The Complete Trio Collection
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| Compilation album by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt | |||||
| Released | September 9, 2016 | ||||
| Recorded | Los Angeles, California, USA, 1978 - 1998 | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 146:22 | ||||
| Label | Rhino, Warner Bros., Asylum | ||||
| Producer | Emmylou Harris, James Austin | ||||
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The Complete Trio Collection is compilation album by American singer-songwriters Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. It brings together newly remastered versions of their two award-winning albums, 1987's Trio and 1999's Trio II, with a third disc compiling 20 alternate takes and unreleased material. It was released worldwide on September 9, 2016, by Rhino Entertainment.[1]
Despite being touted as "complete", the set is missing four recordings that feature the trio. Those four tracks are:
- "Light of the Stable" - recorded and released as a single in 1975 featuring additional harmony vocals from Neil Young, it was also included on Harris' 1979 album of the same name.
- "Evangeline" - recorded in 1978 and featured on Harris' 1981 album of the same name, along with "Mr. Sandman", which is included on this set.
- "My Blue Tears" - recorded in 1978 and included on Ronstadt's 1982 album Get Closer.
- "Palms of Victory" - recorded in 1978, this track went unreleased until Harris' 2007 compilation album Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems, along with "Softly and Tenderly", which does appear on this set.
Additionally, Parton and Ronstadt both provided harmony vocals on various tracks throughout Harris' 1985 album The Ballad of Sally Rose.
History
Longtime friends and admirers of one another, Parton, Ronstadt and Harris first attempted to record an album together in the mid-1970s, but scheduling conflicts and other difficulties (including the fact that the three women all recorded for different record labels) prevented its release. Finally a collaboration effort went to full fruition, being produced by George Massenburg. When Trio was released in early 1987, it spawned four huge Country hit singles - including the Country #1 remake of the Phil Spector penned 1958 hit by The Teddy Bears, "To Know Him Is To Love Him". The album hit #1 on the US Country album chart - where it held for five consecutive weeks - and #6 on the main Billboard album chart. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It was also nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy alongside Michael Jackson, U2, Prince and Whitney Houston as well as best country song for "Telling Me Lies". It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
A dozen years after the release of their multi-Platinum, Grammy-winning Trio album, the country music supergroup returned with another in the same vein. Five of the ten tracks on this album first appeared on Linda Ronstadt's 1995 album Feels Like Home, minus Parton's vocals. These five tracks were "Lover's Return", "High Sierra", a cover of Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" (with Valerie Carter and string arrangements by David Campbell), "The Blue Train" (a Top 40 solo hit for Ronstadt), and the title song to the Ronstadt album, the Randy Newman-composed "Feels Like Home". The Gold-selling album reached the Top Five on Billboard's Country Albums chart as well as #62 on Billboard's main album listing.
The songs were actually recorded in 1994 by Parton, Ronstadt and Harris, but label disputes and conflicting schedules of the three women prevented its release at the time. Eventually, Ronstadt remixed the five above-mentioned tracks (sans Parton's vocals) to include in Feels Like Home. In 1999 (after Parton and Harris had parted ways with their respective labels), they decided to finally release the album as originally recorded. Though it yielded no hit singles (mainstream U.S. country radio had long since dropped most artists approaching or over the age of 50 from their playlists by the late 1990s), Trio II was certified Gold by the RIAA, and won the trio another Grammy Award in 2000.
Track listing
| Disc 1: Trio (1987) | ||||
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| Track listing | ||||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
| 1. | "The Pain of Loving You" | Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner |
| 2:32 |
| 2. | "Making Plans" | Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison |
| 3:36 |
| 3. | "To Know Him Is to Love Him" | Phil Spector |
| 3:48 |
| 4. | "Hobo's Meditation" | Jimmie Rodgers |
| 3:17 |
| 5. | "Wildflowers" | Dolly Parton |
| 3:33 |
| 6. | "Telling Me Lies" | Linda Thompson, Betsy Cook |
| 4:26 |
| 7. | "My Dear Companion" | Traditional; arr. Jean Ritchie |
| 2:55 |
| 8. | "Those Memories of You" | Alan O'Bryant |
| 3:58 |
| 9. | "I've Had Enough" | Kate McGarrigle |
| 3:30 |
| 10. | "Rosewood Casket" | Traditional; arr. Avie Lee Parton |
| 2:59 |
| 11. | "Farther Along" | Traditional; arr. John Starling, Emmylou Harris | Parton - Harris - Ronstadt | 4:10 |
| Total length: | 38:53 | |||
| Disc 2: Trio II (1999) | ||||
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| Track listing | ||||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
| 1. | "Lover's Return" | A.P. Carter, Maybelle Carter, Sara Carter |
| 4:00 |
| 2. | "High Sierra" | Harley Allen |
| 4:21 |
| 3. | "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?" | Dolly Parton |
| 3:16 |
| 4. | "After the Gold Rush" | Neil Young |
| 3:31 |
| 5. | "The Blue Train" | Jennifer Kimball, Tom Kimmel |
| 4:57 |
| 6. | "I Feel the Blues Movin' In" | Del McCoury |
| 4:31 |
| 7. | "You'll Never Be the Sun" | Donagh Long |
| 4:43 |
| 8. | "He Rode All the Way to Texas" | John Starling |
| 3:07 |
| 9. | "Feels Like Home" | Randy Newman |
| 4:47 |
| 10. | "When We're Gone, Long Gone" | Kieran Kane, James Paul O'Hara |
| 4:00 |
| Total length: | 41:18 | |||
| Disc 3: Unreleased & Alternate Takes, etc. | ||||
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| Track listing | ||||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
| 1. | "Wildflowers" (Alternate Take 1986) | Dolly Parton | Parton - Harris - Ronstadt | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Waltz Across Texas Tonight" (Unreleased 1994) | Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell | Harris | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Lovers Return" (Alternate Mix 1994) | A.P. Carter | Ronstadt | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Softly and Tenderly" (Unreleased 1994[A]) | Traditional | Harris - Parton - Ronstadt | 5:29 |
| 5. | "Pleasant as May" (Unreleased 1986) | Parton | Parton | 2:34 |
| 6. | "My Dear Companion" (Alternate Take 1986) | Jean Ritchie | Harris | 2:58 |
| 7. | "My Blue Tears" (Unreleased 1998) | Parton | Parton | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Making Plans" (Alternate Take 1986) | Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison | Parton | 3:40 |
| 9. | "I've Had Enough" (Alternate Mix 1986) | Kate McGarrigle | Ronstadt | 3:30 |
| 10. | "Grey Funnel Line" (Unreleased 1986) | Cyril Tawney | Parton - Harris - Ronstadt | 2:11 |
| 11. | "You Don't Knock" (Unreleased 1986) | Roebuck Staples, Wesley Westbrooks | Parton - Harris - Ronstadt | 3:17 |
| 12. | "Where Will the Words Come From?" (Unreleased 1985) | Sonny Curtis, Glen D. Hardin | Parton | 2:53 |
| 13. | "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?" (Alternate Take 1994) | Parton | Parton | 3:33 |
| 14. | "Are You Tired of Me?" (Unreleased 1986) | A.P. Carter | Ronstadt | 2:36 |
| 15. | "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" ([B]) | Crowell | Harris | 3:56 |
| 16. | "Mr. Sandman" ([C]) | Pat Ballard | Harris - Parton - Ronstadt | 2:20 |
| 17. | "Handful of Dust" (Unreleased 1993) | Tony Arata | Parton | 2:20 |
| 18. | "Calling My Children Home" (Unreleased 1986) | Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller, Robert Yates | Parton - Harris - Ronstadt | 3:13 |
| 19. | "In a Deep Sleep" (Unreleased 1986) | Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill | Ronstadt | 2:52 |
| 20. | "Farther Along" (Alternate Mix 1986) | Traditional; arr. John Starling, Harris | Parton - Harris - Ronstadt | 4:04 |
| Total length: | 66:11 | |||
- [A] previously released on Harris' 2007 compilation Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems.
- [B] previously released on Harris' 1977 album Blue Kentucky Girl.
- [C] previously released on Harris' 1981 album Evangeline.
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 3 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] | 64 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] | 137 |
| Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[5] | 12 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[6] | 81 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[7] | 5 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] | 24 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] | 58 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 47 |
| US Billboard 200[11] | 124 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] | 7 |
References
- ↑ http://media.rhino.com/press-release/dolly-parton-linda-ronstadt-and-emmylou-harris-%E2%80%93-complete-trio-collection-available-se
- ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Dolly Parton / Emmylou Harris / Linda Ronstadt – My Dear Companion: Selections from the Trio Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dolly Parton / Emmylou Harris / Linda Ronstadt – Trio - The Complete Trio Collection" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dolly Parton / Emmylou Harris / Linda Ronstadt – Trio - The Complete Trio Collection" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dolly Parton / Emmylou Harris / Linda Ronstadt – Trio - The Complete Trio Collection" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 37, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Dolly Parton / Emmylou Harris / Linda Ronstadt – Trio - The Complete Trio Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Top 200 Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
