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"You Had To Be There" - Recorded Live

Jimmy Buffett

1978 · Rock

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"You Had To Be There" - Recorded Live by Jimmy Buffett

"You Had To Be There" - Recorded Live is a Rock album by Jimmy Buffett, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 35 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Son Of A Son Of A Sailor4:00
  2. A2Dialogue0:30
  3. A3Pencil Thin Mustache3:19
  4. A4Dialogue1:03
  5. A5Wonder Why We Ever Go Home4:13
  6. A6Landfall3:08
  7. A7Dialogue0:45
  8. A8Miss You So Badly3:57

Side B

  1. B1Dialogue1:00
  2. B2Havana Daydreamin'4:26
  3. B3Dialogue1:28
  4. B4Margaritaville4:53
  5. B5Dialogue0:20
  6. B6Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes3:09
  7. B7Dialogue0:17
  8. B8Come Monday3:28
  9. B9Dialogue0:36
  10. B10Perrier Blues3:26

Side C

  1. C1Dialogue4:50
  2. C2Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit3:00
  3. C3Dialogue2:04
  4. C4God's Own Drunk10:45
  5. C5Dialogue2:09
  6. C6He Went To Paris4:13
  7. C7Dialogue0:30
  8. C8The Captain And The Kid3:44

Side D

  1. D1Dialogue3:19
  2. D2Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw2:38
  3. D3Dialogue1:20
  4. D4A Pirate Looks At Forty4:31
  5. D5Dialogue0:24
  6. D6Tampico Trauma4:50
  7. D7Dialogue1:17
  8. D8Morris' Nightmare2:58
  9. D9Dixie Diner5:30
  10. D10Applause0:49

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • warm
  • celebratory
  • coastal

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Original Gatefold release included the 4 panel picture poster, and with picture cardboard inner sleeves as shown.
Keel Mfg. Corp. pressing denoted by Union Jack (outline of the British flag) stamped in all runouts.
Coverspine:
AK 1008/2 Jimmy Buffett 'You Had To Be There' ABC Records, Inc.
Innercover:
Recorded Live at: The Fabulous Fox in Atlanta, Georgia (August 8, 9, 10, 1978) Maurice Gusman Cultural Center, Miami (August 14, 15, 16, 1978)
Live Recording Mixed on the Enactron Truck. Enactron Staff.
Remixed at Air Recording Studios, London.
Tape Assistance in London.
Dialogue Edited in London. Thanks to Patti.
Also Thanks to Steve Klein and Joe Foglia at Criteria Studios, Miami, and Eric Schilling at Bayshore Studios, Coconut Grove.
Thanks to Bobby Liberman, Richard "Smokey" Wendell, and "The Hardy Boys": Rick Slagsvol and Brent Taylor.
Special Thanks to the Boys in the Trenches: Rick Holcomb, Clint Gilbert, Max Crabtree, Hobbit and Ava Humphrey, and Harris "Dad" Rice.
Paul Dana, Barbara and Autumn Dumont, Dennis Schezer, Kathy D'Accardo, Sprocket of Bo-Bo Land.
Karen Scott-Conrad and Michele Martin at Coral Reefer and Ann Keener at Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville and Nina.
Bill Merrick and Mike Lofton of the Cheeseburger Airplane. Richard Wozniak and Scott Goodwin in the T-Shirt Department.
Thanks to Tim Krekel, always a Coral Reefer, and a very Special Thanks to Mike Utley for all his Help from the Start.
To Jack Boyle and Cecil Corbett, Thanks for many good Years.
Also Thanks to The Rollin' Errors Band, The Moose, Little River Band, Pete Wagner, Bob Mercer, P. J. O'Rourke and Bobby Zinser. And Norbert Putnam and Dan Fogelberg, Last Minute Literary Aces, for their Album Title Advice.
This Album is Dedicated to Anyone in the United States and Canada who has Paid Good Money to See this Show. Thanks for Helping me Live my Life Like a Song.

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