The Big O (album)

In May 1969, Roy Orbison had plans for a live album while he was on tour in the UK. The project was to be called Roy Orbison Live in England. MGM Records were not happy with his plan, however, and Orbison had to compromise. Orbison and the Art Movement turned the Batley Variety Club in West Yorkshire, England into a recording studio. This was done by calling in a mobile studio truck that had all the gear in it and running the cords into the area in which they wanted to record. Using this technique Orbison was able to achieve the polished studio sound his record label preferred in the most live sounding way possible. The orchestra was overdubbed in Nashville over the stereo two-track mix. While MGM chose not to release the album in North America, London-Decca opted to release it elsewhere in early 1970. == Reception ==

Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "he made a series of studio recordings encompassing some of the same oldies, mostly in a rock & roll vein, including "Help Me Rhonda," "Money," and "Land of 1,000 Dances," that were part of his concert set, broken up by originals such as the highly charged and exciting "Down the Line." ==Track listing==

All produced by Ron Randall, except for "Penny Arcade" (produced by Wesley Rose) and arranged by Jim Hall. ==Personnel==

• Roy Orbison - guitar, vocals ;The Art Movement • Billy Dean - guitar • Roger Bryan - guitar • Keith Headley - piano • Terry Widlake - bass guitar • Bob Munday - drums • John Switters - percussion ==References==