The Fastest Guitar Alive

by Roy Orbison

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1967
  • Label: MGM
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 25:57
  • Community rating: 3.08/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the soundtrack to Roy Orbison's only starring foray into feature films, this release features original songs tailored to the movie's quirky musical-Western plot. The arrangements blend his signature operatic pop-rock melodrama with subtle country and Western motifs. Despite the film's commercial failure, the soundtrack offers a fascinating glimpse of his powerful tenor applied to cinematic conceptual material.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Whirlwind (2:04)
  2. Medicine Man (2:39)
  3. River (2:58)
  4. The Fastest Gun Alive (3:04)
  5. Rollin' On (2:08)
  6. Pistolero (2:49)
  7. Good Time Party (2:19)
  8. Heading South (2:40)
  9. Best Friend (2:34)
  10. There Won't Be Many Coming Home (2:42)

Credits

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