Orbison

Roy Orbison - Dream Baby: The Complete Sun, RCA & Monument 1956-62 Singles (2017) {Hoodoo Records 263854}
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© 1956-62, 2017 Hoodoo Records | 263854
Rock & Roll / Rock / Pop

Orbison recorded the majority of his best work between the mid ‘50s and the early ‘60s, including hits like “Only the Lonely,” “Ooby Dooby,” “Running Scared,” “Crying,” “Dream Baby,” and “Workin' for the Man,” to name just a few. The aforementioned songs, and many others, have been included on this essential CD, which compiles all of Roy Orbison's 7” singles (A & B sides) released between 1956 and 1962 by such iconic labels as Sun, RCA, and Monument. The original gems presented here have been brilliantly remastered to achieve the most pristine sound. These sides helped to consolidate “The Big O” (Orbison's nickname) as one of the all-time-great singers.

Roy Orbison - The Sun Years 1956-1958 (1989) {Bear Family Records BCD 15461}
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© 1956-58, 1989 Bear Family Records | BCD 15461
Rock / Rock & Roll / Rockabilly

Roy Orbison wasn't among the great rockabilly cats, as his voice was a little too rich and his performances a little too mannered to truly rock with abandon. Nevertheless, he did cut a pair of terrific rockabilly singles for Sun with "Ooby Dooby" and "Domino." He never quite reached those heights again while on Sun, as Bear Family's single-disc collection The Sun Years 1956-58 illustrates. Containing every track he recorded for the label, including alternate takes and undubbed mixes, the collection suffers from too much similar-sounding material.

The listener is immediately convinced, from the opening a cappella bits of "Only the Lonely," that no one conveys pain and longing more sublimely or succinctly than Roy Orbison. But his songs are also masterpieces of production: so technically precise that his deceptively simple tunes and lush melodies flow even more smoothly behind his desperate baritone croon and quivering falsetto…

The follow-up to A Love So Beautiful features Roy Orbison vocal performances with brand-new orchestral arrangements by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Additional accompaniment from Roy’s three sons and backing vocals from their wives and children. That haunting voice, that unique look, those uplifting and emotional songs—there is only one Roy Orbison, and fans once again get to hear him in a new way on Unchained Melodies: Roy Orbison with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Recorded at the Ambassador Hotel's Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles, Roy Orbison: Black & White Night is a marvelous concert celebrating one of the most popular music singers of the 20th century…

The tale of Roy Orbison is told in film clips from throughout his highly influential career. Roy performs 14 of his classics, interspersed with testimonials from fellow performers who have been inspired by him, including U2's Bono, country singer Dwight Yokum, and Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant…