The best-recorded live disc ever issued, taken from the soundtrack of the HBO concert from the 1980s with VIP guests like. 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 from the 1960s, and all that remains are TV appearances from Europe.

1. Orbison Black And White Night
2. Roy Orbison Black And White Concert
3. Roy Orbison Black And White Crying

Don't get confused by the page heading brief description: Apart of being a reissue, this album is a deep remaster of the original Orbison's B&W Night mighty concert.I say 'deep remaster' because there is an absolute, clear reorientation in the way the concert is sonically presented: Whereas in the original version Mr. Orbison was at the same sonic level than the band, with a rich presentation of all the components playing more or less equally, in this issue the focus is clearly on Roy's voice, omnipresent over the soundstage with puntual emphasis in individual instruments, depending on the song or moment. The public presence is now less explicit than in the original issue.Regarding the new tracks, since this release is recorded on two discs there's room for adding songs that was impossible to include in the original, single-disk version.

Orbison Black And White Night

Roy Orbison Black And White Concert

Roy Orbison Black And White Crying

In that sense, the addition of Blue Angel, Claudette or a short, additional version of Pretty Woman is more than welcome (personally I find Blue Angel fantastic).Last but not least, recording and pressing quality: About recording, and being exposed objectivelly how this remaster has changed regarding the original, the record sound is fantastic (no compression, no distortion, nothing to say agains it). However, the pressing is not so good: though it arrived in perfect aesthetical conditions, my copy presents punctual noise always in the same tracks, same instant, only on the left channel. This is the same problem, though not so serious, as that described by some owners (including me) of the Legacy 2018 reissue of Miles Davis Kind of Blue. Curiously, Legacy is the same company publishing this record, presenting the same problem.

This is the reason why I don't set five stars to this record.