The Buck Owens Collection 1959-1990 [Box] by Buck Owens

A 3-disc retrospective of Owens' career, with a biography by Rich Kienzle, track-by-track comments by Owens, photos, and tributes from artists influenced by his work. For those with a deep hankering for all things Buckaroo, this is the collection. This expansive box includes all the highlights from Buck Owens's unparalleled career in country music. His impressive string of mid-1960s number ones like "I've Got A Tiger By the Tail," "Act Naturally," and "Sam's Place" are all represented, but there are countless other essentials as well: "Streets of Bakersfield," his caustic paean to the city he made famous; "Made in Japan," his tender--if politically incorrect--ballad to a Japanese woman; and some of his controversial forays into straight-up rock like the Chuck Berry standards "Memphis" and "Johnny B. Goode." Of course, when music gets as cooking as this, categorizations like rock and country are irrelevant anyway.