The Monument Vinyl Box

~ Release by Roy Orbison (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

4 LP box set includes reissues of the albums 'Lonely and Blue', 'Crying' and 'In Dreams', plus 'Oh, Pretty Woman', a newly curated collection of Orbison's hits. Released on Record Store Black Friday in 2013.

Annotation last modified on 2015-07-05 21:46 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Lonely and Blue (1961)
2▼12" Vinyl: Crying (1962)
#TitleRatingLength
C1Crying
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-06-26)
producer:
Fred Foster (on 1961-06-26)
double bass [bass]:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1961-06-26)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1961-06-26)
guitar:
Boudleaux Bryant (on 1961-06-26), Harold Bradley (on 1961-06-26) and Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (on 1961-06-26)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1961-06-26)
vocals:
Roy Orbison (on 1961-06-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) and Monument Record Corp. (not for release label use!) (in 1961)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 69) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 461)
recording of:
Crying (on 1961-06-26)
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1961) and Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff Rose Music Ltd. (UK), Acuff Rose Music, Inc. (not for publishing), Barbara Orbison Music Company, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Orbi-Lee Music, R-Key Darkus Music, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) P/L, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-08-16)
part of:
50/50
4.652:45
C2The Great Pretender
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-06-26)
producer:
Fred Foster
recording of:
The Great Pretender (on 1961-06-26)
lyricist and composer:
Buck Ram
publisher:
Panther Music Corp, Peermusic (UK) Ltd., Southern Music (publisher), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
3:00
C3Love Hurts
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-02-27)
producer:
Fred Foster
vocals:
Roy Orbison
cover recording of:
Love Hurts (on 1961-02-27)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1960-08-30)
sub-publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
4.352:26
C4She Wears My Ring
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-06-26)
producer:
Fred Foster
cover recording of:
She Wears My Ring (on 1961-06-26)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing
version of:
La golondrina
2:28
C5Wedding Day
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-15)
producer:
Fred Foster
vocals:
Roy Orbison
recording of:
Wedding Day (on 1961-11-15)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
52:07
C6Summersong
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-05-27)
producer:
Fred Foster
recording of:
Summer Song (on 1961-05-27)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:43
D1Dance
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-05-27)
producer:
Fred Foster
recording of:
Dance (on 1961-05-27)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:52
D2Lana
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-06-14)
producer:
Fred Foster
recording of:
Lana (on 1961-06-14)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
52:16
D3Loneliness
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-05-27)
producer:
Fred Foster
recording of:
Loneliness (on 1961-05-27)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:25
D4Let’s Make a Memory
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-02-27)
producer:
Fred Foster
recording of:
Let’s Make a Memory (on 1961-02-27)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:16
D5Night Life
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-02-27)
producer:
Fred Foster
recording of:
Night Life (on 1961-02-27)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
52:31
D6Running Scared
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-02-27)
producer:
Fred Foster (on 1961-02-27)
vocals:
Roy Orbison (on 1961-02-27)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 4)
recording of:
Running Scared (on 1961-02-27)
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1961) and Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Barbara Orbison Music Company, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-04-10)
3.252:10
3▶12" Vinyl: In Dreams (1963)
4▶12" Vinyl: Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)