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Catalog Number(s):
LT-51114 (Stereo LP)

Released: November 9, 1981
Peaked: #3 Billboard country chart

Recorded July 6, 7, 8, 9, 1981 at Creative Workshop, Berry Hill, TN
Producer: Brent Maher and Randy Goodrum
Engineered: Brent Maher
Mixed by: Brent Maher and Randy Goodrum
Mastered: Ken Perry at Capitol Studios/L.A.
String Arrangements: Bergen White

Musicians:
Randy Goodrum — Acoustic Piano
Kenny Malone – Drums, Percussion
Shane Keister — Synthesizer
Jack Williams- Bass
Jon Goin – All Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Sonny Garrish – Steel Guitar
Bobby Thompson – Banjo
Kenny Penney — Fiddle
Quitman Dennis — Lyricon and Clarinet
Shelley Kurland String Section: Strings

Background Voices:
Sheri Huffman and Vicki Hampton
Bass Voice: Hurshel Wiginton

Art Direction: Bill Burks
Design: Amy Nagasawa
Photography: Harry Langdon

Special Events:
Guest Vocal and Guitar by Chet Atkins on “You And I“
Background Vocals: Larry Steve, and Rudy Gatlin on “There’s Nobody Like You“

The Gatlins appear courtesy of Columbia Records.
Chet Atkins appears courtesy of RCA Records

Special thanks to the following people for their continued support:
Jim Mazza, Don Grierson, Joe Petrone, Mark Levinson, Dick Williams, Gerrie McDowell, Bill Burks, Shelly Green Jack Satter.

To Michael Brokaw and Ken Kragen for their continued support.

To Jacque Wagnon for keeping the phone lines hot.

To Al Mifflin, for helping me keep my money where its supposed to be.

To Mark Kiracofe, our tour manager, who always gets us to the concerts on time.

To my producers Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher.

To the Wild West Band and my back up vocalists, Nanette Bohannon and Vickie Carico.

To Becky Blevins for making life on the road easier.

To Harry Langdon for making me look great.

To Candace Walters for lending your good taste and patience.

To Chet Atkins, Chet, you are the master of music. It was an honor and fun to sing with you.

To the Gatlins: Larry, Steve and Rudy, you are so special, so gifted, so professional and so loved by many. Thank you again for singing with me.

To Kerry West, Patrick Hoey, and Dale West, my concert sound crew.

A heartfelt thanks to all of you that bought this album and listen to my songs.

Singles Released From Album:
A-1436 It’s High Time / Don’t Be Kind – 12-10-81
B-1451 You’re Not Easy To Forget / Something’s Missing – 02-82

Side One

  • 1. It’s High Time (Brent Maher – Randy Goodrum)
  • 2. There’s Nobody Like You (Roger Miller)
  • 3. Without You (Tom Evans – Peter Ham)
  • 4. Cajun Rage (Brent Maher – Randy Goodrum)
  • 5. You and I (Brent Maher – Randy Goodrum)

Side Two

  • 6. Starting Today, Starting Over (Jim Hurt – Larry Keith – John Slate)
  • 7. Watch You Watch Me (Brent Maher – Randy Goodrum)
  • 8. Something’s Missing (Brent Maher – Randy Goodrum)
  • 9. You’re Not Easy to Forget (Cynthia Weil – Tom Snow)
  • 10. Don’t Be Kind (Peter Thom – Phil Galdstone)

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Reviews

This album proves West an exciting and emotionally evocative artist. Her husky, throaty style displays a sensitive feel for ballads, yet works equally well on the lighter brighter material. Although her country fans needn’t worry, there’s a lively pop-flavoured twist apparent on this package which makes the contents suitable for across-the-board airplay. Selections run the gamut from Kim Carnes to Bob Seger, and the cover photo of West deserves upfront rack display.
Best Cuts: “All He Did Was Tell Me Lies,” “We’ve Got Tonite,” “It’s Too Late To Love Me Now,” “You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down).”
Country Singer West is clearly going for the cross-over market here, and the results of this effort are mixed. She certainly has a way with up-tempo pop songs, and there are some appealing examples here. But with lush orchestrations, strings, background vocals and such, the production is sometimes a bit heavy-handed. There is also a vocal duet with ace guitar picker Chet Atkins on “You and I” that makes it clear that Atkins should slick to picking. West seemed most at ease on a standard country lament titled “There’s Nobody Like You.
If you’re looking for a non-Christmas album to give as a gift, Dottie West’s “High Times” might be worth considering. The title song is alreacly, climbing toward the top 10. “Cajun Rage” is a salute to Cajun music and could make a pretty good single as well. Also notable are “You and I” (with Chet At-kins), “There’s Nobody Like You” (with background voices by the Gatlin Brothers, whom Dottie discovered), and “Without You.” Dottie says she thinks this is the best album she has ever done. Who am I to argue?
Although not entirely pop, Dottie West’s most recent release continues the trend away from hill country she began a few albums ago. This is a well-produced, prettily packaged, Hollywoodesque effort and, as such, Isn’t bad, but there is none of the immediacy and rough-edged energy which has always characterized West’s best work. “It’s High Time,” highlighted by good instrumental accompaniment; “You and I,” spitter-patter duet with Chet Atkins; and “Starting Today Start-ing Over,” a slow, sultry ballad, a strong cut. They are each stylistically unique as well, proving that West has not lost her ability to diversify. The soft ballads “There’s Nobody Like You,” “Something’s Missing” and “You Are Not Easy to Forget” while pleasant are not distinctive enough In sound or lyrics to be great. And “Cajun Rage” is a disappointingly slick, commercialized version of Cajun. As a middle-of-the-road, inoffensive country/pop offering, “High Times” Is fine: but as the latest product of one of country music’s most talented vocalists, It doesn’t measure uo to its potential.
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