A Love So Beautiful

Roy Orbison with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

 2017 - Legacy Recordings.  Some entertainers are not meant to fade away into the abyss known as music.  Some entertainers are so talented, that even after they leave this earth, they live on through their music.  One of those entertainers is Roy Orbison and his legacy lives on through his children as well as his music.  This album is historic in every sense.  Primarily, to take an iconic entertainer as the late Roy Orbison and mix his original recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is inventive.  The addition of the orchestra does not overwhelm or over power the original recordings.  This project follows the If I Can Dream album of Elvis with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The addition of the orchestra to that project did not enhance Elvis’ performances.  Where as in A Love So Beautiful, it strengthens the already charismatic vocals of Roy Orbison; it’s as if the orchestra and Roy were meant to be.  The enigmatic history found within this project is that three generations of Orbisons are featured on here.  Roy’s sons Alex, Wesley, Roy Jr. and a 10-month-old Roy Orbison III (grandson) are featured on “Oh, Pretty Woman.”  Alex, Roy Jr. and Wesley team up with their late father, as his band, in re-recording his classic hits “A Love So Beautiful,” “I Drove All Night,” “Uptown,” “Dream Baby” and “Mean Woman Blues.”  However, the historical significance is found in the fact that these songs were recorded at Black River Studios located in Nashville, Tennessee.  Forty years ago, this venue was once called US Recording and was owned by Roy Orbison.  This album features sixteen of Roy’s most iconic songs including “In Dreams,” “It’s Over,” “Blue Angel,” “Love Hurts,” and “Only The Lonely” to name a few.  Each of the recordings are well produced, however, there are a few moments when you can hear the white noise that surrounds Roy’s original vocal tracks.  This album is a hidden support of a new Roy Orbison tour! Yes, essentially the iconic entertainer known as Roy Orbison is back from the dead and on tour!  In the beginning of 2018, In Dreams Roy Orbison in concert “The Hologram World Tour—Live on Stage performing his greatest hits with a live symphony orchestra” opened in the United Kingdom.  The show was immediately sold out.  The tour will hit North America in September and runs through December 2018.  For more information, please visit Orbisonconcert.com.  This album brings to the listener an enhanced, beautiful array of incredible music.  Anyone who takes the time to listen to this project will certainly enjoy it as we have.  This album is one for every music aficionado and one to give to those who do not know what real and great music is! $$$$$+ 

(This review was printed in the July / August 2018 issue of Strictly Country Magazine.)

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