Album cover. Sugar Hill / Blue Eye (SUG-CD-4007) (2005)

Dolly Parton
Those Were the Days
Sugar Hill / Blue Eye (SUG-CD-4007)
October 11, 2005
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1. Those Were the Days (with special guests Mary Hopkins, Porter Wagoner & the Opry Gang, and the Moscow Circus) (Gene Raskin) 5:00
2. Blowin' in the Wind (with special guest Nickel Creek) (Bob Dylan) 3:21
3. Where Have All the Flowers Gone (with special guests Norah Jones and Lee Ann Womack) (Pete Seeger) 4:04
4. Twelfth of Never (with special guest Keith Urban) (Lisa Lee Reagan, Emily Bree Stevenson) 3:16
5. Where Do the Children Play (with special guest Yusef Islam) (Yusuf Islam) 3:23
6. Me and Bobby McGee (with special guest Kris Kristofferson) (Kris Kristofferson) 3:49
7. Crimson and Clover (with special guest Tommy James) (Tommy James, Peter P. Lucia Jr.) 3:39
8. The Cruel War (with special guests Alison Krauss, Midy Smith, and Dan Tyminski) (Traditional, arr. by Dolly Parton) 3:42
9. Turn, Turn, Turn (with special guest Roger McGuinn) (Pete Seeger) 3:17
10. If I Were a Carpenter (with special guest Joe Nichols) (James Timothy Hardin) 2:54
11. Both Sides Now (with special guests Judy Collins and Rhonda Vincent) (Joni Mitchell) 3:33
12. Imagine (with special guest David Foster) (John Lennon) 3:52

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Performance

• Dolly Parton – lead vocals, harmony vocals

Guest performers

• Judy Collins – special guest
• David Foster – special guest
• Mary Hopkin – special guest
• Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) – special guest
• Norah Jones – special guest
• Tommy Jones – special guest
• Alison Krauss – special guest
• Kris Kristofferson – special guest
• Roger McGuinn – special guest
• The Moscow Circus – special guest​
• Joe Nichols – special guest
• Nickel Creek – special guest
  • Sarah Watkins, Sean Watkins, Chris Thile

• ​The Opry Gang – special guests
  • Jack Greene, George Hamilton IV, Jan Howard, George Jones, Brenda Lee, Mel McDaniel, Jimmy C. Newman, Jeannie Seely, Pam Tillis, Billy Walker
• Mindy Smith – special guest
• Dan Tyminski – special guest
• Keith Urban – special guest
• Rhonda Vincent – special guest
• Porter Wagoner – special guest
• Lee Ann Womack – special guest

Background vocals

• Children's choir/Kid Connection, Inc.
  • Kristin Bauer, Callie Cryar, Phoebe Cryar, Katherine Stewart, Emily Webb, Anna Wilson
• Choir
  • Robert Bailey, Lisa Bevill, Drew Cline, Lisa Cochran, Angela Cruz, Kim Fleming, Duane Hamilton, Vicki Hampton, John Mark Ivey
• Richard Dennison
• Terry Eldredge​

• Andy Hall
• Vicki Hampton​
• Jamie Johnson
• Jennifer O'Brien
• The Opry Gang
• Danny Roberts
• David Talbot
• Chuck Tille
• Kent Wells

Musicians

• David Angell – strings
• Monisa Angell – strings
• Sam Bush – mandolin
• David Davidson – strings
• Richard Dennison – toy piano, Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Terry Eldridge – acoustic guitar
• Conni Ellisor – strings
• David Foster – piano
• Dave Fowler – bass
• Jim Grosjean – strings
• Andy Hall – dobro, harp
• Jim Hoke – harmonica
• Paul Hollowell – piano
• Tom Howard – strings
• Yusef Islam – acoustic guitar
• Tommy James – electric guitar
• Jack Jezioro – strings
• Viktor Krauss – bowed bass
• Anthony LaMarchina – strings
• Bob Mater – drums, percussion​

• Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
• Roger McGuinn – electric guitar
• Tony Rice – acoustic guitar
• Danny Roberts – mandolin
• Carole Robinowitz – strings
• Pam Sixfin – strings
• Terry Smith – bass
• Tony Smith – percussion
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
• Joey Schmidt – accordion
• David Talbot – banjo
• Chris Thile – mandolin
• Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, dulcimer, mandolika
• Alan Umstead – strings
• Catherine Umstead – strings
• Gary Vonosdale – strings
• Mary Kathryn Vonosdale - strings
• Dr. Ming Wang – Er-hu
• Jay Weaver – bass
• Kent Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string accent, 6-string bass

Production

• Penny Aust – children's choir contractor
• Brandon Bell – assistant engineer
• Courtney Blooding – assistant engineer
• Matt Boynton – engineer
• Steve Buckingham – artist coordinator
• Laurie Casteel – music copyist
• Mike Casteel – music copyist
• Steve Davis – engineer
• Neil DeVor – engineer
• Kyle Dickinson – assistant engineer
• Adam Dye – assistant engineer
• Carl Gorodetsky – strings contractor
• Leslie Hollingstad – assistant artist coordinator
• Tom Howard – choir and strings arrangements
• Tommy James – producer
• Scott Kidd – assistant engineer
• Janet McMahan – children's choir contractor
• Greg Lawrence – assistant engineer

• Patrick Murphy – engineer
• Gary Paczosa – engineer
• ​Dolly Parton – producer
• Kelly Pribble – engineer
• Benny Quinn – mixing engineer
• Leslie Richter – assistant engineer
• Sarah Jane Schmeltzer – engineer
• Alan Silverman – engineer
• Tony Smith – string arrangement
• Glenn M. Taylor – engineer
• Reed Taylor – second engineer
• Aya Takemura – assistant engineer
• J. Carter Tutwiler – engineer
• Sasha Vosk – director of the Moscow Circus
• Kent Wells – music coordinator
• Kristin Wilkinson – music copyist
• Jimmy Wisner – producer

Other personnel

• Robert Behar – Dolly's wardrobe
  
• Dennis Carney – photography
  
• ​Valorie Cole – make-up
  
• Ira Parker – artist montage compiler
• Dolly Parton – liner notes
• ​Cheryl Riddle – hair
• Rose Sanico – Dolly's wardrobe
  
• Wendy Stamberger – album package design

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Releases

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

• CD / Those Were the Days / Blue Eye; Sugar Hill SUG-CD-4007 / US & Canada / 10-11-2005
• CD / Those Were the Days / Blue Eye; Sugar Hill; EMI 0946 350142 2 8 / Europe / 10-11-2005
• CD / Those Were the Days / Blue Eye; Sugar Hill; Shock HCD4007​ / Australia / 10-11-2005
• Digital download / Those Were the Days / Dolly / Various / 04-10-2020
• Streaming / Those Were the Days / Dolly / Various / 04-10-2020