Hello Dolly Vol.2 - Frankie Vaughan

Advantages: Varied introduction to Country's greatest lady
Disadvantages: Like many Dolly anthologies it concentrates on her own writing and so makes unforgiveable omissions

...The point is, actually, that she should be in your - and anybody else you may happen to care about's - CD collection. This is an excellent introduction to Dolly. Any Greatest Hits album will give you 'Jolene', 'Coat of Many Colours' and 'I will always love you' but not a sense of Dolly through her many periods. Like other great artistes, Dolly Parton has kept evolving, kept developing and exploring different dimensions of songwriting and performance. Hence it requires a special collection to give you a sense of the 'whole'. 'Today I started loving you again'', 'The Salt in my Tears'. 'Blue Valley Songbird' and 'I wanna go back there' showcase Dolly at her best - interpreting the work of other classic Country artists - here Merle Haggard - and writing her own material. In the last few years, she has also collaborated... Read review

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Advantages: Great Music
Disadvantages: None

...There is only one thing to say about this soundtrack - brilliant. You have the wonderful voice of Barbra Streisand plus of course the one and only Luis Armstrong. When they sing the duet together of "Hello Dolly" what could be greater. The cover of the cd is very colourful with the face of Dolly (in a very large and flowerful hat) and Horace both in the centre of a circle with the words Hello Dolly going around the edge of the circle. Of course you have the voice of a very young Micheal Crawford, but he did manage to sound quite reasonable and hasn't he improved with age. After seeing him in "Phantom of the Opera" who would have thought that the gawky boy in Hello Dolly would end up becoming such a renowned star of screen and stage. We also must not forget the wonderful Walter Matthau who played such a great part in the film... Read review

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Advantages: great tracks with lots of memories
Disadvantages: Nothing we have not heard before

...I would like to start this review with afew facts about Dolly Parton for those who don't already know her and her work. Born: Dolly Rebecca Parton. Place: Sevierville, Tennessee. Date: 19 th January, 1946 She was 4th of twelve children and began performing at the age of 9, when she was appearing on the Cas Walker Show on WBIR- TV in Noxville , Tennessee. She recorded her first Album on a small label, Goldband at the age of 13 and also appeared at the Grand Ole Oprey in Nashville. She is an accomplished musician, playing Guitar, banjo, autoharp , piano and drums. Also a Grammy winning, Academy Award winner, Country Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Author , actress. Now to this album. This is a very good album, with many of her best known songs, and also some not so well known. Tracklist: I will always love you ( which... Read review

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