Album cover. RCA Victor (LSP-4628) (1972)

Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil
RCA Victor (LSP-4628)
January 3, 1972

Side 1

1. More Than Words Can Tell (Porter Wagoner) 2:44
2. The Right Combination (Porter Wagoner) 2:52
3. I've Been This Way Too  Long (Dolly Parton) 2:40
4. In Each Love Some Pain Must Fall (Dolly Parton) 2:04
5. Her and the Car and the Mobile Home (Dave Kirby, Don Stock) 2:37

Side 2

1. Burning the Midnight Oil (Porter Wagoner) 1:45
2. Somewhere Along the Way (Dolly Parton) 3:06
3. On and On (Eddie Sovine) 2:03
4. Through Thick and Thin (Bill Owens) 2:01
5. The Fog Has Lifted (Porter Wagoner) 2:18

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

• David Briggs – piano
• Jerry Carrigan – drums
• Pete Drake – steel guitar
• Bobby Dyson – bass
• Bob Ferguson – producer
• Jack Hurst – liner notes
• Dave Kirby – electric guitar
• Les Leverett – cover photos
• Mack Magaha – fiddle, leader
• George McCormick – rhythm guitar, leader

• ​Al Pachucki – recording engineer
• Dolly Parton – lead vocals
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Billy Sanford – rhythm guitar
• Roy Shockley – recording technician
• Jerry Shook – electric guitar
• Buddy Spicher – fiddle
• Jerry Stembridge (Chip Young) – rhythm guitar
• Buck Trent – electric banjo, leader
• Porter Wagoner – lead vocals

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Releases

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

• LP / The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil / RCA Victor LSP-4628 / US & Canada / 01-03-1972
• 8-track / The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil / RCA Victor P8S-1863 / US & Canada / 01-03-1972
• ​Cassette / The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil / RCA Victor PK-1863 / US & Canada / 01-03-1972
• LP / The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil / RCA Victor LSP 4628 / Germany / 1972
• LP / The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil / RCA Victor LSA 3134 / UK / 1972
  
• Cassette / The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil / RCA Victor PK 1863 / Italy / 1972
  
• 6xCD / Just Between You and Me: The Complete Recordings, 1967–1976 / Bear Family BCD 16889 FK / Germany / 05-26-2014
• Digital download / The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil / Sony Music Entertainment / Various / 01-04-2019
• Streaming / The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil / Sony Music Entertainment / Various / 01-04-2019
• 2xCD / Once More • Two of a Kind • Together Always • The Right Combination – Burning the Midnight Oil / BGO BGOCD1389 / UK / 08-09-2019