Mellencamp Issues Anthology Box Set

A four disc John Mellencamp rarities box set is heading this way in June.

On The Rural Route 7609 is due in the US on 15 June and contains a wealth of unreleased and rare material alongside some of Mellencamp’s best known songs.

The four discs are sequenced as stand-alone albums, meaning that it doesn’t necessarily run chronologically. The box also comes with a 4500 word essay about Mellencamp’s career.

On The Rural Route 7609 tracklisting:

• indicates track selection has never before been released on a John Mellencamp CD

Disc 1
1. Longest Days
2. Grandma’s Theme
3. Rural Route
4. Jackie Brown
5. Rain On The Scarecrow
6. Jim Crow with Cornell West
7. Jim Crow
8. Big Daddy Of Them All
9. Deep Blue Heart
10. Forgiveness
11. Don’t Need This Body
12. Jenny At 16
13. * Jack And Diane (writing demo)
14. Jack And Diane

Disc 2
1. The Real Life with Joanne Woodward
2. Ghost Towns Along The Highway
3. The Full Catastrophe
4. Authority Song (writing demo)
5. Troubled Land
6. To Washington
7. Our Country (alternate version)
8. Country Gentlemen
9. Freedom’s Road
10. Mr. Bellows (remix)
11. Rodeo Clown
12. Love And Happiness
13. Pink Houses

Disc 3
1. If I Die Sudden (live)
2. Someday
3. Between A Laugh And A Tear
4. Void In My Heart (acoustic version recorded at Chess Studios)
5. Death Letter
6. Sugar Marie (acoustic)
7. Theo And Weird Henry
8. When Jesus Left Birmingham
9. L.U.V. (remix)
10. Thank You
11. Women Seem
12. The World Don’t Bother Me None
13. Cherry Bomb (writing demo)
14. Someday The Rains Will Fall
15. A Ride Back Home

Disc 4
1. My Aeroplane
2. Colored Lights
3. Just Like You
4. Young Without Lovers
5. To M.G. (Wherever She May Be) (acoustic)
6. Sweet Evening Breeze
7. What If I Came Knocking
8. County Fair
9. Peaceful World (writing demo)
10. Your Life Is Now
11. For The Children
12. Rural Route (acoustic)