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EMMYLOU HARRIS The Ballad of Sally Rose Expanded Edition hails from 2018 an is a SEALED remastered 2LP (blackened UPC and bumped corners).  One of the singer's most personal albums, Emmylou Harris once called her concept album, The Ballad Of Sally Rose a country opera. Released in 1985, the song cycle is loosely based on her short time with influential singer-songwriter Gram Parsons, who died in 1973. Known more for singing songs written by others, this was Harris' first self-composed album and it remains one of her favorites. Rhino/Warner Bros. revisit this underrated gem with a2LP Expanded Edition that features a newly remastered version of the original album along with unreleased demos for most songs on the album.

For years, Harris used the name Sally Rose as an alias on tour. So when she started writing songs about a singer whose lover and mentor - a hard-living, hard-drinking musician - is killed while on the road, the name Sally Rose was a natural fit. Harris says the idea for the album had been brewing for years, but she needed time away from the road to write. "That happened in 1982, when, after hearing and being stunned by Bruce Springsteen's masterpiece, Nebraska, I realized it was time to leave my comfort zone as interpreter, and follow Sally's muse into the unknown territory of full-time songwriter."

Highlights from The Ballad of Sally Rose include the singles "White Line" - which reached No. 14 on the country charts - and "Rhythm Guitar" with Waylon Jennings on lead guitar. In addition, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadtsing harmony throughout the album. Two years later, the friends and frequent collaborators would release their first album together, Trio, which sold more than four million copies and won two Grammy Awards. The Expanded Edition's bonus LP introduces unreleased demo recordings for 10 tracks. Most feature Harris accompanying herself on acoustic guitar giving these versions a stripped-back intimacy. In the liner notes, Grammy-winning music writer Colin Escott says the demos are the Nebraska edition of Sally Rose. "Stark and haunting. Vulnerability and resilience, always her hallmarks, were never closer to the surface."

LP1

The Ballad Of Sally Rose

Rhythm Guitar

I Think I Love Him / You Are My Flower

Heart To Heart

Woman Walk The Line

Bad News

Timberline

Long Tall Sally Rose

White Line

Diamond In My Crown

The Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

K-S-O-S

Sweet Chariot

LP2

Timberline (Demo)

The Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (Demo)

Sweet Chariot (Demo)

The Ballad Of Sally Rose (Demo)

Heart To Heart (Demo)

Woman Walk The Line (Demo)

White Line (Demo)

Diamond In My Crown (Demo)

Rhythm Guitar (Demo)

Bad News (TV Mix)