Roy Orbison mono singles comp coming 4/5!

Not to ask a dumb question, but why are there 20 songs on the "A sides" disc and only 19 on the "B sides" disc? Did 2 of his singles have the same B side?

davidclark wrote: I had read that his mono 45s were simply fold-downs of the stereo mixes (with the exception of "Oh, Pretty Woman" with its different line). Can anyone chime in here? I would hope that the mono singles were unique mixes.

That's true, but the problem is getting the original Bill Porter mixes. Several of Orbison's compilations were remixed, so folding them would not result in an identical match to the 45s. To get all the A&B sides in the original stereo mixes, you'd have to buy several CDs.

davidclark wrote: I didn't know about the remixes. Does the Rhino "For The Lonely..." comp contain remixes? If so, which are? The database doesn't indicate any remixes for Roy, but then again, it often doesn't contain remix info for songs that are. thanks.

I believe that's the one that's all remixed. The old "All Time Greatest Hits," the one with the white cover with gold lettering, has all the original mixes. However, it does not contain all the B-sides.

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Hykker wrote: Not to ask a dumb question, but why are there 20 songs on the "A sides" disc and only 19 on the "B sides" disc? Did 2 of his singles have the same B side?

Yes, "Distant Drums" was the B-side for both "Falling" and "Let The Good Times Roll".

I listened to this today online through Thumbplay which is the same as Rhapsody.

Oh, Pretty Woman is the single version with the altered line without the rechanneled effects that marred other releases of the single version on CD. Good news there.

However "In Dreams" does not match what I have on my mono "More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits" LP. I don't have an original 45 but I thought it matched that mono LP, so somebody who has the 45 will have to double check.

Here's how you can tell the difference: Where Roy sings "I remember that you said goodbye, it's too bad that all these things" the word "goodbye" is shorter on the "More" mono LP, and Roy comes in on time for "it's too bad". On the stereo version the word "goodbye" is extended and he is slightly late on the "it's too bad" line. If the single matches the mono "More" LP version, than they either used a stereo fold down for this track or there were two copies of the mono single, and they used the version that wasn't fixed.