|
ROY ORBISON : A BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT - LIVE |
|
Label : Virgin Records Release Year : 1989 Recording Date : September 30, 1987 Venue : Ambassador Hotel, Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA Length : 57:32 Review (AllMusic) : The best recorded Roy Orbison live disc ever issued, taken from the soundtrack of the HBO concert from the 1980s with VIP guests like Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello. This was a sort of magical video, and the performances are splendid, along with the good feelings involved. On the other hand, the performances are extremely reverential to the established studio versions of the songs (all of the hits are here), and intended to mimic them, so this isn't quite the same as a live album as it would have been done back when. The pity is that neither Monument nor MGM ever taped any complete concerts by Orbison from the 1960s, and all we have are the TV appearances from Europe. |