Early Orbison

Early Orbison is a record album recorded by Roy Orbison on the Monument Records label at their studios in Hendersonville, Tennessee and released in 1964. Essentially a compilation of songs from his first two Monument albums, it is most noteworthy for containing "Pretty One", the "B" side of Roy's second Monument single, "Uptown." Many Roy Orbison fans believe "Pretty One" would have been his first major hit had it been promoted as an "A" side. The second song of interest on this album is "Come Back to Me My Love" which Fred Foster, owner of Monument Records and producer of all of Roy Orbison's earliest hits, says was the song which inspired production of the hit arrangement that later became "Only The Lonely."

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Great Pretender" (Buck Ram)
2. "Cry" (Churchill Kohlman)
3. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson)
4. "I'll Say It's My Fault" (Orbison, Fred Foster)
5. "She Wears My Ring" (Felice & Boudleaux Bryant)
6. "Love Hurts" (Boudleaux Bryant)

Side two

1. "Bye Bye Love" (Felice & Boudleaux Bryant)
2. "Blue Avenue" (Orbison, Joe Melson)
3. "Raindrops" (Joe Melson)
4. "Come Back To Me (My Love)" (Orbison, Joe Melson)
5. "Summer Song" (Orbison, Joe Melson)
6. "Pretty One" (Orbison)