Early Orbison
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{{Infobox album
| name = Early Orbison
| type = compilation
| artist = Roy Orbison
| cover = Early orbison.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1, 1964
| recorded = 1959 – 1961
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock and roll, rockabilly
| length = 27:23
| label = Monument
| producer = Fred Foster
| prev_title = More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = There Is Only One Roy Orbison
| next_year = 1965
}}
Early Orbison is an album recorded by Roy Orbison on the Monument Records label at the RCA Studio B{{Cite book|title=The Authorized Roy Orbison|last=Orbison|first=Roy Jr.|others=Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex|isbn=9781478976547|edition=First|location=New York|oclc=1005700738|date = 2017-10-17}} 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, 1964, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks, peaking at number 101.{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/580/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201179 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=580}} It reached No. 58 on the Cashbox albums chart in an 11-week run on the chart.{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/278/mode/2up |title=The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974 |date=1988 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2005-6 |location=Metuchen, N.J. |pages=278}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r14531}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3 = New Record Mirror
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1= Jones |first1= Peter |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=6 April 1968 |title=new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones: Some interesting LP's -a new and an old Orbison, powerful Move, brilliant Byrds,but a let -down from Jefferson Airplane, and an unexpected goodie by Ricky Nelson |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/68/Record-Mirror-1968-04-06-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=48 |page=8|access-date=12 August 2024}}
}}
Track listing
{{track listing
|headline = Side one
|title1 = The Great Pretender
|writer1 = Buck Ram
|length1 = 3:00
|title2 = Cry
|writer2 = Churchill Kohlman
|length2 = 2:42
|title3 = I Can't Stop Loving You
|writer3 = Don Gibson
|length3 = 2:41
|title4 = I'll Say It's My Fault
|writer4 = Roy Orbison, Fred Foster
|length4 = 2:23
|title5 = She Wears My Ring
|writer5 = Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
|length5 = 2:28
|title6 = Love Hurts
|writer6 = B. Bryant
|length6 = 2:26
}}
{{track listing
|headline = Side two
|title1 = Bye Bye Love
|writer1 = F. Bryant, B. Bryant
|length1 = 2:12
|title2 = Blue Avenue
|writer2 = Orbison, Joe Melson
|length2 = 1:19
|title3 = Raindrops
|writer3 = Melson
|length3 = 2:05
|title4 = Come Back to Me (My Love)
|writer4 = Orbison, Melson
|length4 = 2:27
|title5 = Summer Song
|writer5 = Orbison, Melson
|length5 = 2:43
|title6 = Pretty One
|writer6 = Orbison
|length6 = 2:17
}}
References
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Category:Albums produced by Fred Foster
Category:Roy Orbison compilation albums
Category:1964 compilation albums
Category:Monument Records compilation albums
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