New Harvest - First Gathering

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New Harvest - First Gathering
New Harvest - First Gathering cover
Studio album by Dolly Parton
Released February 1977
Recorded Nashville, Los Angeles, November 1976 - January 1977
Genre Country
Length  ?:?
Label RCA
Producer(s) Dolly Parton
Professional reviews
Dolly Parton chronology
All I Can Do (1976) New Harvest - First Gathering (1977) Here You Come Again (1977)


New Harvest - First Gathering was a 1977 Dolly Parton album, significant for being Parton's first self-produced album, as well as her first effort aimed specifically at the pop charts. Recorded partially in Los Angeles, it was also her first album to be recorded outside of Nashville. In addition to her own compositions, Parton included the Motown classics "My Girl" (sung as "My Love"), and "(Your Love has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher". Though the album wasn't the blockbuster pop hit Parton had hoped it would be -- though the it topped the U.S. country album charts, it only reached # 77 on the pop albums charts, and its single "Light Of A Clear Blue Morning" stalled at # 87 on the U.S. pop singles charts -- it was fairly well received critically and one of its tracks, "Applejack" has gone to become one of Parton's best known compositions. (The album recording of the song featured an all-star lineup of country legends, including Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Chet Atkins, and Minnie Pearl.)

[edit] Track listing

  1. Light Of A Clear Blue Morning
  2. Applejack
  3. My Girl (My Love)
  4. Holdin' On to You
  5. You Are
  6. How Does It Feel?
  7. Where Beauty Lives in Memory
  8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
  9. Getting In My Way
  10. There