STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - DOTTIE WEST - IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU/ JUST WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR

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Good morning gang and welcome back to the Labor Day 2023 edition of  Stuck In The Vinyl Again, otherwise known as Monday . Today we remember Tennessee born country music vocalist and guitarist, and the first woman in country music to receive a Grammy, Dottie West (Dorothy Marie Marsh West), on this, the 32nd anniversary of her passing. She was born October 11, 1932 and died on this day in 1991, age 58, during surgery following a car accident. With her in mind, we spotlight her 20th studio album, If It's All Right With You/Just What I've Been Looking For. The LP was released May 1973 on the RCA Nashville label and produced by Jerry Bradley. It peaked at #37 on the Top Country Albums chart and the title tracks were released as singles;  "If It's All Right with You" (#97 Hot 100, #48 Canada Country, #28 Hot Country Singles) and "Just What I've Been Looking For" (#44 Hot Country Singles) . Among the musicians joining West on the album is page favorite Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano and a then unknown Larry Gatlin on back up vocals , who also contributed to the songwriting process with "Try to Win a Friend" and "Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall".

1. "Just What I've Been Looking For" Kenny O'Dell 2:37

2. "Delta Dawn"
Larry Collins, Alex Harvey
3:22

3. "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
4:20

4. "If It's All Right with You"
Larry Henley, O'Dell
2:38

5. "Try to Win a Friend"

Larry Gatlin 3:36

Side two

1. "It Was Love While It Lasted"
Henley, Red Lane
2:35

2. "Short and Sweet" Billy Joe Shaver 3:05

3. "It Sure Seemed Right"
Johnny Russell, Michael Russell
3:02

4. "Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall" Gatlin 3:36

5. "I'm Your Country Girl"
Billy Davis, Dottie West
2:13

Harold Bradley – bass guitar
David Briggs – piano
Jimmy Capps – electric guitar
Bobby Dyson – bass
Ray Edenton – acoustic guitar
Larry Gatlin – background vocals
Paul Kelley – background vocals
Charlie McCoy – bass
Byron Metcalf – drums
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
Dale Sellers – guitar
Buddy Spicher – fiddle, violin
Henry Strzelecki – bass
Jerry Shook – guitar
Bobby Thompson – banjo
Dottie West – lead vocals
Chip Young – guitar

Technical personnel

Jerry Bradley – producer
Bill McElhiney – strings
Jimmy Moore – cover photo
Mike Shockley – recording technician
Bill Vandevort – engineering