Norman SeeffWhen Johnny Cash recorded the material for Out Among the Stars, releasing it probably seemed pointless.Though he had joined the Country Music Hall of Fame four years prior, Cash was at the commercial nadir of his career in 1984. He'd had just one top 10 hit since his induction; most of his '80s albums hadn't even charted. The Man in Black had been relegated to releasing singles like The Chicken in Black, a novelty about having his brain transplanted into the body of a farm bird.Heard 30 years later, the dozen previously unreleased recordings on Out Among the Stars show an iconic voice in fine and sober form but struggling to find a creative direction.' Here's my father in his prime, shining vocally and physically, because inside, his spirit is alive,' says son John Carter Cash, who worked on the restoration of the recordings, originally cut in 1981 and 1984 with producer Billy Sherrill. 'What I hear, what gets me so excited, is personal. I'm getting back in contact with the man who was my best friend in 1984.

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I get to hang out with these records and spend some time with my dad, remember him as he was at that time in my life.' Out Among the Stars, out Tuesday, will probably get more attention now, 11 years after Cash's death, than it would have if Columbia Records had released the album in 1984.'

He was singing his heart out at that time; nobody cared,' says Marty Stuart, who was part of Cash's road band and played guitar and mandolin both on the original sessions and when instrumentation was added last year. 'But it didn't matter what he sang, he could still make a living being Johnny Cash. Let him put a black coat on and walk through the middle of Missouri, or an airport, and he would still lay the place to waste.' The material includes darker tunes like She Used to Love Me a Lot and the title track, as well as more humorous tales, such as If I Told You Who It Was, about a surprising rendezvous with another of the era's country celebrities, and the macabre I Drove Her Out of My Mind.

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The album also contains a pair of duets with Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, and a version of Hank Snow's I'm Movin' On, recorded on a day when Waylon Jennings dropped by the studio. It's one of the album's highlights.' Dad and Waylon were just fixtures on Music Row then,' John Carter Cash says. 'Now, they're icons. It's one vocal take, pitch perfect.'

He says his father's archives contain much more unreleased material. 'There were more for this session that didn't seem quite right to be part of Out Among the Stars. There's more that he did, just with his guitar, in the '70s. There are other master recordings he did on his own between his time with Columbia and Mercury Records.' The question is, what makes sense as a release? When he did it, did he believe in it?

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Was this something he wanted released? We always ask ourselves that.' John Carter Cash sees Out Among the Stars as a missing link between his father's commercial heyday and the recordings he made during the '90s with producer Rick Rubin up until Cash's death in 2003. 'It's a part of his career that even some of the fans, even those that really love him, don't know as much about.' Had the album been released when it was made, 'it would not have changed a thing' commercially, Stuart says. 'When it's not your turn, it ain't gonna happen.' However, he believes Out Among the Stars points toward Cash's later recordings with Rubin, which would bring a career resurgence and cement his reputation as one of the preeminent figures in American music.'

Till the day he died, he was looking for the next song,' Stuart says, 'and he never let up.'

Vinyl LP pressing. Throughout his five decades in music, Johnny Cash was unwavering in his dedication to his sound and style. Starting with Sun Records in 1955 through his days at Columbia and beyond, Cash always knew exactly what he wanted to do and exactly how it should sound. Everything he did, all the music he created was definitively Johnny Cash. By 1980, the business of country music had changed to incorporate sounds that were incongruous with Cash's.

His signature blend of folk and that 'boom-chicka-boom' beat was out of vogue amongst the slick string-laden 'countrypolitan' sounds that had become popular. This shift left all-time greats like Cash in the odd place of being revered, but not selling albums. In one effort to enhance his commercial appeal, Columbia Records paired Cash with producer Billy Sherrill who was having major success with this new country sound. While Sherrill selected many of the songs, it was Cash's trademark sound that dominated. The sessions were nothing short of magic. Cash employed an expanded band, featuring a young Marty Stuart on guitar and fiddle as well as long-time duet partners June Carter Cash and Waylon Jennings.

Much of what was recorded was locked away in the vault - lost and not to be heard again. Discovered in 2012, OUT AMONG THE STARS is truly a lost, previously unreleased Johnny Cash album. These aren't alternate takes or different versions of songs that you've heard. These are brand new songs to the Cash canon. Completed in 2013 by Johnny's only son John Carter Cash, OUT AMONG THE STARS is a pivotal Johnny Cash album lost in time, and now ready to become a classic. Product Details. Real Name John Ray Cash Profile American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, born February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas; died September 12, 2003 in Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee.He was married to country singer June Carter.

Tommy Cash is his younger brother. Joanne Cash is his younger sister. Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash is his daughter, from his first marriage with Vivian Liberto. Stepfather of singer-songwriter Carlene Carter (daughter of June Carter and her first husband Carl Smith (3)).Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977.Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 (Performer).