Roy Orbison at the Rock House

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Roy Orbison at the Rock House is the first album by Roy Orbison on the Sun Records label in 1961,[1] at a time when Orbison had already moved to the Monument label. Sun Records owner Sam Phillips had a collection of songs Orbison had recorded at Sun between 1956 and '58. Phillips capitalized on the national recognition Orbison had achieved at Monument through three major hit singles in 1960 and '61 that had gone to the top of the Billboard charts.

Most of the songs on Roy Orbison at the Rock House were written by Orbison but the songwriting credits were assigned to Sam Phillips, and are in the traditional rockabilly style the Sun label was known for. Notable exceptions are compositions by other Sun artists Harold Jenkins (better known as "Conway Twitty") and Johnny Cash. "Rock House" is credited to Orbison and Twitty.[2]

For this release, all tracks except "Devil Doll" have been overdubbed with background vocals and/or additional instruments.

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Track listing

This album was only released in US.

All tracks are written by Roy Orbison, assigned to Sam Phillips, except where indicated

No.TitleLength
1."This Kind of Love"2:09
2."Devil Doll"2:09
3."You're My Baby" (Johnny Cash)2:05
4."Trying to Get to You"2:38
5."It's Too Late" (Chuck Willis)1:59
6."Rock House" (Phillips, Harold Jenkins)2:02
7."You're Gonna Cry"2:07
8."I Never Knew"2:22
9."Sweet and Easy to Love"2:12
10."Mean Little Mama"1:57
11."Ooby Dooby" (Wade Moore, Dick Penner)2:13
12."Problem Child" (Roy Orbison)2:10

Personnel

The Teen Kings
  • Roy Orbison - lead vocals, lead guitar
  • James Morrow - guitar or mandolin on "Ooby Dooby"
  • Richard West - piano on "Ooby Dooby:
  • Jack Kennelley - double bass
  • Charles Evans - double bass on "Ooby Dooby"
  • Billy Pat Ellis - drums
Additional Musicians
  • The Four Roses - backing vocals

unknown - guitar, bass, piano, drums; overdubbed guitars, bass, piano, drums, backing vocals

References

  1. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex, (First ed.). New York. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1005700738.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex, (First ed.). New York. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1005700738.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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