Dolly Parton - The Great Pretender (1984) and similar items

Catalog Number: AHL1-4940 Condition Details: Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Cover looks great, a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, a few tiny surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (credits/photo); seams partially split with tape near center and tape near top-center on one side covering tear. Spine is easy-to-read with some wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Save The Last Dance For Me I Walk The Line Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) Downtown We Had It All She Don't Love You (Like I Love You) We'll Sing In The Sunshine I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) Elusive Butterfly The Great Pretender About The Record: The Great Pretender, by Dolly Parton is composed of covers of hits from the 1950s and 1960s; it peaked at No. 7 on Billbord's Top Country Albums and No. 73 on Billboard 200. It made heavy use of synthesizers and had a decidedly pop sound. The first single, a remake of The Drifters' 1960 hit Save the Last Dance for Me was a top ten country single for Parton in early 1984 and came close to making the pop Top 40 as well (No. 45). Dolly Parton's cover of the 1965 Petula Clark hit Downtown was the album's second single. The title song was originally a hit for The Platters in 1956. In 1986, a remixed version of the track We Had It All was included on Think About Love, a compilation album of remixes of previously released Parton material; the song was released as a single in late 1986, and provided an additional top-thirty single for Parton. The Great Pretender was the first Dolly Parton album to be issued on the then-new CD format at the time of its release.