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uDiscover: THE BIG O’S BIG BOX: ‘THE MGM YEARS’

October 28, 2015 by admin

uDiscover: THE BIG O’S BIG BOX: ‘THE MGM YEARS’

….The Big O could have easily have sat back and turned out carbon copy revisits of ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’ for the remainder of the decade and doubtless found himself commercially satisfied, if not necessarily artistically fulfilled. Instead, however, he signed to a new label, MGM, and embarked on an eclectic six-year run that saw him revisit his country roots – and hold his own among the country-rock elite of the late 60s/early 70s – with tribute albums to heroes the likes of Hank Williams; record a soundtrack for his only major starring role in movie, The Fastest Guitar Alive; and turn his attention to a wide variety of material originally recorded by artists as diverse as Bee Gees and Otis Redding. Releasing 11 albums in eight years, the period saw Orbison at his most prolific…

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uDiscover: reDiscover Milestones

September 29, 2015 by admin

uDiscover: reDiscover Milestones

“Ask anyone about Roy Orbison and they’re likely to fall into raptures over those Monument recordings – the ones on which The Big O built his reputation – before perhaps fondly recalling his late-period renaissance as a Traveling Wilbury… And then maybe remembering ‘I Drove All Night’ as a coda. Yet there’s an entire eight-year period, from 1965-73, during which Orbison was at his most prolific, and which deserves closer inspection…”

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uDiscover: ROY ORBISON IN 20 SONGS

September 9, 2015 by admin

uDiscover: ROY ORBISON IN 20 SONGS

“Here’s a new uDiscover playlist of the Big O’s’ Biggest. The voice of the great Roy Orbisonis among the great treasures of popular music history, and we’ve set ourselves the challenging task of doing a précis of his catalogue, including smash hits and some hidden gems, as we present Roy Orbison In 20 Songs…”

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