Dolly Parton News

This week, NPR celebrates the release of Dolly’s new box set a week early with First Listen. Listen to ten classic Dolly songs with commentary from the NPR Staff and get a first listen on all of the unreleased songs only at NPR.org.

Remember there is still time to pre-order Dolly’s box set and receive A Real Live Dolly as a FREE bonus album! Also look for details soon on how you can win a box set!

Dolly’s live performance of “Jolene” from her upcoming Live From London CD/DVD has debuted on country music blog, The Boot. Dolly’s Live From London album, featuring 15 live recordings of her biggest hits, drops November 10th and is available for pre-order now from Amazon and her official website.

A brand new Dolly and Kenny Rogers duet will be featured on Kenny’s upcoming box set, Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years, due out October 27th from Time Life (the same day as Dolly’s new box set). Dolly had mentioned in her blog back in February that she would be recording a new duet with Kenny and now their new duet titled “Tell Me That You Love Me” will be released on Kenny’s upcoming 3 CD collection. The box set will also contain some of their classic duets like “Islands In The Stream” and “Real Love”. Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years is available for preorder now from Amazon!

And remember that you can still preorder Dolly’s upcoming box set and receive a free bonus album of A Real Live Dolly complete with additional never-before-heard bonus tracks!

Dolly’s official website is holding their second annual “Dress Like Dolly” Halloween Contest! It’s simple to enter, just e-mail pictures of you or your friends dressing up as Dolly Parton this Halloween to info@dollypartonmusic.net before November 7th. Three “Dolly: Live From London” prize packages will be awarded to the top three entries:

1st Place: Ultimate Dolly “Live From London” Package containing a custom made Hatch Print poster, “Live From London” DVD/CD combo pack, “Live From London” t-shirt, Dolly Records hat, Ultimate Dolly Fan Laminate and a coffee mug.

2nd Place: Triple-Threat “Live From London” Package containing the “Live From London” DVD/CD combo pack, Ultimate Dolly Fan Laminate and “Live From London” t-shirt

3rd Place: “Live From London”Combo containing the “Live From London” DVD/CD combo pack and the Ultimate Dolly Fan Laminate.

Dolly’s upcoming live concert release Dolly: Live From London will be hitting stores on November 10th with a suggested retail price of $14.99 according to the latest press release. This two-disc CD/DVD set will feature Hi-Def live concert footage of Dolly performing 15 of her biggest songs from her sold-out 2008 concerts at London’s O2 Arena. Dolly’s live performance of “Here You Come Again” will serve as the first single and music video for the album.

The DVD portion of Dolly: Live From London will feature exclusive intimate interviews Dolly between the songs, an “Interview” segment with Dolly’s staff who share what it’s like working for Dolly, and a “Soundcheck” feature where fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at Dolly’s show and “witness her joking with the band, mapping out the show and hypnotizing everyone with her angelic performance style and unique songwriting.” Other portions of the DVD will include a “London Loves Dolly” feature where fans share their favorite songs, memories, and personal experiences with Dolly and a “Meet-N-Greet” segment that follows a few lucky fans that get the chance to meet Dolly backstage.

In conjunction with Legacy Recordings, we are pleased to offer fans the opportunity to pre-order the Dolly box set. This exciting box set contains 99 songs from throughout Dolly’s career, seven of which have never been released. The box set also features a 60 page full-color booklet with never-before-seen photos, rare memorabilia, an introduction by by singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell, and new liner notes written by noted Dolly Parton historian Holly George Warren.

For a limited time, fans who pre-order the box set via this link will receive a free bonus album of A Real Live Dolly. This is the albums first-ever CD release and features 4 bonus tracks, 2 of which have never been heard before. The box set comes out October 27th, but fans can pre-order the album now and receive both the box set and bonus album in the mail the day of the release.

For those who were not able to catch CNN International’s Revealed episode on Dolly, you can now watch the entire episode on-line. The episode was split into three segments, each of which can be viewed in the players below or by visiting CNN.com.

After much anticipation, Sony Legacy is releasing Dolly, a deluxe 4-CD box set that spans Dolly’s entire career and features numerous rare never-before-heard tracks and demos, all 21 of Dolly’s #1 country hits, 11 famous Porter/Dolly duets, and many other select tracks. This ultimate box set features 99 songs spanning multiple labels, including Dolly’s early first recordings at the Louisiana-based Goldband label at age 11, rare recordings from Mercury when she was 16, the Monument recordings from 1965-67, her successful RCA recordings from 1967 to 1985, all the way up to her Columbia releases from 1985 until the mid-90’s.

Among the rare treats for Dolly fans on this unique box set include these previously unreleased tracks:

• “Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)” – a demo circa 1957-62, co-written with Dolly’s uncle Bill Owens.
• “Nobody But You” – (with the Merry Melody Singers) – from the same 1962 Nashville sessions that produced Dolly’s Mercury single “It’s Sure Gonna Hurt” b/w “The Love You Gave,” both of which are also included on this box set.
• “I’ve Known You All My Life” – a virtually unknown Goffin-King song (cut by the Four Preps) from the same November 1965 sessions at Monument as “Don’t Drop Out,” produced and arranged by Ray Stevens.
• “Everything Is Beautiful (In Its Own Way)” – an original composition, from the fall 1969 sessions at RCA Studios Nashville for Dolly’s The Fairest Of Them All album.
• An earlier version of “God’s Coloring Book” recorded in April 1971.
• “Eugene Oregon” and “What Will Baby Be” – both original compositions, from the RCA Studios Nashville sessions of December 1972, recorded for Dolly’s My Tennessee Mountain Home album which didn’t make the album.
• “Comin’ For To Carry Me Home” – Dolly’s own arrangement of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and also a 1971 single which reached #23 on the country charts but was never released on any album.

The box set will also feature a 60 page full-color booklet that features rare never-before-seen photographs and memorabilia, an introduction by singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell, and an extensive 5,000 word biographical essay from ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award-winning writer-editor-producer-lecturer Holly George-Warren.

Sure to be a fan favorite, this box set is due out October 27th. Dollyon-line.com and Legacy Recordings will soon be offering fans an exciting opportunity to order the album and receive an exclusive bonus album download with purchase. More details coming soon! Fans not wanting the bonus download can still preorder the box set from Amazon.