Roy Orbison - "LIVE FULL VIDEO/SEATTLE COLISEIUM 9-5-87" 

Wonderful concert, emotional, great and always on top, never heard about Roy not at his best on concerts. A big professional with faith. Many thanks for sharing and so great with all the context and the memories you bring with your comments below😊❤

It’s amazing that this video exists! I just discovered its existence yesterday. I did buy an audio CD of this performance that the Orbison Estate used to sell online, but I was totally unaware of the existence of any video of it before stumbling across it online last night. When the CD used to be available on the Orbison Estate website, they used the term, "Epic" to describe this performance - and that was no exaggeration - EPIC indeed it was! My late wife and I were fortunate enough to actually be at this incredible set, live, at the then-still-named "Seattle Coliseum" (subsequently "Key Arena", now "Climate Pledge Arena"). This was the highlight of Seattle's annual Bumbershoot Festival for 1987. And I've been telling friends about it ever since. It was pretty much the greatest live set I've ever attended - and I've attended a lot of great ones! We were sitting on temporary bleachers set up on the near side of the main floor, perpendicular to the center rows of seats - and we were only about 10 feet above the floor (i.e. well above the heads in the center rows) and just far enough out to the left of from where this video was shot that that we were able to easily see the band and backup singers behind Roy, which you can't really see much of on the video due to the odd location of the camera and some blocking equipment. As you can hear, Roy was in top form that night and the crowd was wildly receptive! Also as you can hear and see, when we all thought that Roy had hit the highest possible emotional peak at the end of both "Crying" and the finale, "Running Scared", he paused, stepped back - then came back out front and outdid even himself on a blow-the-roof-off even higher emotional reprise of each - absolutely magical perfection! Thanks so very much for posting this video - I can't thank you enough!! So glad to be able to relive it - and so glad that others are able to see and hear it!!

These people witnessed greatness at this concert. Nobody, nobody can sing like Roy.

Outstanding singer. Great concert royorbison was one of the very best.

Listened to this on what would have been Roys 87th birthday . Happy birthday in heaven .

Many thanks for the upload of this phenomenal performance!! I always love me some Roy Orbison!! 💔💔❤❤❤💘💘💘💋💋💋💋💋 I search for Roy's stuff all the time!! I do wish some of the ones in the band that played with Roy would release some of the photos they have,, or tell us fans about some of the funny stuff that went on, on tour. I've read that Roy could be very funny. I listened to Marty Sinclair do an interview with Bucky Barrett, lead guitarist in Roy's band for several years. Bucky said he had a lot of photos of Roy he'd taken of Roy around the country where they had played. But when ask if he would share the photos, Bucky intimated that he only shared them with his friends. He then teased that he might write a book about him working in Roy's band. That was some time ago, so that was all it was, a tease. I would love for someone to interview the band members still alive about touring with Roy. That would be the greatest thing for Roy's fans!!

amazing! a treasure really, thanks for sharing! BR

The audio is very good! I'm so glade you found this recording!! Roy had a fanstastic band!!! ... It's great no matter what!! I listen to him about every day. You did a good job of capturing what you could!! ... Roy belts out that lyric, "It's to bad it's only in dreams," is just an amazing voice!!

Thanks for sharing.

Was so very lucky to be at that concert .

Adoro Roy ORBISON! ❤❤❤

Wow !! what a fantastic concert by Roy.

wow this footage is rare great upload

He has been my favorite since Only the Lonely in 1962 .

Thanks again for these great uploads

Fun fact: Kurt Cobain attended this show!

no one mined that you were filming?

Grey suit, brown loafers??.

How can this performance be in 1987, when he passed in 1986??