In my opinion, this 5-CD set is one of the "neatest" Dolly Parton items out there. Sure, the long time fans and collectors will say that it contains music that has been available on CD for quite a while, but it is the packaging that makes this item a very nice piece. It's a small cardboard box and inside it is 5 sturdy sleeves, one for each album that is contained in this set. Each sleeve contains original album artwork, front and back. I don't believe that the individual CD releases of these titles contained the original back cover art. Whether you are a new Dolly fan or a long time collector, this item is one you will want for your collection. If you are a new fan, purchasing this item is a great way to start your Dolly music collection. If you are a long time collector, you will appreciate the packaging of this product.
It is really good, you have most of the major Dolly Parton albums in one package. So it is undeniably a really interesting release to start with, because it is not expensive, and has lots of well known songs. I am just a bit dubious about the packaging than the other reviewer. The packaging is really bad: just a color copy of the original LP sleeves, with barely any liner notes, and even though unreadable because of the size of the sleeves... It was impossible to find any information about who wrote which song: what are they, public domain? Moreover it got silly when I began to have trouble to find the release dates for each of the albums.
The packaging is cheap for no proper reason: you can think of other editions (namely the Pearls Before Swine's
) which can be found for the same price and don't have this problem.
To sum it up: great music especially to get an overview of Dolly Parton, but really bad packaging.