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Roy Orbison The Fastest Guitar Alive: Music From The Original Soundtrack on 180g LP.

2015 Remaster in Recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Orbisons Signing to the MGM Label!

2015 marks a historic 50-year milestone for music legend Roy Orbison. On July 1, 1965, The Big O left Monument Records and signed with MGM Records, going on to release 11 studio albums, a film soundtrack and 27 singles over the course of the following eight years, and at the same time scoring another 11 worldwide Top 40 hits. In recognition of this golden anniversary of Orbisons signing of one of the most lucrative and groundbreaking record deals of the era, Universal is releasing the all encompassing MGM Years box set and reissuing his output for the label in remastered stand alone 180g vinyl versions.

Roys signing with MGM Records gave him a newfound musical freedom that can be heard throughout his tenure with the label. The Fastest Guitar Alive soundtrack was originally released in June of 1967. Orbison and his long-time co-writer Bill Dees (Oh, Pretty Woman, It s Over, and many other hits) wrote all of the songs for the film in which he also starred in marking his feature film debut with MGM Pictures. Home to the single, There Won t Be Many Coming Home, the long sought after soundtrack has been out of print for decades. This re-issue is fully remixed and remastered to return the audio to its original glory. Package also includes fully restored original artwork.