Dolly Parton – Coat Of Many Colors (Rainbow Splatter vinyl)
RARITY - Sealed
Vocals, Guitar : Dolly Parton [click here to see more vinyl featuring Dolly Parton]
Bass : Bobby Dyson
Electric Banjo : Buck Trent
Piano : Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Drums : Jerry Carrigan
Guitar : Jerry Shook, David Briggs, George McCormick, Dave Kirby, Billy Sanford
Guitar (Steel) : Pete Drake
Fiddle : Johnny Gimble, Mack Magaha, Buddy Spicher
Vocals (Background) : The Nashville Edition
Written by Dolly Parton (A1-3, B1-2, B4-5), Porter Wagoner (A4-5, B1, B3)
1LP, Standard Sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Rainbow Splatter
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : GZ Media
Label : VMP (Vinyl Me Please) - Country series
Original Label : RCA
Recorded October 30, 1969–April 16, 1971 at RCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)
Engineered by Al Pachucki
Produced by Bob Ferguson
Mastered by Ryan Smith
Photography by Les Leverett
Originally released in 1971
Reissued in 2021
Tracks:
Side A:
- Coat Of Many Colors
- Traveling Man
- My Blue Tears
- If I Lose My Mind
- The Mystery Of The Mystery
Side B:
- She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like)
- Early Morning Breeze
- The Way I See You
- Here I Am
- A Better Place To Live
Awards:
Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time – Ranked n° 257
In 2006, the album appeared on Time magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time
Reviews:
« Dolly Parton had a number of hits in the late '60s as Porter Wagoner's duet partner, yet solo success eluded her until her 1971 album Coat of Many Colors. The title track was a Top Ten single, and it effectively became her signature song, largely because it was a sweetly autobiographical tune about her childhood. That song, along with its two hit predecessors, "Traveling Man" and "My Blue Tears," were evidence that Parton was a strong songwriter, but the full album reveals the true depth of her talents. She wrote seven of the ten songs (Wagoner wrote the other three), none of which is filler. There isn't really a theme behind Coat of Many Colors, even if its title track suggests otherwise. Instead, it's a remarkably consistent album, in terms of songwriting and performances, but also remarkably diverse, revealing that Dolly can handle ballads, country-rockers, tearjerkers, and country-pop with equal aplomb. And while it is very short, clocking in at under a half-hour, there isn't a wasted moment on the album. It's a lean, trim album that impresses because of succinctness -- with its ten songs, it announced Parton as a major talent in her own right, not merely a duet partner. » AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings:
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.62 / 5