Early Orbison

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1964 compilation album by Roy Orbison

Early Orbison

Compilation album by

Roy Orbison

Released| October 1, 1964
Recorded| September 18, 1959 - May 27, 1961
Genre| Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length| 27:23
Label| Monument
Producer| Fred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
| More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
(1964)  | Early Orbison
(1964)  | There Is Only One Roy Orbison
(1965)

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Early Orbison is an album recorded by Roy Orbison on the Monument Records label at the RCA Studio B[1] in Nashville, Tennessee, and released in 1964. Essentially a compilation of songs from his first two Monument albums, it is most noteworthy for containing "Pretty One", the "B" side of Orbison's second Monument single, "Uptown". Many Orbison fans believe "Pretty One" would have been his first major hit had it been promoted as an "A" side. The second song of interest on this album is "Come Back to Me My Love" which Fred Foster, owner of Monument Records and producer of all of Orbison's earliest hits, says was the song which inspired production of the hit arrangement that later became "Only the Lonely".

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## Track listing[edit]

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "The Great Pretender"| Buck Ram| 3:00
2.| "Cry"| Churchill Kohlman| 2:42
3.| "I Can't Stop Loving You"| Don Gibson| 2:41
4.| "I'll Say It's My Fault"| Roy Orbison, Fred Foster| 2:23
5.| "She Wears My Ring"| Felice & Boudleaux Bryant| 2:28
6.| "Love Hurts"| B. Bryant| 2:26

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Bye Bye Love"| F. Bryant, B. Bryant| 2:12
2.| "Blue Avenue"| Orbison, Joe Melson| 1:19
3.| "Raindrops"| Melson| 2:05
4.| "Come Back to Me (My Love)"| Orbison, Melson| 2:27
5.| "Summer Song"| Orbison, Melson| 2:43
6.| "Pretty One"| Orbison| 2:17

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Lonely and Blue (1961)
* Roy Orbison at the Rock House (1961)
* Crying (1962)
* In Dreams (1963)
* There Is Only One Roy Orbison (1965)
* Orbisongs (1965)
* The Orbison Way (1966)
* The Classic Roy Orbison (1966)
* Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967)
* The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
* Cry Softly Lonely One (1967)
* Roy Orbison's Many Moods (1969)
* Big O (1970)
* Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (1970)
* Roy Orbison Sings (1972)
* Memphis (1972)
* Milestones (1973)
* I'm Still in Love With You (1975)
* Regeneration (1976)
* Laminar Flow (1979)
* In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987 – studio re-recordings of earlier hits)
* Mystery Girl (1989)
* King of Hearts (1992)
* One of the Lonely Ones (2015)

Compilations|

* Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1962)
* More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1964)
* Early Orbison (1964)
* The Great Songs of Roy Orbison (1970)
* The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison (1972)
* In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987)
* The Legendary Roy Orbison (1989)
* 16 Biggest Hits (1999)
* Greatest Hits Live (2006)
* The Essential Roy Orbison (2006)
* A Love So Beautiful (2017)
* Unchained Melodies (2018)

Collaborations|

* Class of '55 (1986)
* Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988)

Soundtrack appearances|

* Roadie (1980)
* Blue Velvet (1986)
* Less than Zero (1987)

Live|

* A Black & White Night Live (1989)

Singles|

* "Tryin' to Get to You"
* "Ooby Dooby"
* "Go Go Go"
* "Only the Lonely"
* "Blue Angel"
* "Running Scared"
* "Crying" / "Candy Man"
* "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"
* "Working for the Man"
* "In Dreams"
* "Blue Bayou"
* "Pretty Paper"
* "It's Over"
* "Oh, Pretty Woman"
* "Memphis, Tennessee"
* "You Got It"
* "She's a Mystery to Me"
* "I Drove All Night"

Related articles|

* Traveling Wilburys
* Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour
* Fred Foster
* In Dreams (musical)

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## References[edit]

1. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017-10-17). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex (First ed.). New York. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1005700738.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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