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Roy Orbison reworked by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

By | Published on Friday 26 May 2017

Roy Orbison

Following on from the success of two Royal Philharmonic Orchestra albums providing new orchestral backing to Elvis vocals, Sony will released a similar reworking of Roy Orbison songs, ‘A Love So Beautiful’, on 3 Nov. As well as the orchestra, Orbison’s three sons – Alex, Wesley and Roy Jr – and his ten month old grandson Roy III, perform on a number of tracks.

Orbison’s youngest son Alex, also president of Roy’s Boys, the company set up to administer the late musician’s catalogue, says in a statement: “If ever there were a singer whose body of work benefits from a collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic it would be Roy Orbison”.

“During the course of his career and after his passing it was constantly noted that his transcendent vocal ability made him something of an anomaly in the world of pop and rock and that, in another life, he would have taken the classical music/opera world by storm”, he continues. “Soon, we’ll all be able to experience that ‘life’ with the release of this project. It’s more than an album release, it’s the fulfilment of a prophecy in a very tangible way”.

Also out this year is the first ever officially sanctioned book about Orbison, ‘The Authorised Roy Orbison’. The book was written by Orbison’s sons with journalist Jeff Slate.



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