aaamusic | On 08, Feb 2011

LEGACY RECORDINGS

CELEBRATES THE 75th BIRTHDAY YEAR

OF ROCK & ROLL LEGEND ROY ORBISON

WITH LONG-AWAITED MONO RELEASE OF

ROY ORBISON: THE MONUMENT SINGLES COLLECTION

ON MONDAY 11 APRIL 2011

Monument Records – The House That Roy Built: The Big O’s Monument Singles CollectionDebuts First-Ever CD Release Of Original Mono Mixes of All A & B Sides Cut For The Label, Plus DVD of Nine Songs From “The Monument Concert 1965” Digitally Restored, Includes The Official Video For “Oh Pretty Woman”.

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“Orbison…transcended all the genres–folk, country, rock and roll or just about anything.  His stuff mixed all the styles and some that hadn’t even been invented yet…. He sounded like he was singing from an Olympian mountaintop and he meant business.” – Bob Dylan, Chronicles Vol. 1

“Roy’s ballads were always best when you were alone in the dark. They were scary. His voice was unearthly…. I always wanted to sing like Roy Orbison…” – Bruce Springsteen

“”But Roy Orbison! It was only because we were with Roy Orbison that we

were there at all.  He was definitely top of the bill…  What a beacon

in the southernmost gloom. The amazing Roy Orbison.” – Keith Richards, Life