Disco de Dolly Parton: “RCA Country Legends”

I'm afraid I have to agree with the two star review below. The problem with this collection is that it is just more of the same old same old that RCA has been releasing for years. Of the 16 tracks here, all but 3 or 4 are already available on many, many, MANY other collections and so we are left being asked to pay some 12 bucks for a handful of songs. Why won't RCA either release all of Dolly's older albums or at least give us a comprehensive compilation of that period instead of repackaging the same songs over and over and over and over and over.........

Yes this collection may include the same old songs that many other collections have included but it does have some rare gems that makes this album worth purchasing. Songs like False Eyelashes and Shattered Image, songs that are not available on any other collection and give us some sight into the overall picture of Dolly's talents. Listen to this version of Shattered Image than listen to the newest version in her album Halo and Horns. Dolly's talent certainly does stand up to the test of time!

I've always liked Dolly's voice, and a lot of her older stuff is unavailable on CD, so collections like this one are the only hope of getting an overview of her career. Besides such familiar standards as the lively "Mule Skinner Blues," "Tennessee Homesick Blues," and "Joshua," edgy-sad "Jolene," sardonic "9 to 5," and eminently sing-alongable "Here You Come Again," there are a couple of darker, less familiar ballads ("Evening Shade," "Daddy's Moonshine Still") and a sweet love song ("Love is Like a Butterfly") that I'd never heard before. Sound quality is crisp and clean. This is one I'm really enjoying.