Every gift in my guide is something that I would personally give as a present – and a great deal of the things listed here are being given to people on my list this year! I’ll have to ban my family and friends from reading my blog until Christmas…
Dolly is one of the items that I’ll be gifting this holiday. This set contains 4 CDs with a whopping 99 tracks, as well as a full-color booklet with never before seen photos. Many of the songs on here are rarities, 7 of which are previously unreleased; and of course, the set also contains her most-loved hits. If there’s a Dolly Parton fan on your list, they need this box set!
Each CD spans a different era in Parton’s career, and you can hear her musical evolution with each one. Disc 1 – my personal favorite – showcases songs from the very beginning, with fun cuts like “Dumb Blonde” and “Nobody But You”. I wasn’t familiar with a lot of this material, and I really enjoyed hearing it. Disc 2 chronicles Parton’s rise to stardom with her first top 10 hits, “Mule Skinner Blues” and “Joshua”. Disc 3 hosts more classics from the 1970s, such as the timeless “I Will Always Love You”. Disc 4 takes us from the 80s through the 90s with a plethora of tracks, such as “9 to 5”, “Single Women” and “Romeo”.
Dolly is available wherever fine music is sold and can also be purchased for $36.49 on Amazon.
Track Listing:
Disc: 1
1. Puppy Love
2. Girl Left Alone
3. Gonna Hurry (As Slow as I Can) [Demo Version, Previously Unreleased]
4. It’s Sure Gonna Hurt – Dolly Parton, Merry Melody Singers, Dolly Parton
5. Love You Gave – Dolly Parton, Merry Melody Singers, Dolly Parton
6. Nobody But You [Previously Unreleased]
7. Busy Signal [Single Version]
8. Don’t Drop Out [Single Version]
9. I’ve Known You All My Life [Previously Unreleased]
10. Put It off Until Tomorrow – Dolly Parton, Bill Phillips
11. Dumb Blonde
12. Something Fishy
13. I Couldn’t Wait Forever
14. I’m Not Worth the Tears
15. Last Thing on My Mind – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
16. False Eyelashes
17. Bridge
18. Just Because I’m a Woman
19. Holding on to Nothin’ – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
20. We’ll Get Ahead Someday – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
21. Jeannie’s Afraid of the Dark – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
22. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
23. Daddy
24. Evening Shade
25. Gypsy, Joe and Me
26. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
Disc: 2
1. Just the Way I Am
2. Down from Dover
3. Everything Is Beautiful (In Its Own Way) [Previously Unreleased]
4. Daddy Come and Get Me
5. Just Someone That I Used to Know – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
6. Tomorrow Is Forever – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
7. Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
8. Comin’ for to Carry Me Home
9. Golden Streets of Glory
10. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
11. Joshua
12. Daddy’s Moonshine Still
13. Last One to Touch Me – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
14. Better Move It on Home – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
15. Coat of Many Colors
16. Traveling Man
17. My Blue Tears
18. Here I Am
19. God’s Coloring Book [Previously Unreleased]
20. Will He Be Waiting
21. Touch Your Woman
22. Together Always – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
23. Lost Forever in Your Kiss – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
24. My Tennessee Mountain Home
25. Eugene Oregon [Previously Unreleased]
26. What Will Baby Be [Previously Unreleased]
Disc: 3
1. Jolene
2. Early Morning Breeze
3. I Will Always Love You
4. Please Don’t Stop Loving Me – Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
5. Love Is Like a Butterfly
6. Sacred Memories
7. Bargain Store
8. On My Mind Again
9. Kentucky Gambler
10. Seeker [New Edit]
11. We Used To
12. All I Can Do
13. Light of a Clear Blue Morning
14. You Are
15. Applejack
16. It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right
17. Here You Come Again
18. Two Doors Down
19. Me and Little Andy
20. Heartbreaker
21. I Really Got the Feeling
22. Baby I’m Burnin’
23. You’re the Only One
24. Sweet Summer Lovin’
25. Starting Over Again
Disc: 4
1. Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You
2. 9 to 5
3. But You Know I Love You
4. Single Women
5. Heartbreak Express
6. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
7. Potential New Boyfriend
8. Islands in the Stream – Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
9. Save the Last Dance for Me
10. Tennessee Homesick Blues
11. God Won’t Get You
12. What a Heartache
13. Don’t Call It Love
14. Think About Love
15. Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That
16. Yellow Roses
17. Time for Me to Fly
18. He’s Alive
19. Rockin’ Years – Dolly Parton, Ricky Van Shelton
20. Eagle When She Flies
21. Silver and Gold
22. Romeo
we are huge dolly fans =)
Am i the only one who is really sad about Lost ending, i love that show, so sad…. (or i need to get a life 🙂 )