Between 1955 and 1965 Roy Orbison revolutionised
popular music and these are the recordings that did it! This 7-CD set
includes every recording from his golden decade! Beginning his career
as a rockabilly singer on Jew-Wel and Sun Records , Roy scored one hit,
'Oooby Dooby', and left many great early rare and rockin' sides behind
...'Problem Child, Down The Line, Rockhouse, Cat Called Domino'... as
well as songs he wrote for Buddy Holly, like 'An Empty Cup' and 'You've
Got Love'. Then Roy's song 'Claudette' (both early demo's included
here for the first time!) became a hit for the Everly Brothers, and Roy
went to Nashville to record first for RCA, then Monument. At Monument
Records, Roy made the most perfectly realised pop music of the
early-to-mid Sixties. Bruce Springsteen spoke of its "mysterious sense
of longing." As Roy's contemporaries fell to the British Invasion, he
went from strength to strength. All of his Monument recordings are
complete here for the first time. All The hits, 'Uptown, Only The
Lonely, Blue Angel, I'm Hurtin', Running Scared, Crying, Candy Man,
Dream Baby, In Dreams, Falling, Mean Woman Blues, Blue Bayou, Pretty
Paper, It's Over, Oh Pretty Woman', and more! All the B-sides, including
songs that became big hits for other artists, like 'Today's Teardrops,
Love Hurts', and 'Distant Drums'. And all the album tracks from all
the Monument LPs, plus previously unissued alternate takes and rare
demos! This set concludes with Roy's first MGM hit, 'Ride Away' from
1965, closing out incredible 10 years...10 years that changed the way
popular music was made...Disc 1:
01- 1956 - Ooby Dooby (The Teen Kings)
02- 1956 - Trying To Get To You (The Teen Kings)
03- 1956 - Ooby Dooby (Sun Master)
04- 1956 - Go! Go! Go!
05- 1989 - Trying To Get To You
06- 1956 - You're My Baby
07- 1956 - Rock House
08- 1957 - Sweet And Easy To Love
09- 1957 - Devil Doll
10- 2001 - Love Dumb Baby (Fragment)
11- 1974 - Fool's Hall Of Fame
12- 1974 - A True Love Goodbye
13- 1957 - Chicken Hearted
14- 1957 - I Like Love
15- 1988 - Mean Little Mama
16- 1988 - Problem Child
17- 1973 - Cat Called Domino
18- 1984 - You Tell Me
19- 1984 - I Give Up
20- 1976 - One More Time
21- 1976 - Lovestruck
22- 1976 - The Clown
23- 1974 - Claudette
24- 1974 - The Cause Of It All
25- 1988 - You're Gonna Cry
26- 1988 - This Kind Of Love
27- 1988 - It's Too Late
28- 1988 - I Never Knew
29- 1988 – Claudette
Disc 2:
01- 1989 - Ooby Dooby (Alt.)
02- 1984 - Ooby Dooby (Alt.2)
03- 2001 - Ooby Dooby (Alt.3)
04- 1988 - Trying To Get To You (Alt.)
05- 2001 - Chicken Hearted (Semi Spolen Vocal)
06- 1988 - Problem Child (Alt.)
07- 1989 - The Clown (Alt.)
08- 1988 - This Kind Of Love
09- 1988 - It's Too Late (Alt.)
10- 1958 - I Was A Fool (& Ken Cook)
11- 1958 - Seems To Me
12- 1958 - Sweet And Innocent
13- 1983 - I'll Never Tell
14- 1959 - Almost Eighteen
15- 1959 - Jolle
16- 1982 - Paper Boy
17- 1982 - With The Bug
18- 2001 - Ooby Dooby (The Wink Westerners)
19- 2001 - Hey! Miss Fannie (The Wink Westerners)
20- 2001 - A True Love Goodbye (The Teen Kings)
21- 2001 - An Empty Cup (The Teen Kings)
22- 2001 - Cat Called Domino (The Teen Kings)
23- 2001 - I Guess I'm Lonely (& Joe Melson)
24- 2001 - You Fool You (& Joe Melson)
25- 2001 - Velveteen Doll (& Joe Melson)
26- 2001 - She's Okay (& Joe Melson)
Disc 3:
01- Ooby Dooby
02- Racker Tacker
03- Blue Suede Shoes
04- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
05- St. Louis Blues
06- All By Myself
07- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
08- Jam
09- Rock House
10- Singing The Blues
11- Pretend
12- Rip It Up
13- Trying To Get To You
14- TK Blues
15- Go! Go! Go!
16- Bo Diddley
17- Do You Remember (Talk About The Teen Kings)
Disc 4:
01- 1959 - Paper Boy
02- 1989 - Double Date
03- 1959 - With The Bug
04- 1959 - Up Town
05- 1960 - Raindrops
06- 1959 - Pretty One
07- 1960 - Blue Avenue
08- 1960 - Only The Lonely
09- 1960 - Here Comes That Song Again
10- 1960 - Today's Teardrops
11- 1960 - Blue Angel
12- 1960 - I'll Say It's My Fault
13- 1960 - Come Back To Me (My Love)
14- 1960 - (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time
15- 1960 - Bye Bye Love
16- 1960 - Twentytwo Days
17- 1960 - Cry
18- 1960 - I Can't Stop Loving You
19- 1960 - I'm Hurtin'
20- 1983 - Darkness
21- 1961 - Let's Make A Memory
22- 1961 - Love Hurts
23- 1961 - Running Scared
24- 1961 - Nightlife (semi spoken intro)
25- 1961 - Summer Song
26- 1961 - Loneliness
27- 1961 – Dance
Disc 5:
01- 1961 / Lana
02- 1965 / Dance
03- 1961 / She Wears My Ring
04- 1961 / Crying
05- 1963 / Sunset
06- 1961 / The Great Pretender
07- 1961 / Candy Man
08- 1963 / House Without Windows
09- 1990 / (They Call You) Gigolette
10- 1983 / How Are Things In Paradise
11- 1963 / (They Call You) Gigolette
12- 1961 / Wedding Day
13- 1983 / Yes
14- 1965 / Let The Good Times Roll
15- 1963 / Blue Bayou (2)
16- 1983 / Party Heart
17- 1962 / Evergreen
18- 1962 / Love Star
19- 1962 / Dream Baby
20- 1962 / The Actress
21- 1963 / No One Will Ever Know
22- 1962 / The Crowd (2)
23- 1962 / Mama
24- 1965 / (I Get So) Sentimental
25- 1962 / Leah
26- 1962 / Working For The Man
27- 1964 / Borne On The Wind
28- 1963 / Distant Drums
Disc 6:
01- 1963 - Falling
02- 1963 - Shahdaroba
03- 1963 - In Dreams
04- 1963 - Dream
05- 1963 - My Prayer
06- 1963 - Lonely Wine
07- 1963 - Beautiful Dreamer
08- 1963 - All I Have To Do Is Dream
09- 1963 - Mean Woman Blues
10- 1964 - What'd I Say
11- 1963 - San Fernando
12- 1963 - Mama
13- 1963 - Pretty Paper
14- 1990 - Almost
15- 1964 - It's Over
16- 1964 - Indian Wedding
17- 1964 - Oh Pretty Woman
18- 1964 - Yo Te Amo Maria
19- 1965 - Only With You
20- 1965 - Goodnight
21- 1965 - (Say) You're My Girl (fast)
22- 1965 - (Say) You're My Girl (slow)
23- 1965 - Sleepy Hollow
24- 1965 - Ride Away
Disc 7:
01- Oh Pretty Woman / 1965
02- Twentytwo Days / 1965
03- Love Hurts / 1964
04- Nightlife / 1965
05- (They Call You) Gigolette / 2001
06- Borne On The Wind / 1964
07- Pretty Paper / 2001
08- Indian Wedding / 2001
09- Blue Avenue / 2001
10- Here Comes That Song Again / 2001
11- It's Over / 2001
12- Today's Teardrops / 2001
13- Blue Angel / 2001
14- I'll Say It's My Fault / 2001
15- With The Bug (Mo 546-2) / 2001
16- Double Date (#1,2) / 2001
17- Double Date (#5) / 2001
18- Double Date (#6) / 2001
19- Paper Boy (#14,16) / 2001
20- Paper Boy (#17) / 2001
21- Paper Boy (#18) / 2001
22- Paper Boy (#19) / 2001
23- With The Bug (#1) / 2001
24- With The Bug (#2) / 2001
25- With The Bug (#3) / 2001
26- With The Bug (#4) / 2001
27- With The Bug (#9) / 2001
28- Let's Get Together For A Coke Again (1) /
29- Let's Get Together For A Coke Again (2) / 2001
30- Let's Get Together For A Coke Again (3) / 2001
31- Stayed Out Too Late (1) / 2001
32- Stayed Out Too Late (2) / 2001
33- Things Go Better With Coke / 2001
34- Life Is Fun When You're Refreshed (1) / 2001
35- Life Is Fun When You're Refreshed (2) / 2001
36- Life Is Fun When You're Refreshed (3) / 2001
37- C.O.C.A. C.O.L.A (1) / 2001
38- C.O.C.A. C.O.L.A (2) / 2001
