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Sweetheart of the Rodeo: Emmylou Harris' "The Ballad of Sally Rose" Goes Deluxe in June

April 2, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Today is Emmylou Harris' birthday, and Rhino is celebrating the songbird's illustrious career with a brand-new 2-CD remastered and expanded edition of one of her most cherished albums.  On June 1, the label will reissue 1985's The Ballad of Sally Rose, a concept album inspired by Harris' short but blazing time spent with the late Gram Parsons.  This deluxe edition will also be available as a digital download, on streaming services, and as a 2-LP vinyl set.  (The vinyl release will also be released early for participants in the Record Store Crawl on May 19 in Harris' hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.)

Harris' first entirely self-written album, The Ballad of Sally Rose was once described by the artist as a "country opera."  The songs loosely tell the story of Sally Rose (an actual alias used by Harris for years as she toured), whose romantic partner and musical mentor - a musician living life in the fast lane - is killed while on the road.  The album was inspired, too, by Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, another intensely personal statement from a singer-songwriter.  Prior to this album, only Harris' long-disappeared debut (1969's Gliding Bird) had featured more than two of her own compositions.  She wouldn't concentrate on her own material again until 2000's Red Dirt Girl.  A handful of famous friends joined Emmylou for the album including Waylon Jennings (who plays lead on "Rhythm Guitar") and her longtime friends and future Trio collaborators, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.

The lead single from The Ballad of Sally Rose, "White Line," reached No. 14 on the U.S. Country chart, but the LP was met with disappointing sales.  It did, however, earn Harris a Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.  It's been expanded for this release with a second disc of 10 previously unreleased demos.  Most of these showcase Emmylou accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, providing an alternate, stripped-down look at the genesis of the album's material.  Colin Escott has provided the new liner notes.

Look for the deluxe reissue of The Ballad of Sally Rose at the links below!  It's due on June 1 from Rhino!

Emmylou Harris, The Ballad of Sally Rose (Warner Bros. 9-25205-2, 1985 - reissued Warner Bros./Rhino, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD)

CD 1: Original Album

  1. The Ballad of Sally Rose
  2. Rhythm Guitar
  3. I Think I Love Him/You Are My Flower
  4. Heart to Heart
  5. Woman Walk the Line
  6. Bad News
  7. Timberline
  8. Long Tall Sally Rose
  9. White Line
  10. Diamond in My Crown
  11. The Sweetheart of the Rodeo
  12. K-S-O-S
  13. Sweet Chariot

CD 2: Demos (all tracks previously unreleased)

  1. Timberline
  2. The Sweetheart of the Rodeo
  3. Sweet Chariot
  4. The Ballad of Sally Rose
  5. Heart to Heart
  6. Woman Walk the Line
  7. White Line
  8. Diamond in My Crown
  9. Rhythm Guitar
  10. Bad News

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Waylon Jennings

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Mark B. Hanson says

    April 2, 2018 at 4:42 pm

    Amazon currently has this for $24.98, which I consider way out of line for a set with only a disc of demos to qualify as "deluxe". It all could have fit on a single disc.

    Unless there is super deluxe packaging, I would expect a price more like the Doors' Singles or Otis Redding's "Otis Blue" packages at $12.99. Even so this would be a worse deal.

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    • Collector says

      June 24, 2018 at 3:32 am

      It's listed as Expanded Edition. Seems like the CD and LP prices will drop. Probably won't sell very well.

      Amazon is now selling CDs for $19.02.

      I agree with you, it should have just be a single CD release. Several other Emmylou re-issues had bonus tracks on single CDs.

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