Roy Orbison – The Soul Of Rock And Roll (4CD Boxset) (2008)

Disc One – Into the 1950s
01. Ooby Dooby – Teen Kings
02. Hey Miss Fannie – Wink Westerners
03. True Love Goodbye – Teen Kings
04. Empty Cup And A Broken Date – Teen Kings
05. Tryin’ To Get To You – Teen Kings
06. Tutti Frutti								play
07. Overton Park Shell Concert Advertisement
08. Ooby Dooby
09. Cat Called Domino
10. Go Go Go
11. Rockhouse
12. Guitar Pull Medley
13. You’re My Baby
14. Mean Little Mama
15. Problem Child
16. One More Time
17. You’re Gonna Cry
18. It’s Too Late
19. Sweet And Easy To Love
20. This Kind Of Love
21. Claudette
22. You Tell Me
23. Night Owl
24. Bad Cat
25. I Give Up
26. Love Struck
27. Baby Don’t Stop								play
28. Defeated
29. Love Storm
30. Almost Eighteen
31. With The Bug
32. Pretty One

Disc Two – Into the 1960s
01. Uptown
02. Only The Lonely
03. Blue Angel						play
04. In Dreams
05. Running Scared
06. I’m Hurtin’
07. I’d Be A Legend In My Time
08. Love Hurts
09. Lana
10. Crying
11. Candy Man
12. Night Life
13. They Call You Gigolette
14. Let The Good Times Roll
15. Blue Bayou						play
16. Wedding Day
17. Dream Baby
18. Evergreen
19. Working For The Man
20. Crowd
21. Leah
22. Actress
23. Borne On the Wind
24. Falling
25. Indian Wedding
26. Shahdaroba
27. All I Have To Do Is Dream
28. Mama
29. Pretty Paper

Disc Three – Into the 1970s
01. Mean Woman Blues
02. What’d I Say
03. It’s Over
04. Oh Pretty Woman
05. Yo Te Amo Maria
06. Goodnight
07. Say You’re My Girl
08. Ride Away
09. Crawling Back						play
10. Breakin’ Up Is Breakin’ My Heart
11. Too Soon To Know
12. Communication Breakdown
13. Walk On
14. So Young
15. Blue Rain (Coming Down)
16. Big As I Can Dream
17. Pistolero
18. Fastest Guitar Alive
19. Precious
20. Unchained Melody
21. Land Of 1000 Dances
22. Blues In My Mind					play
23. Born To Love Me
24. That Lovin’ You Feelin’ Again – Orbison, Roy & Emmylou Harris
25. Hound Dog Man

Disc Four – Into the 1980s
01. Coming Home
02. Waymore’s Blues – Orbison, Roy & Johnny Cash/Jerry Lee Lewis/Carl Perkins
03. Oh Pretty Woman								play
04. In Dreams
05. Not Alone Any More – Traveling Wilburys
06. You Got It
07. She’s A Mystery To Me
08. California Blue
09. Love So Beautiful
10. All I Can Do Is Dream You
11. Oh Pretty Woman
12. Heartbreak Radio
13. You’re The One
14. Crying – Orbison, Roy & K.D. Lang			play
15. After The Love Has Gone
16. I Drove All Night
17. Wild Hearts Run Out Of Time
18. You May Feel Me Crying
19. Life Fades Away
20. It’s Over
21. We’ll Take The Night

Here is, bar none, the most all-inclusive anthology ever assembled to honor the greatest singer ever considered to be a "Rock and Roll artist." But Roy Kelton Orbison was so much more: behind his ever-present sunglasses and beneath his shock of raven-black hair, clad in black, he was rock's Mystery Man, the possessor of the most glorious voice ever to soar on such signature songs as "Only The Lonely," "In Dreams," "Running Scared," "Crying" and "Oh, Pretty Woman," to cite a mere handful of his Top Ten hits.

As Orbison's widow, Barbara, who is also this collection's Executive Producer, points out in her loving annotation contained in this four-CD package: "For the first time, you will have a chance to hear Roy's first recording to the last time he ever sang--Dec. 4, 1988, in Akron, Ohio. Roy recorded for several different labels [including 15 covered in this 107-song collection] and toured the world many, many times--we have numerous unreleased masters [specifically, 12 in this package] and live performances included in this box set to make it truly special." – Editorial Reviews

Roy Kelton Orbison departed this earth in 1988. This permanently be-shaded man of mystery was only 52 and had only, despite a career resuscitation towards the very end of his life, success between the late 50s and early 60s. Yet, like a true giant, his shadow was huge and his influence keenly felt by at least two generations of popular musicians. So, for any young people who have yet to discover exactly what spell 'The Big O' - the slightly sinister figure with the quavering voice - held over his peers you are directed to download, purchase, borrow or just plain pilfer this glorious box set. It holds the key to the man's majesty and will also serve as a timely reminder for anybody who forgot just how amazing he was.

Following a fairly standard career in rockabilly in his native Texas (scoring an early hit with the fun, if lightweight, Ooby Dooby), in 1957 after meeting writer Joe Melson, he gave the world the dramatic rock ballad. Up until this point rock 'n' roll was a metaphor for hedonism, good times and raucous fun. With Only The Lonely (1960), his second single on Fred Foster's Monument label (and backed by the Everly Brothers), Orbison introduced the tragic, lonely figure whose misery fuelled his astounding haunted voice. Almost operatic in their intensity, Roy's vocals drove a series of mini epics into the top ten. Blue Angel; Running Scared; Crying (Roy did a lot of crying in his songs); Dream Baby; In Dreams and of course, the career-defining zenith (written with Bill Dees), Oh Pretty Woman. The latter even bucked the trend of Beatlemania by knocking the Fab Four off the top spot in the States. Indeed, Roy was close pals with the Liverpool boys, leading to his recruitment by George Harrison in the 80s into the Travelling Wilburys.

Naturally, such a mannered confection could not weather the storms of psychedelia and changing trends and despite an enduring popularity in middle and eastern Europe his popularity waned. Added to this was a whole heap of personal woe (his first wife's demise, followed by two of their children). By the 70s he was down to ill-advised shots at disco and aborted reunions with his old label. Luckily most of this period is passed over on this set in favour of the last stage of his career. Luckily the use of In Dreams in David Lynch's Blue Velvet, his adoption by Harrison, Jeff Lynne et al as well as his famous 1987 Black And White Night TV special (where he was joined by Bruce Springsteen among many others) meant that mere months before his death he reached his apotheosis. The posthumous Mystery Girl, featuring the lovely She's A Mystery To Me, penned by Bono and The Edge, was that true rarity: a really fine final album.

The Soul Of Rock And Roll has it all. The faltering rockabilly sides, the tear-soaked slices of genius and his wondrous rebirth. He may have been the strangest looking dude to have toted a guitar, but he truly was the epitomisation of rock's sensitive side. He will always be the Big O. ---Chris Jones, BBC Review

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