Two of a Kind is the sixth collaborative studio album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. It was released on February 8, 1971, by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Bob Ferguson. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. There were no singles released to promote the album.
Recording sessions for the album began at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 2, 1970. Three additional sessions followed on December 8, 9 and 14. "There'll Be Love" was recorded on May 6 during a session for 1970's Once More.
May 6, 1970 There'll Be Love
December 2, 1970 Possum Holler The Fighting Kind
December 8, 1970 ?All I Need Is You Curse of the Wild Weed Flower Today, Tomorrow and Forever
December 9, 1970 The Flame Is It Real
December 14, 1970 Two of a Kind Oh, the Pain of Loving You
"Curse of the Wild Weed Flower" is of note for being an anti-marijuana song, one of the few country songs of the period to discuss drugs. While no singles were released from the album, "Oh, the Pain of Loving You" was included as the B-side of the 1971 single "The Right Combination", with "Oh" being dropped from the song's title. ?Dolly would later re-recorded the song under this abbreviated title with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris as part of their 1987 album, Trio. The song's title was further abbreviated to "Pain of Lovin' You" when it was recorded by The Grascals (featuring Dolly) in 2011 for their album, Country Classics with a Bluegrass Spin. The album's liner notes were written by Don Howser, longtime announcer on The Porter Wagoner Show.
The album was released February 8, 1971, on LP, cassette, and 8-track.
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.
Joe Babcock – background vocals Glenn Baxter – trucmoet Jerry Carrigan – drums Pete Drake – steel guitar Bobby Dyson – bass Dolores Edgin – background vocals Bob Ferguson – producer Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin Don Howser – liner notes Dave Kirby – electric guitar Mack Magaha – fiddle George McCormick – rhythm guitar Al Pachucki – recording engineer June Page – background vocals Dolly Parton – lead vocals Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano Dale Sellers – electric guitar Donald Sheffield Jr. – trumpet Roy Shockley – recording technician ?Jerry Smith – piano Buck Trent – electric banjo Porter Wagoner – lead vocals
