Greatest Hits Live (Roy Orbison album)
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Greatest Hits Live is a posthumous compilation album
of live recordings made during Roy Orbison's
career. It was released in 2006 by Legacy Recordings
. It sampled two previous releases; Roy Orbison: Authorized Bootleg Collection and Black & White Night; as well as providing two exclusive tracks.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of live recordings made during Roy Orbison's
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
career. It was released in 2006 by Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...
. It sampled two previous releases; Roy Orbison: Authorized Bootleg Collection and Black & White Night; as well as providing two exclusive tracks.
Track listing
- "Only The LonelyOnly the Lonely"Only the Lonely " is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Recorded by Orbison, it became his first major hit. As an operatic rock ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time, described by the New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". It is seen as a seminal event...
"- From "Roy Orbison: Authorized Bootleg Collection"
- Recorded 13 July 1980
- "Ooby Dooby"
- From "Roy Orbison: Authorized Bootleg Collection"
- Recorded 18 October 1975
- "Mean Woman BluesMean Woman Blues"Mean Woman Blues" is a 12-bar blues song written by Claude Demetrius. It was recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1957 motion picture, Loving You. Presley also released the song on Side 2 of a four-song EP record...
"- From "Roy Orbison: Authorized Bootleg Collection"
- Recorded 18 October 1975
- "Running ScaredRunning Scared (song)"Running Scared" is a 1961 American pop song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. An operatic rock ballad, the song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached #9 in the...
"- Previously unreleased
- Recorded early 1980s
- "Blue BayouBlue Bayou"Blue Bayou" is the title of a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison.-Roy Orbison version:A plaintive ballad, it was originally released by Orbison as a 45rpm single on the Monument Records label in August 1963 ."Blue Bayou" also appears on Orbison's 1963 album, In Dreams...
"- From "Roy Orbison: Authorized Bootleg Collection"
- Recorded 9 May 1969
- "In DreamsIn Dreams (song)Recorded in Monument's Nashville studios in early 1963, "In Dreams" peaked at number 7 on Billboards Hot 100 and spent 13 weeks on the charts in the U.S. During the five months the song was on the charts, Orbison replaced guitarist Duane Eddy on a tour of England. He was immensely popular in...
"- From "Roy Orbison: Authorized Bootleg Collection"
- Recorded 9 May 1969
- "Crying"
- From single "Wild Hearts (...time)" - previously unreleased on CD
- "Oh, Pretty WomanOh, Pretty Woman"Oh, Pretty Woman" is a song, released in August 1964, which was a worldwide success for Roy Orbison. Recorded on the Monument Records label in Nashville, Tennessee, it was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. The song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100...
"- From "Black & White Night"
- Recorded 30 September 1987
External links
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KKACLCGreatest Hits Live at Amazon.comAmazon.comAmazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
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