Buck Owens - Tall Dark Stranger (CD)

THE WAY IT WAS IN '69... This 8-CD set chronicles every existing recording from Buck Owens' last years with Capitol Records. Every week he was on the hugely popular 'Hee-Haw' TV show, his concerts were sell-outs, and he was building a business empire in his adopted hometown, Bakersfield, California. He recorded at his own studio and fans across the country had an insatiable appetite for his raw voice, his clever, snappy songs and the band's minimalist twang. It was success on a scale that every singer dreamed of, but few ever got and fewer still could handle.During his last years on Capitol, Buck Owens tried to bring more variety to his sound. Acutely aware of changes in pop music, Buck Owens admired rock bands' freedom to create and experiment with new and unorthodox sounds. This set includes a wider mix of styles than Buck had ever tried on record before. There are over 20 charted hits, beginning with Tall Dark Stranger and ending with Buck Owens' exciting new version of The Battle Of New Orleans. In between are Buck Owens classics like I Wouldn't Live In New York City (If They Gave Me The Whole Dang Town), Bridge Over Troubled Water, Ruby, Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms, Made In Japan, Ain't It Amazing Gracie, On The Cover Of Music City News, Monsters' Holiday, and the original version of Streets Of Bakersfield (later a #1 hit duet with Dwight Yoakam). This set also includes all the LPs, his bluegrass sessions, all the duets with Susan Raye, Buck Owens' son, Buddy Alan, and an amazing unreleased duet with R&B singer Bettye Swann.Plus all the Buckaroos' albums! Alongside the hits, there are many previously unreleased songs

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Tall Dark Stranger
2. I've Got a Happy Heart
3. Somewhere Between
4. Just a Few More Days
5. Lonesome Valley
6. My Savior Leads the Way
7. But You Know I Love You
8. Today I Started Loving You Again
9. I'm a Natural Loser
10. The Biggest Storm of All
11. If I Had You (By My Side)
12. Down at the Corner Bar
13. Nobody But You
14. Lay a Little Light on Me
15. Catfish Capers
16. Bossanova Buckaroo Style
17. Sweet-T-Pie
18. Roll Your Own
19. When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
20. That Old Time Religion
21. Big in Vegas
22. Love Is Strange
23. Cinderella
24. I'll Be All Right Tomorrow
25. Hurry Come Running Back to Me
26. Ensenada
27. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
28. Take Care of You for Me in Kansas City
29. One More Time
30. Goin' Home to the Bayou
31. Country Pickin'
32. Rompin ' and Stompin'

Disc: 2

1. We Were Made for Each Other
2. Everybody Needs Somebody
3. Togetherness
4. The Kansas City Song
5. I'd Love to Be Your Man
6. Together Again
7. Fallin' for You
8. Cryin' Time
9. Foolin' Around
10. Down in New Orleans
11. The Wind Blows Every Day in Oklahoma
12. Full Time Daddy
13. The Great White Horse
14. Black Texas Dirt
15. Bring Back My Peace of Mind
16. Guitar Pickin' Man
17. Dublin Waltz
18. I'd Love to Be Your Man
19. Cajun Steel Guitar
20. Fishin' Reel
21. Potter's Field
22. When I'm with You
23. Pick-Nickin'
24. Boot Hil
25. Up on Cripple Creek
26. (It's a Long Way to) London Town
27. Scandinavian Polka
28. Amsterdam

Disc: 3

1. Let the World Keep on a Turnin'
2. High As the Mountains
3. Today I Started Loving You Again
4. I've Never Had a Dream Come True Before
5. Tennessee Bird Walk
6. Then Maybe I Can Get Some Sleep
7. Your Tender Loving Care
8. Think of Me
9. I Thank Him for Sending Me You
10. I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)
11. I Wouldn't Live in New York City (If They Gave Me the Whole Dang Town)
12. No Milk and Honey in Baltimore
13. Reno Lament
14. Houston-Town
15. Santo Domingo
16. Down in New Orleans
17. The Wind Blows Every Day in Chicago
18. (It's a Long Way to) Londontown
19. The Kansas City Song
20. Big in Vegas
21. Reno Lament
22. No Milk and Honey in Baltimore
23. Bridge Over Troubled Water
24. I Am a Rock
25. Homeward Bound
26. The Devil Made Me Do That
27. Everything Reminds Me You're Gone
28. Catch the Wind
29. San Francisco Town
30. Within My Loving Arms
31. (I'm Goin') Home
32. Love Minus Zero
33. No Limit

Disc: 4

1. Ring of Fire
2. Last Date
3. El Paso
4. King of the Road
5. Orange Blossom Special
6. Tall Dark Stranger
7. Detroit City
8. Gentle on My Mind
9. It's Such a Prettyworld Today
10. Okie from Muskogee
11. Ruby (Are You Mad)
12. Heartbreak Mountain
13. Uncle Pen
14. Corn Liquor
15. Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms
16. I Know You're Married But I Love You Still
17. Ashes of Love
18. Ole Slew Foot
19. Rocky Top
20. Salty Dog Blues
21. One of Everything You Got
22. Home on Christmas Day
23. All I Want for Christmas Is My Daddy
24. A Very Merry Christmas
25. It's Notwhat You Give
26. Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas
27. Christmas Ain't Christmas Dear Without You
28. Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
29. Santa's Gonna Come in a Stagecoach
30. Tomorrow Is Christmas Day

Disc: 5

1. Too Old to Cut the Mustard
2. Wham Bam
3. PFFT You Were (Was) Gone
4. You're a Real Good Friend
5. Tobacco White Lightning and Women Blues No. 2
6. I Won't Go Huntin' with You Jake (But I'll Go Chasin' Wimin)
7. Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women
8. Beautiful Morning Glory
9. I'll Still Bewaiting for You
10. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
11. Today I Started Loving You Again
12. The Fightin' Side of Me
13. Silver Wings
14. Okie from Muskogee
15. The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
16. Hungry Eyes
17. Swinging Doors
18. I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
19. Mama Tried
20. Made in Japan
21. Arms Full of Empty
22. Ain't It Amazing, Gracie
23. Looking Back to See
24. You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck to Kick Around No More

Disc: 6

1. I Love You So Much It Hurts
2. There Goes My Love
3. Sweethearts in Heaven
4. A Whole Lot of Somethin'
5. Get Out of Town Before Sundown
6. Something's Wrong
7. In the Palm of Your Hand
8. The Good Old Days (Are Here Again)
9. I Know That You Know (That I Love You)
10. When You Get Back from Nashville
11. When You Get to Heaven (I'll Be There)
12. Long Hot Summer
13. Streets of Bakersfield
14. She's Had All the Dreamin' She Can Stand
15. Your Monkey Won't Be Home Tonight
16. The Good Old Days (Are Here Again)
17. Old Faithful
18. Take a Taste of My Wine
19. I Think I'm Going to Like Loving You
20. Sweethearts in Heaven
21. I've Got a Happy Heart
22. Arms Full of Empty
23. All the Dreamin' They Can Stand
24. Honey... Let's Fall in Love
25. When You Get to Heaven (I'll Be There)
26. Love Makes the World Go Round

Disc: 7

1. Love Makes the World Go Around
2. Loving You
3. I Won't Be Needing You
4. Songwriter's Lament
5. That Loving Feeling
6. Someday I'm Gonna Go to Mexico
7. Colors I'm Gonna Paint the Town
8. It Never Will Be Over Forme
9. Happy Hour
10. Your Daddy Was a Preacher (And Your Mama Was a Dancing Girl)
11. Hello Trouble
12. Big Game Hunter
13. (It's a) Monsters' Holiday
14. I Wish I Was a Butterfly
15. John Law
16. Stony Mountain West Virginia
17. Let the Fun Begin
18. Holdin' on
19. Great Expectations
20. All Around Cowboy of 1964

Disc: 8

1. Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
2. On the Cover of the Music City News
3. Great Expectations
4. Amazing Love
5. I Love
6. You're Gonna Love Yourself in the Morning
7. Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'
8. Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)
9. 41st Street Lonely Hearts' Club
10. Weekend Daddy
11. I Finally Gave Her Enough Rope
12. Run Him to the Roundhouse Nellie
13. Drifting Away
14. He Ain't Been Out Bowlin' with the Boys
15. It's Been a Long, Long Time
16. A Different Kind of Sad
17. You Don't Find Work in Pool Rooms (And Love Don't Make the Bars)
18. How's Everything
19. California Oakie
20. The Battle of New Orleans
21. Country Singer's Prayer
22. Mexican Jumping Bean