Album cover. Bear Family (BCD 16889) (2014)

Just Between You and Me: The Complete Recordings, 1967–1976 is a six-disc box set compilation album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. It was released on May 5, 2014, by Bear Family Records in Germany. It covers Porter and Dolly's entire recording career with RCA Victor.

The ten tracks included on 1980's Porter & Dolly were overdubbed before being released. The original, undubbed masters were released for the first time on this set, with the exception of the original master of "If You Say I Can", which had previously been released as the B-side to the duo's 1976 single, "Is Forever Longer Than Always". These original masters and all other unreleased recordings from this box set were subsequently released digitally as part of the RCA Sessions 1968-1976 compilation.

​There is only one recording that Porter and Dolly both took part in during their duet years that does not appear on this collection, 1972's tribute to Chet Atkins, "Chet's Tune, Part 2", which features Porter and Dolly among many others who had worked with Atkins.

Following the end of their partnership, Porter and Dolly would come together on record just a few more times. In 2006, they both appeared on Christie Lynn's cover of their song "Beneath the Sweet Magnolia Tree". In 1991, Dolly would lend her vocals to Wagoner's song "Mother Church of Country Music", a tribute to the Grand Ole Opry, along with many other members of the Opry. Porter and Dolly's last duet would be their 2007 recording of "Drifting Too Far from the Shore".

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Track listing

Disc 1

1. Just Between You and Me (Jack Clement) 2:22
2. Before I Met You (Charles L. Seitz, Joe Lewis, Elmer Rader) 1:56
3. Two Sides to Every Story (Dolly Parton, Bill Owens) 2:23
4. Mommie, Ain't That Daddy (Dolly Parton) 3:15
5. Four O Thirty Three (Bill Owens, Earl Montgomery) 2:49
6. Love Is Worth Living (Dolly Parton) 2:44
7. The Last Thing on My Mind (Tom Paxton) 2:38
8. Sorrow's Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) (Mel Tillis, Kent Westberry) 2:27
9. Home Is Where the Hurt Is (Fred MacRae, Marge Barton) 2:16
10. This Time Has Gotta Be Our Last Time (Bill Owens) 2:32
11. Put It Off Until Tomorrow (Dolly Parton, Bill Owens) 2:24
12. Because One of Us Was Wrong (Dolly Parton, Bill Owens) 2:08
13. Slip Away Today (Curly Putman) 2:42
14. Holding on to Nothin' (Jerry Chesnut) 2:31
15. Just the Two of Us (Jerry Chesnut) 2:41
16. Closer by the Hour (Al Gore) 2:20
17. Afraid to Love Again (Jerry Chesnut, Theresa Beaty) 1:59
18. I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew (Tom T. Hall) 2:49
19. Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark (Dolly Parton) 2:50
20. The Party (Dolly Parton) 2:58
21. I Can (Dolly Parton) 2:09
22. We'll Get Ahead Someday (Mack Magaha) 1:59
23. The Dark End of the Street (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) 2:19
24. Somewhere Between (Merle Haggard) 2:17
25. Making Plans (Original Master)* (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison) 2:14
26. Malena (Dolly Parton) 2:27
27. Good as Gold (Paul Martin) 2:53
28. One by One* (Johnnie Wright, Jack Anglin, Jim Anglin) 2:43
29. Good as Gold (Alternate Take)* (Paul Martin) 2:33
30. Yours Love (Harlan Howard) 2:34

​​Disc 2

1. Just Someone I Used to Know (Jack Clement) 2:25
2. No Reason to Hurry Home (Dolly Parton) 2:29
3. Milwaukee, Here I Come (Lee Fikes) 2:16
4. The House Where Love Lives (Leona Reese) 2:05
5. Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me (Wayne Raney, Lonnie Glosson) 1:55
6. Mendy Never Sleeps (Dolly Parton) 2:09
7. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby (Autry Inman) 2:13
8. Anything's Better Than Nothing (Marie Wilson) 2:18
9. Always, Always (Joyce McCord) 2:39
10. My Hands Are Tied (Dolly Parton) 2:36
11. There Never Was a Time (Myra Smith, Margaret Lewis) 2:30
12. Forty Miles from Poplar Bluff (Frank Dycus) 2:52
13. Each Season Changes You (Ruth Talley) 2:35
14. Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man (Alternate Take)* (Dolly Parton, Dorothy Jo Hope) 2:46
15. Tangled Vines* (Damon Black) 2:08
16. We Can't Let This Happen to Us (Dorothy Jo Hope) 2:11
17. Tomorrow Is Forever (Dolly Parton) 2:50
18. Silver Sandals (Dolly Parton) 2:42
19. No Love Left (Bill Owens) 2:03
20. I'm Wasting Your Time and You're Wasting Mine (Dolly Parton) 2:24
21. Run That by Me One More Time (Dolly Parton) 2:20
22. It Might as Well Be Me (Dolly Parton, Dorothy Jo Hope) 2:16
23. I Know You're Married But I Love You Still (Don Reno, Mack Magaha) 2:25
24. Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man (Dolly Parton, Dorothy Jo Hope) 3:04
25. Fight and Scratch (Dolly Parton) 2:38
26. A Good Understanding (Dolly Parton) 2:44

Disc 3

1. Once More (Dusty Owens) 2:34
2. Ragged Angel (Dolly Parton) 2:09
3. Before Our Weakness Gets Too Strong (Louis Owens) 2:43
4. Let's Live for Tonight (Don Reno) 2:12
5. One Day at a Time (Joe Babcock) 2:34
6. Thoughtfulness (Bill Owens) 2:28
7. There'll Be Love (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) 2:39
8. Daddy Did His Best (Original Master)* (Jerry Chesnut) 2:49
9. Possum Holler (Dallas Frazier) 2:19
10. The Fighting Kind (Dolly Parton) 2:33
11. All I Need Is You (Betty Jean Robinson) 3:10
12. Curse of the Wild Weed Flower (Dolly Parton, Louis Owens) 2:18
13. Today, Tomorrow and Forever (Bill Owens) 2:45
14. The Flame (Dolly Parton) 2:57
15. Her and the Car and the Mobile Home (Dave Kirby, Don Stock) 2:40
16. Is It Real (Dolly Parton) 2:56
17. Two of a Kind (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) 2:40
18. Oh, the Pain of Loving You (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) 2:07
19. Better Move It on Home (Ray Griff) 2:16
20. The Right Combination (Porter Wagoner) 2:57
21. Burning the Midnight Oil (Porter Wagoner) 1:50
22. Love's All Over (Porter Wagoner) 3:10
23. Take Away (Porter Wagoner) 2:28
24. You and Me—Her and Him (Porter Wagoner) 2:25
25. ​How Close They Must Be (Porter Wagoner) 2:29
26. On and On (Eddie Sovine) 2:08
27. More Than Words Can Tell (Porter Wagoner) 2:49
28. ​In Each Love Some Pain Must Fall (Dolly Parton) 2:06

Disc 4

1. Anyplace You Want to Go (Porter Wagoner) 2:19
2. Somewhere Along the Way (Dolly Parton) 3:12
3. The Fog Has Lifted (Porter Wagoner) 2:23
4. Looking Down (Porter Wagoner) 2:38
5. If You Go, I'll Follow You (Original Master)* (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) 2:43
6. Waldo the Weirdo* (Porter Wagoner) 2:55
7. I've Been This Way Too Long (Dolly Parton) 2:43
8. Lost Forever in Your Kiss (Dolly Parton) 3:26
9. Sounds of Nature (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) 2:21
10. Through Thick and Thin (Bill Owens) 2:06
11. We Found It (Porter Wagoner) 2:34
12. Poor Folks Town (Dolly Parton) 2:44
13. Together You and I (Dolly Parton) 2:24
14. Christina (Dolly Parton) 3:05
15. Together Always (Dolly Parton) 2:18
16. Ten Four—Over and Out (Porter Wagoner) 3:33
17. Singing on the Mountain (Original Master)* (Porter Wagoner) 2:27
18. Say Forever You'll Be Mine (Dolly Parton) 2:49
19. That's When Love Will Mean the Most (Porter Wagoner) 1:59
20. Love Have Mercy on Us (Dolly Parton) 2:56
21. Sweet Rachel Ann (Dolly Parton) 2:56
22. Satan's River (Porter Wagoner) 2:38
23. I Am Always Waiting (Porter Wagoner) 2:18
24. I've Been Married (Just as Long as You Have) (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) 2:47
25. Little David's Harp (Original Master)* (Dolly Parton) 3:08
26. Between Us (Dolly Parton) 1:50
27. Love City (Dolly Parton) 2:02
28. In the Presence of You (Porter Wagoner, Tom Pick) 2:49

Disc 5

1. How Can I (Help You Forgive Me) (Porter Wagoner, Tom Pick) 1:57
2. Come to Me (Alternate Take)* (Dolly Parton) 2:19
3. Laugh the Years Away (Howard Tuck) 2:03
4. There'll Always Be Music (Alternate Take)* (Dolly Parton) 2:58
5. I Have No Right to Care (Dolly Parton) 2:46
6. Come to Me (Dolly Parton) 2:25
7. Beneath the Sweet Magnolia Tree (Original Master)* (Dolly Parton) 2:28
8. Love Is Out Tonight (Porter Wagoner, Tom Pick) 2:44
9. If Teardrops Were Pennies (Carl Butler) 2:10
10. You (Dolly Parton) 2:25
11. There'll Always Be Music (Dolly Parton) 3:14
12. I Get Lonesome by Myself (Dolly Parton) 3:24
13. Sounds of Night (Porter Wagoner) 2:28
14. Wasting Love (Porter Wagoner) 1:52
15. All Aboard America   Porter Wagoner (Porter Wagoner, Stephen H. Lemberg) 3:38
16. Here Comes the Freedom Train (Stephen H. Lemberg) 3:56
17. Too Far Gone (Dolly Parton) 2:15
18. Again (Porter Wagoner) 2:31
19. Something to Reach For (Dolly Parton) 2:27
20. The Fire That Keeps You Warm (Dolly Parton) 2:13
21. Without You (Dolly Parton) 2:29
22. Sixteen Years (Porter Wagoner, Tom Pick) 2:54
23. Carolina Moonshiner* (Dolly Parton) 1:55
24. If You Say I Can (Single Version/Original Master) (Dolly Parton) 2:28
25. The Power of Love (Porter Wagoner) 2:26
26. The Beginning (Dolly Parton) 3:08
27. Please Don't Stop Loving Me (Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner) 2:47

Disc 6

1. Life Rides the Train (Porter Wagoner) 2:27
2. Two (Dolly Parton) 2:41
3. Hide Me Away (Original Master)* (Dolly Parton) 3:09
4. We'd Have to Be Crazy (Dolly Parton) 2:35
5. Love to See Us Through (Al Gore, Frank Dycus) 2:17
6. If You Were Mine (Randy Parton) 2:52
7. Our Love (Al Gore, Frank Dycus) 2:43
8. Is Forever Longer Than Always (Porter Wagoner, Frank Dycus) 2:36
9. I Learned It Well* (Linda Carol Moore) 2:28
10. Touching Memories (Original Master)* (Porter Wagoner, Tom Pick) 2:28
11. In the Morning** (Dolly Parton) 2:04
12. About Susanne, About Your Man** (Dolly Parton) 2:54
13. A Fool Like Me* (Dolly Parton) 2:34
14. Someone Just Like You (Original Master)* (Dolly Parton) 3:12
15. Golden Streets of Glory** (Dolly Parton) 3:00
16. Twin Mounds of Clay** (Howard Lips) 3:03
17. Intro by Porter (Live) 0:47
18. Run That by Me One More Time (Live) (Dolly Parton) 2:57
19. Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark (Live) (Dolly Parton) 2:35
20. Tomorrow Is Forever (Live) (Dolly Parton) 2:32
21. Two Sides to Every Story (Live) (Dolly Parton, Bill Owens) 1:43

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* Previously unreleased.
** Previously unreleased. These recordings are presented with only Dolly's vocals. They were intended as duets, but Porter's vocals were deemed unusable and deleted. Porter's vocals were to be re-recorded as a later date, but this never happened.

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