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My Heart Skips a Beat: Omnivore Premieres Long-Lost Buck Owens Concert

March 17, 2025 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Hey Buckaroos!  Omnivore Recordings has unearthed what they're describing as the earliest full concert recording of Buck Owens and his legendary band onstage, and they're bringing it to fans on March 28.  The Exciting Sounds of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos Live from Richmond, Virginia, 1964 arrives on vinyl - no CD version has been announced yet - with eighteen cuts from the Bakersfield group.

The album captures Owens, Don Rich, Doyle Holly, Tom Brumley, and Willie Cantu at the peak of their collective powers performing a string of favorites including the chart-topping likes of "Act Naturally," "Love's Gonna Live Here," "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)," and "My Heart Skips a Beat."  The band also performed classics (the fiddle standard "Orange Blossom Special," cowboy favorite "Streets of Laredo," and genre-defying ballad "Release Me") and more contemporary tunes (Roger Miller's "Dang Me," "Long Tall Texan," and even "Twist and Shout" as a nod to Capitol labelmates The Beatles).

Two years later, in 1966, Capitol would preserve the Buckaroos' Carnegie Hall concert on a renowned live album, but this long-lost recording displays much of the same energy and electricity with some unique repertoire ("Release Me," "Orange Blossom Special," "Close Up the Honky Tonks," "Dang Me," "Hello Walls No. 2," "Twist and Shout," and others).  The recording has been newly restored and mastered by Michael Graves for this release.

The Exciting Sounds of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos Live from Richmond, Virginia, 1964 is presented in a Capitol-style jacket on "strawberry jam"-colored vinyl.  It arrives from Omnivore on March 28.  You'll find the track listing and pre-order links below.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, The Exciting Sounds of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos Live from Richmond, Virginia, 1964 (Omnivore OVLP-576, 2025) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side One

  1. Intro
  2. Act Naturally
  3. Love's Gonna Live Here
  4. Together Again
  5. My Heart Skips a Beat
  6. Band Intros
  7. Orange Blossom Special
  8. The Streets of Laredo (The Young Cowboy)
  9. I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)
  10. Close Up the Honky Tonks

Side Two

  1. Mexican Polka/Buck's Polka
  2. Truck Drivin' Man
  3. A-11
  4. Release Me
  5. Hello, Trouble
  6. I Don't Hear You
  7. Dang Me
  8. Hello Walls No. 2
  9. Long Tall Texan
  10. Twist and Shout​

Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Buck Owens

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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.

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Comments

  1. Robert Lett says

    March 17, 2025 at 2:47 pm

    Being from Richmond I am super excited and curious about the details of this, the venue most of all. I think it might have been either the Strand (now demolished) or the Mosque (still standing but a different name now after "Mosque" was deemed politically incorrect in the 90's.) I cannot wait to get into the liner notes. One of my rare vinyl purchases but hopefully they will follow it up on CD.

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  2. Earl Cambron says

    March 17, 2025 at 8:52 pm

    CD please!

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  3. Jim West says

    March 29, 2025 at 1:38 am

    Just purchased the album. There are extensive liner notes in the interior of the vinyl LP. I am a big fan of Owens music and also had the privilege of working for the man and his family at one of his country radio stations.

    Jim West

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