Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris will release a new three-CD set comprised of their two Trio albums and a disc of bonus material on September 9 via Rhino.
The three singers were all at the top of their career when they first came together in the mid-70’s to record a collaborative album but they were never able to get one recorded and released due to their schedules and the fact that each recorded for a different label.
They returned to the studio in the mid-80’s and, with producer George Massenburg, produced Trio, an album that hit the top of the country chart and went to number 8 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of four top ten country singles, To Know Him Is To Love Him (1987 / #1 Country), Telling Me Lies (1987 / #3 Country / #35 Adult Contemporary), Those Memories of You (1987 / #5 Country) and Wildflowers (1988 / #6 Country).
In 1994, they once again recorded together for the album Trio II which wasn’t released for five years due to contractual obligations and schedules. The set reached number 4 on the Country Albums on 62 on the Billboard 200.
These two albums make up the first two discs of the new set while twenty rarities, both unreleased songs and alternate takes, make up disc 3.
A separate single disc, My Dear Companion: Selections From the Trio Collection, will be released on the same day.
The track lists:
The Complete Trio Collection
Disc 1 (Trio I)
The Pain of Loving You
Making Plans
To Know Him Is To Love Him
Hobo’s Meditation
Wildflowers
Telling Me Lies
My Dear Companion
Those Memories of You
I’ve Had Enough
Rosewood Casket
Farther Along
Disc 2 (Trio II)
Lover’s Return
High Sierra
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
After the Gold Rush
The Blue Train
I Feel the Blues Movin’ In
You’ll Never Be The Sun
He Rode All The Way To Texas
Feels Like Home
When We’re Gone, Long Gone
Disc 3 (Bonus Material)
Wildflowers (Alternate Take unreleased 1986)
Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Unreleased 1994)
Lover’s Return (Alternate Mix – Unreleased)
Softly and Tenderly (Unreleased 1994)
Pleasant As May (Unreleased 1986)
My Dear Companion (Alternate Take 1986)
My Blue Tears (Unreleased 1998)
Making Plans (Alternate Take 1986)
I’ve Had Enough (Alternate Mix 1986)
Grey Funnel Line (Unreleased 1986)
You Don’t Knock (Unreleased 1986)
Where Will The Words Come From (Unreleased 1985)
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Dolly Lead – Alternate Take 1994)
Are You Tired of Me (Unreleased 1986)
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Mr. Sandman
Handful Of Dust (Unreleased 1993)
Calling My Children Home (Unreleased Acapella Version 1986)
White Snow (Unreleased 1986)
Farther Along (Alternate Mix 1986)
My Dear Companion: Selections From The Trio Collection
The Pain Of Loving You
My Dear Companion
To Know Him Is To Love Him
Telling Me Lies
Farther Along
Lover’s Return
After The Gold Rush
The Blue Train
You’ll Never Be The Sun
When We’re Gone, Long Gone
Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Unreleased 1994)
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Dolly Lead – Alternate Take 1994)
Wildflowers (Alternate Take 1986)
Calling My Children Home (Unreleased Acapella Version 1986)
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