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USA Today Premiere: Roy Orbison’s studio demo of ‘The Comedians’

May 13, 2014 by admin

USA Today Premiere: Roy Orbison’s “THE COMEDIANS” (Studio Demo)

“USA TODAY premieres a studio demo of The Comedians, penned by [Elvis] Costello. Orbison’s son, Alex, describes it as ‘a beautiful song about forlorn, twisted abandonment’ and ‘one of the best ‘Orbison’ songs that Roy did not write, if not the best.'”

Read more and LISTEN HERE

Filed Under: Official News Tagged With: Alex Orbison, bonus track, Deluxe, Elvis Costello, Mystery Girl, new, Roy Orbison, The Comedians, USA Today

The Wall Street Journal- “WINDSURFER” (Work-Tape Demo)

May 13, 2014 by admin

Roy Orbison MYSTERY GIRL DELUXE BONUS TRACK DEBUT from The Wall Street Journal– “WINDSURFER” (Work-Tape Demo)

“Demo songs are generally intended for musicians’ reference early in the process of making an album, which means they’re usually simple guideposts that lack the polish of the finished versions. Yet a demo can be an instructive example of how a tune evolves or, sometimes, a display of raw talent by an artist like Roy Orbison. Speakeasy today premieres a previously unreleased demo of Orbison’s ‘Windsurfer,’ from a coming 25th anniversary deluxe reissue of his posthumous 1989 album ‘Mystery Girl.’

With faint, warbling acoustic guitar and scratchy vocals, the demo is a pale shade of the lush version that ended up on ‘Mystery Girl,’ an album Orbison finished recording just a few weeks before his death of a heart attack in December 1988. Yet his vocal power and mastery of harmony are very much evident, and it’s not such a vast leap from the demo to the finished track.”

Read more and LISTEN here:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/05/12/hear-roy-orbisons-demo-for-windsurfer-song-premiere/

Filed Under: Official News Tagged With: alternate lyric, Bill Dees, bonus track, Deluxe, Mystery Girl, new, Roy Orbison, Wallstreet Journal, Windsurfer, work-tape

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