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Roy Orbison And Friends (a.o. Tom Waits) – A Black And White Night Live (1989) Music

Posted by janwal46 at Dec. 25, 2009

Roy Orbison And Friends – A Black And White Night Live (1989)

This remarkable recording from September 1987, the only commercially released live album of Roy Orbison's career, is a source of great joy as well as comfort to this Roy Orbison fan. None of us knew that this recording which ushered in the second coming of rock music's most remarkable voice would soon also stand as a powerful tribute to a man who was to be taken from us far too soon. With the success of this remarkable live album and the posthumously released Mystery Girl, Roy Orbison went out on top, restored to the level of popularity and immense musical respect he deserved but had not enjoyed during the preceding couple of decades. Looking back on it now, the last sixteen months of Roy's life could hardly have been scripted any more fittingly……….

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Roy Orbison - Music Legends Roy Orbison : The Crooner of Rock'n'Roll (2025) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at June 26, 2025

Roy Orbison - Music Legends Roy Orbison : The Crooner of Rock'n'Roll (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:51:58 | 600 Mb
Genre: Rock and Roll

Although he shared the same rockabilly roots as Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison went on to pioneer an entirely different brand of country/pop-based rock & roll in the early '60s. What he lacked in charisma and photogenic looks, Orbison made up for in spades with his quavering operatic voice and melodramatic narratives of unrequited love and yearning. In the process, he established rock & roll archetypes of the underdog and the hopelessly romantic loser. These were not only amplified by peers such as Del Shannon and Gene Pitney, but also influenced future generations of roots rockers such as Bruce Springsteen and Chris Isaak, as well as modern country stars the Mavericks.

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Roy Orbison - Music Legends Roy Orbison : The Crooner of Rock'n'Roll (2025) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at June 26, 2025

Roy Orbison - Music Legends Roy Orbison : The Crooner of Rock'n'Roll (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:51:58 | 600 Mb
Genre: Rock and Roll

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Roy Orbison - The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison (1972) [1997, Remastered] {24-Karat Gold Disc} Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Jan. 29, 2021

Roy Orbison - The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison (1972) [1997, Remastered] {24-Karat Gold Disc}
Pop/Rock, Vocal, Rock & Roll | EAC Rip | WavPack (WV), Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 53:01 | 338,47 Mb
Label: Monument/Sony/DCC Compact Classics (USA) | Cat.# A 28888 (GZS-1118) | Released: 1997 (1972)

All-Time Greatest Hits is a 2-LP compilation album by Roy Orbison released in 1972, featuring the original Monument Records recordings. The album was re-released on compact disc by CBS Records in 1989. The album was given a high-quality digital remastering from the original analog master tapes by Steve Hoffman for DCC Compact Classics, Inc. in 1997, catalog number GZS-1118.

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Roy Orbison - The Very Best Of Roy Orbison (2006) Music

Posted by L@ter at Jan. 25, 2012

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's Blue Velvet revived his career in the 1980s…

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Roy Orbison - A Golden Hour Of Roy Orbison (2018) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 3, 2018

Roy Orbison - A Golden Hour Of Roy Orbison (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) / MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1:02:55 | 447 Mb / 145 Mb
Genre: Rock, Pop / Label: Golden Hour

Born in Texas, Orbison began singing in a rockabilly and country-and-western band in high school. He was signed by Sam Phillips, of Sun Records, in 1956, but his greatest success came with Monument Records. Soon afterward, Orbison was struck by a number of personal tragedies while his record sales declined. In the 1980s, he experienced a resurgence in popularity through the success of several cover versions of his songs, and in 1988, co-founded the Traveling Wilburys, a rock supergroup with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne. He died of a heart attack later that year, at the age of 52. One month later, his song "You Got It" (1989), co-written with Lynne and Petty, was released as a solo single and became his first to break the U.S. Top 10 in twenty-five years.

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Roy Orbison - The Very Best of (2005) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at April 4, 2024

Roy Orbison - The Very Best of (2005)
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans) / MP3 320 kbps | 1:20:23 | 542 / 190 Mb
Genre: Rock & Roll

Roy Orbison Rejoignant rapidement la première vague du rockabilly, l'auteur-compositeur-interprète américain Roy Orbison (né au Texas en 1935) intègre l'écurie Sun Records dès 1956, rejoignant plusieurs noms restés comme lui dans la légende du rock & roll blanc originel, soit Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis ou encore Johnny Cash. Surnommé Big O en raison de sa voix puissante et douce à la fois, Orbison livre son premier classique dès 1956 avec le titre "Ooby Dooby", auquel viennent succéder son premier classique, "Only the Lonely", et des tubes comme "Love Hurts", "Crying" ou "In Dreams". En 1964, il signe "Oh, Pretty Woman" qui deviendra l'un des singles les plus réédités de tous les temps et connaîtra plusieurs vies commerciales. Orbison s'éteint en 1988, laissant derrière lui une oeuvre à l'influence durable

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Roy Orbison - Love Songs (2001) Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 18, 2021

Roy Orbison - Love Songs (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 773 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 282 MB
2:03:33 | Vocal, Ballad, Pop | Label: Virgin

Since the "Love Songs" type of compilation has become so common (especially in the run-up to Valentine's Day), it's worth noting that this one, dedicated to the Monument Records recordings of Roy Orbison from the first half of the 1960s, is a cut above the usual. True, it's a discount-priced release running only about the length of an old LP (36-plus minutes). But compilation producer Nick Shaffran has made a good choice of Orbison hits with romantic themes (eschewing rockers like "Oh, Pretty Woman"), including nine of the singer's 19 Top 40 hits for Monument, along with five good B-sides and LP tracks such as Orbison covers of "Love Hurts" and "All You Have to Do Is Dream."

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Roy Orbison - The Indispensable Roy Orbison 1956-1962 2CD (2014) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Aug. 5, 2014

After a rockabilly outset where his melodies and lyrics already showed ambition, Roy Orbison invented a new, sophisticated form of rock which had refined, elegant arrangements. A friend and inspirer of The Beatles as well as Elvis Presley, he was one of the great precursors of the 1960s’ creative explosion, one of the first to give rock a lavish orchestral colour. An extraordinary singer, his romantic, deeply original work still symbolizes the opulent and progressive America of the Kennedy era.

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Roy Orbison - Black & White Night (1989) {1999, Remastered} Music

Posted by popsakov at May 3, 2023

Roy Orbison - Black & White Night (1989) {1999, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 438 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 149 Mb
Full Scans ~ 121 Mb | 01:01:48 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Pop Rock, Classic Rock | Orbison Records / Legacy #82876 78150 2

The best-recorded Roy Orbison live disc ever issued, taken from the soundtrack of the HBO concert from the 1980s with VIP guests like Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello. This was a sort of magical video, and the performances are splendid, along with the good feelings involved. On the other hand, the performances are extremely reverential to the established studio versions of the songs (all of the hits are here), and intended to mimic them, so this isn't quite the same as a live album as it would have been done back when. The pity is that neither Monument nor MGM ever taped any complete concerts by Orbison from the 1960s, and all that remains are TV appearances from Europe.

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