John Mellencamp – The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 (2018 Reissue / Mercury / 2×LP)

John Mellencamp – The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 (2018 Reissue / Mercury / 2×LP)

A factory-sealed Mint double LP of John Mellencamp's definitive career compilation — a 2018 Mercury 2×LP reissue spanning his complete decade of essential heartland rock recordings, pristine and unplayed.

Originally compiled in 1997, The Best That I Could Do (1978–1988) is the most complete single-collection survey of John Mellencamp's extraordinary run through the late 1970s and 1980s — the decade in which he evolved from a reluctant pop act into one of America's most respected and distinctly working-class rock voices. "Jack & Diane," "Hurts So Good," "Pink Houses," "Small Town," "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.," "Rain on the Scarecrow," and "Cherry Bomb" are among the recordings collected across the two discs — a run of singles that stands among the most consistent and emotionally direct in American rock of the era. This 2018 Mercury double LP reissue makes the collection available in a Mint sealed format at a price that reflects its status as an essential rather than a rarity. The definitive Mellencamp vinyl collection.

• Format: 2×LP, Compilation
• Edition: 2018 Reissue
• Label: Mercury – B0028633-01
• Genre: Pop Rock
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Sealed Mint 2×LP — Jack & Diane to Cherry Bomb, the complete Mellencamp story across a decade of essential American rock.

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