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This 4xCD box set is the most expansive and exhaustive summary of Orbison's decades-long career, which had its share of ups (the early 1960s, the late 80s) and downs (the 70s) and ended on an impossibly high note with his 1989 best-selling album Mystery Girl and his work with the Traveling Wilburys. Most Orbison comps begin at Sun Studio, with tender teenage hits "Devil Doll" and "Ooby Dooby" (Orbison may be the only singer who can make those two syllables not sound sexual and still sound interesting), but this set finds life before Memphis. Orbison was a guitar slinger with the Teen Kings in the early 50s, drawing from vocal groups, country and western, and rockabilly without really synthesizing them. Perhaps the most revealing track is "Guitar Pull Medley", a previously unreleased nine-minute recording of Orbison, by request, ripping through covers like "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" and "That's All Right" at a party, proving he could hold his own against his more popular labelmate Elvis. Orbison's cool and easy proficiency with so many songs contrasts with his companion's starry-eyed demeanor. It sounds like a scene from Robert Altman's Nashville.
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CD1 - Into The 1950's
1. Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby [02:02]
2. Roy Orbison - Hey! Miss Fannie [02:35]
3. Roy Orbison - A True Love Goodbye [02:21]
4. Roy Orbison - Empty Cup And A Broken Date [02:20]
5. Roy Orbison - Tryin' To Get To You [02:45]
6. Roy Orbison - Tutti Frutti [02:33]
7. Roy Orbison - Advertisement / Overton Park Shell Concert[01:00]
8. Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby [02:11]
9. Roy Orbison - Cat Called Domino [02:07]
10. Roy Orbison - Go! Go! Go! [02:08]
11. Roy Orbison - Rockhouse [02:04]
12. Roy Orbison - 1956 Guitar Pull Medley [09:29]
13. Roy Orbison - You're My Baby [02:05]
14. Roy Orbison - Mean Little Mama [01:56]
15. Roy Orbison - Problem Child [02:20]
16. Roy Orbison - One More Time [01:15]
17. Roy Orbison - You're Gonna Cry [02:05]
18. Roy Orbison - It's Too Late [01:58]
19. Roy Orbison - Sweet And Easy To Love [02:11]
20. Roy Orbison - This Kind Of Love [02:08]
21. Roy Orbison - Claudette [02:11]
22. Roy Orbison - You Tell Me [01:32]
23. Roy Orbison - Night Owl [01:26]
24. Roy Orbison - Bad Cat [02:37]
25. Roy Orbison - I Give Up [02:13]
26. Roy Orbison - Love Struck [01:19]
27. Roy Orbison - Baby Don't Stop [02:07]
28. Roy Orbison - Defeated [01:39]
29. Roy Orbison - Love Storm [02:39]
30. Roy Orbison - Almost Eighteen [02:04]
31. Roy Orbison - With The Bug [02:24]
32. Roy Orbison - Pretty One [02:16]
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Into The 1960's
1. Roy Orbison - Uptown [02:07]
2. Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely [02:25]
3. Roy Orbison - Blue Angel [02:51]
4. Roy Orbison - In Dreams [02:49]
5. Roy Orbison - Running Scared [02:12]
6. Roy Orbison - I'm Hurtin' [02:43]
7. Roy Orbison - (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time [03:08]
8. Roy Orbison - Love Hurts [02:27]
9. Roy Orbison - Lana [02:17]
10. Roy Orbison - Crying [02:46]
11. Roy Orbison - Candy Man [02:44]
12. Roy Orbison - Night Life [02:30]
13. Roy Orbison - (They Call You) Gigolette [02:36]
14. Roy Orbison - Let The Good Times Roll [02:34]
15. Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou [02:29]
16. Roy Orbison - Wedding Day [02:06]
17. Roy Orbison - Dream Baby [02:33]
18. Roy Orbison - Evergreen [02:45]
19. Roy Orbison - Working For The Man [02:25]
20. Roy Orbison - The Crowd [02:22]
21. Roy Orbison - Leah [02:40]
22. Roy Orbison - The Actress [02:37]
23. Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind [02:52]
24. Roy Orbison - Falling [02:21]
25. Roy Orbison - Indian Wedding [03:04]
26. Roy Orbison - Shahdaroba [02:39]
27. Roy Orbison - All I Have To Do Is Dream [02:24]
28. Roy Orbison - Mama [03:00]
29. Roy Orbison - Pretty Paper [02:42]
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CD3 - Into The 1970's
1. Roy Orbison - Mean Woman Blues [02:25]
2. Roy Orbison - What'd I Say [Live] [03:17]
3. Roy Orbison - It's Over [02:47]
4. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman [02:57]
5. Roy Orbison - Yo Te Amo Maria [03:17]
6. Roy Orbison - Goodnight [02:29]
7. Roy Orbison - (Say) You're My Girl [02:47]
8. Roy Orbison - Ride Away [03:28]
9. Roy Orbison - Crawling Back [03:13]
10. Roy Orbison - Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart [02:07]
11. Roy Orbison - Too Soon To Know [02:46]
12. Roy Orbison - Communication Breakdown [02:58]
13. Roy Orbison - Walk On [02:52]
14. Roy Orbison - So Young [03:29]
15. Roy Orbison - Blue Rain (Coming Down) [03:18]
16. Roy Orbison - Big As I Can Dream [02:08]
17. Roy Orbison - Pistolero [02:56]
18. Roy Orbison - The Fastest Guitar Alive [03:09]
19. Roy Orbison - Precious [02:33]
20. Roy Orbison - Unchained Melody [03:37]
21. Roy Orbison - Land Of 1000 Dances [Live] [03:52]
22. Roy Orbison - Blues In My Mind [02:33]
23. Roy Orbison - Born To Love Me [03:48]
24. Roy Orbison - That Lovin' You Feelin' Again [04:00]
25. Roy Orbison - Hound Dog Man [02:41]
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CD4 - Into The 1980's
1. Roy Orbison - Coming Home [04:01]
2. Roy Orbison - Waymore's Blues [02:25]
3. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman [03:01]
4. Roy Orbison - In Dreams (from the motion picture Blue Velvet)[02:50]
5. Roy Orbison - Not Alone Any More [03:23]
6. Roy Orbison - You Got It [03:30]
7. Roy Orbison - She's a Mystery to Me [04:15]
8. Roy Orbison - California Blue [03:56]
9. Roy Orbison - Love So Beautiful [03:32]
10. Roy Orbison - (All I Can Do Is) Dream You (live) [03:37]
11. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (live) [06:09]
12. Roy Orbison - Heartbreak Radio [02:58]
13. Roy Orbison - You're the One [02:59]
14. Roy Orbison - Crying [03:47]
15. Roy Orbison - After the Love Has Gone [04:39]
16. Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night [03:46]
17. Roy Orbison - Wild Hearts Run Out of Time (from the motion picture Insignificance)[03:32]
18. Roy Orbison - You May Feel Me Crying (from the motion picture The End Of Violence)[04:16]
19. Roy Orbison - Life Fades
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