Mystery Girl is the last record album made by Roy Orbison. All the tracks were recorded in late 1988 and it was finalized for Virgin Records in the weeks following his death through the collaborative efforts of several artists who were all friends and admirers.
The album was released posthumously in 1989 and would join another Orbison album on the Billboard Charts. Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 was recorded in mid 1988 as part of the supergroup, Traveling Wilburys. The dual success, meant that Roy Orbison joined Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two Top 5 albums on the Billboard Charts.
Tracks
- You Got It
- In The Real World
- Dream You
- A Love So Beautiful
- California Blue
- She's A Mystery To Me
- The Comedians
- The Only One
- Windsurfer
- Careless Heart
"Orbison's voice was unearthly. He had the ability, like all great rock and rollers, to sound like he'd dropped in from another planet and yet get the stuff that was right to the heart of what you were livin' in today, and that was how he opened up your vision. I carry his records with me when I go on tour today, and I'll always remember what he means to me and what he meant to me when I was young and afraid to love. In 1975, when I went into the studio to record 'Born To Run', I wanted to make a record with words like Bob Dylan, that sounded like Phil Spector's production, but most of all I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison. Now, everybody knows that nobody sings like Roy Orbison." – Bruce Springsteen
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