One of the Lonely Ones

by Roy Orbison

Overview

Recorded in 1969 and delivered to MGM that August with the expectation it'd be released before the end of the year, One of the Lonely Ones was scrapped for some reason but unearthed decades later when Universal prepared a deluxe reissue of Roy Orbison's MGM catalog in 2015. Nowhere in the brief liner notes is it mentioned why One of the Lonely Ones didn't see a release but, compared to a lot of his MGM LPs of the mid-'60s, this is a better album, and it's stronger and more adventurous than 1969's Roy Orbison's Many Moods, to boot. In fact, that title fits this album better than that record, because this contains a rare rocker in "Child Woman, Woman Child," along with an effective evocation of his classic Monument ballads in the title track, a nimble bit of country-psychedelia in "Give Up," a good bit of fuzz-colored schmaltz in "Little Girl (In the Big City)," and an effective reading of two Mickey Newbury songs ("Leaving Makes the Rain Come Down," "Sweet Memories"). Both the material and the production are richer than the albums that MGM did wind up releasing, so its shelving is a mystery, but the record serves as proof that if the stars aligned, Orbison could still deliver compelling work in the late '60s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/04/2015
Label:	Universal
UPC:	0602547233042

Tracks

1. You'll Never Walk Alone
2. Say No More
3. Leaving Makes the Rain Come Down
4. Sweet Memories
5. Laurie
6. One of the Lonely Ones
7. Child-Woman, Woman-Child
8. The Defector
9. Give Up
10. Little Girl (In the Big City)
11. After Tonight
12. I Will Always

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roy Orbison   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Bill Dees   Composer
Don Gibson   Composer
Richard Dodd   Reissue Mastering
Newbury   Composer
Mickey Newbury   Composer
Alex Orbison   Producer,Liner Notes,Executive Producer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Roy Orbison   Composer
Chuck Turner   Reissue Engineer
Sammy King   Composer
Tony Gale   Photography
Dan Folger   Composer
Luke Chalk   Technical Assistance
Chelsie Lykens   Design,Product Manager
Chuck Fleckenstein   Producer
Wesley Orbison   Executive Producer
Angie Morrow   Composer
Roy Orbison, Jr.   Executive Producer
Emily Orbison   Assistant
Sara Beal   Publishing