Ten Years of Gold is the fourth studio album by Kenny Rogers issued in 1978. It spent two years on the album chart and peaked at #33. In 1997, the album was certified 4ÃÂ Platinum by the RIAA.
As his fourth solo album, Ten Years of Gold is a collection of ten songs spanning the last decade. The album features solo re-recordings of hits Rogers had with The First Edition. These new versions were recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio "B" using Rogers' road band "Bloodline" (listed below). Side 1 of the LP contained the all re-recordings. Though Rogers had already scored three other solo hits, "Lucille", "Daytime Friends", "While The Feeling's Good" and "Love Lifted Me" are all that represent his recent work. Rogers still had the rights to the First Edition's original hit recording of "Today I Started Loving You Again", which was previously released on their 1972 album Back Roads; hence that recording was chosen as the closing track of Ten Years of Gold.
There were two different versions of the cover art. One had Rogers' name in white next to the title and a mock pasted photo on the back. On the second pressing the photo is retouched to look like it is in a gold frame.