A Black & White Night Live

A Black & White Night Live
Live album by Roy Orbison
Released October 23, 1989
Recorded September 30, 1987
Genre Rockabilly, country
Length 57:32
Label Virgin
Producer T-Bone Burnett
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A Black & White Night Live is a Roy Orbison music album made posthumously by Virgin Records from the HBO television special, Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, which was filmed in 1987 and broadcast in 1988. According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco,[1] the album was released in October 1989 and included the song "Blue Bayou" which because of time constraints had been deleted from the televised broadcast. However it did not include the song "Claudette" and "Blue Angel" which were also cut from the original broadcast for the same reason. The SACD/CD Hybrid Audio Disc includes "Blue Angel" as a bonus track - the SACD/CD Hybrid Disc is contained in a pack with the DVD released by Image Entertainment, USA (ID27700BDVD). "Claudette" was included in later releases of the concert. According to Riesco's discography, all tracks are now released on the 30 year anniversary "Black & White Night 30."

On piano was Glen D. Hardin, who had played piano for Buddy Holly as well as Elvis Presley. Lead guitarist James Burton, drummer Ronnie Tutt and bassist Jerry Scheff were also from Presley's group. Male background vocals and some guitars were provided by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther and Steven Soles. Female background vocalists were k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes and Bonnie Raitt.

The show also had a number of celebrities in the audience such as Kris Kristofferson, Billy Idol and Sandra Bernhard.

On February 24, 2017, a 30th anniversary edition, titled Black & White Night 30, was released. The edition has been expanded, re-edited, and remastered, and it is available both as a CD/DVD and a CD/Blu-ray set.[2] This release has sold 161,400 copies as of March 2017.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Only the Lonely"
  2. "Dream Baby"
  3. "Blue Bayou" [not originally shown in the film]
  4. "The Comedians"
  5. "Ooby Dooby"
  6. "Leah"
  7. "Running Scared"
  8. "Uptown"
  9. "In Dreams"
  10. "Crying"
  11. "Candy Man"
  12. "Go Go Go (Down the Line)"
  13. "Mean Woman Blues"
  14. "Dream You"
  15. "Claudette" [not originally included on the 1989 LP]
  16. "It's Over"
  17. "Oh, Pretty Woman"
  18. "Blue Angel" [not originally included on LP or in the film]

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex,, Slate, Jeff,, Riesco, Marcel (First ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 248. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
  2. ↑ "Roy Orbison's Black & White Night 30 DVD, Blu-ray and Audio CD Out Feb 24 on Roy's Boys/Legacy, Featuring Never-Before-Seen Performances, Camera Angles and Mini-Documentary". PR Newswire. January 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (March 5, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: March 6, 2017". Roughstock.
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