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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. 30th Anniversary edition. Originally released through Columbia Records on June 26, 1987, King's Record Shop proved a pivotal album in the career of Rosanne Cash and in the emergence of Americana as an heir to traditional country music. After working on a series of albums which contained singles introducing a new wave/pop sound to America's country charts, producer Rodney Crowell shifted gears on King's Record Shop to bring a more roots-oriented, contemporary folk approach to the genre. One of the most critically-acclaimed albums of Cash's discography, King's Record Shop generated four #1 hits on the Billboard Country charts her covers of Johnny Cash's (her father's) InchTennessee Flat Top Box, Inch John Hiatt's InchThe Way We Make a Broken Heart, Inch and John Stewart's InchRunaway TrainInch as well as InchIf You Change Your Mind, Inch a song she'd co-written with steel guitar player Hank DeVito (who shot the photos used on the iconic front cover of King's Record Shop). Album Tracks 1. Rosie Strike Back 2. The Way We Make a Broken Heart 3. If You Change Your Mind 4. The Real Me 5. Somewhere Sometime 1. Runaway Train 2. Tennessee Flat-Top Box 3. I Don't Have to Crawl 4. Green, Yellow and Red 5. Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone
