Roy Orbison: Live from Australia

Some artists are woefully underrepresented on music DVD, but not Roy Orbison: in addition to Roy Orbison: Black & White Night, the svelte-voiced '60s troubadour's oeuvre includes Roy Orbison: Greatest Hits (VL-9/03), Roy Orbison: The Anthology (VL-5/99), and Roy Orbison: Live at Austin City Limits (VL-5/03). Originally airing on Australian television, this 15-song 1972 concert, filmed in black-and-white at the Festival Hall in Melbourne, finds the crooner backed by a full band and an orchestra on hits such as "Only the Lonely," "Crying," "Dream Baby," "In Dreams," "Blue Bayou," and "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Orbison also covers Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," though he improves on neither). Presented in DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1 and stereo, the sound is reasonably good (there are some imperfections in the source material that cannot be corrected), but this is ultimately a short, undistinguished outing, and viewers would be better served by Black & White Night or one of the collections. DVD extras include a half-hour of interviews with band members from the '72 tour. Optional. Aud: P. (R. Pitman)