Sun Years [Rhino] by Roy Orbison (CD, Nov-1989, Rhino)

Album Features
UPC:	081227091620
Artist:	Roy Orbison
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1989
Record Label:	Rhino
Genre:	Oldies, Rock 'N' Roll

Track Listing
1. Ooby Dooby
2. Claudette
3. This Kind of Love
4. You're Gonna Cry
5. Sweet and Easy to Love
6. Mean Little Mama
7. Trying to Get to You
8. Go! Go! Go!
9. Domino
10. Devil Doll
11. Fools Hall of Fame
12. Chicken Hearted
13. You're My Baby
14. Rock House
15. It's Too Late
16. Cause of It All, The
17. I Give Up
18. I Never Knew
19. I Like Love
20. True Love Goodbye, A

Details
Playing Time:	45 min.
Producer:	James Austin (Compilation)
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Mixed
SPAR Code:	AAD

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Roy Orbison (vocals, guitar); Johnny Wilson, Roland Janes (guitar); James Morrow (electric mandolin); Martin Willis (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Wilson, Jimmy Smith (piano); Jack Kennelly, Stan Kesler, Sid Manker (bass); Billy Pat Ellis, J.M. Van Eaton, Otis Jett (drums); The Roses (background vocals).Recorded at the Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee in the 1950s. Includes liner notes by Jimmy Guterman.Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Ken Perry (K-Disc).Rhino's single-disc THE SUN YEARS is less exhaustive than the multi-volume European reissues which contain every scrap of tape Orbison ever recorded during his ill-fated tenure at Sam Phillips' Sun Records, but it sounds terrific and it's a better choice by far for the casual fan. Orbison never quite fit in Phillips' rockabilly operation, and his one hit for Sun, the endearingly silly "Ooby Dooby," sounds almost like the west Texan singer's embarrassed to be singing it. That trademark vibrato is almost in place, but he doesn't get to use it much on this frisky material.The results are fascinating for Orbison fans, but most rockabilly cats agree that Orbison made the right decision when he started writing and recording those lush bolero-like ballads for Nashville's Monument Records. Nonetheless, there's some terrific material here, most notably "Claudette," later a hit for the Everly Brothers.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...[shows] him developing that signature keening cry....An endearing and sorely missed talent, ballads were truly his forte.
Q (19991001)