


. Review: Excellent song selection. - We don't hear his music played on the Oldie radio stations anymore. Was happy to find this CD. Excellent quality. Review: This is a great CD for any Orbison fan, as it covers some of his basic hits... - This is a great CD for any Orbison fan as it covers some of his basic hits. The sound is absolutely gorgeous on this CD. The tracks are extremely bold and crisp. As a bonus, the CD offer's the rarely used 20-bit HDCD encoding, which sheds more light on the complexity of some of these arraignments, not to mention it brings out the unique, pop-out and passionate vocals by Orbison with great clarity. With very few exceptions of the late 80's and early 90's, the audio restorations of the late 90's started to demonstrate the full potential of digital remastering of analog recordings, this album is a very good example of that. INTERESTING NOTE: On this collection, the version of "Oh, Pretty Woman" used is the mono single mix with added reverb. This version appears to have a momentary alternate lyric insert at 1:42 which differs from the stereo mix... or perhaps it's the stereo version that has the insert, I don't know, it's a very good edit. All of the other tracks are in true stereo. .

















H**H
Excellent song selection.
We don't hear his music played on the Oldie radio stations anymore. Was happy to find this CD. Excellent quality.
J**A
This is a great CD for any Orbison fan, as it covers some of his basic hits...
This is a great CD for any Orbison fan as it covers some of his basic hits. The sound is absolutely gorgeous on this CD. The tracks are extremely bold and crisp. As a bonus, the CD offer's the rarely used 20-bit HDCD encoding, which sheds more light on the complexity of some of these arraignments, not to mention it brings out the unique, pop-out and passionate vocals by Orbison with great clarity. With very few exceptions of the late 80's and early 90's, the audio restorations of the late 90's started to demonstrate the full potential of digital remastering of analog recordings, this album is a very good example of that. INTERESTING NOTE: On this collection, the version of "Oh, Pretty Woman" used is the mono single mix with added reverb. This version appears to have a momentary alternate lyric insert at 1:42 which differs from the stereo mix... or perhaps it's the stereo version that has the insert, I don't know, it's a very good edit. All of the other tracks are in true stereo. .
B**A
Awesome music
Roy Orbison is one of my favorite singers! Great Cd to have in my car
R**R
Orbison unchained like never befo
Every hit the classic Roy O ever delivered on one CD
A**R
case broken.
Case broken but CD played fine.
J**O
Great Stuff!
Sonically speaking, this (1999) release is by far the best of the various Roy Orbison compilation albums, containing (as the title states) his "16 Biggest Hits." HDCD encoded when remastered (even if your CD player does not specifically decode them, see my review of Dave Brubeck's 1997 CD release of "Time Out" elsewhere to read of the many benefits of that process), the quality of the sound is phenomenal, especially considering the songs were originally recorded in the early '60s. You'll find yourself singing along with each of the songs, just like you may have done when you first heard them. If you're a fan, or even if you're just a 'lukewarm' Roy Orbison listener, this release is the one for you!
M**S
GREAT SINGER/COMPOSER.
Greatest songs, , danceable, Great song/composer. hits, to listen to years gone by.
A**Y
Takes you back in time
I love the songs. Only Roy can sing those wonderful old songs that bring back so many memories, some even good memories. There isn't anything I can think of that I didn't like. Being in a small living area it is nice to have the good old music that 'fits' in my space without having to store the old huge records.