Roy Orbison - IN DREAMS

Roy Orbison - IN DREAMSMy first album! As a young teen in the early '60s, desperately trying to ignore the influence of the '50's (basically my parent's tastes) and find my own way, the advent of the Stones and Beatles and the whole 'first wave' of Brit Pop was my major love. However, there was no denying that the vocal talent of the Big 'O' was, as I now understand it, awesome as well as the fact that unlike most of his contempories, he wrote most of is own songs. I

This is the original UK release and the first issued by George Harrison's 'Dark Horse' label

and an arrangement of North Star by Philip Glass

The first (of many) 'Best of' album from the mighty Stones (and one of the all time greatest 'Best of' albums) - by 1967 they had already racked up a number of hits

the band also included Jim Cregan

This is a very rare original release album

having said that it does have a very 'Punk rock' feel to it

Good effort - first side is a single 25 minute track 'Taurus'

welcome to planet Earth' albums

'multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer' in the world

Some hardened rockers would say 'a guilty pleasure'

the opening long track 'Une Nuit A Paris' is ace

Limited edition on yellow vinyl