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In Dreams (1963)

Where the lyrics of In Dreams take you, and where it was really made.

The album is named after its title song, which was a hit single in 1963 and later placed at number 319 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2004.

Key places

Recording at RCA Studio B (1963)

Recording site RCA Studio B — The album was recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. The recording location is given here, but no recording date is stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• In Dreams: fourth studio album by American singer Roy Orbison
• Released July 1963 by Monument Records, available in both stereo and mono
• Named after the hit 45rpm single 'In Dreams'
• Includes several cover songs, including 'All I Have to Do Is Dream', 'Dream', and 'My Prayer'

Background

• Royalties from 'Claudette', a song the Everly Brothers recorded first, were used to get Orbison out of his Sun Records contract so he could sign with Monument
• The Beatles toured with Orbison in 1963, according to the Portuguese-language Wikipedia article
• Orbison's romantic ballad style brought him unprecedented success in both England and the United States in the 1960s

Recording

• Recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee
• The Spanish-language Wikipedia article instead places the recording at Monument's studios in Hendersonville, Tennessee

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Roy Kelton Orbison (born April 23, 1936, Vernon, Texas; died December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
• He began singing in a country-and-western band as a teenager in Wink, Texas, formed the Wink Westerners in 1949 and later the Teen Kings.
• He was signed to Sun Records by Sam Phillips in 1956.

Career

• Known for a distinctive, powerful voice, complex song structures and dark, emotional ballads.
• Signed to Monument Records; from 1960 to 1966, 22 of his singles reached the Billboard top 40.
• Wrote or co-wrote almost all of his own top-10 hits, including "Only the Lonely", "Running Scared", "Crying" and "Oh, Pretty Woman".
• Suffered personal tragedies after the mid-1960s, including the deaths of his first wife Claudette and two sons, and his career faltered.
• Revived in the late 1980s after cover versions of his songs; co-founded the Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne in 1988.
• Died of a heart attack in December 1988 at age 52.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987; received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard, in its Spotlight of the Week album reviews, said the album 'features another standout group of tracks'
• Cashbox believed Orbison 'has a huge following and this new effort is sure to bring the fans out in droves'
• Variety said Orbison 'swings out nicely on the pop tunes presented'
• Record Mirror noted consistent chart success with ballads, even during the current beat craze
• Disc's Hunter Nigel enjoyed the soft treatment of 'My Prayer'

Reappraisal

• AllMusic's Thom Jurek said the emotion and deep atmospherics of the tunes reflect Foster's sophistication as well as Orbison's growth as a singer and persona
• Jurek wrote that Orbison wrote or co-wrote four tracks and that the song choices are impeccable

Records

• Billboard Top LPs chart: debuted in the issue dated August 17, 1963, stayed 23 weeks, peaked at number 35
• Cashbox albums chart: peaked at number 39, stayed 25 weeks
• UK albums chart: stayed 58 weeks, peaked at number six
• 'Title Song' on Billboard Hot 100: debuted February 9, 1963, peaked at number seven, stayed 13 weeks
• 'Title Song' in the UK: peaked at number six, stayed 23 weeks
• 'Title Song' on Cashbox singles: peaked at number ten, stayed 14 weeks
• 'Blue Bayou' on Billboard Hot 100: debuted September 14, 1963, peaked at number 29, stayed ten weeks
• 'Blue Bayou' in the UK: peaked at number three, stayed 19 weeks
• 'Blue Bayou' on Cashbox singles: peaked at number 21, stayed 12 weeks

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title song 'In Dreams' was placed at number 319 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2004.
• In 1993 Monument released the album on CD, paired with Orbison's 1965 compilation Orbisongs on one disc.
• Legacy Recordings released the album on CD in 2008, paired with Orbison's 1962 album Crying.
• Bear Family and Sony Music each included this CD in later Orbison box sets, in 2001 and 2013.
• Discogs notes the first stereo pressing has a white/rainbow label.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · discogs.com

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