Porter Wagoner/Dolly Parton - The Essential Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

Artist:

Wagoner, Porter

See Also:

Presley, Elvis Carter Family (The) Dolly Parton/Porter Wagoner - All American Country

Description:

Personnel includes: Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton.
Producers: Bob Ferguson, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton.
Compilation producer: Steve Lindsey.
Recorded between 1967 and 1979. Includes liner notes by Wade Jessen.
Digitally remastered by Benny Quinn (Masterfonics, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee).
This is part of RCA`s Essential Series.
Second only to George Jones and Tammy Wynette as the greatest male-female duo in country music history, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton had a less tempestuous personal relationship, but nearly as perfect a marriage of voices. Parton`s voice in the duo days was a positively helium-pitched soprano, with less depth than she would later develop. On the earliest hits here, like the 1967 "The Last Thing on My Mind," Wagoner`s occasionally lugubrious baritone provide a needed balance.
Over the course of this 20-track compilation covering the duo`s 1967-74 collaborations, one can hear Parton`s confidence and skill blossoming, until by the time of "Daddy Was An Old-Time Preacher Man," one of her many autobiographical hits, she`s clearly the star of the show. It was apparently Wagoner`s dissatisfaction at being overshadowed by his former protege that hastened the duo`s end, a particular shame since Wagoner had little success afterwards, while Parton became a global superstar. THE ESSENTIAL PORTER WAGONER AND DOLLY PARTON, true to its name, is the best single-disc collection of the duo`s classics.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Last Thing on My Mind, The
2. Holding on to Nothin`
3. We`ll Get Ahead Someday
4. Yours Love
5. Always, Always
6. Just Someone I Used to Know
7. Tomorrow Is Forever
8. Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man
9. Better Move It on Home
10. Right Combination, The
11. Burning the Midnight Oil
12. Lost Forever in Your Kiss
13. Together Always
14. We Found It
15. Say Forever You`ll Be Mine
16. If Teardrops Were Pennies
17. Please Don`t Stop Loving Me
18. Is Forever Longer Than Always
19. If You Go, I`ll Follow You
20. Making Plans

Album Information

Release Date:

06/18/1996

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Nashville Sound

Label:

RCA Records (USA)

Catalog Number:

66858

Original Release Year:

1996

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

51 : 3

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