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Close Up the Honky Tonks: Omnivore Collects A Decade of Live Buck Owens on New Collection

May 27, 2025 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Buck-le up! Omnivore is returning to the discography of Bakersfield’s favorite son, Buck Owens, with a new 3CD set that chronicles a decade of music-making on the concert stage. Buck and His Buckaroos’ Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 is due from the label on June 27. It boasts 89 tracks (78 songs plus 11 introductions and pieces of onstage chatter) – the majority of which are new to CD. A full 25 tracks have never been issued in any format, while a whopping 43 others are premiering…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 28

March 28, 2025 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Fleetwood Mac, 1975 to 1987 (Warner/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com (with bonus 12″) Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 to 1987 is exactly what it states: a box set of Fleetwood Mac (1975), Rumours (1977), Tusk (1979), Mirage (1982) and Tango in the Night (1987) – available as a 5CD set or a 6LP crystal-clear vinyl box. (D2C orders from Rhino will add an additional reissue of a promotional 12″ on crystal clear vinyl, offering stereo and mono versions…

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Buck Owens, Dio, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Iron City Houserockers, Joe Grushecky, Pete Townshend, Robert Hunter, Santana, Sex Pistols

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

March 17, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

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…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 7

October 7, 2022 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of new releases arriving in stores today! John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band, Greatest Hits (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Iconoclassic offers the first-ever anthology from rock-and-roll revivalists John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band. Its 16 tracks encompass all nine of the band’s chart hits (including “On the Dark Side”) as well as fan favorites from the Eddie and the Cruisers albums, the Rocky IV soundtrack, and more. Vic Anesini at Battery Studios has remastered everything from the original tapes. Read more here!…

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Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bing Crosby, Buck Owens, Davy Jones, Fastway, Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, Fred Astaire, Honey and The Bees, Irving Berlin, John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band, Mark Knopfler, Rosemary Clooney, The Damned

From L.A. to Bakersfield: Omnivore Celebrates California Music Heroes Dean Torrence and Buck Owens on New Collections

September 30, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

This fall, Omnivore will be revisiting the back pages of two California artists with whom the label has become associated: Dean Torrence and Buck Owens. Back in 2017, Omnivore issued Filet of Soul Redux: The Rejected Master Recordings from Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, the innovative surf-rock duo and Beach Boys pals who transformed the sound of SoCal pop. But Dean was always much more than “just” one-half of that pioneering musical pair. As a graphic designer, Torrence won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover in 1971 for the band Pollution’s…

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Bruce Johnston, Buck Owens, Dean Torrence, Flo and Eddie, Jan and Dean, Mike Love, Terry Melcher

The Weekend Stream: May 21, 2022

May 21, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! Some classic compilations, a Who-related soundtrack and a posthumous Notorious B.I.G. appearance are all part of the experience this week. Various Artists, The Sound of the R&B Hits (Motown) Original: iTunes / Amazon Deluxe: iTunes / Amazon As a new wave of British rockers from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and more took the world by storm with their groundbreaking spin on…

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of December 10

December 10, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Band, Cahoots: 50th Anniversary Edition (Capitol/UMe) 2CD/LP/BD/7-inch single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (Contents of CDs 1 & @ below): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (2021 Mix of Original Album): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Band and Capitol/UMe are in Cahoots for a deluxe 50th anniversary reissue of the group’s fourth studio album. The remixed and remastered Cahoots arrives in various formats including a Super Deluxe 2CD/BD/LP/7-inch vinyl box set, 2CD, 180-gram half-speed-mastered black vinyl, limited edition vinyl, and digital download/streaming. All of these formats have been overseen by Robbie Robertson and…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Art Blakey, Brian Wilson, Buck Owens, Green Day, Leonard Bernstein, Marie Osmond, Neil Young, Ron Lytle, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Raye, The Band, The Chieftains

Release Round-Up: Week of October 29

October 29, 2021 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! R.E.M., New Adventures in Hi-Fi: 25th Anniversary Edition (Craft Recordings) 2CD/1BD (now due November 19): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (now due November 12) : Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Original album only; out today): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings is continuing its ongoing R.E.M. reissue series with a 25th anniversary edition of the Georgia band’s tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi. A 2CD/1BD Deluxe Edition will present the newly remastered original album, a disc of B-sides and rarities, and a Blu-ray with numerous features…

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Buck Owens, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Johnny Cash, Nat King Cole, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Spice Girls, The Doobie Brothers, Whitesnake

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Omnivore Reissues Three from Buck Owens Including “(It’s A) Monster’s Holiday”

October 28, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Tomorrow, October 29, Omnivore Recordings will release the final three titles in its current Buck Owens reissue campaign in which nine long out-of-print Capitol albums from the late Bakersfield troubadour are making their debut on standalone CD. 1973’s In the Palm of Your Hand was a comeback of sorts for Owens. While his profile was arguably higher than ever thanks to television’s Hee Haw, he had failed to make the top of the Billboard Country Singles Chart since late 1969 – this, after notching an impressive 19 chart-toppers between 1963 and earlier…

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High As The Mountains: Omnivore Collects Buck Owens and Susan Raye on “Together Again”

October 25, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Buck Owens and Susan Raye Together Again

On October 29, Omnivore Recordings concludes its current reissue program of nine never-on-standalone-CD albums from Buck Owens with reissues of In the Palm of Your Hand, Ain’t It Amazing, Gracie, and It’s a Monster’s Holiday. (Watch this space for more coverage of that trio soon!) But happily, the label is far from done with the Owens oeuvre. On December 10, Omnivore will release Buck Owens and Susan Raye’s Together Again, a new 22-track compendium of duet and solo cuts originally issued between 1970 and 1975. It will be available on both CD…

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 27

August 27, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971 (Capitol/UMe) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP Translucent Blue & Translucent Gold: The Beach Boys Shop Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971, a hardcover book-style set to be released in 5-CD, 4-LP (standard black and translucent blue/translucent gold), 2-LP, and 2-CD editions (as well as digitally), explores in depth what’s perhaps the most adventurous and experimental period in the Beach…

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Sing a Happy Song: Omnivore Brings Nine Buck Owens Albums to CD, First Three Out Tomorrow

August 5, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Hello happiness, goodbye loneliness! Over the past dozen years, Omnivore Recordings celebrated Buck Owens on a variety of releases, from a multi-volume series dedicated to the Bakersfield country hero’s complete Capitol singles to rare live material, a Buck Sings Eagles EP, a Christmas collection, and even a coloring book. Now, Omnivore is answering fans’ wishes and returning nine of his classic Capitol albums to print for the first-time ever on standalone CD. The series, to roll out in three waves, begins tomorrow, August 6, and continues through October 1 as follows: August…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 12

March 12, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Nancy Sinatra, Start Walkin’ 1965-1976 (Light in the Attic) CD: Light in the Attic / Nancy’s Bootique / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Light in the Attic / Nancy’s Bootique / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Light in the Attic launches a Nancy Sinatra archival series with Start Walkin’ 1965-1976. This 23-track collection chronicles the decade following the December 1965 release of the Hazlewood-penned-and-produced, Billy Strange-arranged “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” the anthemic song that topped the charts in eight countries including the United States and United Kingdom. The set, available in CD, vinyl and digital editions, features…

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Buck Owens, Don Rich, Holiday Gift Guide

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Allan Holdsworth, Andra Day, Billie Holiday, Buck Owens, Jane Monheit, Judee Sill, Lerner and Loewe, Michael Cerveris, Nancy Sinatra

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, “A Merry ‘Hee Haw’ Christmas”

December 9, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Omnivore has served up one of the year’s most festive treats with the first-ever CD reissue of A Merry “Hee Haw” Christmas from Buck Owens and The Buckaroos. The 1970 Capitol release collected both of Buck and his band’s Christmas albums – 1965’s Christmas with Buck Owens and His Buckaroos and its 1968 follow-up, Christmas Shopping – as a double-album tie-in with Owens’ starring role on television’s Hee Haw. The country-themed variety show was midway through its 1969-1971 run on CBS-TV; it would then move to syndication for a remarkable run through…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 13

November 13, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elton John, Jewel Box (EMI/UMe) 8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deep Cuts 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rarities & B-Sides 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada And This Is Me… 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John is reaching deep into the vault with Jewel Box, a new, super-sized collection of rare and unreleased material. The British pop legend’s deep dive into his expansive, five-decade-plus archive features 148 tracks on 8 CDs, approximately 63 of which are previously unreleased, plus three dozen B-sides being compiled together for the first time. The discs are thematically organized as Deep…

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Short Takes, Christmas Edition: Collections Coming from Peggy Lee and Buck Owens

September 23, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

This Friday, Capitol Records and UMe will release Peggy Lee’s Ultimate Christmas on CD and vinyl as part of the Peggy Lee 100 celebration. This yuletide follow-up to Ultimate Peggy Lee brings together 22 holiday favorites from the late artist including selections from her Capitol albums Christmas Carousel (1960) and Happy Holiday (1965) – the latter an anthology of old and new material – as well as Decca and Capitol single releases and more. Ultimate Christmas includes a number of songs written or co-written by Lee including “Christmas Carousel,” “Don’t Forget to…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 17

January 17, 2020 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Marshall Crenshaw Miracle of Science 2020

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Marshall Crenshaw, Miracle of Science [Revised Edition] (Shiny-Tone) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Singer-songwriter Marshall Crenshaw reissues his 1996 Razor & Tie release on his own Shiny-Tone label, tinkering with some tracks and adding two new recordings. It launches a new reissue campaign that will ultimately encompass three studio albums — Miracle of Science, 1999’s #447 and 2003’s What’s in the Bag? — as well as 1994’s live album My Truck Is My…

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Bad Company, Buck Owens, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marshall Crenshaw, Paul Kelly, Roy Clark, Susan Raye, Tammy Wynette

Back to Kornfield Kounty: Craft Recordings Celebrates Roy Clark, Buck Owens, Susan Raye on New LPs

January 13, 2020 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Yee Haw! Or more accurately, that should be Hee Haw! This Friday, January 17, Craft Recordings will release a trio of releases from three country greats associated with the long-running television show. The compilations Roy Clark’s Greatest Hits, The Very Best of Buck Owens & Susan Raye, and Susan Raye’s solo 16 Greatest Hits were originally released on CD by Varese Sarabande and are now making their vinyl debuts. A rural answer to Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, Hee Haw premiered in 1969 on CBS with Roy Clark and Buck Owens hosting. Both…

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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Bear Family Explores “The Bakersfield Sound” on New Box Set

December 9, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Get Along Down to Town Bakersfield, California is a long way from Nashville – a little under 2,020 miles west, actually. But the distance isn’t quite as great when one considers how much significant country music came out of the city in Kern County. Recent years have seen numerous reissues from legendary Bakersfield artists like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, as well as a fine exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame. But now Bear Family Records has delivered the ultimate tribute to the city’s remarkable legacy of music. The Bakersfield…

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Arlo Guthrie, Barbara Mandrell, Bill Woods, Billy Mize, Bonnie Owens, Buck Owens, Ferlin Husky, Liz Anderson, Merle Haggard, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of October 18

October 18, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Jethro Tull, Stormwatch: 40th Anniversary Edition (Chrysalis) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Jethro Tull continues its long-running box set series with a new 4CD/2DVD expansion of 1979’s Stormwatch, the final Tull album to feature the “classic” line-up of Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Glascock, John Evan, David (now Dee) Palmer, and Barriemore Barlow. The new edition features: The original album and associated recordings newly remixed by Steven Wilson; A complete concert from the Netherlands recorded in March 1980; The original album and 13…

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Buck Owens, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Fastball, Idina Menzel, Jason Danieley, Jethro Tull, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Julie Andrews, Marin Mazzie, Marvin Gaye, Merle Haggard, Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue, Roy Orbison, Stephen Bishop, Stone Temple Pilots, The Carter Family, The Muffs, a-ha

Review: “Country Music – A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack”

September 17, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Can the circle be unbroken? asks The Carter Family on the opening track of Legacy Recordings’ new 5-CD, 105-song soundtrack to Ken Burns’ epic documentary Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns. The 1935 funeral hymn is a most appropriate way to begin this collection exploring the manifold branches of country music, but the tone on the box set is far from funereal as it gallops from “hillbilly music” to blues, folk, western swing, rockabilly, countrypolitan, outlaw country, and beyond. Country Music is currently airing on PBS stations nationwide, and this set…

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Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, Eddy Arnold, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marty Robbins, Rosanne Cash, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of May 31

May 31, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Hootie & The Blowfish, Cracked Rear View: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) 3-CD/DVD Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Expanded: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Hootie and the Blowfish are revisiting their 21x platinum smash Cracked Rear View with a new 3-CD/DVD Deluxe Edition and 2-CD Expanded Edition. The Deluxe Edition includes a new remaster of the album, plus rare and unreleased studio recordings on CD 2, a live…

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Atlanta Rhythm Section, Buck Owens, Depeche Mode, Four Tops, Hootie and The Blowfish, King Crimson, Rory Gallagher, Susan Boyle

Get a Tiger By the Tail: Omnivore Offers Sealed, Original Buck Owens LPs from Buck’s Own Collection

May 30, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Tomorrow, May 31, Omnivore Recordings releases the third and final volume of country legend Buck Owens’ Capitol Records singles – the most recent in a long-running series of releases on Omnivore from the late Bakersfield, California-based artist, songwriter, musician, and bandleader. Now, the label is teaming with Owens’ estate for a special initiative also beginning Friday. Forty original, vintage, sealed Buck Owens LPs will be made available for sale exclusively through Omnivore’s webstore. The records come directly from Owens’ own vaults at the Crystal Palace in Bakersfield. These original-pressing LPs span the…

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Ain’t It Amazing? Omnivore Collects Buck Owens’ ’70s Sides on “The Complete Capitol Singles: 1971-1975”

May 23, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Are you ready for the third and final volume of Omnivore Recordings’ comprehensive series of Buck Owens’ Capitol singles? The Complete Capitol Singles: 1971-1975 is due to arrive Friday, May 31, and will include every side that the legendary country picker/singer/songwriter recorded for the label until the end of his tenure there – 42 tracks in all across two CDs. The 1970s saw Buck embracing the creative freedom of his own studio, built in a converted theater in his home base of Bakersfield, California. Away from the confines and strict schedules of…

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