Audio CD review:
Roy Orbison - There Is Only One Roy Orbison/The Orbison Way

Roy Orbison - There Is Only One Roy Orbison/The Orbison Way

Band: Roy Orbison Title: There Is Only One Roy Orbison/The Orbison Way Rating: Release Date: 30 August, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Ride Away 2: You Fool You 3: Two Of A Kind 4: This Is Your Song 5: I'm In A Blue, Blue Mood 6: If You Can't Say Something Nice 7: Claudette 8: Afraid To Sleep 9: Sugar And Honey 10: Summer Love 11: Big As I Can Dream 12: Wondering 13: Crawling Back 14: It Ain't No Big Thing 15: Time Changes Everything 16: This Is My Land 17: The Loner 18: Maybe 19: Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart 20: Go Away 21: A New Star 22: Never 23: It Wasn't Very Long Ago 24: Why Hurt The One Who Loves You

Customer Reviews poor sound and poorer liner notes The sound is well below the quality of releases of the MGM material that was issued on Rhino and Polydor right after Orbison's death in the late '80s. Roy Orbison's legacy is not well seved by this release. Considering that those were released at the dawn of the CD era and remastering techniques have improved dramatically since then, there is no excuse for this thin, flat sound. We all know how well-recorded Orbison was. The liner notes, rather than provide us insight into the songs and stories of Orbison, almost apologize for the quality of the material. Those of us who have waited for the release of Orbison's MGM work don't want to hear apologies for lackluster songs and performances. We love the man's songs and the man's voice, no apologies necessary, particularly as liner notes! After waiting so long for this and being so excited that Orbison's MGM catalog was finally going to be rereleased, I can't express the depth of disappointment I feel after buying this. What a blown opportunity. It's too bad Bear Family was not able to release this material. I've got the Orbison box they did of the Monument material and it is a beautiful box, lovingly done. I'm sorry I can't say the same for this reissue. An excellent job My purchase was here in a very short time and well packaged. get them now! great stuff, from a man who had his own voice and didn't try to play chameleon with styles. great disk and series we get songs that are not as well known as Orbison's early 60's Monument records, from long out of print albums. the MGM period is a bit different than the Monument years - less of the saccharine strings that over burdened some of the Monument years hits, and less of the too-often-present chorus on many of the Monument hits. The songs on these MGM albums are thus a bit 'stripped down', with more interesting guitar and drumming. ? why can't we find the 3rd volume of this series - Orbison does Don Gibson and Hank Williams - here on Amazon? I had to get it somewhere else anyway, I recommend you get these cds now, because these small reisssue label cds don't stay around forever. . You can see a complete list of all Roy Orbison discography, or go back to the Roy Orbison tabs