Cat. No. VV 1201: THE BUCKAROOS ~ A NIGHT ON THE TOWN WITH BUCK OWENS' BUCKAROOS. CAPITOL ST 2902.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

AS MOST COUNTRY MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS WOULD KNOW "THE BUCKAROOS" WERE BUCK OWENS BACKING BAND FROM THE MID 1960s UP UNTIL THE EARLY 1970s. BUCK OWENS AND THE BUCKAROOS ALONG WITH MERLE HAGGARD'S "STRANGERS" PLAYED A LARGE PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE "BAKERSFIELD SOUND". THEIR PEAK SUCCESS CAME IN THE PERIOD 1965-1970. IN THAT PERIOD THE BAND RECORDED IN THEIR OWN RIGHT 12 STUDIO ALBUMS AND MANY ACCOLADES MUST GO TO BUCK OWENS TO ALLOW THE BAND THIS PRIVILEGE. IN 2005, CMT NAMED THE BUCKAROOS NO. 2 ON ITS LIST OF THE TOP 20 GREATEST COUNTRY MUSIC BANDS. 

THIS ALBUM WAS THE BAND'S FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM. RELEASED IN 1968 IT REACHED #32 ON THE US COUNTRY CHARTS. THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF STURDY CARDBOARD AND OVERALL IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A "CUT-OUT" IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER. USUALLY INDICATING THAT IT WAS SOLD AT A DISCOUNT PRICE IN ORDER FOR THE RECORD COMPANY TO REMOVE IT FROM STOCK AND SUBSEQUENTLY DID NOT PAY ROYALTIES ON THE SALE OF THE RECORD. THERE IS ALSO SOME WEAR ALONG BOTH THE SPINE AND THE OPEN SIDE. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A 12 CENTIMETRE SPLIT ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE SLEEVE WHICH HAS BEEN TAPED UP WITH INVISIBLE TAPE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Hello California / Pretty Girl / I Can't Stop My Loving You / I'm Coming Back Home To Stay / Waltz Of The Roses / Rattle Traps. Side 2 - Pedal Patter / Highway Man / Sad Is The Lonely / Chaparral / You Bring Out The Best In Me / Down On The Bayou.

12" VINYL RECORD