Roy Orbison - Fastest Guitar Alive [Original Soundtrack]

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Article name: Fastest Guitar Alive [Original Soundtrack]
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Universal US Number of tracks: 10

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1. Roy Orbison - Whirlwind 2. Roy Orbison - Medicine Man 3. Roy Orbison - River 4. Roy Orbison - Fastest Guitar Alive 5. Roy Orbison - Rollin' On 6. Roy Orbison - Pistolero 7. Roy Orbison - Good Time Party 8. Roy Orbison - Heading South 9. Roy Orbison - Best Friend 10. Roy Orbison - There Won't Be Many Coming Home

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Orbison's one bid for film stardom, The Fastest Guitar Alive, was an unqualified flop. The soundtrack fares slightly better, but only slightly. With ten songs clocking in at a mere 27 minutes, most of the tunes -- which Roy composed with longtime collaborator Bill Dees -- borrow from the cheesiest elements of cowboy music, with quasi-Mexican guitar riffs, silly Indian chants, and uneasy spaghetti western pathos. For all its ill-conceived failure, though, it includes what may be his best obscure tune, the rarely anthologized "Whirlwind." With its galloping rhythm, emotive operatic vocals, swirling strings, and ghostly backing vocals, it recalls the best uptempo ballads that he recorded during his early-'60s heyday at the Monument label. In 1968, of course, few listeners were interested. [The Fastest Guitar Alive was re-released on LP in 2015.] ~ Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger