There Is a Time (1963-70)

• Artist: The Dillards
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1991
• Total Time: 64:39
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Country

Review

Twenty-nine tracks drawn from the Dillards' first five albums (originally on Elektra), which are otherwise unavailable. The CD is assembled not in chronological order, but with musical coherence as the main determining factor, so tracks from different albums get juxtaposed together. From Back Porch Bluegrass we get five songs, including "Banjo in the Hollow" and "Dooley" (another version of which they performed with Andy Griffith on his TV show), while Pickin' and Fiddlin' is represented by the bracing "Hamilton County Breakdown" and "Sally Johnson." Live!!! Almost!!! gets six tracks, including the group's version of Dylan's "Walkin' Down the Line." There are five numbers (including the title track and the Beatles' "Yesterday") off of their 1970 release, Copperfields, and the legendary Wheatstraw Suite, from two years earlier, has nine songs, among them the group's loving covers of the Beatles' "I've Just Seen a Face" and Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe." ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Introduction		The Dillards	(:34)
Banjo in the Hollow	Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard	The Dillards	(1:50)
Dooley	Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne	The Dillards	(2:02)
Polly Vaughn	Rodney Dillard	The Dillards	(2:45)
The Old Home Place	Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb	The Dillards	(2:06)
Somebody Touched Me	Traditional	The Dillards	(2:23)
Hamilton County Breakdown	Public Domain	The Dillards	(2:27)
Walkin' Down the Line	Bob Dylan	The Dillards	(2:39)
Never See My Home Again	Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne	The Dillards	(2:15)
Paddy on the Turnpike	Traditional	The Dillards	(2:02)
Old Blue	Traditional	The Dillards	(1:57)
Liberty		The Dillards	(2:16)
There Is a Time	Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne	The Dillards	(2:47)
The Whole World 'Round	Mitch Jayne, Joe Stuart	The Dillards	(2:38)
Sally Johnson	Traditional	The Dillards	(1:51)
Yesterday	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Dillards	(1:04)
Ebo Walker	Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne	The Dillards	(2:14)
Rainmaker	Bill Martin, Harry Nilsson	The Dillards	(2:26)
Copperfields	Herb Pedersen	The Dillards	(2:17)
Old Man at the Mill	Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb	The Dillards	(2:48)
Lemon Chimes	The Dillards, Bill Martin	The Dillards	(3:13)
I'll Fly Away	Albert E. Brumley	The Dillards	(:38)
Nobody Knows	Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne	The Dillards	(2:15)
Listen to the Sound	Mitch Jayne, Herb Pedersen	The Dillards	(2:37)
Reason to Believe	Tim Hardin	The Dillards	(2:19)
Hey Boys	Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne, Herb Pedersen, Dean Webb	The Dillards	(2:25)
I've Just Seen a Face	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Dillards	(1:50)
Don't You Cry	The Dillards, Bill Martin	The Dillards	(1:50)
She Sang Hymns Out of Tune	Jesse Lee Kincaid	The Dillards	(2:32)

Credits

Doug Dillard (Banjo), Doug Dillard (Arranger), Doug Dillard (?), Rodney Dillard (Dobro), Rodney Dillard (Guitar), Rodney Dillard (Pedal Steel), Rodney Dillard (Arranger), Rodney Dillard (Guitar (Rhythm)), Rodney Dillard (Guitar (Steel)), Rodney Dillard (Producer), Rodney Dillard (?), Rodney Dillard (Compilation Producer), The Dillards (Main Performer), Buddy Emmons (Guitar (Steel)), Jim Gordon (Drums), Byron Berline (Fiddle), John Boylan (Producer), Jim Dickson (Producer), Toxey French (Drums), Jimmie Haskell (Strings), Jimmie Haskell (Arranger), Jimmie Haskell (Woodwind), Jim Hilton (Producer), Mitch Jayne (Bass), Mitch Jayne (Arranger), Mitch Jayne (?), Mitch Jayne (Bass (Acoustic)), Joe Osborne (Bass (Electric)), Earl Palmer (Drums), Herb Pedersen (Banjo), Herb Pedersen (Guitar (Rhythm)), Herb Pedersen (?), Herb Pedersen (Compilation Producer), Dean Webb (Banjo), Dean Webb (Mandolin), Dean Webb (Arranger), Dean Webb (?), Paul York (Percussion), Paul York (Drums), Jimmy Bond (Bass), Jimmy Bond (Bass (Acoustic)), Georgette Cartwright (Pre-Production Coordinator), Neil V. Rosenberg (Liner Notes), Drew Cartwright (Design), Kent Crawford (Executive Producer)