Mission Chapel Memories: 1971-1975

Dolly Parton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1971
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B00005OAEV
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,310 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Coat of Many Colors

2. If I Lose My Mind

3. The Mystery of The Mystery

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 Me

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 Coming Down

19. Highway Headin' South

20. Once Upon a Memory

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The first significant overview of Dolly Parton's most prolific and creative period, "Mission Chapel 1971-1975" reveals the hidden songwriting gems of her 'pre pop' country years and features key tracks never before on cd. The album also features adeluxe color booklet with detailed liner notes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Odd but welcome selection of Dolly's artistic best years, August 4, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mission Chapel Memories: 1971-1975 (Audio CD)

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.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgic Dolly, October 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Mission Chapel Memories: 1971-1975 (Audio CD)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Dolly, March 2, 2002

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"suzir375" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mission Chapel Memories: 1971-1975 (Audio CD)

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.