Roy Orbison

2 LPs ON 1 + 7 BONUS TRACKS

5 STARS ROLLINS STONE MAGAZINE

With his twanging guitar and quavering bel canto tenor, Roy Orbison created his trademark sound – a combination between snarling blues rock and his mainstay, the romantic/paranoiac ballad with falsetto crescendos and strings.

This release features Orbison’s first two LPs: Lonely and Blue (1960), and At The Rock House (1961). Both masterpieces have been packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 7 bonus tracks from the same period. These great recordings helped define “the Big O” as one of the all-timegreat singers, including such hits as “Only The Lonely”, “Ooby Dooby”, “Running Scared”, “I’m Hurtin’”, and “Crying”, among many others.

PERSONNEL:

ROY ORBISON, vocals and guitar, plus:

Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Scotty Moore (guitar),
James Morrow (electric mandolin)
Bob Moore (bass)
Floyd Cramer, Marvin Hughes (piano)
Buddy Harman (drums)
Boots Randolph (saxophone)
Joe Melson, The Anita Kerr Singers (background vocals), among others.

Recorded in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee,
between 1956 and 1961.

TRACKS:

LONELY AND BLUE
01. ONLY THE LONELY 2:25
02. BYE-BYE, LOVE 2:13
03. CRY 2:40
04. BLUE AVENUE 2:19
05. I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU 2:43
06. COME BACK TO ME (MY LOVE) 2:27
07. BLUE ANGEL 2:51
08. RAINDROPS 1:52
09. (I’D BE) A LEGEND IN MY TIME 3:08
10. I’M HURTIN’ 2:42
11. TWENTY-TWO DAYS 3:06
12. I’LL SAY IT’S MY FAULT 2:21

AT THE ROCK HOUSE
13. THIS KIND OF LOVE 2:08
14. DEVIL DOLL 2:11
15. YOU’RE MY BABY 2:17
16. TRYIN’ TO GET TO YOU 2:32
17. IT’S TOO LATE 2:14
18. ROCK HOUSE 2:41
19. YOU’RE GONNA CRY 2:16
20. I NEVER KNEW 2:22
21. SWEET AND EASY TO LOVE 2:12
22. MEAN LITTLE MAMA 1:58
23. OOBY DOOBY 2:13
24. PROBLEM CHILD 2:21

BONUS TRACKS
25. RUNNING SCARED 2:13
26. UP TOWN 2:09
27. CLAUDETTE 1:56
28. CANDY MAN 2:47
29. CRYING 2:49
30. TODAY’S TEARDROPS 2:11
31. LOVE HURTS 2:30

TOTAL TIME: 78:05