo Ya (Side B)
9. Golden Gates (Side B)
LP 3 – Scarecrow
1. Rain On The Scarecrow (Side A)
2. Grandma’s Theme (Side A)
3. Small Town (Side A)
4. Minutes To Memories (Side A)
5. Lonely Ol’ Night (Side A)
6. The Face Of The Nation (Side A)
7. Justice And Independence ’85 (Side B)
8. Between A Laugh And A Tear (Side B)
9. Rumbleseat (Side B)
10. You’ve Got To Stand For Something'(Side B)
11. R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.(A Salute To 60’s Rock) (Side B)
LP 4 – The Lonesome Jubilee
1. Paper In Fire (Side A)
2. Down And Out In Paradise (Side A)
3. Check It Out (Side A)
4. The Real Life (Side A)
5. Cherry Bomb (Side A)
6. We Are The People (Side B)
7. Empty Hands (Side B)
8. Hard Times For An Honest Man (Side B)
9. Hotdogs And Hamburgers (Side B)
10. Rooty Toot Toot (Side B)
LP 5 – Big Daddy
1. Big Daddy Of Them All (Side A)
2. To Live (Side A)
3. Martha Say (Side A)
4. Theo And Weird Henry (Side A)
5. Jackie Brown (Side A)
6. Pop Singer (Side B)
7. Void In My Heart (Side B)
8. Mansions In Heaven (Side B)
9. Sometimes A Great Notion (Side B)
10. Country Gentleman (Side B)
11. J.M.’S Question (Side B)
I managed to bag the Black Friday RSD release of Scarecrow on grey vinyl last year. Nice package so not sure if I’ll bother with this. That said The Lonesome Jubilee is my all time favourite album of any artist and I don’t have it on vinyl… Damn you SDE and your wicked, tempting ways :-)
I bought the complete CD set and musically, most of his albums are very good and this was probably his most accessible era with great hooks and I love his voice, the musicianship and lyrics.
The remastered 3 ‘ Scarecrow ‘ ‘Jubilee’ and ‘ Big Daddy’ all sound massively better than their original releases which sounded thin and harsh.
The only disappointment of these sets is the lack of any further info, no photo books and no extra tracks/ out takes etc but very good albums.
Is that in error? 5 or 6 LPs?
Yes, sorry that should have read 5. Fixed.