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“CALIFORNIA BLUE” (Studio Demo) 2014 Video
Featuring footage of Roy Orbison in Mike Campbell’s (of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fame) very same garage studio where most of The Traveling Wilburys music was also recorded.
Available on MYSTERY GIRL DELUXE!
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Esquire Magazine
EXCLUSIVE: LISTEN TO A LOST ROY ORBISON TRACK
“Roy was just the sweetest guy, and he had the most amazing laugh,” Tom Petty told me at the launch party for his Mojo album in 2010 when I asked what his friend and fellow Traveling Wilbury Roy Orbison was like. “He had the most amazing voice, even if he was just working something out, it was always just… there.”
“It was like watching Evel Knievel jumping his motorcycle when he sang,” Roy’s son Alex Orbison remembers of his father’s performances. “It was like tightrope walking. It was such an incredible thing to witness. I remember thinking, ‘Here it comes,’ and holding my breath every time.”
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New “CALIFORNIA BLUE” (Studio Demo) 2014 Video!
This new video debuted today on The Wall Street Journal Speakeasy
“The demo-version of “California Blue” is one of nine bonus tracks on the deluxe edition, which also includes the new song “The Way Is Love.” The tune pairs a restored Orbison vocal track with newly recorded guitar, bass and drums played by the singer’s sons, Roy Jr., Alex and Wesley. (The three comprise Roy’s Boys LLC, which collaborated with Sony Legacy on the reissue.) There’s also a demo of Orbison singing “She’s a Mystery to Me” with studio chatter from Bono (who co-wrote the song with U2 bandmate theEdge) and a DVD with a one-hour documentary about the making of the album and eight videos.”
Watch the new video for “CALIFORNIA BLUE” HERE!
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Want an EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK at one of the bonus tracks from the upcoming MYSTERY GIRL DELUXE album?
Head on over to Guitar Aficionado Magazine‘s website to stream the studio demo of “SHE’S A MYSTERY TO ME.”
‘This previously unreleased version of “She’s A Mystery To Me” is a live take featuring Orbison, Bono and drummer Jim Keltner, all of whom can be heard working out the song in the studio. You even can hear Bono help Orbison into the second verse; Bono had changed the lyrics to this section several times. Bono also can be heard saying “Off you go, Jim!” to Keltner.’
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New Roy Orbison Song Recorded With Sons to Appear on Reissue
Roy Orbison‘s Mystery Girl was first released in February of 1989, two months after the artists’s death, but will soon be reissued with unreleased demos and new song “The Way Is Love.”
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-roy-orbison-song-recorded-with-sons-to-appear-on-reissue-20140320#ixzz2wbnISz74
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