Roy Orbison.. Where to start?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by jmczaja, Apr 25, 2019.

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  1. clhboa

    clhboa Forum Resident

    Nope used copies and still sealed are easy to come by on vinyl at least. Check discogs.
     
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  2. mbrownp1

    mbrownp1 Forum Resident

    I guess I was thinking more as an intro.

    You are correct on all those other essentials. I’ve got em and I love em!
     
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  3. jmczaja

    jmczaja Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Thanks for the suggestions folks.. Gave me a lot to hunt for!
     
  4. humpf

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  5. SKATTERBRANE

    SKATTERBRANE Forum Resident

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    So you're saying his Sun material is his best stuff?
     
  6. challenge

    challenge Forum Resident

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    Found this at a Flea Market for $3 this year very happy with it. A great collection
     
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  7. Chemically altered

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    I'm a purist so songs like Ooby Dooby and Claudette mean more to me but I suppose one should start with the Monument hits like Crying.
     
  8. Arnold Grove

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    I would not say that. His recordings for Monument are his truly classic period. But a few of the Sun Records are superb, but they are more rockabilly type tunes, including Ooby Dooby, Go Go Go (Down The Line), and Devil Doll.
     
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  9. His Monument years are his strongest material, but I would checkout his early MGM material before delving into the Sun years. This collection from Rhino is a pretty good place to sample the MGM years:
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    Tracklist
    01 Ride Away Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 3:26
    02 Crawling Back Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 3:12
    03 Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:06
    04 Twinkle Toes Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:34
    05 Too Soon To Know Songwriter – Don Gibson 2:45
    06 Communication Breakdown Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:57
    07 Cry Softly Lonely One Songwriter – Don Gant, Joe Melson 2:52
    08 Claudette Songwriter – Roy Orbison 1:57
    09 I'm In A Blue, Blue Mood Songwriter – Joe Melson, Roy Orbison 1:50
    10 Losing You Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:39
    11 Big As I Can Dream Songwriter – Bob Montgomery 2:07
    12 Pantomime Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:40
    13 You Fool You Songwriter – Joe Melson, Roy Orbison 2:06
    14 It Take One (To Know One) Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:56
    15 A New Star Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:55
    16 Here Comes The Rain Baby Songwriter – Mickey Newbury 2:50
    17 She Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:38
    18 Walk On Songwriter – Bill Dees, Roy Orbison 2:51
     
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  10. Adkchaz

    Adkchaz Forum Resident

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    Growing up i had most of his 45s.
    I have these cds and really like the selections:
    Our love song-last singles with monument and their excellent b sides
    Rhino’s only the lonely 18 greatest hits
    All time greatest hits 20 original recordings. A combining of his two greatest hits cds

    Still would like something with his better mgm singles. I think crawling back was the closest in style in range and power to his monument days.
    Indian wedding and evergreen my favorite of his lesser known cuts.
     
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  11. btomarra

    btomarra Classic Rock Audiophile

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    I have tried to ask but can’t get an answer. Essential Roy Orbison features the re-recordings of Running Scared and In Dreams. The import version does replace that re-recorded Running Scared with the original.

    Packaging of The Soul of Rock and Roll is terrible. My CDs were scratched to death. Never found nice ones.

    How is the Legendary Roy Orbison box set? One forum member said it had NR applied. Cannot confirm this. I believe Ken Robertson mastered it.
     
  12. John B Good

    John B Good Forum Hall Of Fame

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    This reminds me, its too long since I listened to any Roy Orbison.

    But I would also say his Monument recordings were the ones that made to most impact on me. Of the early recordings the one I most liked was Young and Innocent.
     
  13. Price.pittsburgh

    Price.pittsburgh Forum Resident

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    On the blue bayou
     
  14. toddtw

    toddtw Well-Known Member

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    Does anyone know if the Black and White Night concert is heavily overdubbed? My friend said he watched the DVD and he thought it was. I only have the new blu ray which sounds pretty natural and real to me, so does it come down to the DVD having the old mix and he’d probably feel differently about the blu ray?
     
  15. btomarra

    btomarra Classic Rock Audiophile

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    There was a thread on this along time ago, it appears not from flaws evident in the performance:

    Live albums w/studio overdubs
     
  16. Myke

    Myke Trying Not To Spook The Horse

    If you're referring to the 2017 release : Roy Orbison – Black & White Night 30 (2017, Video, Blu-ray)
    then yes, he should hear as well as see a big difference.

    " 30th Anniversary Remix, remaster, reimagining of a classic show. Roy's sons went back to all the tape, and reedited the footage to be in original setlist order, plus adding extra bits not seen, or heard before this release."

    I purposely kept my 2008 Blu ray as it has the old version.
     
  17. AnalogJ

    AnalogJ Hearing In Stereo Since 1959

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    Most of his individual albums have a lot of filler, unfortunately. So a greatest hits compilation, particularly from the Monument label period is your best bet, in terms of what to start with.
     
  18. C6H12O6

    C6H12O6 Senior Member

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    I've been listening to the Soul of Rock 'n' Roll box set, which I haven't touched in years. (90% of the time, if I listen to Orbison, I just put on the "hits.")

    I was surprised by how well the whole thing has held up. The first disc always felt kind of spotty because he's still trying to put all the pieces together, so after moving through the golden years at Monument, I was kind of ready for a nosedive, but the box set does a really impeccable job of picking out the gems. Like if you didn't know better or read the booklet, you'd figure Orbison had a low-key but consistently fine career after the Monument years before his big late '80s comeback, with nothing familiar in the interim but everything still enjoyable.
     
  19. Adkchaz

    Adkchaz Forum Resident

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    In addition to this rhino cd, this is another i got that has his lesser hits and b sides of some his a side hits. Sony legacy.
    https://www.amazon.com/Our-Love-Son...9&s=music&sprefix=Roy+orbison,aps,203&sr=1-67
     
  20. bob_32_116

    bob_32_116 Forum Flaneur

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    Is there any Roy compilation that contains both "The Crowd" and "Indian Wedding"?

    Would be good to have "Evergreen" and "Southbound Jericho Parkway", as well.
     
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  21. Adkchaz

    Adkchaz Forum Resident

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    Check the cds available on amazon or the discogs site.
     
  22. bob_32_116

    bob_32_116 Forum Flaneur

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    Oh, I shall, but I thought someone might have the info to hand.
     
  23. Adkchaz

    Adkchaz Forum Resident

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  24. bob_32_116

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  25. rjp

    rjp Senior Member

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    find the most comprehensive 1 disc best of and then go from there.
     
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