WIWS Banner

The Second Disc

Expanded and Remastered Music News

  • Home
  • News
    • Classic Rock
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Jazz
    • Popular Standards/Vocal
    • R&B/Soul
    • Country
    • Folk
    • Cast Recordings
    • Soundtracks
    • Everything Else
      • Classical/Opera
      • Disco/Dance
      • Funk
      • Gospel
      • Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Features
    • Release Round-Up
    • Giveaways!
    • Interviews
  • Reviews
    • Classic Rock
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Jazz
    • Popular Standards/Vocal
    • R&B/Soul
    • Country
    • Folk
    • Cast Recordings
    • Soundtracks
    • Everything Else
      • Classical/Opera
      • Disco/Dance
      • Funk
      • Gospel
      • Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Release Calendar
    • Coming Soon
    • Now Available
  • About
  • Second Disc Records
    • Full Catalog
  • Contact

/ News

It's Been a Long, Long Time: Omnivore Rescues Lost Buck Owens Album from the Vaults

June 14, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

 

BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM

2018 has already seen the announcement of lost albums and never-before-heard recordings by Prince, John Coltrane, and Bobby Darin.  Now a fourth late icon is recipient of a vault excavation that's sure to delight his fans.  On August 17, Omnivore Recordings will issue Country Singer's Prayer from the great Buck Owens.

The country hero was in the final year of his contract to Capitol Records in 1975 when he recorded Country Singer's Prayer in his Bakersfield studio.  Buck had weathered the death of his close friend and collaborator Don Rich the year before, but the changing sound of country music was taking its toll.  "The Battle of New Orleans," recorded for Country Singer's Prayer, only reached No. 51 on the C&W survey.  When Capitol next released the album's title track as a single, it missed the chart entirely.  The decision was then made to shelve the full LP, and the label reassigned its catalogue number to a sixth (yes, sixth) volume of The Best of Buck Owens.  Both songs would also be included on that album but the remainder of the album would go unheard until a 2012 Bear Family box set.  Buck would return to some of its material at his next label home, Warner Bros. Records.

More than forty years later, Omnivore is now teaming with The Buck Owens Estate for the first-ever standalone release of what would have been Owens' final Capitol album, Country Singer's Prayer.  It's been remastered from the original tapes in its originally intended sequence, and also includes the B-sides to "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Country Singer's Prayer": "Run Him to the Round House Nellie (You Might Corner Him There)" and "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" (the latter of which was also included on The Best of Buck Owens Vol. 6).  Scott B. Bomar's new liner notes are drawn from interviews with Buckaroos pianist Jim Shaw (co-author of the album's title track) and R.J. Jones, a.k.a. Rocky Topp, with whom Shaw wrote the song.

This rare discovery from Buck Owens is due on August 17 in both CD and digital formats from Omnivore!  It can be pre-ordered directly from the label below, with Amazon links to follow!

Buck Owens, Country Singer's Prayer (Omnivore OV-298, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD)

  1. John Law
  2. Love Don't Make the Bars (*)
  3. He Ain't Been Out Bowling with the Boys (*)
  4. Drifting Away (*)
  5. The Battle of New Orleans (previously released as Capitol single 4138, 1975)
  6. Country Singer's Prayer (previously released as Capitol single 4181, 1975)
  7. California Okie (*)
  8. A Different Kind of Sad (*)
  9. It's Been a Long, Long Time (*)
  10. How's Everything (*)
  11. Run Him to the Round House, Nellie (You Might Corner Him There) (previously released as Capitol single 4138, 1975)
  12. Meanwhile Back at the Ranch (previously released as Capitol single 4181, 1975)

(*) track premiered on Tall Dark Stranger: The Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Recordings 1969-1975, Bear Family BCD 16898, 2012

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Country Tags: Buck Owens

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

Connect With Joe: FacebookTwitter

You Might Also Like

  • StreamThe Weekend Stream: May 21, 2022
  • Brian Wilson At My PianoRelease Round-Up: Week of December 10
  • Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse Remixed CD BDRelease Round-Up: Week of October 29
  • Buck Owens Its a Monsters HolidayMeanwhile Back at the Ranch: Omnivore Reissues Three from Buck Owens Including "(It's A) Monster's Holiday"

Comments

  1. Dr. Stephen Maltais ND says

    June 15, 2018 at 10:20 am

    Excellent job as always Joe Marchese 🙂

    Reply
  2. Robert Lett says

    June 19, 2018 at 11:33 am

    I have the Bear Box with this materiel so I might pass, it's really cool they are reissuing it though.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Upcoming Releases

  • BT Express Do It Til Youre Satsified
    Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) (Remastered and Expanded Edition)
    B.T. Express
    May 27, 2022
  • ABBA Albums Box
    Album Box Set
    ABBA
    May 27, 2022
  • Sex Pistols Original Recordings
    The Original Recordings
    Sex Pistols
    May 27, 2022
See Full Calendar

Connect

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 4,434 other subscribers

Popular

  • Dolenz Jones Boyce and Hart
    I Remember the Feeling: 7a Records Reissues Studio and Live Albums from Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart posted on May 18, 2022 | under News
  • Combat Rock Peoples Hall
    Release Round-Up: Week of May 20 posted on May 20, 2022 | under Release Round-Up
  • Beatles Get Back BD
    UPDATE: "The Beatles: Get Back" Documentary Premieres on Blu-ray and DVD in July posted on May 24, 2022 | under News

Comments

  • small faces here come the nice2
    Return To Itchycoo Park: Small Faces' "Here Come The Nice" Deluxe Box Set Arrives In January [UPDATED 12/3] 84 comments | by Joe Marchese | posted on December 3, 2013 | under News
  • the beatles u s albums box2
    British Invasion! The Beatles Unveil "The U.S. Albums" Box Set in January 69 comments | by Joe Marchese | posted on December 12, 2013 | under News
  • Rolling Stones in Mono
    Out of Their Heads: Stones Plan Mono Box Set 47 comments | by Mike Duquette | posted on August 10, 2016 | under News

Music Resources

  • Addicted to Vinyl
  • Crap from the Past
  • Discogs
  • Film Score Monthly
  • IMWAN Forum – From the Vaults
  • MusicTAP
  • Musoscribe
  • Pause & Play
  • Popblerd
  • Popdose
  • Record Racks
  • Slicing Up Eyeballs
  • Steve Hoffman Music Forums
  • Ultimate Classic Rock
  • Vintage Vinyl News
  • Viva La Mainstream
  • Wolfgang's Vault

Labels of Note

  • Ace Records
  • Analog Spark
  • Bear Family
  • BGO Records
  • Big Break Records
  • Blixa Sounds
  • Cherry Red Label Group
  • Craft Recordings
  • Demon Music Group
  • Friday Music
  • Funky Town Grooves
  • Iconoclassic Records
  • Intervention Records
  • Intrada
  • Kritzerland
  • La La Land Records
  • Legacy Recordings
  • Light in the Attic
  • Masterworks Broadway
  • Now Sounds
  • Omnivore Recordings
  • Real Gone Music
  • Resonance Records
  • Rhino Entertainment
  • Rock Candy Records
  • Sunset Blvd. Records
  • Supermegabot
  • Varese Sarabande
  • Vinyl Me Please
  • Wounded Bird
Copyright © 2022 The Second Disc. All rights reserved. · Site by Metaglyphics

The Second Disc is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk.

Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy