Roy Orbison
At The Rockhouse

At The Rockhouse

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This expanded edition of the classic album faithfully reproduces the album’s original artwork and the updated sleeve note make this reissue the definitive collection of Orbison’s years at Sun.

lthough Roy Orbison is best remembered these days for the dramatic angst-ridden ballads such as ‘It’s Over’, ‘Crying’ and ‘In Dreams’ which he recorded for the Monument label in the sixties, he first hit the spotlight in 1956 at Sun Records with his hit ‘Ooby Dooby’.

His album ‘At The Rock House’ was released by Sun in 1961and was a collection of twelve highlights from his recordings for the label. Bracing and exciting, these tracks all have a distinct edge to them and stand midway between the rock’n’roll sound of the time and the more lush and emotional sound he was to perfect in the next decade.

This this, the first release on cd for this great album, it has been generously expanded to include all his Sun singles, which feature versions which differed from the album ones, along with several undubbed versions. It is rounded off with a number of demos and other recordings which were unearthed from the Sun vaults and issued in later years.

This expanded edition of the classic album faithfully reproduces the album’s original artwork and the updated sleeve note make this reissue the definitive collection of Orbison’s years at Sun.

December 2008 was the 20th Anniversary of Roy Orbison’s death, an event which was extremely well-covered by the media. The BBC alone marked it with an hour-long TV documentary, whilst Mark Lamarr presented four weekly hour programs for Radio 2. Such coverage guarantees a re-kindling of interest in Roy’s work over the coming months.

TRACKLISTING

  1. This Kind Of Love
  2. Devil Doll
  3. You’re My Baby
  4. Trying To Get To You
  5. It’s Too Late
  6. Rock House
  7. You’re Gonna Cry
  8. I Never Knew
  9. Sweet And Easy To Love
  10. Mean Little Mama
  11. Ooby Dooby
  12. Problem Child
  13. Ooby Dooby (Master)
  14. Go! Go! Go!
  15. You’re My Baby
  16. Rock House
  17. Sweet And Easy To Love
  18. Chicken Hearted
  19. I Like Love
  20. A True Love Goodbye
  21. Fools Hall Of Fame
  22. You Tell Me
  23. I Give Up
  24. One More Time
  25. Lovestruck
  26. The Cause Of It All
  27. The Clown
  28. (A Cat Called) Domino
  29. Claudette
  30. Love Dumb Baby (fragment)
  31. This Kind Of Love
  32. Trying To Get To You
  33. It’s Too Late
  34. You’re Gonna Cry
  35. I Never Knew
  36. Mean Little Mama
  1. Problem Child

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