The Classic Roy Orbison

1966 studio album by Roy Orbison

The Classic Roy Orbison

Studio album by

Roy Orbison

Released| July 1966
Recorded| October 1, 1965 – May 16, 1966
Genre| Rock
Length| 27:58
Label| MGM
Producer| Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau
Roy Orbison chronology
| The Orbison Way
(1966)  | The Classic Roy Orbison
(1966)  | Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson
(1967)

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The Classic Roy Orbison is the ninth studio album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his third on the MGM Records label, released in July 1966. The single taken from it, "Twinkle Toes", would be Orbison's last US top-forty single during his lifetime, scraping in at #39. It also reached #24 in Australia and #29 in the UK.

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Billboard| Spotlight Pick[2]
New Record Mirror| [3]

## History

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Some of the songs were leftovers from The Orbison Way sessions.

## Reception

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Bruce Eder of Allmusic felt that "Every song was cast in a familiar, classic Orbison vein, without any of the country piano sounds that showed a digression on recent releases, and most of it -- especially "Just Another Name for Rock and Roll" -- had a beat, this is stripped-down, back-to-basics Orbison", calling the album "the best album be ever did for the label"[4]

Billboard described the album as "one of his best album of dynamic Orbison perfromances"[5]

Record Mirror called it "a well balanced dramatic perfromances"[6]

## Track listing

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The album reached No. 12 in the UK. All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, except where indicated.

Side oneNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "You'll Never Be Sixteen Again"| 2:50
2.| "Pantomime"| 2:53
3.| "Twinkle Toes"| 2:37
4.| "Losing You"| 2:43
5.| "City Life"| 2:47
6.| "Wait"| 2:17

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

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1.| "Growing Up"|  | 2:46
2.| "Where Is Tomorrow"|  | 2:45
3.| "(No) I'll Never Get Over You"| Orbison| 2:10
4.| "Going Back to Gloria"|  | 2:46
5.| "Just Another Name for Rock and Roll"| Bill Dees| 2:09
6.| "Never Love Again"| Rusty Kershaw, Doug Kershaw| 2:10

Produced by Wesley Rose & Jim Vienneau Engineered by Val Valentin

## References

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1. ^ "Roy Orbison – The Classic Roy Orbison: Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
2. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1966-08-27. p. 80.
3. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (24 September 1966). "Roy Orbison: The Classic Roy Orbison" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 30\. p. 8. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
4. ^ "Roy Orbison – 'The Classic Roy Orbison: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
5. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1966-08-27. p. 80.
6. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (24 September 1966). "Roy Orbison: The Classic Roy Orbison" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 30\. p. 8. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

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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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