Mystery Girl was Roy Orbison’s last album he recorded before his death in 1988. This new Deluxe Edition includes demos and fragments of songs in addition to the finished work. The DVD provides song-by-song commentary. The real bonus is the inclusion of eight Roy Orbison videos. Four of them have never been released before this. If you’re a Roy Orbison fan, this is a must-buy! GRADE: A
TRACK LIST:
Disc 1
1 You Got It (3:30)
2 In the Real World (3:43)
3 Dream You (3:40)
4 A Love So Beautiful (3:33)
5 California Blue (3:57)
6 She’s a Mystery To Me (4:16)
7 The Comedians (3:26)
8 The Only One (3:55)
9 Windsurfer (4:02)
10 Careless Heart (4:12)
11 The Way is Love (4:12)
12 She’s a Mystery To Me – Bono (4:51)
13 (All I Can Do is) Dream You (4:33)
14 The Only One (5:12)
15 The Comedians (3:24)
16 In the Real World (3:38)
17 California Blue (4:41)
18 Windsurfer (3:50)
19 You Are My Love (2:35)
DVD
1 Mystery Girl: Unraveled
2 The Way is Love
3 California Blue [Demo Version]
4 You Got It
5 She’s a Mystery To Me
6 You Got It
7 California Blue
8 She’s a Mystery To Me
9 A Love So Beautiful
You can’t possibly go wrong with Roy Orbison in my opinion. We were fortunate enough to see him perform live in July of 1988, less than five months before his death, and he sounded as great as ever. His death (at 52!) was a real loss.
Jeff, you’re right. Roy Orbison died too young.
what a voice!
Patti, Roy Orbison’s voice was unique.
Roy is one of the greats, for sure. I saw him perform live only once, long ago. Probably 1960.
Bill, I never saw Roy Orbison perform live, but I watched all of his videos.
I love this album–although, admittedly, few of the songs are on par with classics like Only the Lonely and (my favorite) Blue Angel, it’s still a lovely collection; and I think the haunting She’s A Mystery to Me does rank right up there in the Orbison canon. I’m glad Roy had this career resurgence (including a great Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction) before his untimely death.
Deb, Roy Orbison was great right up to his untimely death. He never stopped touring, he never stopped recording. The PRETTY WOMAN movie gave his career a boost.
Some of my favorite Orbison work is on The Traveling Wilburys album. I’m not a big fan of over the top albums like this with demos and fragments.
Rick, I agree Orbison did some great work with THE TRAVELING WILBURYS. The demo versions on this CD shows some of the creative process that went into the production. They’re interesting from that perspective.
What, no love for The Fastest Guitar in the West? BTW, George, you didn’t have to retype all those song titles. They’re in the photo you ran.
Bob, you know I love redundancy.