Cher
January 19, 2019

3614 Jackson Highway on vinyl

Some of the old and new classics of Cher are coming out on vinyl. First and surprisingly late we got iconic Believe, that was issued on vinyl for the first time (!) after it's release on CD 20 years ago.

Now we have another gold classic - 3614 Jackson Highway. RUN OUT GROOVE is issuing a re-press of a classic Cher album on vinyl with some really incredible bonus tracks.

CLICK HERE to pre-order a very limited edition of 3614 Jackson Highway on vinyl

3614 Jackson Highway is the sixth studio album by Cher and was originally released on June 20, 1969 by Atco Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. At the time of release, the album was a commercial failure, peaking at only #160 although it received praise and positive reviews from music critics at the time based on Cher’s maturing vocals along with the sophisticated instrumentation and arrangements. The album remains Cher’s first and last solo studio album from Atco and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin. The cover art is a photo of Cher with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of musicians that are featured on the album. The album was conceived as a way to bring success to Cher and Sonny & Cher, after a two-year period of commercial failure as the formulaic nature of the duo’s musical endeavors were rendered obsolete as pop music evolved in the later 1960s. In 1968 and 69 Cher recorded songs for an album with a tentative release in 1970. For unknown reasons the album was cancelled and five of the tracks were issued as singles. The remaining tracks went unreleased until Rhino issued a limited edition CD of the album with including the mono tracks as bonus. ROG is reissuing 3614 Jackson Highway on vinyl for the first time since original release and expanding it to include the entire 1970 unreleased mono album/singles that would be making their debut on vinyl.