Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session (2LP)
Vocals – Margo Timmins
Bass – Alan Anton
Drums – Peter Timmins
Guitar – Michael Timmins
Guitar, Backing Vocals – John Timmins
Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro, Slide Guitar [Bottleneck Slide] – Kim Deschamps
Arranged by Cowboy Junkies (except A1)
2 LPs, gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 1/3 RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Live
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : RCA
Recorded live at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto, Canada, on November 27, 1987
Produced by Peter Moore
Remastered by Peter Moore, and Cowboy Junkies
Originally released in 1988
Reissued in 2016
Awards :
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Tracks :
Side A
- Mining For Gold
- Misguided Angel
- Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)
Side B
- I Don't Get It
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- to Love is to Bury
Side C
- 200 More Miles
- Dreaming My Dreams With You
- Working on a Building
Side D
- Sweet Jane
- Postcard Blues
- Walking After Midnight
Reviews :
"Who says you can't make a great record in one day -- or night, as the case may be? The Trinity Session was recorded in one night using one microphone, a DAT recorder, and the wonderful acoustics of the Holy Trinity in Toronto. Interestingly, it's the album that broke the Cowboy Junkies in the United States for their version of "Sweet Jane," which included the lost verse. It's far from the best cut here, though. There are other covers, such as Margo Timmins' a cappella read of the traditional "Mining for Gold," a heroin-slow version of Hank Williams' classic "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Dreaming My Dreams With You" (canonized by Waylon Jennings), and a radical take of the Patsy Cline classic "Walkin' After Midnight" that closes the disc. Those few who had heard the band's previous album, Whites Off Earth Now!!, were aware that, along with Low, the Cowboy Junkies were the only band at the time capable of playing slower than Neil Young and Crazy Horse -- and without the ear-threatening volume. The Timmins family -- Margo, guitarist and songwriter Michael, drummer Peter, and backing vocalist and guitarist John -- along with bassist Alan Anton and a few pals playing pedal steel, accordion, and harmonica, paced everything to crawl." AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Ratings :
AllMusic 4.5/5 , Discogs 4.43/5