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Roy Orbison - Black & White Night Audio CD

A fair review of the Roy Orbison "Black & White Night" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Roy Orbison reviews here, or go back to the Roy Orbison tabs.

Roy Orbison Band: Roy Orbison
Title: Black & White Night
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Release Date: 2000-01-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Only the Lonely 2: Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) 3: Blue Bayou 4: Comedians 5: Ooby Dooby 6: Leah 7: Running Scared 8: Uptown 9: In Dreams 10: Crying 11: Candy Man 12: Go, Go, Go (Down the Line) 13: Mean Woman Blues 14: (All I Can Do Is) Dream You 15: Claudette 16: It's Over 17: Oh, Pretty Woman

The only commercially available "live" performance of this beloved American Master!
I had seen Roy Orbison's "Black & White Night" disc in the rack at my local music store for many years but for some strange reason never paid much attention to it. The other night a buddy of mine called raving about a disc he had picked up a few days earlier. It turns out that was a huge mistake. My friend was right. "Black & White Night" is a real keeper!
According to the liner notes, during his long and highly successful career Roy Orbison had never recorded a "live" album. About a year before Roy's untimely death in December, 1988 a few of his "admirers" gathered together to back Roy Orbison in a memorable "live" performance. This was no ordinary band. The group included Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, T Bone Burnett, k. d. lang, J. D. Souther, Jackson Browne and Jennifer Warnes. And let me be very clear about this. This was not a case of a group of all-stars coming together to prop up an aging rocker who had little left in the tank. Not at all. For Roy Orbison sparkled that night as did just about everyone who was involved in this project. There is absolutely no doubt that "Black & White Night" was a labor of love for all of these perfomers.
Included among the 17 tracks on "Black & White Night" is the very first tune that Roy Orbison ever wrote, something called " Go, Go, Go (Down The Line)". I had never heard that one before and I enjoyed it immensely. You will also get a chance to sample Roy's first big hit from his days at Sun Records. The rockabilly song "Ooby Dooby" was a huge hit for Roy in the summer of 1956 and the band seemed to have a grand time playing this one. Of course Roy Orbison's "salad" days were his years at Monument Records in the early 1960's. "Black & White Night" includes a dozen of those memorable hits including "Only The Lonely", "Running Scared", "Uptown" and one of my personal favorites "It's Over" which was a huge hit in the spring of 1964. Meanwhile, Roy certainly managed to erase any doubts about his vocal prowess with his stunning performance of "Crying". That one is sure to send chills up and down your spine. Roy sounds every bit as good as he did when the song was first recorded more than a quarter century earlier. "Black & White Night" closes with an extended version of the Orbison classic "Oh, Pretty Woman" where the musicians get a chance to show off as well. Phenomenal!
"Black & White Night" is a great disc that can be enjoyed by both long-time Orbison fans and by younger listeners looking to sample the work of a legendary artist. For my money "Black & White Night" should be added to any list of "essential" recordings of American popular music. Very highly recommended! .


DVD set as a whole
The regular DVD is fine, but you can't play the Audio-DVD as it has a CPPM code and it cannot be played by any DVD player or DVD program. I purchased this as a set as it has an Audio-DVD with it. It ask for the code which cannot be found. To be honest the only reason why I purchased it was for the extra tracks on the Audio-DVD.

If someone can help me that would be nice by making a comment on this post.


Will never know...
It was backordered, then the order was cancelled by Amazon, so I never received it.


Roy Orbison CD
I was told it
was out of stock. I never received the CD. I was really looking
forward to owning that cd. I bought the DVD
of the concert. That's great!.


It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
Every song is a symphony when sung by Mr. This is a fantastic concert by an artist that will never be replaced for matchless beauty of voice. Orbison. Backed by the all-star cast makes it even more priceless!.


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