Spotlight On Roy Orbison - Iain Sparks

Advantages: simply the best songs
Disadvantages: nothing

...He was born in 1913 and died of a heartattack in 1988. Well, I have been listen to Roy Orbison for many years, and I just want to tell others that he is just the best. the Danish colllection my mom send me, is simply the best. I think that you can hear him anywhere, and that his voice is just great. When my daddy died of cancer, I was listening to Roy Orbison, some of his songs just got me hanging in there,especially the song" In Dreams " Everyday when I drove home from the hospital crying, I was listening to him, and it maked me wanna go on, maybe it was just, because I needed something, but anyhow, his music is just great and lovely. And the music are not just for old people!!!!! The album is called The Danish collection - "The very best of Roy Orbison" The songs on this album that I just love is: In Dreams California Blue... Read review

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...Roy Orbisons Greatest Hits. This compiltion was brought out in 1996 by Virgin Records, America. The cover of the CD shows a standing Roy Orbison with dark glasses and hands in his pockets, totally cool in his black suit and black hair. The background is a graduation of tones of orange down to cream.. QUite nice, with the titles written in Lucida Calligraphy type in the back ground. All the Greatest Songs together for the first time is written in white. This theme is continued throughout the booklet which accompanies the CD. Although there are no words, there is a description of each song which states when it was recorded, who wrote it etc. On the first page of the insert, there are messages from other great artists, such as Tori Amos ('Roy's voice will live forever!'), K.D.Lang ('Deep and Truly Spiritual'), Bob Dylan ('He... Read review

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Advantages: One of the greatest voices - and 41 tracks
Disadvantages: Lack of date information for tracks [see text]

...? If not, this will surprise you, though personally I'm not over-keen on these two songs and would much rather hear him on his own material. In fact, this collection is so diverse that I find myself wondering how appropriate the title 'Love Songs' is. Especially when it includes his versions of 'Land of 1000 Dances' and 'Run Baby Run'. Roy Orbison sings Wilson Pickett and the Newbeats? Well, yes - and very well too. But love songs? Er, let's not split hairs. What I will register a (little) whinge about is the packaging. Several of these recordings are listed in the booklet as being © 1997 or 2000. Are they all remixes? All right, I know that a lot of people who buy love song compilations may not be unduly bothered about such niceties, but Roy died in 1988 and I for one would have appreciated knowing the date they were originally... Read review

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