Roy Orbison’s 75th birthday box set
Written by admin on April 23, 2011 – 6:13 pm -| The great Roy Orbison would have been 75-years-old today and a new 2 CD/DVD set titled “Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection” will be released next week to mark the occasion.
Roy Orbison passed away on December 6, 1988 aged just 52, just as he was experiencing a well deserved upswing in his career. |
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As the full tracklist shows, Roy was at the peak of his powers in the period covered by this release:
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.
A single disc edition titled “Roy Orbison – Monument Singles: A Sides” is also being released. This features just the contents of disc one of the main set.
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