1977 Hot 100 Lower Rungs

287. Merle Haggard - From Graceland To The Promised Land
Lead track from the MCA album My Farewell To Elvis. The
LP version begins with a short spoken intro by Merle followed by
a synthesizer fanfare that transitions to the acoustic guitar song
intro. The single version starts with the guitar intro. So far all CD
versions are the LP version including the Bear Family box set
The Troubadour. To approximate the single version excise the
first 12 seconds of the LP version up to the first note of the
guitar intro. Note: Merle re-recorded the song in the mid-90's so
be beware of that version.

Here is the original MCA 45:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dahYg5nnKgo

405: Dolly Parton - Light Of A Clear Blue Morning
Two RCA promo 45's were issued. One had the long version
[4:53] on one side and short version [3:16] on the other. Both
sides were STEREO. A second promo had the 4:53 version on
both sides - one side in STEREO & the other in MONO. The
stock 45 has the 4:53 version in STEREO. I recall that most
country stations programmed the short version however I do not
know what may have been played on pop radio.
So far the edited version has not been issued on CD. Dolly has
made at least three re-recordings of this song so beware of
those.

Here is the original RCA stock 45 version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnK-jQNdSsY