Roy Orbison The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison #D Ltd Ed 180g 2LP (Ex)

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Serial #5212
Numbered, Limited Edition! Half-Speed Mastered From Original Stereo Master Tapes!
Pressed at RTI!

TAS Recommended! Rated a 'Best Audiophile Label Recording' in the November  2009 issue of The Absolute Sound!

Rare is the voice, personality, and image that defines cool for more than 50  years. But Roy Orbison simply had it all – the tender tone, the laidback  charisma, the mellifluous baritone, the cover-magazine looks, the gazing eyes  hidden behind black Ray-Ban shades. And of course, the songs. Sad ("Only the  Lonely"). Soaring ("Crying"). Summery ("Dream Baby"). Sweet ("Blue Angel").  Sentimental ("Pretty Paper"). Sensuous ("Shahdaroba").

Few singers ever captured such a rainbow of romantic emotions – longing,  heartache, hope, loss, melancholy – with such effortlessness, smoothness, and  suaveness. An early rock n' roll pioneer that defied songwriting tradition,  Orbison is at home whether playing with orchestral strings, rockabilly bands,  doo-wop singers, jumping horn sections, or swinging pop groups. Like fellow Sun  Records alums Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, his art is timeless, his command  irreproachable.

No wonder, then, that a basic search literally turns up dozens upon dozens of  compilations. Demand for Orbison's trademark vocal shiver and pussycat purr has  never been greater. But with so many duplicative collections available, which  one to get? Mobile Fidelity recognized that none of the available releases had  the necessary mark of quality – namely, first-rate sound. So they changed that  by providing a necessary sonic update to the best collection – a 1972 set that  has never once gone out-of-print.

Remastered from the original analog master tapes for the first time ever, here  are all of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member's finest singles for Monument  Records in one place, all claiming a clarity, richness, tonality, and presence  that has never been before experienced outside of the studio. Captured by  legendary producer Fred Foster, Orbison's famous voice now reverberates with a  realistic decay and astonishing purity that puts all previous compilations to  shame.

And there's no arguing with the 20-song track list, which includes no fewer than  15 Top 100 singles, beginning with the career-launching "Only the Lonely" and  climaxing with the international smash "Oh, Pretty Woman," the last cut the  Grammy winner made for Monument before departing for MGM in 1965. There is not a  weak tune on this album, and you will never hear them sound better.

Actual customer testimonial: "You guys rock!! Just received the Orbison MFSL's  today... Once again, NO CORNER DENTS, SEAM SPLITS OR TORN SHRINK. The packaging  is amazing!! Nobody else goes through the effort to DOUBLE BOX a few lps." -  Doug and Patty R. - Minnesota 10/31/08

Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 Gram High Definition Vinyl
• Mastered from the Original Stereo Master Tapes
• Pressed at RTI
• Double LP
• Gatefold Packaging

Selections:
1. Only the Lonely
2. In Dreams
3. Uptown
4. Candy Man
5. Working For The Man
6. Dream Baby
7. Crying
8. Mean Woman Blues
9. Running Scared
10. Love Hurts
11. Shahadaroba
12. Blue Angel
13. Falling
14. Leah
15. I'm Hurtin'
16. It's Over
17. Blue Bayou
18. Pretty Paper
19. Oh, Pretty Woman
20. The Crowd