Don’t Let It Trouble In Your Mind/He’s A Go Getter/In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)/Its My Time/ Harper Valley PTA/Little Bird/Mine/The Carroll Country Accident/Fresh Out Of Forgiveness/Mama Say A Prayer/ Always The First Time/D-I-V-O-R-C-E
In The Good Old Days was country star Dolly Parton’s third solo album, released when she was beginning to gain recognition through her regular TV appearances.
“Parton's 1969 album is a spirited collection that starts with the bang - Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind and He's A Go Getter are delicious Parton originals that find her in excellent voice. Almost all the songs are her own, except a few covers and as usual, she is like a little country butterfly with her instantly recognizable cute voice. Occasionally Parton slips into corn, she might be sentimental in the ballads but is excellent in uptempo songs.”
“This was pure country Dolly, singing her songs in her early country style. This was Dolly of the Porter Wagoner days, the Dolly before she was a household name.”
“The album is one of Dolly's better records during this period and contains a combination of both originally penned songs by Dolly as well as covers. The title track deals with Dolly's upbringing. Another original is the funny He's A Go Getter. My personal favourite from this recording is the breathtaking Mine and the haunting Mama Say A Prayer.”
“The covers here are produced extremely well by both Porter Wagoner and Bob Ferguson. Dolly records the Tammy Wynette standard D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Wagoner's The Carroll County Accident, and Jeannie C. Riley's Harper Valley PTA.”
“One of the things that people like so much about older country music was that it told the truth warts and all. I hardly think that a song like In The Good Old Days would be put out on an album these days by any mainstream country artist, and country music is the lesser for it.”
“During this period in Dolly's career she was suffering from overexposure because RCA was also releasing duet albums and singles with Porter Wagoner that proved to be more successful than Dolly's solo material.”
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