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Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection (2 CD/1 DVD)

Written by admin on March 10, 2011 – 8:32 pm -



Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection Next month sees the release of “Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection” to celebrate what would have been Roy Orbison’s 75th birthday

The 2 CD/1 DVD set features the restored mono mixes of all the A and B sides of his classic singles recorded for the Monument label from 1959 to 1966, and the first ever DVD release of “The Monument Concert 1965.”


Roy Orbison was at his creative peak during the Monument years, recording timeless tracks such as “Only the Lonely”, “Crying”, “Running Scared”, “In Dreams”, “Oh, Pretty Woman”, “Blue Bayou”, “Leah” and “Dream Baby.”

“Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection” tracklist:

Disc One: The A-Sides

1. Uptown

2. Only The Lonely

3. Blue Angel

4. I’m Hurtin’

5. Running Scared

6. Lana

7. Crying

8. Let The Good Times Roll

9. Blue Bayou

10. Dream Baby

11. The Crowd

12. Working For The Man

13. In Dreams

14. Falling

15. It’s Over

16. Oh, Pretty Woman

17. Goodnight

Bonus Tracks

18. Pretty Paper

19. (Say) You’re My Girl

20. Paper Boy.

Disc Two: The B-Sides

1. Pretty One

2. Here Comes That Song Again

3. Today’s Teardrops

4. I Can’t Stop Loving You

5. Love Hurts

6. Summer Song

7. Candy Man

8. Mean Woman Blues

9. The Actress

10. Mama

11. Leah

12. Shahdaroba

13. Distant Drums

14. Indian Wedding

15. Yo Te Amo Maria

16. Only With You.

Bonus Tracks

17. Beautiful Dreamer

18. Sleepy Hollow

19. With The Bug.

DVD

1. Only the Lonely

2. Running Scared

3. Crying

4. What’d I Say

5. Dream Baby

6. Mean Woman Blues

7. It’s Over

8. Oh, Pretty Woman

9. Goodnight.

There will also be a single disc version titled “Roy Orbison – Monument Singles: A Sides” which contains just the contents of disc one of the main set.

Both releases will be available on April 26 and are available for pre-order now:

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