DOLLY Box Set Disc Two Highlights 'Best Songwriting Years'

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - "Joshua" and "Coat of Many Colors" are only two in a series of stunners on disc two of the four-CD box set 'Dolly' (out Oct 27, RCA/Legacy). Starting with the declarative "Just the Way I Am," disc two spans the early 1970s - a period Parton remembers as "some of the best songwriting years of my life."

1. For her audition with Porter Wagoner, Dolly performed "Everything Is Beautiful (In Its Own Way)," a song previously unreleased until now. Self-penned and accompanied by a lone guitar, the song landed Dolly the job as the syndicated television host's "new girl singer."

2. Dolly belts and yodels on her interpretation of the classic country song "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)." The single, released in 1970, hit No 3 on the C charts, making it Dolly's most successful song to its date.

3. The early 1970s found Dolly writing and recording more songs than could fit on the 10 albums she released from '70 to '74. At this time, Dolly and Porter had frequent disagreements over which tracks would be released on vinyl (despite Bob Ferguson's official role as producer, at this time Porter had an undeniable influence on Dolly's music). These disagreements brought Dolly and Porter to "a dead-end street," and in 1974, after their last concert together, the two parted ways. Tucked away for over 35 years, three songs from this contentious period now appear for the first time ever on commercial release: "What Will Baby Be," "Eugene, Oregon," and "God's Coloring Book."

DOLLY is in stores October 27th but pre-orders at https://www.shopdolly.com will also receive 'A Real Live Dolly' the re-release album of Dolly's 1970 concert at her old high school Sevierville.