Always, Always is the third collaborative studio album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. It was released on June 30, 1969, by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Bob Ferguson. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album's two singles, "Yours Love" and the title track, peaked at numbers nine and 16, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Recording sessions for the album took place at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 3 and 20, 1968. Three additional sessions followed on April 21, 22 and 23, 1969.
December 3, 1968 Malena
December 20, 1968 Good as Gold Yours Love
?April 21, 1969 ?No Reason to Hurry Home Milwaukee, Here I Come The House Where Love Lives
April 22, 1969 Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
April 23, 1969 Anything's Better Than Nothing Always, Always My Hands Are Tied There Never Was a Time
The album was released June 30, 1969, on LP, cassette, and 8-track.
The album debuted at number 35 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart dated August 2, 1969. It peaked at number five on the chart dated September 19, its eighth week on the chart. The album spent 27 weeks on the chart. It also peaked at number 162 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Personnel ?Credits are adapted from the original album liner notes and the 2014 box set, Just Between You and Me: The Complete Recordings, 1967–1976.
Jean Altshuler – harp Joe Babcock – background vocals Glenn Baxter – trumpet David Briggs – piano Jerry Carrigan – drums Bobby Dyson – bass Dolores Edgin – background vocals Bob Ferguson – producer Lloyd Green – steel guitar, tambourine Roy Huskey Jr. – bass Little Jack Little – liner notes Mack Magaha – fiddle, liner notes George McCormick – rhythm guitar, liner notes William McElhiney – trumpet Wayne Moss – electric guitar Speck Rhodes – liner notes Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano, organ Al Pahcucki – recording engineer June Page – background vocals Dolly Parton – lead vocals Roy Shockley – recording technician Jerry Stembridge (Chip Young) – rhythm guitar Buck Trent – electric banjo, liner notes Porter Wagoner – lead vocals Don Warden – guitar, liner notes Hurshel Wiginton – background vocals
