"The Bargain Store," released in February 1975 on RCA Victor, is Dolly Parton's fifteenth studio album, produced by Bob Ferguson and Porter Wagoner at RCA Studio B in Nashville with elite Nashville session players. The title track became a number one country single, and the album reached number four on the country chart. Parton's Appalachian roots are present in her pen rather than in the instrumentation — the record is largely self-written, polished Nashville Sound fare that continued her commercial ascent before her eventual transition to pop crossover. The album captures Parton at the height of her mid-1970s traditional-country Nashville period, approximately two years before "Here You Come Again" began her shift toward a mainstream pop audience.
Tracklist
- 1 The Bargain Store 2:45
- 2 Kentucky Gambler alt version 2:41
- 3 When I'm Gone 2:17
- 4 The Only Hand You'll Need to Hold 2:12
- 5 On My Mind Again 2:51
- 6 I Want to Be What You Need 2:43
- 7 Love to Remember 2:33
- 8 You'll Always Be Special to Me 2:23
- 9 He Would Know 2:35
- 10 I'll Never Forget 2:47
