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It's very good to see two more original Dolly Parton albums finally available on CD. Recorded in February 1976, "All I can do" was Dolly Parton's final country music album for RCA before she crossed over into mainstream pop. Produced by herself and Porter Wagoner, this album has an overall country-rock feel to it. Dominating electric lead-guitars and rich vocal harmonies from the Lea Jane Singers lend a sound not dissimilar to early recordings by The Eagles. "Preacher Tom", the Emmylou Harris-penned "Boulder To Birmingham" and the title track also have a strong gospel flavour to them. As usualmore… for Dolly Parton's country music albums, most of the songs are written by herself. Aside from the title track which hit #3 in the country music singles chart, other absolute Dolly Parton classics on the album are "Hey, Lucky Lady" and "Shattered Image" - a song written in response to derogatory allegations about her in tabloid newspapers. "All I Can Do" is a lively and thoroughly enjoyable album and the finale in a series of 16 purely country music albums which were recorded by Dolly in RCA's "Nashville Sound" studios - 16 albums that represent the absolute cream of her music. "New Harvest...First Gathering" was Dolly Parton's first crossover album and was released in 1977. Produced by herself and co-produced by Gregg Perry, the album wasn't the huge commercial success that she had hoped for, perhaps because it simply lacks the quality of it's predecessor in the choice and arrangements of some of the songs and in it's overall production. Nevertheless, the album has it's highlights. Dolly clearly demonstrates that she hasn't abandoned her country roots with "Applejack" - a favorite with fans that she had previously performed live and which on this album features an all-star line-up of backing vocalists. Other highlights on the album are "Light Of A Clear Blue Morning" which was released as a single, and the dreamy love-song favorite "You are" which in production quality is far superior to all the other tracks on the album (with the exception of "Applejack"). Apart from Smokey Robinson's "My Girl" and Otis Redding's "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" the songs are written by Dolly herself. Whilst "New Harvest...First Gathering" isn't one of Dolly Parton's best offerings, it does contain some nice songs which makes purchasing a copy of the album worthwhile. Dolly didn't acheive her ambition of broadening her appeal and bringing herself to the attention of the pop music world with this album. She would acheive that with her next album and single - the international smash hit "Here You Come Again" which would be released later on in the same year.

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Dolly Parton - All I Can Do/New Harvest... First Gathering (2007) Retail CD

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