Released May 1969 Roy Orbison's Many Moods
(1969) The Big O
(1970) Release date May 1969 Label Universal Music LLC | Length 27:09 Artist Roy Orbison Producer Wesley Rose Genres Rock music, Rock and roll | |
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Roy Orbison's Many Moods, also known as The Many Moods of Roy Orbison, is an album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records, released in May 1969. It included two singles, both of which were minor hits in the UK; "Heartache", which just missed the Top Forty, stalling at #44, and "Walk On", which scraped into the same chart, stopping at #39.
Contents
History
In July 1968, Roy Orbison was touring the UK when the two singles from the album were charting in the Top 40, During the tour at a nightclub, he met his second wife Barbara Orbison whom he married in 1969. On September 16, 1968, Orbison received the news that his home back in the US had burned down and his two eldest sons were dead. To let Orbison grieve, MGM delayed the release to May 1969. The BBC banned "Heartache" which had been released as they felt it was too personal.
Track listing
This album was only released in US.
Side one
- "Truly, Truly True" (Mickey Newbury)
- "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret)
- "I Recommend Her" (Larry Henley, Mark Mathis, Nolan Brown)
- "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero; translation by Norman Newell)
- "Heartache" (Roy Orbison, Bill Dees)
- "Amy" (Dan Folger)
Side two
- "Good Morning, Dear" (Newbury)
- "What Now, My Love" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman)
- "Walk On" (Orbison, Dees)
- "Yesterday's Child" (Orbison, Dees)
- "Try to Remember" (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt)
Engineered by Val Valentin
Tracks 2, 4, 8 Arranged by Jim Hall
Tracks 5, 9 Arranged by Emory Gordy, Jr.
Songs
1Truly - Truly - True2:31
2Unchained Melody3:38
3I Recommend Her2:40