Roy Orbison - Big O: Singles Collection (1998)

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Artist: Roy Orbison
Title: Big O: Singles Collection
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Monument / Sony Music #492743 2
Genre: Pop, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 2CD (01:08:22 + 01:10:40)
Total Size: 850 / 341 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Fantastic collection of all 24 of the legendary late singer's hit singles on Monument Records from the 1960's plus a couple more stereo mixes. The set also contains a few of Roy's covers of classic songs like 'Distant Drums', 'What'd I Say', 'Let The Good Times Roll', 'Beautiful Dreamer' and 'Love Hurts'. There are other notable songs here too, many of them obscure songs, all of which confirm what a talented singer Roy was. The second disc includes all the b-sides, so collectors can be satisfied that they have all his single output from the era.

What it says is what you get. This double-disc collection on Monument collects all of the Roy Orbison singles recorded for the label after he left Sun, and before he left for MGM. In other words, this is CLASSIC Roy. There are 52 cuts from his biggest years, including a couple of German-language versions of "Mama" and "San Fernando." For the uninitiated, this set does leave off cuts such as "Rock House" and "Ooby Dooby," but those can be found easily elsewhere – on a comp called The Sun Years, for example. This set boils down the big Monument box set to a pair of discs that contain pure gold, revealing the diversity and depth of Orbison's genius as a writer and a singer. From "In Dreams" and "Blue Bayou" to "Shahdaroba" and "Oh, Pretty Woman," all of the bases are covered.

~ Thom Jurek, All Music

Track List CD1:

01. Paper boy [02:10]
02. Up town [02:08]
03. Only the lonely [02:28]
04. Blue angel [02:52]
05. I'm hurtin' [02:44]
06. Running scared [02:13]
07. Crying [02:47]
08. Dream baby [02:34]
09. The crowd [02:24]
10. Workin' for the man [02:27]
11. In dreams [02:50]
12. Falling [02:24]
13. Blue bayou [02:29]
14. Pretty paper [02:48]
15. Borne on the wind [02:53]
16. It's over [02:49]
17. Oh, pretty woman (Original Single Version - Mono) [02:59]
18. Goodnight [02:30]
19. (Say) you're my girl [02:48]
20. Let the good times roll [02:34]
21. Lana [02:18]
22. Belinda [02:34]
23. (I'm a) Southern man [02:56]
24. Drifting away [03:02]
25. Oh, pretty woman (Stereo) [03:01]
26. (Say) you're my girl (Mono) [02:51]

Track List CD2:

01. With the bug [02:29]
02. Pretty one [02:19]
03. Here comes that song again [02:43]
04. Today's teardrops [02:13]
05. I can't stop loving you [02:45]
06. Love hurts [02:31]
07. Candy man [02:46]
08. The actress [02:38]
09. Mama [03:02]
10. Leah [02:41]
11. Shahdaroba [02:42]
12. Distant drums [03:12]
13. Mean woman blues [02:27]
14. Beautiful dreamer [02:20]
15. What'd I say [02:55]
16. Indian wedding [03:05]
17. Yo te amo Maria [03:17]
18. Summersong [02:46]
19. Only with you [02:19]
20. Sleepy Hollow [02:38]
21. House without windows [02:22]
22. No chain at all [02:27]
23. Born to love me [03:50]
24. Under suspicion [03:00]
25. San Fernando (German Version) [02:32]
26. Mama (German Version) [02:55]

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