Mission Chapel Memories 1971-1975

Product Description:
The first significant overview of Dolly's most prolific and creative period. The album reveals the hidden songwriting gems of her 'pre-pop' country years and features key tracks never before on CD. The album also features a deluxe color booklet with detailed liner notes. 24 tracks total including 'Coat Of Many Colors', 'Comes & Goes', 'Jolene', Once Upon A Memory' & 'On My Mind Again'. 2001.

Tracks:

Coat of Many Colors
If I Lose My Mind
The Mystery of The Mystery
She Never Met a Man (She Didn't Like)
Love Is Only As Strong (As Your Weakest Moment)
Will He Be Waiting
Loneliness Found Me
Mission Chapel Memories
Comes and Goes
Oh He's Everywhere
He Left Me Love
Still On Your Mind
My Kind of Man
Pleasant As May
Jolene
When Someone Wants To Leave
Living On Memories of You
Lonely Coming Down
Highway Headin' South
Once Upon a Memory
Sacred Memories
The Bargain Store
On My Mind Again
When I'm Gone

Product Description

1. Coat Of Many Colors
2. If I Lose My Mind
3. Mystery Of The Mystery, The
4. She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like)
5. Love Is Only As Strong (As Your Weakest Moment)
6. Will He Be Waiting?
7. Loneliness Found
8. Mission Chapel Memories
9. Comes And Goes
10. Oh, He's Everywhere
11. He Left Me Love
12. Still On Your Mind
13. My Kind Of Man
14. Pleasant As May
15. Jolene
16. When Someone Wants To Leave
17. Living On Memories Of You
18. Lonely Comin' Down
19. Highway Headin' South
20. Once Upon A Memory
21. Sacred Memories
22. Bargain Store, The
23. On My Mind Again
24. When I'm Gone

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Odd but welcome selection of Dolly's artistic best years.......2002-08-04

This is a lovely compilation, obviously compiled by a Dolly fan (John Dowler) frustrated at the lack of Dolly music from this period available on CD. The few original albums which have been released in Britain and America haven't been released in Australia, otherwise the compiler may have come up with a slightly different selection. There are three famous songs here (Coat of many colors, Jolene and Bargain store), no doubt put there to make the CD saleable to a wider public. (We still await the definitve greatest hits for this period of Dolly's music.)

So, tracks 1 to 4, 15 to 18 and 22 were already available on CD.

Tracks 5 to 8 are taken from the Touch your woman LP, including Love is only as strong as your weakest moment (an obvious truth, but very well done).

Tracks 9 to 12 are taken from the My favorite songwriter Porter Wagoner LP, which I consider to be the weakest album Dolly recorded during this period - it's still a great album by normal standards, but Dolly's standards during this period were exceptional.

Tracks 13 and 14 are from the brilliant but under-rated Bubbling over album. My kind of man and Pleasant as May are much appreciated, but why just the two? Another track from this album, Love you're so beautiful tonight, was added as a bonus track to the British twofer, Jolene/My Tennessee mountain home.

Tracks 19 to 21 are from Love is like a butterfly, an album full of rural images.

Tracks 23 and 24 are from Bargain store, which was mostly filled with romantic love songs (the only exception being Kentucky gambler, not included here, which was covered by Merle Haggard).

You will notice that no tracks are taken from My Tennessee mountain home. John Dowler thinks these tracks are less good taken separately. I disagree, but that album is available on CD anyway, so it doesn't matter.

The sleeve notes are extensive, but don't mention or show a picture of the Touch your woman LP, although it is credited in the track listing. I think a section got cut out by mistake, but it's the music that counts.

This is a collection compiled primarily for Dolly's legions of fans, but it will also appeal to fans of traditional country music who want some Dolly music without any of the pop-flavored music she later became famous for.

Pure Dolly.......2002-03-02

This is a must-have for Dolly fans. There are rare classics on this CD that haven't been released on CD before. There is a mixture of tracks from the albums "Coat Of Many Colours" "Bubbling Over" "Touch Your Woman" "The Bargain Store" "Jolene"
"Love Is Like A Butterfly" and "Dolly Parton Sings: My Favourite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner". This is the album we've all been waiting for.
Plus there's info on all the albums in a colour booklet with some pretty nice photos of Dolly too! You need this album.

Rare Dolly tracks finally remastered on CD!.......2001-11-06

Fans of Dolly's classic material will surely be pleased by this new import from Raven records. Mission Chapel Memories contains material never before released on CD, with sound quality that sounds like the tracks were recorded yesterday! Be warned though, that this is not a Greatest Hits package, although it does contain some hits such as "Coat Of Many Colors" and "Jolene". Standout tracks on this album are the original version of "Will He Be Waiting", "When Someone Wants To Leave", "Sacred Memories", and "Pleasant As May". This CD is a must for Dolly fans!!

Nostalgic Dolly.......2001-10-29

Don't expect this to be another greatest hit album. Instead, this album is a combination of songs that show the best of Dolly's writing and pure country sound. For the majority, only two songs will stand out, Coat of Many Colors and Jolene. The others were never hits, and probably not even released to radio. For the most part this is a very decent album, and a must have for any Dolly fan. There are some songs that it is great that they have finally seen the light, but you just have to wonder if there were others one out there better. Some of the songs dont display the perfection of Dolly's voice, such as "Love is Only Strong and "Loneliness Found Me." The selection of songs are not that great but among them a few do stand out, such as "Mission Chapel Memories," which you can just visualize Dolly standing in a church singing this song. "Will he be Waiting" stands out for here you can listen to a young Dolly sign this song and than pop in the album The Grass is Blue and hear her sign that same song bluegrass style. A very lovely and unique song is "Sacred Memories" where Dolly tells a story and interjects hymns in the song. A very touching song. I would not recommend this album to someone who wants to hear the strength of Dolly's voice, but I would recommend it to someone who wants to experience the brillance of her songwriting ability.

Finally Hard Core Dolly On CD!!!!!!!!!.......2001-10-13

First off, here are the tracks on this Australian compilation:
Coat Of Many Colors, If I Lose My Mind, The Mystery Of The Mystery, She Never Met A Man, Love Is Only As Strong, Will He Be Waiting?, Loneliness Found Me, Mission Chapel Memories, Comes & Goes, Oh He's Everything, He Left Me Love, Still On Your Mind, My Kind Of Man, Pleasant As May, Jolene, When Someone Wants To Leave, Living On Memories Of You, Lonely Comin' Down, Highway Heading South, Once Upon A Memory, Sacred Memories, The Bargain Store, On My Mind Again, When I'm Gone.
Now you probably see that there aren't too many hit singles in this collection. What these are, some of Dolly's great album cuts from her early 70's period. Most of these songs have never been released on CD. The albums sampled are: "Coat Of Many Colors", "Touch Your Woman", "My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner", "Bubbling Over", "Jolene", "Love Is Like A Butterfly" and "The Bargain Store". This is all hard core Dolly, prior to here pop crossover success in the mid 70's. The majority of these tracks were written by Dolly herself, with a handful by Porter Wagoner and one by her Uncle Bill Owens. If all you know of Dolly is "9 to 5" or "Here You Come Again" you may not be too impressed with this collection. But if you remember Dolly when she was more known for her songwriting skills and plantive singing style, then you'll want to pick this disc up. These are some great rare tracks from albums that haven't seen the light of day in years!!!

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