Prime Prine collects the best of John Prine's four Atlantic albums, the run that opened with "Sam Stone" and "Angel from Montgomery" and never let up. Prine wrote about mail carriers, veterans, and old people at the end of the street with a plainness that most songwriters spend careers failing to reach, and the humor sits right next to the heartbreak without either one blinking. This Rhino Reserve pressing is a brick and mortar exclusive. Street date: July 31.