Description
The Skinny: If you every wondered if Dolly Parton is truly a great songwriter, grab this collection and let her work speak for itself. Brilliant! There are singles & hits and there other great deeper cuts. This is a killer 2-CD compilation to add to your collection.
Sounds like: Dolly… duh.
Deeper Thoughts: Dolly’s first album, Hello, I’m Dolly was actually released by Monument records in July 1967. But when she began her residency on The Porter Wagoner Show in September of that year, she was soon signed to RCA. Dolly and Porter’s first single, “The Last Thing on My Mind,” was released by RCA in 1967, but her first solo single for RCA, “Just Because I’m a Woman,” (which appears in this collection) wasn’t released until 1968. But, OK, she was signed in ’67. This is the glorious golden-age of Ms. Parton’s career. Although she’s still going strong in the 21st century, these are the classics.
The Sonics: This collection covers a 20-year period that saw major changes in recording technology. Therefore, mastering no doubt presented a bit of a challenge. Dolly’s voice is the main attraction and the mixes reflect that, but there is stellar musicianship throughout.
Track list
Disc 1
1 The Letter
2 Muleskinner Blues
3 Put It Off Until Tomorrow
4 My Tennessee Mountain Home
5 In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
6 Coat of Many Colors
7 My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
8 Just Because I’m a Woman
9 Jolene
10 Down From Dover
11 The Last One to Touch Me
12 Daddy Come and Get Me
13 My Blue Tears
14 Kentucky Gambler
15 I Will Always Love You
Disc 2
1 The Seeker
2 Love Is Like a Butterfly
3 Touch Your Woman
4 The Bargain Store
5 Making Plans
6 Light of a Clear Blue Morning
7 9 to 5
8 Appalachian Memories
9 Here You Come Again
10 Single Woman
11 Hard Candy Christmas
12 Baby I’m Burnin’
13 Heartbreaker
14 Islands in the Stream
15 Tennessee Homesick Blues
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