Recordings released 1979-1988

Booklet contains excerpt from "Who's to say the way a man should spend his days: the first two hundred years of the John Mellencamp story" / Timothy White

Compact disc

John Cougar Mellencamp, vocals and guitar; with instrumental and vocal acc

I need a lover (5:38) -- Ain't even done with the night (4:37) -- Hurts so good (3:39) -- Jack and Diane (4:16) -- Crumblin' down (3:36) -- Pink houses (4:45) -- Authority song (3:50)-- Lonely ol' night (3:46) -- Small town (3:41) -- R.O.C.K. in the USA (2:55) -- Paper in fire (3:53) -- Cherry bomb (4:49) -- Check it out (4:20) -- Without expression (5:06)