The Very Best of Roy Orbison

Tracklist

• 1
  You Got It
  3:31
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Oh, Pretty Woman
  3:02
  4.2 ★
• 3
  California Blue
  3:57
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Crying
  3:47
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Only the Lonely
  2:28
  4.7 ★
• 6
  Claudette
  2:34
  5.0 ★
• 7
  She's a Mystery to Me
  4:17
  4.6 ★
• 8
  We'll Take the Night
  4:55
  5.0 ★
• 9
  It's Over
  3:13
  4.0 ★
• 10
  The Only One
  3:50
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Blue Bayou
  2:48
  4.0 ★
• 12
  In Dreams
  2:50
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Dream Baby
  3:52
  2.5 ★
• 14
  Blue Angel
  2:46
  3.0 ★
• 15
  I Drove All Night
  3:47
  4.6 ★
• 16
  Ooby Dooby
  2:23
• 17
  Falling
  2:25
  4.0 ★
• 18
  Love Time
  5:32
• 19
  God Love You
  2:54
• 20
  A Love So Beautiful
  3:34
  4.0 ★
• 21
  In the Real World
  3:42
  3.0 ★
• 22
  Too Soon to Know
  2:46

More by Roy Orbison

The Monument Singles Collection

The Monument Singles Collection 2011

The Essential Roy Orbison

The Essential Roy Orbison 2006

Only the Lonely

Only the Lonely 2003

Love Songs

Love Songs 2003

Orbison 1955–1965

Orbison 1955–1965 2001

18 grandes éxitos en versión original

18 grandes éxitos en versión original 1998

Release credits

• Al Kooper
  electronic organ [21]
• Andrew Gold
  background vocals [8]
• Anita Kerr Singers
  background vocals [5]
• Arthur Kelm
  additional [6, 11, 14]
• Barbara Orbison
  background vocals [21], producer [21]
• Benmont Tench
  Hammond organ [8], organ [10], piano [7, 10], synthesizer [7]
• Billy Sanford
  guitar [2]
• Bob Moore
  double bass [2, 5, 17]
• Bono
  guitar [7], producer [7]
• Boots Randolph
  saxophone [2]
• Brett Swain
  assistant [8]
• Bruce Springsteen
  guitar [9, 13], vocal [13]
• Buddy Harman
  drums (drum set) [2, 5, 17]
• Charlie McCoy
  harmonica [2]
• Clarence Clemons
  saxophone [8]
• Dan Bosworth
  assistant [8]
• David Briggs
  keyboard [4]
• David Campbell
  strings [8]
• David Was
  producer [4]
• Dean Parks
  acoustic guitar [8]
• Don Smith
  engineer [1, 3, 7, 10, 20-21], mix [4, 7, 10, 21]
• Don Was
  producer [4, 8]
• Duane Seykora
  assistant [6, 11, 14]
• Ed Cherney
  mix [8]
• Everett Drake
  background vocals [8]
• Floyd Cramer
  piano [2, 5, 17]
• Francine Reed
  background vocals [8]
• Fred Foster
  producer [2, 5, 12, 17]
• George Harrison
  acoustic guitar [20]
• Hank Garland
  guitar [5]
• Harold Bradley
  guitar [5, 17]
• Howie Epstein
  background vocals [10, 21], bass guitar [7, 10]
• Ian Wallace
  drums (drum set) [3], percussion [3]
• Jack Greubel
  drums (drum set) [17]
• James Hutchinson
  bass [8]
• James Johnson
  bass [4]
• Jeff Lynne
  acoustic guitar [20], background vocals [1, 3, 20], bass guitar [1, 3, 20], electric guitar [1, 3], instrument [15], keyboard [1, 3, 20], piano [1], producer [1, 3, 15, 20]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Jerry Kennedy
  guitar [2]
• Jim Horn
  woodwind [10]
• Jim Keltner
  background vocals [21], drums (drum set) [7, 10, 21]
• Joe Melson
  background vocals [5]
• Joe Tanner
  guitar [17]
• Julie Last
  assistant [6, 11, 14]
• Kenny Buttery
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Larry Knechtel
  piano [8]
• Louis Clark
  conductor [3, 20]
• Michael Utley
  producer [6, 11, 14], strings [21]
• Mike Campbell
  acoustic guitar [3], bass guitar [21], electric guitar [21], mandolin [3], producer [10, 21]
• Paul Garrison
  percussion [2]
• Pete Anderson
  producer [4]
• Phil Jones
  drums (drum set) [1], percussion [1]
• Phil McDonald
  engineer [1, 3, 20]
• Randy Staub
  mix [10]
• Ray Cooper
  drums (drum set) [20]
• Ray Edenton
  guitar [17]
• Reggie Young
  electric guitar [8]
• Richard Bosworth
  mix [6, 11, 14], recording [6, 11, 14]
• Richard Dodd
  engineer [1, 3, 20], mix [15], recording [15]
• Rik Pekkonen
  recording [8]
• Roy Orbison
  12 string guitar [2], acoustic guitar [1, 3, 10, 20-21], background vocals [1, 3, 20-21], guitar [7, 15], lead vocals [1-3, 7, 10, 15, 20-21], producer [6, 10-11, 14, 21], vocal [2, 4-5, 9, 13, 17]
• Roy Orbison, Jr.
  background vocals [21]
• Steve Cropper
  guitar [10], woodwind [10]
• Steve Gibson
  guitar [4]
• Terry McMillan
  harmonica [4]
• Tom Petty
  acoustic guitar [1, 3], background vocals [1, 3, 21]
• Wayne Moss
  guitar [2]
• Wayne Murray
  background vocals [8]
• Willie Greene, Jr.
  background vocals [8]
• k.d. lang
  vocal [4]
• Show all credits (70)

Issues

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  The Very Best of Roy Orbison

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  4 November 1996
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  T
  The Very Best of Roy Orbison

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  11 March 1997
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  The Very Best of Roy Orbison

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  1997
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  Sweets for Sweden: The Very Best of Roy Orbison

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  1999
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  The Very Best of Roy Orbison: The German Collection

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  August 2000
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  The Very Best of Roy Orbison: The Danish Collection

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  2000
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  Norske favoritter – De beste av Roy Orbison

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  2000
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  The Very Best of Roy Orbison

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