Early Orbison Explained

Early Orbison
Type:compilation
Artist:Roy Orbison
Cover:Early orbison.jpg
Released:October 1, 1964
Recorded:September 18, 1959 – May 27, 1961
Genre:Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length:27:23
Label:Monument
Producer:Fred Foster
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Early Orbison is an album recorded by Roy Orbison on the Monument Records label at the RCA Studio B[1] in Nashville, Tennessee, and released in 1964. Essentially a compilation of songs from his first two Monument albums, it is most noteworthy for containing "Pretty One", the "B" side of Orbison's second Monument single, "Uptown". Many Orbison fans believe "Pretty One" would have been his first major hit had it been promoted as an "A" side. The second song of interest on this album is "Come Back to Me My Love" which Fred Foster, owner of Monument Records and producer of all of Orbison's earliest hits, says was the song which inspired production of the hit arrangement that later became "Only the Lonely".

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated October 17 that year and remained on the chart for 11 weeks, peaking at number 101.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Orbison, Roy Jr.. The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex. 9781478976547. First. New York. 1005700738. 2017-10-17.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996 . 1996 . Record Research . 0898201179 . Menomonee Falls, Wis. . 580.