Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart, The Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Recordings 1965-1968 [2010] (7 x CDs)

BUCK OWENS

Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart, The Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Recordings 1965-1968 [2010] (7 x CDs)

The first impression of Open Up Your Heart The Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Recordings 1965-1968 comes from its sense of order. Spread across several discs, the recordings are presented in a way that lets the mid-sixties unfold at a steady, unhurried pace. This is not a highlights package. It feels closer to sitting with a run of original LPs, one after another, each carrying its own tone while still belonging to a larger sound.

At the center is Buck Owens, working alongside The Buckaroos, a group whose playing defined what came to be known as the Bakersfield style. The recordings are clean, direct, and built around sharp guitar lines, steady rhythms, and clear vocal delivery. Nothing feels crowded. Space is part of the arrangement.

Rather than moving straight through chronology, the set reveals itself through repetition and variation. Familiar songs appear in slightly different contexts, album to album, and the consistency becomes part of the listening experience. The bright edge of the Telecaster, the tight rhythm section, and the vocal phrasing remain steady, while small shifts in tempo and mood keep the sequence from settling into routine.

Midway through, the balance between upbeat material and slower, reflective songs becomes more noticeable. A driving track will give way to something more restrained, then return again without breaking the overall flow. The Buckaroos play with precision but never lose a sense of ease, and that combination carries the set forward.

By the later discs, the sound feels fully established. There is no need to expand outward or experiment widely. Instead, the recordings refine what is already there, tightening the interplay between voice and band.

The box works best when allowed to run at its own pace with the character of the music revealing itself gradually, through consistency rather than contrast, leaving a clear impression of a group that understood exactly how they wanted to sound and stayed with it. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Buck Owens - Before You Go 2:13

02 Buck Owens - Getting Used to Loving You 2:24

03 Buck Owens - (I Want) No One But You 2:04

04 Buck Owens - Number One Heel 2:10

05 Buck Owens - Raz-Ma-Taz Polka 2:28

06 Buck Owens - I Betcha Didn't Know 1:58

07 Buck Owens - No Fool Like an Old Fool 2:48

08 Buck Owens - If You Want A Love 2:46

09 Buck Owens - Charlie Brown 2:27

10 Buck Owens - Steel Guitar Rag 1:51

11 Buck Owens - Gonna Roll Out The Red Carpet 2:15

12 Buck Owens - Only You (Can Break My Heart) 2:21

13 Buck Owens - Country Rag 2:31

14 Buck Owens - Bile 'em Cabbage Down 1:50

15 Buck Owens - Hangin' on to What I Got 2:26

16 Buck Owens - Someone With No One to Love 2:21

17 Buck Owens - Buckaroo 2:07

18 Buck Owens - Faded Love 2:38

19 Buck Owens - Blue Christmas Lights 2:31

20 Buck Owens - Because It's Christmas Time 2:14

21 Buck Owens - All I Want for Christmas is You 2:14

22 Buck Owens - Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Daddy Looked A Lot Like Him) 2:16

23 Buck Owens - Christmas Ain't Christmas 2:22

24 Buck Owens - Christmas Time's A-Comin' 1:53

25 Buck Owens - It's Christmas Time for Everyone But Me 2:15

26 Buck Owens - Here Comes Santa Claus Again 2:09

27 Buck Owens - Blue Christmas Lights 2:43

28 Buck Owens - Santa's Gonna Come in A Stagecoach 2:03

29 Buck Owens - Christmas Morning 1:41

30 Buck Owens - Jingle Bells 2:17

31 Buck Owens - We Split The Blanket 2:04

32 Buck Owens - He Don't Deserve You Anymore 3:01

33 Buck Owens - Sam's Place 2:02

34 Buck Owens - Heart of Glass 2:14

35 Buck Owens - (I'll Love You) Forever and Ever 2:23

36 Buck Owens - I'm Layin' it on The Line 2:26

CD2

01 Buck Owens - Waitin' in Your Welfare Line 2:21

02 Buck Owens - That's What I'm Like Without You 2:52

03 Buck Owens - There Never Was A Fool 2:13

04 Buck Owens - In The Palm of Your Hand 2:29

05 Buck Owens - After You Leave Me 2:29

06 Buck Owens - A Devil Like Me 2:12

07 Buck Owens - Cinderella 2:47

08 Buck Owens - I'll Go to Church Again With Momma 3:04

09 Buck Owens - Pray Every Day 2:08

10 Buck Owens - Love's Gonna Live Here 2:00

11 Buck Owens - Together Again 2:32

12 Buck Owens - Act Naturally 2:26

13 Buck Owens - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail 2:15

14 Buck Owens - My Heart Skips A Beat 2:28

15 Buck Owens - I Don't Care 2:12

16 Buck Owens - Follin' Around 2:36

17 Buck Owens - Before You Go 2:11

18 Buck Owens - Second Fiddle 2:25

19 Buck Owens - Under Your Spell Again 3:10

20 Buck Owens - Don't Let Her Know 2:40

21 Buck Owens - Together Again 2:34

22 Buck Owens - Only You 2:30

23 Buck Owens - When Jesus Calls All His Children In 2:15

24 Buck Owens - It Was With Love 2:33

25 Buck Owens - Would You Be Ready 2:00

26 Buck Owens - Eternal Vacation 2:57

27 Buck Owens - Jesus Saved Me 2:25

28 Buck Owens - Where Would I Be Without Jesus 2:11

29 Buck Owens - Dust on Mother's Bible 3:30

30 Buck Owens - Satan's Gotta Get Along Without Me 2:04

31 Buck Owens - Tom Cattin' 2:12

32 Buck Owens - Cajun Fiddle 1:47

33 Buck Owens - You Made A Monkey Out of Me 2:06

34 Buck Owens - Congratulations, You're Absolutely Right 2:42

35 Buck Owens - You, You, Only You 2:08

CD3

01 Buck Owens - Where Does The Good Times Go 2:16

02 Buck Owens - Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You 2:14

03 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane 2:27

04 Buck Owens - House of Memories 2:59

05 Buck Owens - Think of Me 2:19

06 Buck Owens - No More Me and You 2:08

07 Buck Owens - Where Does The Good Times Go 2:21

08 Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart 2:38

09 Buck Owens - The Way That I Love You 2:40

10 Buck Owens - Rocks in My Head 2:18

11 Buck Owens - Only You and You Alone 2:16

12 Buck Owens - Don't Ever Tell Me Goodbye 2:34

13 Buck Owens - What A Liar I Am 2:43

14 Buck Owens - Your Tender Loving Care 2:47

15 Buck Owens - Song and Dance 2:08

16 Buck Owens - If I Had You Back Again 2:56

17 Buck Owens - The Way That I Love You 2:18

18 Buck Owens - I'll Be Swingin' Too 2:04

19 Buck Owens - It Takes A Lot of Tendernes 2:24

20 Buck Owens - Round Hole Guitar 2:23

21 Buck Owens - You'll Never Miss The Water 2:18

22 Buck Owens - Something to Remember You By 2:28

23 Buck Owens - The Happy-Go Lucky Guitar 1:58

24 Buck Owens - Tumwater Breakdown 1:54

25 Buck Owens - The Neosho Waltz 2:37

26 Buck Owens - Steel Guitar Polka 1:59

27 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun 2:31

28 Buck Owens - Seven Come Eleven 2:05

29 Buck Owens - Out of My Mind 3:24

30 Buck Owens - I'm Gonna Live it Up 2:16

31 Buck Owens - If I knew 2:37

32 Buck Owens - Everybody Needs Somebody 2:26

33 Buck Owens - I've Got it Bad for You 2:04

34 Buck Owens - You Left Her Lonely Too Long 3:00

35 Buck Owens - That's How I Measure My Love for You 2:42

CD4

01 Buck Owens - Heartbreak Mountain 2:21

02 Buck Owens - It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me) 2:04

03 Buck Owens - Kern County Breakdown 2:17

04 Buck Owens - My Baby's Comin' Home (Don Rich) 2:31

05 Buck Owens - Chicken Pickin' 2:09

06 Buck Owens - Free and Easy 1:57

07 Buck Owens - Tom's Waltz 2:33

08 Buck Owens - Buckersfield Breakdown 2:01

09 Buck Owens - Love's Gonna Come A-Knockin' (Don Rich) 1:56

10 Buck Owens - I'm A-Comin' Back Home to You (Don Rich) 2:04

11 Buck Owens - Apple Jack 2:09

12 Buck Owens - Foolish Notion (Doyle Holly) 2:34

13 Buck Owens - Night Time is Cry Time (Doyle Holly) 2:42

14 Buck Owens - How Long Will My Baby Be Gone 2:15

15 Buck Owens - Swingin' Doors 2:35

16 Buck Owens - Long, Long Ago 2:15

17 Buck Owens - Sing A Happy Song 2:40

18 Buck Owens - Let The World Keep on A Turnin' 2:10

19 Buck Owens - The Girl on Sugar Pie Lane 2:02

20 Buck Owens - We Were Made for Each Other 2:21

21 Buck Owens - Happy Times Are Here Again 2:30

22 Buck Owens - Sweet Rosie Jones 3:37

23 Buck Owens - The Heartaches Have Just Started 2:13

24 Buck Owens - Your Mother's Prayer 3:05

25 Buck Owens - That Sunday Feeling 2:08

26 Buck Owens - Hurtin' Like I've Never Hurt Before 2:07

27 Buck Owens - You'll Never Miss The Water (Till The Well Runs Dry) 2:29

28 Buck Owens - There's Gotta Be Some Changes Made 2:37

29 Buck Owens - If I Had Three Wishes 2:30

30 Buck Owens - Hello California 2:10

31 Buck Owens - Highway Man 2:00

32 Buck Owens - I Can't Stop Loving You 2:51

33 Buck Owens - Chapparal 1:58

34 Buck Owens - You Bring Out The Best in Me (Don Rich) 2:51

CD5

01 Buck Owens - I'm Coming Back Home to Stay (Don Rich) 2:15

02 Buck Owens - The Waltz of The Roses 2:25

03 Buck Owens - Pedal Patter 1:49

04 Buck Owens - Down on The Bayou 1:49

05 Buck Owens - Pretty Girl 1:46

06 Buck Owens - Sad is The Lonely 2:49

07 Buck Owens - Rattle Traps 1:41

08 Buck Owens - Leave Me Something to Remember You By 2:32

09 Buck Owens - That's All Right With Me (If It's All Right With You) 2:22

10 Buck Owens - Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus 2:44

11 Buck Owens - Hello Happiness, Goodbye Loneliness 2:12

12 Buck Owens - Don't Let True Love Slip Away 2:50

13 Buck Owens - The Great Judgement Day 2:05

14 Buck Owens - Sally, Mary and Jerry 1:55

15 Buck Owens - In God I Trust 2:46

16 Buck Owens - Buckaroo Polka 2:21

17 Buck Owens - All I Want for Christmas is My Daddy 2:52

18 Buck Owens - Christmas Shopping 2:19

19 Buck Owens - One of Everything You Got 2:24

20 Buck Owens - Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas 2:37

21 Buck Owens - The Jolly Christmas Polka 2:15

22 Buck Owens - Let The World Keep on A Turnin' 2:03

23 Buck Owens - I'll Love You Forever and Ever 2:04

24 Buck Owens - A Very Merry Christmas 2:30

25 Buck Owens - Christmas Time is Near 3:01

26 Buck Owens - Tomorrow is Christmas Day 2:03

27 Buck Owens - Christmas Schottische 2:05

28 Buck Owens - Home on Christmas Day 2:14

29 Buck Owens - Merry Christmas From Our House to Yours 2:50

30 Buck Owens - It's Not What You Give 3:04

31 Buck Owens - You Let Me Down (Doyle Holly) 2:39

32 Buck Owens - Woman Truck Drivin' Fool (Doyle Holly) 2:16

33 Buck Owens - I Got A Letter From Home (Don Rich) 2:09

34 Buck Owens - Pitty Pitty Patter (Don Rich) 2:26

35 Buck Owens - I'm Goin' Back Home Where I Belong (Don Rich) 2:17

CD6

01 Buck Owens - Meanwhile Back at The Ranch 1:45

02 Buck Owens - Tracy's Waltz 2:31

03 Buck Owens - Runnin' Short 1:24

04 Buck Owens - Louisiana Waltz 2:04

05 Buck Owens - Saturday Night 1:51

06 Buck Owens - Spanish Moonlight 2:11

07 Buck Owens - Too Many Chiefs (Not Enough Indians) 1:49

08 Buck Owens - Guitar Fandango 2:01

09 Buck Owens - Things I Saw at The Fountain on The Plaza When I Was Visiting Rome Or Amore 2:27

10 Buck Owens - The Gaucho Came Riding 2:34

11 Buck Owens - Mexican Jumping Bean 2:08

12 Buck Owens - Turkish Holiday 1:50

13 Buck Owens - I've Got You on My Mind Again 2:37

14 Buck Owens - I Wanna Be Wild and Free 2:06

15 Buck Owens - Where Has Our Love Gone 3:03

16 Buck Owens - I Ain't A Gonna Be Treated This A Way 2:24

17 Buck Owens - Darlin' You Can Depend on Me 2:21

18 Buck Owens - Jesus, Jesus, Hold Me 2:13

19 Buck Owens - Sing That Kind of Song 3:14

20 Buck Owens - Love is Me 2:14

21 Buck Owens - Hurry, Come Running Back to Me 2:42

22 Buck Owens - Alabama, Louisiana, Or Maybe Tennessee 2:25

23 Buck Owens - Greensleeves 2:42

24 Buck Owens - Gathering Dust (Doyle Holly) 2:40

25 Buck Owens - The Price I'll Have to Pay (Doyle Holly) 2:40

26 Buck Owens - Aw Heck 1:53

27 Buck Owens - Keep on Your Keepin' on (Don Rich) 2:36

28 Buck Owens - Bad Luck and Bad Weather (Don Rich) 2:21

29 Buck Owens - Anywhere U.S.A. (Don Rich) 2:14

30 Buck Owens - Tim-Buck-Too 2:21

31 Buck Owens - Georgia Peach 1:20

32 Buck Owens - Highland Fling 1:30

33 Buck Owens - Moonlight on The Desert 2:43

34 Buck Owens - March of The McGregor 1:36

35 Buck Owens - Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass 2:24

36 Buck Owens - We're Gonna Get Together 2:05

CD7

01 Buck Owens - White Satin Bed 3:26

02 Buck Owens - In The Middle of A Teardrop 2:30

03 Buck Owens - You Can't Make Nothin' Out of That But Love 2:15

04 Buck Owens - I Would Do Anything for You 2:15

05 Buck Owens - Maybe If I Close My Eyes 2:27

06 Buck Owens - Across This Town and Gone 2:26

07 Buck Owens - Where Does The Good Times Go (Take 9) 2:19

08 Buck Owens - Where Does The Good Times Go (Take 8b) 2:27

09 Buck Owens - How Long Will My Baby Be Gone (Take 5a) 2:22

10 Buck Owens - How Long Will My Baby Be Gone (Take 9a) 2:21

11 Buck Owens - That's All Right With Me (If It's All Right With You) (Take 6) 2:27

12 Buck Owens - Darlin' You Can Depend on Me (Take 2) 2:36

13 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane (Take 1) 0:12

14 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane (Take 2) 0:09

15 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane (Take 3) 0:34

16 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane (Take 4) 0:16

17 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane (Take 5) 2:33

18 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane (Take 6) 2:49

19 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane (Take 7) 0:10

20 Buck Owens - Cadillac Lane (Take 8) 0:17

21 Buck Owens - Cadillac Labe (Take 9) 2:55

22 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 1) 2:39

23 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 2) 0:12

24 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 3) 0:12

25 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 4) 0:07

26 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 5) 0:11

27 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 6) 0:08

28 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 7) 2:38

29 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 8) 0:34

30 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 9) 0:16

31 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 10) 2:38

32 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 11) 2:36

33 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 12) 0:12

34 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 13) 0:17

35 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 14) 0:30

36 Buck Owens - Happy Son of A Gun (Take 15) 2:52

37 Buck Owens - Toys for Tots (Take 3) 1:22

38 Buck Owens - Toys for Tots (Take 6) 0:38

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