American Recordings I–VI

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1: American I: American Recordings
• 1
  Delia’s Gone
  2:17
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Let the Train Blow the Whistle
  2:15
  4.0 ★
• 3
  The Beast in Me
  2:45
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Drive On
  2:23
  4.4 ★
• 5
  Why Me Lord
  2:20
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Thirteen
  2:29
  4.2 ★
• 7
  Oh, Bury Me Not (includes the introduction to Cowboy’s Prayer)
  3:52
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Bird on a Wire
  4:01
  3.8 ★
• 9
  Tennessee Stud (live)
  2:54
  4.2 ★
• 10
  Down There by the Train
  5:34
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Redemption
  3:03
  4.4 ★
• 12
  Like a Soldier
  2:50
  4.0 ★
• 13
  The Man Who Couldn’t Cry (live)
  5:01
  4.4 ★
• 12" Vinyl 2: American II: Unchained
• 1
  Rowboat
  3:43
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Sea of Heartbreak
  2:42
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Rusty Cage
  2:48
  4.2 ★
• 4
  The One Rose
  2:26
  3.4 ★
• 5
  Country Boy
  2:31
  4.5 ★
• 6
  Memories Are Made of This
  2:19
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Spiritual
  5:07
  3.5 ★
• 8
  The Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea
  2:31
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Southern Accents
  4:41
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Mean Eyed Cat
  2:32
  4.4 ★
• 11
  Meet Me in Heaven
  3:21
  4.0 ★
• 12
  I Never Picked Cotton
  2:39
  4.5 ★
• 13
  Unchained
  2:51
  3.5 ★
• 14
  I’ve Been Everywhere
  3:16
  4.0 ★
• 12" Vinyl 3: American III: Solitary Man
• 1
  I Won’t Back Down
  2:08
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Solitary Man
  2:23
  4.5 ★
• 3
  That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
  2:34
  4.5 ★
• 4
  One
  3:51
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Nobody
  3:13
  3.0 ★
• 6
  I See a Darkness
  3:41
• 7
  The Mercy Seat
  4:34
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)
  2:40
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Field of Diamonds
  3:14
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Before My Time
  2:53
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Country Trash
  1:46
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Mary of the Wild Moor
  2:31
  5.0 ★
• 13
  I’m Leavin’ Now
  3:05
• 14
  Wayfaring Stranger
  3:20
  5.0 ★
• 12" Vinyl 4: American IV: The Man Comes Around
• 1
  The Man Comes Around
  4:26
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Hurt
  3:38
  4.8 ★
• 3
  Give My Love to Rose
  3:28
  3.3 ★
• 4
  Bridge Over Troubled Water
  3:55
  3.3 ★
• 5
  I Hung My Head
  3:53
  3.4 ★
• 6
  The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  3:52
  2.8 ★
• 7
  Personal Jesus
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 8
  In My Life
  2:57
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Sam Hall
  2:40
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Danny Boy
  3:19
  3.4 ★
• 11
  Desperado
  3:13
  3.9 ★
• 12
  I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
  3:03
  3.4 ★
• 13
  Tear Stained Letter
  3:41
  3.4 ★
• 14
  Streets of Laredo
  3:33
  3.8 ★
• 15
  We’ll Meet Again
  2:58
  3.6 ★
• 12" Vinyl 5
• 1
  In My Life
  2:57
• 2
  Sam Hall
  2:40
• 3
  Danny Boy
  3:19
• 4
  Desperado
  3:13
• 5
  I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
  3:03
• 6
  Tear Stained Letter
  3:41
• 7
  Streets of Laredo
  3:33
• 8
  We’ll Meet Again
  2:58
• 12" Vinyl 6: American V: A Hundred Highways
• 1
  Help Me
  2:51
  4.0 ★
• 2
  God’s Gonna Cut You Down
  2:38
  4.2 ★
• 3
  Like the 309
  4:35
  5.0 ★
• 4
  If You Could Read My Mind
  4:30
  4.5 ★
• 5
  Further on up the Road
  3:25
  3.5 ★
• 6
  On the Evening Train
  4:17
  5.0 ★
• 7
  I Came to Believe
  3:44
• 8
  Love’s Been Good to Me
  3:18
  5.0 ★
• 9
  A Legend in My Time
  2:37
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Rose of My Heart
  3:18
• 11
  Four Strong Winds
  4:34
• 12
  I’m Free From the Chain Gang Now
  3:00
  5.0 ★
• 12" Vinyl 7: American VI: Ain't No Grave
• 1
  Ain’t No Grave
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Redemption Day
  4:22
  4.4 ★
• 3
  For the Good Times
  3:22
  4.5 ★
• 4
  I Corinthians 15:55
  3:38
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 6
  A Satisfied Mind
  2:48
  3.5 ★
• 7
  I Don’t Hurt Anymore
  2:45
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Cool Water
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
  3:14
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Aloha Oe
  3:00
  4.5 ★

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Release credits

• Benmont Tench
  harmonium [3, 8-9, 11, 14], mellotron [2], organ [1-3, 3, 5, 5-6, 11], piano [1-2, 5, 5-6, 12, 14], pipe organ [10], reed organ [3, 8-9, 11, 14], vibraphone [5]
• Billy Bowers
  editor [1-14]
• Billy Preston
  piano [7, 13]
• Chuck Turner
  editor [1-14]
• Curt Bisquera
  drums (drum set) [7-8], percussion [7-8]
• Dan Leffler
  assistant [1-12]
• David Ferguson
  engineer [1-14], mix [7.1-10, 3.1-8, 3.10-14, 6.1-12, 4.1-15], recording [4.1-15, 6.1-12, 7.1-10], ukulele [9]
• David Sardy
  additional [1-14]
• David Schiffman
  additional [1-14], mix [9]
• Don Henley
  background vocals [11], guest [11], lead vocals [11]
• Fiona Apple
  background vocals [4], guest [4], lead vocals [4]
• Flea
  additional [7], bass [7], guest [7]
• Greg Fidelman
  mix [6.1-12, 7.2-10]
• Jack Clement
  other instruments [15], resonator guitar [15]
• Jeff Hannah
  acoustic guitar [11]
• Jim Scott
  mix [1-13]
• Jimmy Tittle
  assistant [1-12]
• Joey Waronker
  drums (drum set) [13]
• John Carter Cash
  arranger [14], associate [6.1-12, 3.1-14, 4.1-15, 7.1-10]
• John Frusciante
  acoustic guitar [7]
• Johnny Cash
  acoustic guitar [1.1-13, 4.13-14], arranger [3.14, 4.9-10, 4.14], lead vocals [7.1-10, 1.9, 3.1-14, 4.1-15], vocal [1-8, 10-13]
• Juliet Prater
  additional [3], percussion [3]
• June Carter Cash
  vocal [9]
• Kerry Marx
  acoustic guitar [11, 13]
• Laura Cash
  fiddle [14-15]
• Lindsay Chase
  misc [1-14]
• Lindsey Buckingham
  acoustic guitar [2], additional [2]
• Marty Stuart
  acoustic guitar [4.5, 2.1, 2.4-5, 2.10-11, 2.13-14], additional [1, 4, 4-5, 5, 10, 10-11, 11, 13, 13-14, 14], bass [1, 4-5, 10-11, 13-14], electric guitar [1, 4-5, 10-11, 13-14], guest [5]
• Merle Haggard
  vocal [13]
• Mick Fleetwood
  additional [2], drums (drum set) [2]
• Mike Campbell
  acoustic guitar [2-4, 6, 8-9, 12]
• Nick Cave
  guest [12]
• Paul Fig
  assistant [1-12]
• Randy Scruggs
  acoustic guitar [1, 11, 13-14]
• Richard Dodd
  additional [1-14]
• Rick Rubin
  producer [3.1-14, 2.1-14, 4.1-15, 7.1-10, 1.1-13, 6.1-12]
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
  bell [8], chamberlin [4], harmonium [8], mellotron [4], piano [4, 9], reed organ [8]
• Ryan Hewitt
  mix [1]
• Scott Avett
  banjo [1]
• Seth Avett
  foot stomps [1]
• Sheryl Crow
  accordion [12, 14], vocal [9]
• Smokey Hormel
  acoustic guitar [1-6, 8-9, 12], slide guitar [7]
• Steve Ferrone
  drums (drum set) [1-6, 10, 12, 14], percussion [1-6, 10, 12, 14]
• Sylvia Massy
  engineer [1-14], mix [1-14]
• Terry Harrington
  clarinet [15]
• Thom Bresh
  acoustic guitar [15]
• Tom Petty
  organ [1], vocal [1-2]
• Will Oldham
  vocal [6]
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Issues

• A
  American Recordings I–VI

  6x 12" Vinyl
  23 March 2015
• 

  A
  American Recordings I–VI

  7x 12" Vinyl
  7 May 2015