New ‘Bakersfield Gold’ Compilation Album Celebrates Buck Owens’ Biggest Hits

Buck Owens was one of the best-selling artists of the 1960s, accumulating numerous top 10 hits and 19 No. 1s. To celebrate Owens’ career, Omnivore Recordings has compiled many of these hit songs on Bakersfield Gold: Top 10 Hits 1959–1974. A collection of 46 tracks, the record will be available as a double-CD, triple-LP, and digital release beginning Sept. 9.

Featuring new liner notes from Grammy-nominee and author of Buck ‘Em: The Autobiography Of Buck Owens, Randy Poe, this is the first collection to compile Owens’ top 10 hits on vinyl, with a limited edition gold vinyl version for independent retail.

Omnivore will also offer original, sealed Japanese Buck Owens CDs, including copies of the Buck Owens Original Collection released in Japan in 1991. These CDs include 10 early titles: I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail, Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard, You’re For Me, Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins, I Don’t Care, Under Your Spell Again, On The Bandstand, Together Again / My Heart Skips A Beat, and Before You Go / No One But You.

For more information or to pre-order Bakersfield Gold: Top 10 Hits 1959–1974, click here.

2-CD / 3-LP / Digital Track List:
Disc 1:
Under Your Spell Again
Above And Beyond
Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache)
Foolin’ Around
Loose Talk – Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
Mental Cruelty – Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
Under The Influence Of Love
Kickin’ Our Hearts Around
You’re For Me
Act Naturally
Love’s Gonna Live Here
My Heart Skips A Beat
Together Again
I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)
I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail
Before You Go
Only You (Can Break My Heart)
Gonna Have Love
Buckaroo
Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line
Think Of Me
Open Up Your Heart
Where Does The Good Times Go
Sam’s Place

Disc 2:
Your Tender Loving Care
It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)
How Long Will My Baby Be Gone
Sweet Rosie Jones
Let The World Keep On A Turnin’ – Buck Owens & Buddy Alan
I’ve Got You On My Mind Again
Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass
Johnny B. Goode
Tall Dark Stranger
Big In Vegas
The Kansas City Song
The Great White Horse – Buck Owens & Susan Raye
I Wouldn’t Live In New York City (If They Gave Me The Whole Dang Town)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Ruby (Are You Mad)
Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
I’ll Still Be Waiting For You
Made In Japan
Big Game Hunter
On The Cover Of The Music City News
(It’s A) Monsters’ Holiday
Great Expectations