Saturday, February 22, 2020

Roy Orbison [RIP] - Discography

Roy Orbison - Discography

Born: April 23, 1936  -  Died: December 6, 1988
R.I.P.
Although he shared the same rockabilly roots as Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison went on to pioneer an entirely different brand of country/pop-based rock & roll in the early '60s. What he lacked in charisma and photogenic looks, Orbison made up for in spades with his quavering operatic voice and melodramatic narratives of unrequited love and yearning. In the process, he established rock & roll archetypes of the underdog and the hopelessly romantic loser. These were not only amplified by peers such as Del Shannon and Gene Pitney, but also influenced future generations of roots rockers such as Bruce Springsteen and Chris Isaak, as well as modern country stars the Mavericks.

Orbison made his first widely distributed recordings for Sun Records in 1956. Roy was a capable rockabilly singer, and had a small national hit with his first Sun single, "Ooby Dooby." But even then, he was far more comfortable as a ballad singer than as a hepped-up rockabilly jive cat. Other Sun singles met with no success, and by the late '50s he was concentrating primarily on building a career as a songwriter, his biggest early success being "Claudette" (recorded by the Everly Brothers).
























1999. Live From Birmingham


2006. The Essential Roy Orbison
CD01 - CD02

2008. The Soul Of Rock And Roll 
CD01 - CD02 - CD03 - CD04



2015 - M.G.M.  Years
14 CDs


2016. Crying Time









10 comments:

BillyMac said...

You have a great collection. Thank you so much.

Ozzieguy said...

Hello BillyMac
Glad that you enjoy great music.

Rev. bIGhIG said...

Back again, great site! Only had Mystery Girl on cassette, but now I've got it for today's world. Thanks, m'man.

Cristobal said...

Muchas gracias por compartir esta discografia.

Ozzieguy said...

>Thank you very much for sharing this discography.
Hello Cristobal, you are very welcome.
Thank you for your message.

icke_69 said...

Hello Ozzieguy,
would you please so kind and correct the link of (2013. The Last Concert: December 4, 1988)? There is the link for (2009. The Last Concert .zip). Thank you very much

Ozzieguy said...

Thank you icke_69 Yes I will do that soon.
Many thanks.

Anonymous said...

Thanks from italy! Ciao

Anonymous said...

just a polite request to ask if you would please repair to the Roy Orbison - the Last Concert 2013 Link...it as been a while for this request to be honoured! Many Thnx! Great Music & Site.

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