Personnel includes: Dolly Parton (vocals); George McCormick, Wayne Moss (guitar); Buck Trent (electric banjo); Mack Magha (fiddle); Hargus Robbins (piano); Bobby Dyson (bass).
Producers include: Bob Ferguson, Gary Klein, Porter, Gregg Perry, Mike Post.
Compilation producer: Rob Santos.
Digitally remastered by Jen Wyler (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
Personnel: Dolly Parton (vocals); Lea Jane Singers (vocals); Martin K. Walsh, Jeff Baxter, Dale Sellers (guitar); Chip Young (electric guitar, steel guitar); Jimmy Colvard, Dave Kirby, Tom Rutledge, Bruce Osbon, Paul Yandell, Wayne Moss (electric guitar); Lloyd Green, Pete Drake, John Hughey, Stuart Basore (steel guitar); Buck Trent (banjo, electric banjo); Vic Jordan, Bobby Thompson (banjo); Johnny Gimble, Mack Magaha (fiddle); Charles McCoy (harmonica); Tom Saviano (saxophone); Kim Hutchcroft (baritone saxophone); Jerry Hey (trumpet); William Reichenbach (trombone); Jerry Lee Smith, Larry Knechtel, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jerry Whitehurst (piano); Richard Schlosser, Larrie Londin, Kenny Malone, Jerry Carrigan, Jim Isbell, Mark Morris (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Dolores Edgin, June Page, Thomas Brannon, Anita Ball, Sharon Vaughn, Stephanie Spruill, Hurshel Wiginton, Lea Jane Berinati, Joe Babcock, Wendy Suits, Denise Maynelli (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle.
Recording information: RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN (12/20/1967-??/??/1980); Sound Labs, Hollywood, CA (12/20/1967-??/??/1980).
Arrangers: Dolly Parton; Gregg Perry.
Part of RCA's extensive RCA COUNTRY LEGENDS series of reissues, this 16-track compilation does an admirable job of sticking to Dolly Parton's country material, only reaching into her pop years for "Here You Come Again," "Heartbreaker" and "9 To 5." It even features the superior 1974 version of "I Will Always Love You" over the bombastic 1982 remake. Along with the usual suspects (including "Jolene" and "The Bargain Store," but oddly not "Coat of Many Colors"), RCA COUNTRY LEGENDS dusts off a handful of classic early-'70s sides not often anthologized, including "Evening Shade" and the goofy "Daddy's Moonshine Still." While perhaps superfluous for devoted Dolly Parton fans, RCA COUNTRY LEGENDS is a far step above many of the slipshod budget compilations of her material. minimize