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You're for Me

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Here's one of the best Buck Owens albums. Sundazed records has released a few of Buck's older albums, and this one is among his finest. Actually, I had this one on 8-track (it's been a few years ago) and I wore that tape out in my 66 Fairlane; but that's another story. If you like Bakersfield country, and no holds barred honky-tonk music, then I'll guarantee that you will not sit still while this Cd plays. There's 14 numbers here, including a few chart toppers: "You're For Me", "Under the Influence of Love", and "Fool Me Again". But, it's the other songs that epitomize the true Buck Ownes' sound. Specifically, I'm referring to: "Down On The Corner of Love", "Mirror Mirror", "House Down the Block", and "Down To the River". Some albums have a fair share of filler material.....this aint one of them. You'll love this album, and I suggest you hurry up and grab it while it's still available. If there were only one Buck Owens album I'd recommend, it's either this one, or "... Tiger by the Tail". So, do yourself a favor, and just get both of them!

truly a gifted artist,buck's second album/cd "you're for me" is another reason
why he's an exellent singer / songwriter. there is a lot to like about this cd.
songs like "down on the corner of love","under the influence of love",
"nobody's fool but yours",as well as some great instrumental pieces.
such as "mexican polka","country polka" are great examples of the buckaroos at work.
i'm a long time fan of buck's and i highly recommend anyone of his re-mastered cd's!
YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED AT ALL! the only trouble is the series is incomplete.
whatever happened to the rest of the 70's albums buck recorded for capitol?
from 1973 to 1975,there are at least 2 more cd's to look forward to.
not sure of the exact names,but songs like "it's a monster's holiday"
"on the cover of the music city news",as well as the the duet with
susan raye albums. all in all,a exellent collection to get.
a wonderful person,he will be missed by all true country fams!!!

April, 2009: an emergency disambiguation is called for, since Amazon has linked the (excellent) Sundazed reissue of the 1962 Capitol album "You're For Me" to some cheesy digital package provided by "Chacra Music" that contains early works by Buck Owens, but is not the same album. It has fewer tracks, and they are mostly different material. Just thought I'd warn you. Too bad Amazon hasn't provided any mechanism for customer feedback in the MP3 store the way they did for CDs... there are a LOT of database errors so far, and this is the only way to point them out. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue music reviews)

Buck Owens' ,You're For Me,an early Capitol recording,-not only is this one of Buck's earliest,but may well be his best,this 1962 album features mostly uptempo numbers with steel player, Ralph Mooney, and Don Rich tags along on a couple of songs and strings up the fiddle. The album starts with, You're For Me,and continuously never stops into a honky-tonk mainstream right up 'til the end,.. and,so the Bakersfield maestro plays out one of country music's finest hours,an outstanding Buck Owens essential,if you only ever own one Owens recording ,this is the one, even though the buckeroos are absent.

This was Buck Owens' third album, which was released in 1962. Buck wrote or co-wrote all the songs on the album (with the exception of "Fool Me Again"). The songs were recorded in May, September and December of 1961. There were four hit songs on the album, including "You're For Me"(#10 hit), "Under the Influence of Love"(#2 hit), "Nobody's Fool But Yours"(#11 hit) and "House Down the Block"(#24 hit as the b-side of "You're For Me). Besides the hits, most of the other songs are good, too. I especially get a kick out of the inclusion of two polka instrumenals. The inclusion of the mono single versions of "Under the Influence of Love" and "You're For Me" was unnecessary, since they sound the same as the stereo versions, except for being in mono instead of stereo. A good album that Buck's fans should appreciate.