Johnny Cash. The Sun Years. Collectors 5-LP Box Set.

	£		23
	$		30

Title: Johnny Cash. The Sun Years 5-LP Box Set. 1984 release by Charly Records.

Number: Charly 103

Description: Inside the presentation box are 5 individual LPs containing 82 recordings interspersed with many extracts of fascinating session conversation and false starts. Each LP features a track by track analysis of the enclosed recordings. There is an LP sized booklet containing an introduction to Sam Phillips, an overview of Johnny Cash’s recording career during the Sun years, a researched biography of Johnny Cash in the Sun years, a detailed session discography, photos, cuttings and memorabilia. Each album has been mastered in Mono.

Tracks: SUN BOX 103 - The Sun Years: Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash [3/84] (5-LP set) Disc 1: Wide Open Road (alternate take)/You're My Baby (session tape without overdubs)/Folsom Prison Blues (alternate take)/Wide Open Road (session tape without overdubs)/Two Timin' Woman/Goodnight Irene (session tape without overdubs)/Port Of Lonely Hearts/My Treasure (alternate take)/My Treasure//Wide Open Road/Cry Cry Cry/Hey Porter/Folsom Prison Blues/Luther Played The Boogie/So Doggone Lonesome/Mean-Eyed Cat/I Couldn't Keep From Crying/New Mexico; Disc 2: Rock And Roll Ruby/Get Rhythm (alternate take)/I Walk The Line (alternate take)/Train Of Love (alternate take)/Get Rhythm/I Walk The Line/There You Go/Train Of Love//One More Ride/Goodbye Little Darling/I Love You Because (session tape without overdubs)/Straight A's In Love/Don't Make Me Go (alternate take)/Next In Line/Don't Make Me Go; Disc 3: Give My Love To Rose (alternate take)/Home Of The Blues/The Wreck Of The Old 97/Rock Island Line/Belshazar/Leave That Junk Alone/Country Boy (alternate take)//Country Boy/Doin' My Time/If The Good Lord's Willing/I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow/Remember Me/I Was There When It Happened/Come In Stranger (second version)/Big River/Ballad Of A Teenage Queen; Disc 4 Come In Stranger/Oh Lonesome Me (alternate take)/Guess Things Happen That Way/Oh Lonesome Me/You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven (alternate take)/Sugartime/Born To Lose/You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven//Always Alone (alternate take)/Always Alone/The Story Of A Broken Heart (alternate take)/The Story Of A Broken Heart/You Tell Me/Life Goes On; Disc 5: You Win Again (session tape without overdubs)/I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You (session tape without overdubs)/Cold Cold Heart (session tape without overdubs)/Hey Good Lookin' (session tape without overdubs)/I Can't Help It (session tape without overdubs)/Blue Train/Katy Too/The Ways Of A Woman In Love (alternate take)/Thanks A Lot (session tape without overdubs)//Fools Hall Of Fame (session tape without overdubs)/The Ways Of A Woman In Love/Thanks A Lot/It's Just About Time/I Just Thought You'd Like To Know (session tape without overdubs)/I Just Thought You'd Like To Know/I Forgot To Remember To Forget (alternate take)/I Forgot To Remember To Forget/Down The Street To 301

Condition: Top left corner of front of box has a tear. However on examining this, the scuffed surface material can easily be glued back to make the damage look negligible. I am not touching this and will leave it to whatever the eventual buyer wishes to do with it.

Record 1 has two small marks on its sleeve. The record playing surface is mint.

The other 4 LPs have mint condition sleeves and discs.

There is even a silk ribbon attached to the bottom of the inside of the box, allowing the records to be gently lifted out before use (similar to how batteries are removed from a torch type of thing).

The booklet is in mint condition.

I HAVE DESCRIBED THIS RECORD STRICTLY ACCORDING TO RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE GRADING SYSTEMS SO THERE WILL BE NO NASTY SURPRISES FOR THE WINNING BIDDER.

RECORD COLLECTOR GRADING SYSTEM

MINT (M) THE RECORD ITSELF IS IN BRAND NEW CONDITION WITH NO SURFACE MARKS OR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY. THE COVER AND ANY EXTRA ITEMS SUCH AS THE LYRIC SHEET, BOOKLET OR POSTER ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION. RECORDS ADVERTISED AS SEALED OR UNPLAYED SHOULD BE MINT.

EXCELLENT (EX) THE RECORD SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED, BUT THERE IS VERY LITTLE LESSENING IN SOUND QUALITY. THE COVER AND PACKAGING MIGHT HAVE SLIGHT WEAR AND/OR CREASING.

VERY GOOD (VG) THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED MANY TIMES, BUT DISPLAYS NO MAJOR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY, DESPITE NOTICEABLE SURFACE MARKS AND THE OCCASIONAL LIGHT SCRATCH. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE COVER OR EXTRA ITEMS, WITHOUT ANY MAJOR DEFECTS, IS ACCEPTABLE.

GOOD (G) THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED SO MUCH THAT THE SOUND QUALITY HAS NOTICEABLY DETERIORATED, PERHAPS WITH SOME DISTORTION AND MILD SCRATCHES. THE COVER AND CONTENTS SUFFER FROM FOLDING, SCUFFING OF EDGES, SPINE SPLITS, DISCOLOURATION, ETC.

FAIR (F) THE RECORD IS STILL JUST PLAYABLE BUT HAS NOT BEEN CARED FOR PROPERLY AND DISPLAYS CONSIDERABLE SURFACE NOISE; IT MAY EVEN JUMP. THE COVER AND CONTENTS WILL BE TORN, STAINED AND / OR DEFACED.

POOR (P) THE RECORD WILL NOT PLAY PROPERLY DUE TO SCRATCHES, BAD SURFACE NOISE ETC. THE COVER AND CONTENTS WILL BE BADLY DAMAGED OR PARTLY MISSING.

THE USE OF PLUS (+) OR MINUS (-) ALLOWS FOR ITEMS THAT FALL BETWEEN THE ABOVE GRADES.