The Exciting Sounds of Buck Owens And His Buckaroos Live From Richmond, Virginia, 1964 out on March 28th
Omnivore Recordings has announced The Exciting Sounds of Buck Owens And His Buckaroos Live From Richmond, Virginia, 1964 will be released on March 28th, pressed on strawberry jam-colored vinyl. It’s the earliest known full concert recording of Buck and his Buckaroos, mastered from the original tape by Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves and including extensive liner notes from co-producer Scott B. Bomar.
Buck Owens and his Buckaroos were a phenomenon when they burst onto the scene in the early 1960s. in 1963–1964, they had five No. 1 country hits including “Act Naturally,” “Love’s Gonna Live Here,” “I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me),” and “My Heart Skips A Beat.” Their live Carnegie Hall Concert release hit No. 1 in 1966, but how exciting they were onstage before that was largely unheard of.
The Exciting Sounds Of Buck Owens And His Buckaroos Live From Richmond, Virginia, 1964 is the recently discovered, earliest full-concert recording of The Buckaroos onstage. The band, performing the aforementioned No. 1 hits and more, shows how their presence and performance in front of a live audience cemented their status as one of the greatest acts of all time—in person and on record.
Painstakingly restored and mastered by multiple Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves, The Exciting Sounds Of Buck Owens And His Buckaroos Live From Richmond, Virginia, 1964 shows a band ready to take over the world. (Even showing appreciation to their new labelmates, The Beatles, with a cover of “Twist And Shout.”) With a first pressing on strawberry jam-colored vinyl, the record looks and sounds like it could and should have appeared in 1964, but with 21st-century style and technology.
Side A:
1. Intro
2. Act Naturally – (Johnny Russell/Voni Morrison)
3. Love’s Gonna Live Here – (Buck Owens)
4. Together Again – (Buck Owens)
5. My Heart Skips A Beat – (Buck Owens)
6. Band Intros
7. Orange Blossom Special – (Ervin Rouse)
8. The Streets Of Laredo (The Young Cowboy) – (Trad., arr. by Buck Owens)
9. I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) – (Buck Owens)
10. Close Up The Honky Tonks – (Red Simpson)
Side B:
1. Mexican Polka/Buck’s Polka – (Buck Owens)
2. Truck Drivin’ Man – (Terry Fell)
3. A-11 – (Hank Cochran)
4. Release Me – (Eddie Miller/W.S. Stevenson)
5. Hello Trouble – (Eddie McDuff/Orville Couch)
6. I Don’t Hear You – (Buck Owens)
7. Dang Me – (Roger Miller)
8. Hello Walls No. 2 – (Willie Nelson/Sheb Wooley)
9. Long Tall Texan – (Henry Strzelecki)
10. Twist And Shout – (Phil Medley/Bert Russell)
