Roy Orbison’s Sons Honor Dad With Career-Spanning Anthology
A new collection of Roy Orbison's hits is set for release this fall. Compiled by Orbison's sons, Alex, Wesley and Roy Jr., Roy Orbison: The Ultimate Collection, will debut on Oct. 28.
The Ultimate Collection culls 26 tracks from throughout Orbison's career onto one CD (with a double-LP set also available). Orbison's catalog includes 27 studio albums, four live albums and more than 60 singles, and The Ultimate Collection is the first compilation to span all of the icon's career, including his time with the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.
Orbison's career first launched in the 1950s and continued until the singer's untimely death, when he was just 52, in December of 1988. His Top 10 hits include "Only the Lonely," "Oh, Pretty Woman" and more, while Traveling Wilburys songs "Not Alone Anymore" and "Handle With Care" end The Ultimate Collection. A complete track listing is below.
"It is a great honor for me and my brothers, Wesley and Roy Jr., to finally and definitively distill our father's entire career onto a single disc as best one can possibly do and, certainly, as never done before," says Alex Orbison in a press release. "It is the result of years of research, archiving and listening, and it is with supreme and heartfelt pleasure that we will be able to share it with the world."
The Ultimate Collection was produced by Alex Orbison, Chuck Fleckenstein and John Jackson; it was mastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in New York. The project is available for pre-order on Amazon.
Roy Orbison: The Ultimate Collection Track Listing:
1. "Oh, Pretty Woman"
2. "I Drove All Night"
3. "You Got It"
4. "Crying"
5. "Only the Lonely"
6. "In Dreams"
7. "Love Hurts"
8. "Claudette"
9. "Blue Bayou"
10. "Dream Baby"
11. "Walk On"
12. "Falling"
13. "Running Scared"
14. "California Blue"
15. "Leah"
16. "Mean Woman Blues"
17. "Crawling Back"
18. "Ride Away"
19. "Too Soon to Know"
20. "She’s a Mystery to Me"
21. "Blue Angel"
22. "It’s Over"
23. "Ooby Dooby"
24. "Heartbreak Radio"
25. "Not Alone Anymore" (Traveling Wilburys)
26. "Handle With Care" (Traveling Wilburys)
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