New Buck Owens Set Chronicles Capitol Singles

Omnivore Recordings and the Buck Owens Estate are releasing Buck Owens and the Buckaroos’ The Complete Capitol Singles: 1967–1970 on May 11.

Taken from the original mono and stereo masters, The Complete Capitol Singles: 1967–1970 collects the A- and B-side to all 18 singles from Buck’s historic Capitol singles from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, including 14 Top Ten hits in their original, chronological form. The collection includes duets with Susan Raye and Buck’s son Buddy Allen.

The set is Omnivore’s second in a series chronicling all of Owens’ career on Capitol and was produced and compiled by producer Patrick Milligan and mastered from original analog master tapes by engineer Michael Graves at Osiris Studio.

“The reason my Capitol records sounded the way they did — real heavy on the treble — was because I knew most people were going to be listening to ’em on their AM car radios,” said Owens. “At the time, nobody else was doing anything like that, but it just seemed like common sense to me. And it was one more reason that you knew it was a Buck Owens record as soon as it came on the radio — because it just didn’t sound like those other records.”