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Since Johnny’s passing, we’ve all learned to greet "lost Cash recordings" with skepticism, knowing full well that they’ll most likely be populated with alternate takes or different versions of already familiar songs. That is not what we have here. As it turns out, Johnny teamed with producer Billy Sherrill (who was then having major success with the modern sound of country) on a 1980 LP, with Billy leading the way with song selection while Johnny saw to it that his trademark sound endured. The sessions were nothing short of magic, with a young Marty Stuart on guitar and guests including June Carter Cash and Waylon Jennings. So why was much of what was recorded locked away and never heard again? You’ll marvel at that fact as you hear this truly lost, previously unreleased Johnny Cash album full of new songs in the Cash canon. Completed in 2013 by Johnny’s only son, John Carter Cash, "Out Among the Stars" is finally out among the living, free from the vault at last: "She Used to Love Me a Lot," "Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time," "Baby Ride Easy" (last two with June); "I’m Movin’ On" (with Waylon); "Call Your Mother," the title track, and more on CD or 180-gram vinyl! Sony Legacy/Columbia