According to the discography in The Authorized Roy Orbison,[1] Roy Orbison at the Rock House is the first album by Orbison on the Sun Records label in 1961 (Orbison's second LP release), 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.
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Released | December 1961 | |||
Recorded | 1956-1958 | |||
Genre | Rockabilly | |||
Length | 20:34 | |||
Label | Sun | |||
Producer | Sam Phillips | |||
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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 Jenkins.[2]
For this release, all tracks except "Devil Doll" have been overdubbed with background vocals and/or additional instruments.
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This album was only released in US.
All tracks are written by Roy Orbison, assigned to Sam Phillips, except where indicated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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" | Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton | 2:38 |
5. | "It's Too Late" | Chuck Willis | 1:59 |
6. | "Rock House" | Sam 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 |
unknown - guitar, bass, piano, drums; overdubbed guitars, bass, piano, drums, backing vocals
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