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Catalog Number(s):
LSP-4095 (Stereo LP)

Released: December, 1968
Peaked: Didn’t Chart.

Recorded: September 6, 25 and 26, 1968 at RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN
Producer: Chet Atkins
Arranged and Conducted by Cam Mullins
Recording Engineer: Al Pachucki

Singles Released From Album:
None

Side One

  • 1. It Must Be Him (Hal David – Burt Bacharach)
  • 2. Take My Hand For Awhile (Buffy Sainte Marie)
  • 3. End Of The World (#Arthur Kent – Sylvia Dee)
  • 4. I’m Sorry (Ronnie Self – Dub Albritten)
  • 5. Old Cape Cod (Claire Rothrock – Alan Jeffrey – Milt Yakus)
  • 6. Until It’s Time For You To Go (Buffy Sainte Marie)

Side Two

  • 7. Broken Hearted Melody (Hal David – Stoney Edwards)
  • 8. D-i-v-o-r-c-e (Bobby Braddock – Curly Putman)
  • 9. Harper Valley PTA (Tom T. Hall)
  • 10. Love Is Just A Pain In The Heart (Red Lane – Dottie West)
  • 11. Tennessee Waltz (Pee Wee King – Redd Stewart)
  • 12. Come On Home (Jack Rhodes – George Richey)

Reviews

Dottie West perlays country hits against a couple of evergreens like “Old Cape Cod” and “I’m Sorry” and tosses in the folk-orientated “Until It’s Time for You to Go.” But, of course, her version of “Broken Hearted Melody” and “D.I.V.O.R.C.E” will be icing on the cake to her many, many fans.
Pop and country biggies from the present and days long past help weave Dottie West’s concept of the feminine creature. From the misty “Old Cape Cod” to the poignant strains of “The End Of The World” and “Broken Hearted Melody” and the knockdown, dragout “Harper Valley, P.T.A.,” Dottie paints a multi-faceted portrait of woman. Nice work here.
Despite some of the simple-minded ditties in this album (“D-I-V-O-R-C-E”), one of those incredible spelling songs, and (“Love Is Just A Pain In The Heart”) Dottie West comes off as the total professional in “Feminine Fancy” (RCA LS P4095). If this is the new Nashville sound, it’s been long overdue; Miss West’s clarity of tone, there’s a great quality of yearning and longing in her voice-makes it possible for auditors to understand ALL the words to “Harper Valley P.T.A.” (For us, it was the first time). But the continual raising of second choruses a tone in many of the selections becomes, finally, something of an annoyance. Capsule comment: refeened hillybilly.

Liner Notes

The Expressions Of Dottie West

a butterfly floats on a crest of wind. . .
then settles ever so lightly on a flower
a honey bee carries nectar to his hive. . .savouring the succulent honey
the night breeze carries. . .the sounds of living
a mother caressing her child. . .the soft cry of love gone wrong
a farther coming home to his family. . .
a couple whose son is lost to them forever
a blanket of snow covers the earth
there is silence. . .there is beauty
a hush mingles with the stillness
these are the sights, sounds and soul of
Dottie West
a singer who knows the reasons and feelings of living
and with that knowledge and understanding
her haunting voice. . .echoes the message of life.

.DEE Moeller

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