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A must-have for Roy Orbison fans

Ronald Van Scherpenzeel | Madrid, Spain | 03/29/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"While I wandered through Amazon's Roy Orbison CDs I saw that this twofer

of the Edsel series about Roy had not been rated yet something I found

the need to do so although I bought it 2 years ago. Here we have two

great original LP's both from 1966 recorded during the days the terrible

tragedy struck Roy's life with the death of his wife, Claudette, on a

motorcycle accident. By the way, the song "Claudette", a hit by the

Everly Brothers in 1958, was written by Roy and dedicated to his future

wife. With such a loss, the songs of "the Classic Roy Orbison" and

"Cry softly lonely one" are true special. Being one of the greatest

ballad singer of all times, there are a lot of unforgettable beauties

on this reissue from "Losing You" to "It's Time To Cry". One of the songs

available, and almost unknown to the public, is "She" which to me is the

best song of the whole Roy Orbison's catalogue existing of hundreds and

hundreds of recordings from 1958 till 1988. I highly recommend the

purchsae of this twofer which together with "Roy sings Don Gibson" is Roy Orbison

at his best with that unique and beautifully mastered voice."

The Best Of The MGM

Tom P. Cleary | Pine Grove, PA | 07/28/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have been a Roy Orbison fan since 1959. I have everything he ever recorded. In my opinion "Cry Softly Lonely One" was his best MGM album.

This will not disappoint. I was well pleased with all of the re-issues

of his MGM albums.There was no one like him, What a voice and what a great song writer.



Tom Cleary Pine Grove, PA"