In 1965 Roy Orbison was riding high following the success of recent smash hits highlighted by his iconic ‘Oh, Pretty Woman.’ Lured by a million-dollar contract that included a film deal his label Monument couldn’t offer, Roy left Monument and signed with MGM Records.                          
 
The MGM deal contained an almost frenetic recording and release commitment, requiring Roy to commence recording three full albums, plus multiple singles for each album, every year.   Roy delivered with both vigor and quality, with his output sometimes exceeding 70 recordings per year.  This MGM Years box set is a summation of that marvelous work—13 full-length albums including the long sought-after THE FASTEST GUITAR ALIVE soundtrack (Roy starred in the film) and a new collection of B-Sides & singles that have never before appeared on a full-length Roy Orbison album. This collection is the largest compilation of Orbison music to date. 
 
All 152 songs in this set were transferred from the original multi-track tapes at famed Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, and then mixed by GRAMMY®-winning engineer Chuck Turner at the Johnny Cash Cabin, with help from Roy’s son, Alex Orbison.  They were then remastered by longtime Roy Orbison friend and GRAMMY®-winning engineer Richard Dodd.  In order to make sure modern technology conveyed Roy’s original intent, they frequently compared their work to the original vinyl and its inherent warm sound.
 
This is some of Roy Orbison’s best, but also perhaps least known work—now all together for the first time with fully restored art and sound.  Featuring a 65-page booklet filled with rare photos and liner notes by Alex Orbison, on 14 180-gram discs THE MGM YEARS box set is a collector’s dream!

This set contains THERE IS ONLY ONE ROY ORBISON, THE ORBISON WAY, THE CLASSIC ROY ORBISON, ROY ORBISON SINGS DON GIBSON, THE FASTEST GUITAR ALIVE, CRY SOFTLY LONELY ONE, ROY ORBISON’S MANY MOODS, THE BIG O, HANK WILLIAMS THE ROY ORBISON WAY, ROY ORBISON SINGS, MEMPHIS, MILESTONES, and MGM B-SIDES & SINGLES.

Track list:

THERE IS ONLY ONE ROY ORBISON
1. Ride Away
2. You Fool You
3. Two of a Kind
4. This is Your Song
5. I’m in a Blue, Blue Mood
6. If You Can’t Say Something Nice
7. Claudette
8. Afraid to Sleep
9. Sugar and Honey
10. Summer Love
11. Big as I Can Dream
12. Wondering

THE ORBISON WAY
1. Crawling Back
2. It Ain’t No Big Thing (With the Candy Men)
3. Time Changed Everything (With the Candy Men)
4. This Is My Land
5. The Loner
6. Maybe (With the Candy Men)
7. Breakin’ Up is Breakin’ My Heart
8. Go Away (With the Candy Men)
9. A New Star
10. Never (With the Candy Men)
11. It Wasn’t Very Long Ago
12. Why Hurt the One Who Loves You

THE CLASSIC ROY ORBISON
1. You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again
2. Pantomime
3. Twinkle Toes
4. Losing You
5. City Life
6. Wait
7. Growing Up
8. Where Is Tomorrow
9. (No) I’ll Never Get Over You
10. Going Back to Gloria
11. Just Another Name for Rock and Roll
12. Never Love Again

ROY ORBISON SINGS DON GIBSON
1. (I’d Be) A Legend in My Time
2. (Yes) I’m Hurting
3. The Same Street
4. Far Far Away
5. Big Hearted Me
6. Sweet Dreams
7. Oh, Such A Stranger
8. Blue, Blue, Day
9. What About Me
10. Give Myself A Party
11. Too Soon to Know
12. Lonesome Number One

THE FASTEST GUITAR ALIVE
1. Whirlwind
2. Medicine Man
3. River
4. The Fastest Guitar Alive
5. Rollin’ On
6. Pistolero
7. Good Time Party
8. Heading South
9. Best Friend
10. There Won’t Be Many Coming Home

CRY SOFTLY LONELY ONE
1. She
2. Communication Breakdown
3. Cry Softly Lonely One
4. Girl Like Mine
5. It Takes One (To Know One)
6. Just Let Me Make Believe
7. Here Comes the Rain Baby
8. That’s A No No
9. Memories
10. Time to Cry
11. Only Alive

ROY ORBISON'S MANY MOODS
1. Truly, Truly True
2. Unchained Melody
3. I Recommend Her
4. More
5. Heartache
6. Amy
7. Good Morning, Dear
8. What Now, My Love
9. Walk On
10. Yesterday’s Child
11. Try to Remember

HANK WILLIAMS THE ROY ORBISON WAY
1. Kaw-Liga
2. Hey, Good Lookin’
3. Jambalaya
4. (Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep
5. You Win Again
6. Your Cheatin’ Heart
7. Cold, Cold Heart
8. A Mansion on the Hill
9. I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)
10. There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight
11. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

BIG O
1. Break My Mind
2. Help Me Rhonda
3. Only You
4. Down the Line
5. Money
6. When I Stop Dreaming
7. Loving Touch
8. Land of 1,000 Dances
9. Scarlet Ribbons
10. She Won’t Hang Her Love Out (On the Line)
11. Casting My Spell On You
12. Penny Arcade

ROY ORBISON SINGS
1. God Love You
2. Beaujolais
3. If Only for Awhile
4. Rings of Gold
5. Help Me
6. Plain Jane Country (Come to Town)
7. Harlem Woman
8. Cheyenne
9. Changes
10. It Takes All Kinds of People
11. Remember The Good

MEMPHIS
1. Memphis, Tennessee
2. Why A Woman Cries
3. Run, Baby, Run (Back into My Arms)
4. Take Care of Your Woman
5. I’m The Man On Susie’s Mind
6. I Can’t Stop Loving You
7. Run The Engines Up High
8. It Ain’t No Big Thing
9. I Fought the Law
10. The Three Bells
11. Danny Boy

MILESTONES
1. I Wanna Live
2. You Don’t Know Me
3. California Sunshine Girl
4. Words
5. Blue Rain (Coming Down)
6. Drift Away
7. You Lay So Easy On My Mind
8. The World You Live In
9. Sweet Caroline
10. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
11. The Morning After

B-SIDES & SINGLES
1. So Good
2. Born to Be Loved by You
3. Shy Away
4. Flowers
5. Sugar Man
6. My Friend
7. Southbound Jericho Parkway
8. Tennessee Owns My Soul
9. She Cheats On Me
10. How Do You Start Over
11. So Young
12. If I Had a Woman Like You
13. (Love Me Like You Did It) Last Night
14. Close Again
15. I Can Read Between the Lines
16. Sooner or Later

In order to provide the highest quality sound, these records are pressed on heavy, 180-gram vinyl. Please excuse the shipping costs, as this set weighs over 14 lbs.