''I'm Still in Love With You'' is the nineteenth
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...
by
Roy Orbison, recorded for
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it i ...
and according to the authorised biography of Roy Orbison,
it was released in September 1975.
History
After an eight-year stint with
MGM Records, he left MGM in 1973, and signed with
Mercury a year later. This album had three singles.
This album was only released in the USA.
Track listing
;Side One
#"
Pledging My Love
"Pledging My Love" is a blues ballad. It was written by Ferdinand Washington and Don Robey and published in 1954.
Background
The song's theme is captured in the title and the opening lines:
:Forever my darling, my love will be true,
:Always an ...
" – (
Don Robey, Ferdinand "Fats" Washington)
#"Spanish Nights" – (Roy Orbison,
Joe Melson
Joe Melson (born May 1935) is an American singer and a BMI Award-winning songwriter.
Life and career
Joe Melson was born in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, United States. He was reared on a farm until he was sixteen. He attended high school in ...
)
#"Rainbow Love" – (
Don Gibson
Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as " Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoy ...
)
#"It's Lonely" – (Orbison, Joe Melson)
#"Heartache (new lyrics)" – (Orbison,
Bill Dees
William Marvin Dees (January 24, 1939 – October 24, 2012) was an American musician known for his songwriting collaborations with singer Roy Orbison.
Career
Born and based out of Borger, Texas, United States, Dees played guitar and sang with ...
)
;Side Two
#"
Crying Time
"Crying Time" is a song from 1964 written and originally recorded by the American country music artist Buck Owens. It gained greater success in the version recorded by Ray Charles, which won two Grammy Awards in 1967. Numerous other cover versio ...
" – (
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on ...
)
#"Still" – (Dorian Burton, Howard Plummer)
#"Hung Up On You" – (Orbison, Joe Melson)
#"Circle" – (
Larry Gatlin
Larry Wayne Gatlin (born May 2, 1948) is an American country and Southern gospel singer and songwriter. As part of a trio with his younger brothers Steve and Rudy, he achieved considerable success within the country music genre, performing on ...
)
#"Sweet Mama Blue" – (Orbison, Joe Melson)
#"All I Need Is Time" – (George W. Reneau)
Produced by
Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Glenn Kennedy (born 10 August 1940)Cusic, Don. (1998) "Jerry Kennedy". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, ed. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 277–278. is an American record producer, songwriter and guitar pla ...
Executive Producer: Roy Orbison
Arranged by
Bill Justis
William Everett Justis Jr. (October 14, 1926 – July 16, 1982) was an American pioneer rock and roll musician, composer, and musical arranger, best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song, " Raunchy". As a songwriter, he was also often credi ...
2002 Re-release
In 2002, the album was re-released in the UK in CD format by Spectrum Music with a different track order.
#"Pledging My Love"
#"Rainbow Love"
#"Heartache"
#"Still"
#"Circle"
#"All I Need Is Time"
#"Spanish Nights"
#"It's Lonely"
#"Crying Time"
#"Hung Up On You"
#"Sweet Mama Blue"
References
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Roy Orbison albums
1976 albums
Albums arranged by Bill Justis
Mercury Records albums