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Udiscover: Exclusive interview with Alex Orbison Pt. 2

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AUDIO EXCLUSIVE, PART 2: THE BIDDING WAR THAT TOOK ROY ORBISON TO MGM

Today we unveil the second in our exclusive, four-part interview series with Alex Orbison, son of Roy, who has been instrumental (with his brothers Roy Jr and Wesley in the company Roy’s Boys) in the creation of the box set The MGM Years, to be released next Friday, 4 December.

THE M.G.M. YEARS VINYL BOX SETIn this second instalment, Alex talks with Paul Sexton about more of the detail behind this lavish new 13-CD or 14-LP set, which shines the spotlight on an unjustly overlooked era in the career of the peerless American singer and songwriter.

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uDiscover: Exclusive Interview with Alex Orbison

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uDiscover:

AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: ALEX ORBISON ON ROY’S ‘MGM YEARS,’ PART 1

The upcoming release of the sumptuous Roy Orbison box set The MGM Years will offer devotees and new fans alike the chance to explore an expansive, crucial and often under-appreciated era in the great singer’s catalogue, from 1965 to 1973. To mark its impending release, we’re launching an exclusive new interview series with Roy’s youngest son, Alex, who has played a key role in the research, remastering and compiling of this admirable new presentation of some of his father’s best work.

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Get an Exclusive Free Download of Roy Orbison’s ‘You Are My Love’ From Parade Magazine

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Get an Exclusive Free Download of Roy Orbison’s ‘You Are My Love’ From Parade Magazine!

“Roy Orbison‘s classic album Mystery Girl was first released in 1989, after the rock legend died at 52 from a heart attack. Now, 25 years later, Mystery Girl returns May 19 both as an expanded CD and as a CD-DVD set that includes a documentary on the album’s creation.

Both the CD and the DVD feature a new song, “The Way Is Love,” which Orbison’s sons helped produce from an old vocal track.

“We’ve been around the office calling this the kitchen sink,” Orbison’s son Alex said. “It really is a culmination of having all of the bonus audio, the nine tracks that we dug up and everything ranging from ‘The Way Is Love,’ which was a work tape demo recorded on a boom box and keyboard that we’ve gone and stripped off the backing.’

To celebrate the release of Myster Girl – Deluxe, watch an exclusive clip of “You Got It” and get an exclusive free download of “You Are My Love.” This exclusive clip from of Orbison performing his hit “You Got It” at the Diamond Awards. “

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Esquire Magazine EXCLUSIVE TRACK DEBUT

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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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