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Album cover. Rhino (R2 550159) (2016)
The Complete Trio Collection is a compilation album by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt. It was released on September 9, 2016, by Rhino Records, Warner Bros. Records, and Asylum Records. The album brings together Trio (1987) and Trio II (1999)  with a third disc of unreleased material. The collection was produced by Emmylou Harris and James Austin. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 125 on the Billboard 200. The compilation's release was preceded by four singles: "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Alternate Take 1994)", "Wildflowers (Alternate Take 1986)", "Calling My Children Home (Unreleased Acapella Version 1986)", and "Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Unreleased 1994)"

Track listing

Disc 1: Trio (1987)
  1. The Pain of Loving You (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) 2:33
  2. Making Plans (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison)3:36
  3. To Know Him Is to Love Him (Phil Spector) 3:47
  4. Hobo's Meditation (Jimmie Rodgers) 3:16
  5. Wildflowers (Dolly Parton) 3:35
  6. Telling Me Lies (Linda Thompson, Betsy Cook) 4:22
  7. My Dear Companion (Jean Ritchie) 2:53
  8. Those Memories of You (Alan O'Bryant) 3:55
  9. I've Had Enough (Kate McGarrigle) 3:27
  10. Rosewood Casket (Traditional, arr. by Avie Lee Parton) 3:03
  11. Farther Along (Traditional, arr. by John Starling, Emmylou Harris) 4:07​
Disc 2: Trio II (1999)
  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, Tim Kimball) 4:57
  6. I Feel the Blues Lovin' 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
Disc 3: Unreleased & Alternate Takes, etc. (2016)
  1. Wildflowers (Alternate Take 1986) (Dolly Parton) 3:37
  2. Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Unreleased 1994) (Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell) 3:49
  3. Lover's Return (Alternate Mix) (A. P. Carter) 4:00
  4. Softly and Tenderly (Unreleased 1994) (Traditional) 5:29
  5. Pleasant as May (Unreleased 1986) (Dolly Parton) 2:34
  6. My Dear Companion (Alternate Take 1986) (Jean Ritchie) 2:58
  7. My Blue Tears (Unreleased 1998) (Dolly Parton) 2:41
  8. Making Plans (Alternate Take 1986) (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison) 3:40
  9. I've Had Enough (Alternate Mix 1986) (Kate McGarrigle) 3:30
  10. Grey Funnel Line (Unreleased 1986) (Cyril Tawney) 2:11
  11. You Don't Knock (Unreleased 1986) (Roebuck Staples, Wesley Westbrooks) 3:17
  12. Where Will the Words Come From (Unreleased 1985) (Sonny Curtis, Glen D. Hardin) 2:53
  13. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Alternate Take 1994) (Dolly Parton) 3:33
  14. Are You Tired of Me (Unreleased 1986) (A. P. Carter) 2:36
  15. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Rodney Crowell) 3:56
  16. Mr. Sandman (Pat Ballard) 2:20
  17. Handful of Dust (Tony Arata) 2:20
  18. Calling My Children Home (Unreleased Acapella Version 1986) (Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller, Robert Yates) 3:13
  19. In a Deep Sleep (Unreleased 1986) (Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill) 2:52
  20. Farther Along (Alternate Mix 1986) (Traditional, arr. by John Starling, Emmylou Harris) 4:04
Notes:
  • "Softly and Tenderly" was previously released on Emmylou's 2007 compilation album, Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems.
  • The album liner notes state "My Blue Tears" is an unreleased recording from 1998, but it features the same vocals as the version released on Linda's 1982 album, Get Closer, with slightly altered production.
  • "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" was previously released on Emmylou's 1977 album, Blue Kentucky Girl, however the version included here has Dolly and Linda sharing the verses with Harris, whereas on the original album version they merely sang the harmony.
  • "Mr. Sandman" was previously released on Emmylou's 1981 album, Evangeline.
  • Despite being marketed as "complete", this collection is missing three recordings that feature the trio:

Commercial performance

The album debuted and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart dated October 1, 2016. It charted for four weeks. It also peaked at number 125 on the Billboard 200. In Europe the album peaked at number one on the UK Official Country Compilations Chart, number 47 on the UK Official Albums Chart, number 12 on the Dutch Albums chart, number 24 on the Scottish Albums chart, number 58 on the Swiss Albums chart, number 64 on the Belgian Albums chart, and number 81 on the Irish Albums chart. The album peaked at number five on the New Zealand Heatseekers Albums chart.