BUCK OWENS’ LAST CAPITOL
ALBUM,
COUNTRY SINGER’S PRAYER,
WILL FINALLY BE RELEASED, VIA
OMNIVORE RECORDINGS, ON AUGUST 17.
COUNTRY SINGER’S PRAYER,
WILL FINALLY BE RELEASED, VIA
OMNIVORE RECORDINGS, ON AUGUST 17.
Recorded
in 1975, the artist’s last intended Capitol set
features
his final two singles for the label.
New liner notes are by Scott B.
Bomar.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Omnivore Recordings, in conjunction with the Buck
Owens Estate, will release Country
Singer’s Prayer, Buck Owens’ final Capitol album from 1975, which has remained unissued until
now. Street date for CD and Digital is August 17,
2018.
By late 1975, Buck’s unequaled success at Capitol
Records was finally winding down. His
singles were no longer topping the charts, and after the untimely death of
bandmate Don Rich the
year before, Buck was starting to lose the fire that drove him through an
unprecedented run of groundbreaking hits in the ’60s and early ’70s. His
contract with Capitol was due to expire at the end of the year, and he and the
Buckaroos readied one final album for
the label in November 1975.
While several of Buck’s later Capitol recordings had not been
topping the charts as before, his last single for them, “Country Singer’s
Prayer,” failed to even make a showing.
Omnivore
Buck Owens Country Singer's Prayer trailer
Likely due to the indifference shown to that last single, the
decision was made to shelve this final album, and assign the selection number
to what was ultimately Buck’s last Capitol release, Best of
Buck Owens, Vol. 6, which did include the last two singles originally intended
for Country Singer’s Prayer: “Battle of New Orleans” and the title track.
While Buck would revisit some of these songs with producer Norro
Wilson in Nashville after signing
to Warner Bros. Records, the
original recordings produced at Buck’s Bakersfield studio with the Buckaroos
remained in the vault.
Country
Singer’s Prayer will
finally receive its release some 43 years late, taken from the original LP
master tapes, in what was the intended sequence. Also included are the B-sides
to Buck’s final two singles from the unissued album.
With new liner notes by Scott B.
Bomar featuring interviews with
longtime Buckaroos piano playerJim Shaw and Robert John Jones (a.k.a. Rocky Topp), who co-wrote “Country Singer’s Prayer,” this is a fascinating
chance to experience Buck’s last intended Capitol album.
Track
Listing:
1.
John Law
2.
Love Don’t Make The Bars
3.
He Ain’t Been Out Bowling With The Boys
4.
Drifting Away
5.
The Battle Of New Orleans
6.
Country Singer’s Prayer
7.
California Okie
8.
A Different Kind Of Sad
9.
It’s Been A Long, Long Time
10.
How’s Everything
Bonus
Tracks:
11.
Run Him To The Round House Nellie (You Might Corner Him There)
12.
Meanwhile Back At The Ranch
Produced at Buck Owens
Studios in Bakersfield, California
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