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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of one of the
most influential pioneers of rock and roll, Roy Orbison, to the Rock
Band Music Store catalogue of
 downloadable
content. Grammy Award-winning Roy Orbison was a singer, songwriter
and performer whose distinctive sound scored him an astounding nine
Top 10 hits in four years in the early 1960’s. Orbison’s historic
career began in the 1950’s and saw a huge resurgence in the late
1980’s, when he became a prominent influence on artists like Bruce
Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Bono, K.D. Lang and Traveling Wilburys.
The “Roy Orbison Pack 01” will include “Oh, Pretty Woman,” “Ooby
Dooby,” “In Dreams,” Claudette,” “Mean Woman Blues” and “You Got
It.” All six songs will be available for download as individual
tracks as well. These six songs featured are hits from Orbison’s
incredible legacy of albums including the recently released
definitive box set Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock And Roll (2008)
which contains 107 recordings spanning Orbison’s entire career.
“When I was a kid, my world evolved around a black vinyl record,"
said Barbara Orbison. "How times have changed! Rock Band and
Harmonix have given us a new way to experience music and now
everyone can belong to a band. How much more fun could you have,
than to play the opening riff of Oh Pretty Woman and try to
sing like Roy Orbison?"
These tracks will be available starting January 6th,
2009, for the Xbox360 and January 15th, 2009 for
PLAYSTATION3. Each individual track will be available for $1.99 (160
Microsoft Points) and $9.99 (800 Microsoft Points) for the 6-pack.
Release
Date: Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 (XboxLIVE!
Marketplace for
Xbox360)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 (PlayStation Store)
Tracks:
1. “Claudette”
2. “In Dreams”
3. “Mean Woman Blues”
4. “Oh, Pretty Woman”
5. “Ooby Dooby”
6. “You Got It”
(All tracks are original master recordings)
Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox360) per track
$9.99 (800 Microsoft Points for Xbox360) for the 6-pack |
