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FranceAnyone own the Bear Family 7 CD box Orbison?
I'm wondering if this is worth buying or would I be better off to try and collect the material through lose cd's?
The price is pretty expensive. If I order it through their site it would cost me 158 Euro's (plus probably postage, although I'm not sure). On Amazon it goes for around 200 dollars + postage.
I'm especially interested in not only the music (of course) but the book, since I'm a new fan and have very little of Roy and am especially interested in any photos, released and unreleased, and they claim the book with this set has many unreleased photos of Roy and of course the bio that is in the book.
One could say I'm hungry for Roy Material, since I have so very little still. LOL
I'm either contemplating asking it for my birthday or dish out the money from my vacation money. Not going on vacation anyway. *grin*
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Hi! I have it and I enjoy listening to it a lot. It has a lot of material that can't be found else where. You can probably buy it cheaper on Ebay. Good Luck!
Thanks for your reply.
How is the book, is it good? Many photos?
On Amazon they have a pic of it, open at a beautiful photo of Roy with normal glasses, it does look beautiful.
yes, the book is beautiful! lots of pictures. My favorite set of cds is the 5 Edsel record label set. It is all 11 MGM albums he recorded from 1965-1973. The 5 packages are as follows
1. There is only one R.O. & The Orbison Way
2. The Classic R.O. & Cry Softly Lonely One
3. R.O. Sings Don Gibson & Hank Williams The R.O. Way
4. R.O.s Many Moods & Big O
5. R.O. Sings & Memphis & Milestones
They can be found on Amazon and Ebay.
They do not include the singles, but you can get all of them on 1 cd from the RO store.
Hope this helps you. I never tire of listening to his music!
Janey
Thanks for the info. I did see those cd's, at least two of them, in my fave online store so most probably will pick those up too in the near future.
I'm not sure if I have ever seen this one. I will have to check it out on Amazon. Would really love to have the book. Thanks for the info.
Don't know if we're allowed to post links here. But here it is on the official Bear Family site.
Orbison 7 CD Box.
It looks like a wonderful CD box. It contains every recording of Roy from 1955 to 1965, including alternate versions of songs. (according to the site)
And the coca cola advertisements etc.
It is expensive though as I said, but for that you get close to 200 songs, from what I counted on the site of Bear Family there are 192 tracks in total in this cd box. Of course some of those will be duplicates as they are alternative versions. But still a beautiful asset I think to any Roy Orbison collection which is why I'm thinking of buying it. Normally I could not afford such a box, but as I said, I got my vacation money this month and since I'm not going on any vacation anyway this might be a nice thing to spend my money on.
This is btw the track listing of the box:
CD-1: EARLY
TEEN KINGS: Ooby Dooby
TEEN KINGS: Trying To Get To You
ORBISON, Roy:
Ooby Dooby (sun master)
Go! Go! Go!
Trying To Get To You
You're My Baby
Rock House
Sweet And Easy To Love
Devil Doll
Love Dumb Baby (fragment)
Fool's Hall Of Fame
A True Love Goodbye
Chicken Hearted
I Like Love
Mean Little Mama
Problem Child
Cat Called Domino
You Tell Me
I Give Up
One More Time
Lovestruck
The Clown
Claudette
The Cause Of It All
You're Gonna Cry
This Kind Of Love
It's Too Late
I Never Knew
Claudette
CD-2: EARLY
ORBISON, Roy:
Ooby Dooby (alt)
Ooby Dooby (alt 2)
Ooby Dooby (alt 3)
Trying To Get To You (alt)
Chicken Hearted (semi spoken vocal)
Problem Child (alt)
The Clown (alt)
This Kind Of Love
It's Too Late (alt)
KEN COOK & ROY ORBISON: I Was A Fool
ORBISON, Roy: Seems To Me
Sweet And Innocent
I'll Never Tell
Almost Eighteen
Jolie
Paper Boy
With The Bug
WINK WESTERNERS: Ooby Dooby
WINK WESTERNERS: Hey! Miss Fannie
TEEN KINGS: A True Love Goodbye
TEEN KINGS: An Empty Cup
TEEN KINGS: Cat Called Domino
ROY ORBISON & JOE MELSON: I Guess I'm Lonely
ROY ORBISON & JOE MELSON: You Fool You
ROY ORBISON & JOE MELSON: Velveteen Doll
ROY ORBISON & JOE MELSON: She's Okay
CD-3: TEEN KINGS
Ooby Dooby
Racker Tacker
Blue Suede Shoes
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
St. Louis Blues
All By Myself
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Jam
Rock House
Singing The Blues
Pretend
Rip It Up
Trying To Get To You
TK Blues
Go! Go! Go!
Bo Diddley
Do You Remember?(B.Pat,Jack & James talk ~ about the TEEN KINGS)
CD-4: MONUMENT
ORBISON, Roy:
Paper Boy
Double Date
With The Bug
Up Town
Raindrops
Pretty One
Blue Avenue
Only The Lonely
Here Comes That Song Again
Today's Teardrops
Blue Angel
I'll Say It's My Fault
Come Back To Me (My Love)
(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time
Bye Bye Love
Twentytwo Days
Cry
I Can't Stop Loving You
I'm Hurtin'
Darkness
Let's Make A Memory
Love Hurts
Running Scared
Nightliefe (with semi spoken intro)
Summer Song
Loneliness
Dance
CD-5: MONUMENT
Lana
Dance
She Wears My Ring
Crying
Sunset
The Great Pretender
Candy Man
House Without Windows
(They Call You) Gigolette
How Are Things In Paradise
(They Call You) Gigolette
Wedding Day
Yes
Let The Good Times Roll
Blue Bayou (2)
Party Heart
Evergreen
Love Star
Dream Baby
The Actress
No One Will Ever Know
The Crowd (2)
Mama
(I Get So) Sentimental
Leah
Working For The Man
Borne On The Wind
Distant Drums
CD-6: MONUMENT
Falling
Shahdaroba
I Dreams
Dream
My Prayer
Lonely Wine
Beautiful Dreamer
All I Have To Do Is Dream Of You
Mean Woman Blues
What'd I Say
San Fernando (german)
Mama (german)
Pretty Paper
Almost
It's Over
Indian Wedding
O Pretty Woman (single version)
Yo Te Amo Maria
Only With You
Goodnight
(Say) You're My Girl (fast)
(Say) You're My Girl (slow)
Sleepy Hollow
Ride Away (MGM)
CD-7: RARTIES/SESSIONS
Oh Pretty Woman (LP version)
Twentytwo Days
Love Hurts
Nightlife
(They Call You) Gigolette
Borne On The Wind (different vocal)
Pretty Paper
Indian Wedding
Blue Avenue
Here Comes That Song Again
It's Over
Today's Teardrops
Blue Angel
I'll Say It's My Fault
With The Bug (MO 546-2)
SESSIONS:
Double Date (takes 1 & 2)
Double Date (take 5)
Double Date (take 6)
Paper Boy (takes 14/16)
Paper Boy (take 17)
Paper Boy (take 18)
Paper By (take 19)
With The Bug (take 1)
With The Bug (take 2)
With The Bug (take 3)
With The Bug (take 4)
With The Bug (take 9)
THE ROY ORBISON COCA COLA ADVERTS:
Let's Get Together For A Coke Again (1&2&3)
Stayed Out Too Late (1 & 2)
Things Go Better With Coke
Life Is Fun When You're Refreshed (1&2&3)
C.O.C.A. C.O.L.A (1 & 2)
if you find the Bear set on Ebay, ask the seller if they will take Best Offers. They usually will because this is not a big selling item. I don't know if Amazon does that or not.
RoyOrbisonfan,
The Bear Family box you are considering is really worth every penny. The sound quality is great. The 104-page hardcover book is well researched and has a host of terrific photos and details, a must in any comprehensive Roy collection. A pity Bear Family never made a follow-up covering the MGM years ...
Well worth the money.......super book, one can not have too much Roy
Thanks inDreams and Blgmama.
Maybe an idea for Roy fans to mail Bear Family records and ask for a follow up covering the MGM years. I bet there is still plenty of material to cover. Just tell them to get better cover when they make one. *grin*
I did check their website and they are selling some great cd's there, but unfortunately I won't be able to order them since they only accept creditcard and no paypal.
Well I ordered the box set from bol.com. In about 2 to 3 weeks it should arrive.