The times they are a changin’ for Iowa City’s Trailer Records. The seeds planted in the earlier ’90s have grown to fruition, and Dave Zollo is about to reap the benefits.

“It’s important for us to work with someone we knew and had a relationship with,” Zollo says. “It’s positive and has increased our resources.”

Zollo, Trailer Records owner, is commenting on his label’s new relationship with New York based label Rubric Records. Rubric is owned by former Urbandale resident Kenny Sehgal.

Zollo has known Sehgal for 10 years and attributes this friendship to creating an environment conducive to working together.

“It’s great being able to work with people we like and trust,” Zollo says.

Trailer and Rubric both fall under the umbrella that is Knitting Factory Records in New York.

“It’s been real positive and has increased our resources,” Zollo says. He admits that the combining of forces generated more work at first.

“In the long run, it will help in gathering a larger crowd,” Zollo says.

Zollo was often busy caring for more than 100 accounts which was very “time consuming.” Newly formed ties with those parties in New York City moved the Borders corporation to order 3,000 copies of labelmate Greg Brown’s “Over and Under.”

Fear not fans. Expect a new Trailer Records release from Brown in September.

With the label demanding more of Zollo’s time, he’s chosen to gradually ease off the road and work more with the label.

“I made the decision to cut back the dates after doing 200 annually,” Zollo says. “That was verging on ridiculous.”

The frequency may not be there in the future because it will be more spread out. Dave intends on doing more touring on a national level and hopefully some European dates.

Changes abound everywhere, including in the studio. Zollo’s latest release “The Big Night” finally finds him in the studio with his band, something that has eluded him since his days with High and Lonesome.

“The last results sounded produced,” Zollo says. “This was more off the cuff. The creativity was there and we let it fly while trying to maintain cohesiveness.”

Dave stops into the Maintenance Shop this Friday with fellow Trailer artist BeJae Fleming.