Hank Williams: The Roy Orbison Way

Hank Williams: The Roy Orbison Way is the fifteenth album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his eighth with MGM Records, released in August 1970, and was available both in stereo and mono. It is a tribute album to the songs of honky tonk singer Hank Williams, whom Orbison listed among his influences. The album was a critical failure and it sold poorly—Fred Foster said it was "an exercise in futility." The exclusively North America release remained relatively unknown to Orbison fans until it was repackaged on Compact Disc in 2009 along with the popular 1967 Don Gibson tribute album Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson. The album was also included in the 2015 box set The MGM Years 1965–1973 – Roy Orbison.