Album cover. RCA Victor (APL1-2188) (1977)

Dolly Parton
New Harvest...First Gathering
RCA Victor (APL1-2188)
February 14, 1977

Side A

1. Light of a Clear Blue Morning (Dolly Parton) 4:53
2. Applejack (Dolly Parton) 3:20
3. My Girl (My Love) (William Robinson, Ronald White) 3:44
4. Holdin' on to You (Dolly Parton) 2:46
5. You Are (Dolly Parton) 5:14

Side B

1. How Does It Feel (Dolly Parton) 3:13
2. Where Beauty Lives in Memory (Dolly Parton)  3:50
3. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher (Gary Jackson, Carl Smith) 2:52
4. Getting in My Way (Dolly Parton) 2:40
5. There (Dolly Parton) 5:32

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Performance

• Anita Ball – background vocals
• Stu Basore – steel
• Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals
• Clyde Brooks – drums, percussion, tambourine, background vocals
• Mark Casstevens - banjo
• Charlie Chappelear – bass, background vocals
• Ralph Childs – tuba
• ​Jimmy Colvard – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Jimmy Crawford – steel, background vocals
• Richard Dennison – background vocals
• Bobby Dyson – bass
• Bob Ferguson – Applejack's voice
• Mary Fielder – background vocals
• Janie Fricke – background vocals
• Shane Keister – organ synthesizer, organ
• Dave Kirby – acoustic guitar
• Jerry Kroon – drums, percussion
• Larrie Londin – drums
• ​Joe McGuffee – dobro, steel
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• The Nashville Horns featuring Billy Puett – horns
• Jamie Nichol – conga
• Dolly Parton – lead vocals, background vocals, banjo
• Randy Parton – background vocals​
• John Pell – acoustic guitar, classical guitar, background vocals

• Gregg Perry – piano, tambourine, keyboards, tack piano, background vocals
• Debbie Jo Puckett – background vocals
• Dwight Puckett – background vocals
• Billy Puett – flute, piccolo
• ​Jimmy Riddle – Jew's (juice) harp
• Don Roth – electric guitar
• ​Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
• Shelly Kurland Strings – strings
• Rod Smarr – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, background vocals
• Buddy Spicher – fiddle
• Bobby Thompson – banjo, acoustic guitar
• Ray Walker – background vocals
• Casey Worden – background vocals
• Kelly Worden – background vocals
• Mickie Worden – background vocals

Background vocals on "Applejack"

• Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Chet Atkins, Minnie Pearl, Ernest Tubb, Grandpa Jones, Ramona Jones, Carl and Pearl Butler, William Lee and Stoney Cooper, The Willis Brothers, Bashful Brother Oswald, Joe and Rose Lee Maphis, Kirk McGee, Hubert Gregory and the Fruit Jar Drinkers, Johnny Wright, Don Warden, Lee and Avie Lee Parton

Production

• Rich Adler – engineer, assistant mixing engineer
• ​Brent Maher – engineer
• Dolly Parton – producer, arrangements
• Gregg Perry – co-producer, string arrangements, string conductor
• Armin Steiner – mixing engineer

Other personnel

• David Gahr – photographer
• Any Lehman – art director
• ​Nick Smangiamo – photographer
• Richard Sparks – innerspread art

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Releases

FORMAT / TITLE / LABEL & CATALOG # / REGION / RELEASE DATE (MM-DD-YYYY)

• LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor APL1-2188 / US / 02-14-1977
• ​LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor CPL-2188 / Canada / 02-14-1977
• 8-track / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA APS1-2188 / US & Canada / 02-14-1977
• Cassette / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA APK1-2188 / US & Canada / 02-14-1977
• LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor APL1 2188 / Australia & New Zealand / 1977
• ​LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor PL 12188 / Europe / 1977 (black label)
• ​LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor PL 12188 / Europe / 1977 (orange label)
• 8-track / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA PS 12188 / Europe / 1977
• Cassette / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA PK12188 / Europe / 1977
• LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor PL 12188 / Germany / 1977 (Club Sonderauflage)
• LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA RVP-6184 / Japan / 1977
• Cassette / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor Z1-2188 / South Africa / 1977
• Cassette / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor 33275-9 / Germany / 1978
• LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA AYL1-3960 (Best Buy Series) / Various / 1980s
• Cassette / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA AYK1-3960 (Best Buy Series) / Various / 1980s
• LP / New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA Victor MMT 1167 (Magic of Music) / Germany / 1982
• CD / All I Can Do and New Harvest...First Gathering / RCA; Sony BMG Music Entertainment / Europe / 03-05-2007
• ​Digital download / New Harvest...First Gathering / BMG Music / Various / 03-06-2007
• Streaming / New Harvest...First Gathering / BMG Music / Various / 03-06-2007