FWIW, they put out Trio II a year or two ago. Same basic
premise. One of the coolest cuts from the sessions for the
first album,"Mr. Sandman" (a real homage to Les Paul and Mary Ford),
ended up on Emmylou's great album "Evangeline". I think "The Boxer"
was another from those first sessions-but which album was that?
Roses In the Snow, maybe?
I know what you mean about the Trio album being so harsh.
Sometimes I wonder if half the reason vinyl sounds better is
because the upper frequencies generally cut out at 13 or 14khz.
I would wager that just cranking the treble control back on the
CD makes it more listenable. Still, some CD's definitely sound
better than others.
RR
Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:
> Years ago, when "Trio" came out, I bought it on CD. Do you remember this
> project? I was a joint project of Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and most
> significantly, Dolly Parton.
>
> The sound of the CD, or my entry-level, early digital player, or the
> combination, were really hashy. Dolly's incredible, G*d given vibrato
> sounded a little like a playing card in a bicycle spokes, or like someone
> shuffling cards, or an FM radio playing inter-station hiss and being turned
> up and down real fast. It was..... pretty miserable. I traded the CD to a
> country music fan but I missed the music. I resolved to pick it up on vinyl
> if I ever ran across it.
>
> Yesterday I found a mint copy at the so-called antique mall on vinyl
> for...... (wait for it)...... $3 and the sound is wonderful. I wish I had
> kept the ratty old CD so I could do the demo for friends.
>
> Lama
>
> np: "Trio" by Dolly, Emmylou, and Linda. Beautifully deployed banjos,
> mandolins, slide guitars,and electic bass. Yum.
