Down To Earth (1970)
Original vinyl: Z 30093, Barnaby Records. No gatefold.
Original CD: None. Most of the songs are contained on Before The Beach.
High Cumberland Jubilee (1971 (released 1976))
Original vinyl: BR/6014, Barnaby Records. Album has a plain sleeve, and a yellow
(sort of) label with an album melting over a tree branch. A rare variation of this album
exists, but is in the music, not the packaging. On this variation Bend a Little replaces
England on side two (repeated from side one, but mixed ever so slightly different), and
Ace replaces and Travelin' Clean. Also, the track High Cumberland Jubilee carries on to
the end rather than fading out like on the most common versions of the album (this is the
mix that is used on the Before The Beach CD). The lable on the second side lists
the tracks as they should appear, not as they are. I know of the existance of at least
three copies of the album like this, so I suspect that it is rare, but not impossible to
find. The only way to determine if the album is the rare version is to play it.
Original CD: None. All of the songs are contained on Before The Beach,
although some are mixed differently.
A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean (1973)
Original vinyl: DSX 50150, ABC/Dunhill Records. No gatefold, lyrics on back cover.
Black ABC/Dunhill label, orange ABC/Dunhill sleeve with a sillouette of a family holding
hands on a mountainside on it.
Re-issue: MCA 37026, MCA Records. No gatefold or liner notes.
Original CD: MCAD-1589, MCA. Few liner notes, but no original art except for the
cover photo. Back cover art missing. Out of print.
Re-isssue CD: MCAD-31090, MCA. No liner notes or photos.
Living And Dying In 3/4 Time (1974)
Original vinyl: DSD-50132, ABC/Dunhill. Gatefold featuring a painting of a sunset,
limited liner notes on the back cover, lyrics on a black and white insert that includes a
photo of Jimmy. Black ABC/Dunhill label, orange ABC/Dunhill sleeve with a sillouette of a
family holding hands on a mountainside on it. An original Canadian promotional release has
"West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown God's Own Drunk Restricted - Not For Radio
Play" printed in white on the upper right corner of the album. This version is not a
gatefold, and has a plain white sleeve and a yellow/orange/purple Dunhill label.
Re-issue: MCA 37025, MCA. No gatefold or insert, plain white sleeve. Limited liner
notes on back cover.
Original CD: MCAD-1588. Decent liner notes and photo of the shark. Out of print.
Re-isssue CD: MCAD-31059. No liner notes or photos.
A-1-A (1974)
Original vinyl: DSD-50183, ABC/Dunhill Records. Gatefold with notes and several
photos, black ABC/Dunhill label, orange ABC/Dunhill sleeve with the sillouette of the
family on the mountainside.
Re-issue: ABCL 5065, ABC/Dunhill Records marketed by Anchor Records in the UK.
Re-issue: MCA Records (MCA XXXXX). No gatefold.
Original CD: MCAD-1590, MCA. No liner notes or photos.
Two-on-One CD: MCAD-5879, MCA. Includes a pretty complete back cover from A-1-A,
with all the liner notes. As for Volcano, includes the photo of Bubba pointing at a
steaming volcanic vent. No notes. Out of print.
Rancho Deluxe Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Original vinyl: UA-LA466G, United Artists Records. No gatefold; plain white sleeve
and tan label. Cover is slightly glossy. This album was reissued sometime in the early
80's on the Liberty label. The reissue has an identical cover, but is slightly more
glossy. The Liberty label is gray, and corectly credits Roger Bartlett for singing the
song "Left Me With a Nail to Drive." This reissue is probably rarer than the
original issue, but is worth less money if anything.
Original CD: None.
Havaņa Daydreamin' (1976)
Original vinyl: ABCD-914, ABC/Dunhill Records. Gatefold with notes and photos.
Orange ABC label, green ABC Records sleeve with white stripes and ABC Records between each
white stripe - two rare versions of this album are rumored to exist. One contains the
songs "Please Take Your Drunken 15 Year Old Girlfriend Home," and "Train to
Dixieland," and the other version contains the song "We've Been Taken to the
Cleaners (and I Already Had my Shirts Done). The author of this list has never seen a copy
of either of these and can not substantiate these rumors.
Re-issue: MCA Records (MCA XXXXX). No gatefold.
Original CD: MCAD-31093, MCA. No liner notes or photos.
Two-on-One CD: MCAD-5875, MCA. Very comprehensive liner notes for both Changes In
Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes and Havaņa Daydreamin'. Out of print. MCA cut "In
The Shelter" to make it all fit.
Havaņa Daydreamin' was originally to be called Second Wind. It was
to contain "Please Take Your Drunken Fifteen Year Old Girlfriend Home",
"Train To Dixieland", and "Wonder Why You Ever Go Home". Acetates of
this item are extremely rare!
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (1977)
Original vinyl: AB-990, ABC Records. Embossed album cover with gatefold featuring
many photos. Lyrics and notes on sleeve. Orange ABC Records label.
Re-issues: MCA-37150, MCA Records. No gatefold. Plain white sleeve. No liner notes.
The reissue on MCA contains an extra track not credited on the label. This is a short
acoustic reprise of the song "Changes in Lattitutes, Changes in Attitudes." This
album can be distinguished because it does not have a gatefold cover. Also, original
copies have the N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW symbols from the compass on the cover embossed
in the cardboard, the reissue has them printed in ink.
MHK-7123. Asian packaging.
Original CD: MCAD-31070, MCA. No liner notes or phots.
Re-isssue CD: MCAD-10951, MCA. Ultimate Master Disc gold CD. Skimpy liner notes.
Two-on-One CD: MCAD-5875, MCA. Very comprehensive liner notes for both Changes In
Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes and Havaņa Daydreamin'. Out of print. MCA cut "In
The Shelter" to make it all fit.
Son Of A Son Of A Sailor (1978)
Original vinyl: AA-1046, ABC. Gatefold with full-color photo of Jimmy, extensive
liner notes and photos on a colored cardboard record sleeve.
Re-issue vinyl: MCA 37024, MCA. No gatefold, no liner notes, plain white sleeve.
Original CD: MCAD-31091, MCA. No liner notes.
Two-on-One CD: MCAD-5867. Combines Son Of A Son Of A Sailor with Coconut Telegraph.
No liner notes. Out of print.
You Had To Be There (live) (1978)
Original vinyl: AK 1008/2, ABC Records. Gatefold, color sleeves and fold-out
poster. ABC is written inside of a musical note, instead of in a black ball like the older
albums. Cardboard picture sleeves featuring city and harbor scenes, etc.
Re-issue: MCA2-6005, MCA Records. Gatefold, plain sleeves, no poster. Cover
includes a gold circle with the statement, "Specially priced two record set."
Original CD: MCAD-6005, MCA Record. Live set packaged in two single-CD jewel boxes.
Complete booklet (actually, two identical booklets - one for each jewel box) with liner
notes. Out of print.
Re-isssue CD: MCAD-6005, MCA Records. Live set packaged in one double-CD jewel box
with updated back cover graphics. Complete booklet with liner notes.
Volcano (1979)
Original vinyl: MCA-5102, MCA Records. Gatefold with photos and Don Blanding poem.
Lyrics and liner notes on album sleeve. About this time MCA changed their labels from
being black with a prism to being blue with a rainbow. Some albums from this period have
plain tan labels (like Volcano). European imports of this album have the old black with
prism MCA label. These albums can also be identified by black lettering on the spine
instead of pink like the American versions.
Re-issue: MCA-5102 (stamped in gold foil as MCA-1657), MCA Records. Has gatefold,
but record sleeve is clear plastic. Original CD: MCAD-1657, MCA Records. No liner
notes or pictures.
Two-on-One CD: MCAD-5879, MCA Records. Includes a pretty complete back cover from
A-1-A, with all the liner notes. As for Volcano, includes the photo of Bubba pointing at a
steaming volcanic vent. No notes. Out of print.
Two-on-One CD: Jimmy Buffett Back 2 Back: MCD31755, MCA/BMG Austrailia. Australian
import combining Volcano and Last Mango In Paris.
Before The Salt (1979)
Original vinyl: 2 BR-6019, Barnaby/Janus Records. Reissues of Down to Earth
and High Cumberland Jubilee in one set. No gatefold, plain white sleeves, album
melting on a branch labe. An alternate cover exists, but I have not actually seen it, so I
do not know what it looks like.
Original CD: None. Most of the songs are contained on Before The Beach.
Coconut Telegraph (1980)
Original vinyl: MCA-5169, MCA Records. No gatefold. The record sleeve itself,
however, opens like an envelope and features a lot of art work and copious liner notes.
Custom disc label. Imports have the blue with rainbow MCA label with a custom sleeve and
insert that are identical to the fold open sleeve on the American versions.
Re-issue: MCA-5169 ( stamped as "Platinum Plus 37177"), MCA Records. Same
album jacket, but the record sleeve does not open like an envelope, as in the above
version. MCA eliminated most of the art work featured on the earlier sleeve, and crammed
the lyrics and liner notes on a standard record sleeve for this release. Custom label. Original
CD: MCAD-31092, MCA Records. No liner notes or pictures.
Two-on-One CD: MCAD-5867. Combines Son Of A Son Of A Sailor with Coconut Telegraph.
No liner notes. Out of print.
Jimmy Buffett (1981)
Original vinyl: XMP-6021, Excelsior Records. Re-issue of Down To Earth. No
gatefold, plain white sleeve, tan label.
Original CD: None. Most of the songs are contained on Before The Beach.
Somewhere Over China (1981)
Original vinyl: MCA-5285, MCA Records. No gatefold. Liner notes and color photos on
the sleeve.
Original CD: MCAD-31168, MCA Records. No liner notes or photos.
One Particular Harbour (1983)
Original vinyl: MCA 5447, MCA Records. No gatefold. Plain white record sleeve.
Lyrics and color photos are contained on a fold-out insert.
Original CD: MCAD-31094, MCA Records. No liner notes or pictures.
Two-on-One CD: MCAD-5923, MCA Records. The last of MCA's two-fer Buffett CDs
combines One Particular Habour with Riddles In The Sand. No liner notes, but a few photos.
MCA cut "When the Wild Life Betrays Me" from Riddles In The Sand to make
everything fit on one CD! Out of print.
Riddles In The Sand (1984)
Original vinyl: MCA-5512, MCA Records. No gatefold. Lyrics and photos on black and
white record sleeve.
Original CD: MCAD-31095, MCA Records. No liner notes or pictures.
Two-on-One CD: MCAD-5923, MCA Records. The last of MCA's two-fer Buffett CDs
combines One Particular Habour with Riddles In The Sand. No liner notes, but a few photos.
MCA cut "When the Wild Life Betrays Me" from Riddles In The Sand to make
everything fit on one CD! Out of print.
Last Mango In Paris (1985)
Original vinyl: MCA-5600, MCA Records. No gatefold. Lyrics on color sleeve. This
album also had a postcard to send in to enter in the Last Mango in Paris Cruise contest (I
think that all entries were automatically signed up to recieve the Coconut Telegraph).
Original CD: MCAD-31157, MCA Records. No liner notes or pictures.
Two-on-One CD: Jimmy Buffett Back 2 Back: MCD31755, MCA/BMG Austrailia. Australian
import combining Volcano and Last Mango In Paris.
Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s) (1985)
Original vinyl: MCA-5633, MCA Records. No gatefold, plain white sleeve, B&W
insert with picture of Jimmy and a floral shirt.
Original CD: MCAD-5633 DIDX-426, MCA Records.
Re-isssue CD: MCAD-11169, MCA Records. Ultimate Master Disc gold CD.
Floridays (1986)
Original vinyl: MCA-5730, MCA Records. No gatefold. Lyrics and photo on B&W
sleeve.
Original CD: MCAD-5730 JVC-515, MCA Records. Contains a fold-out insert, rather
than a booklet.
Hot Water (1988)
Original vinyl: MCA-42093, MCA Records. No Gatefold, no liner notes. Record sleeve
is clear plastic.
Original CD: MCAD-42093, MCA Records. CD booklet.
Off To See The Lizard (1989)
Original vinyl: MCA-6314, MCA Records. No gatefold, no liner notes. Record sleeve
is clear plastic.
Original CD: MCAD-6314, MCA Records. CD booklet.
Feeding Frenzy (live) (1990)
Original CD: MCAD-10022, MCA Records. CD booklet.
Boats, Beaches, Bars, & Ballads (1992)
Original CD: MCAD-10613, MCA/Margaritaville Records. Box set with Parrothead
Handbook.
Before The Beach (1993)
Original CD: MCAD-10823, MCA/Margaritaville Records. Reissue of Down To Earth
and High Cumberland Jubilee on one disc. The CD does not have three tracks
originally included on Down to Earth: The Christian?, Ain't He a Genius,
and Richard Frost. It does, however, include one track not on the original version
of High Cumberland Jubilee: Cumberland High Dilemma.
All the Great Hits (1993)
Original CD: PLATCD 4903, Prism Leisure/MCA. UK only.
Fruitcakes (1994)
Original CD: MCAD-11043, MCA/Margaritaville Records. CD booklet.
A Pirate's Treasure ~ 20 Jimmy Buffett Gems (1994)
Original CD: MCAD 31213, MCA Records. Australia only.
The Great Jimmy Buffett (1994)
Original CD: Goldies label (Intermusic S.A.) DISC NO: GLD 63166. Portugese CD which
is basically A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean, plus three tracks from Living
and Dying In 3/4 Time: "Ringling, Ringling," "Brand New Country
Star," and "God's Own Drunk." The artwork is a little wacky. It feartures a
lime green background with a black-and-white photo of Buffett in his long-hair, gold
necklace, handle bar-mustache days.
Barometer Soup (August 1, 1995)
Original CD: MCAD-11247, MCA/Margaritaville Records. CD booklet.
Reissue CD: MCA VICTOR INC. MVCM-540. Japanese import.
Great American Summer Fun With Jimmy Buffett (1996)
Original CD: MSD-36031, MCA Special Markets & Products. Compilation sold
exclusively at Target stores.
Banana Wind (June 4, 1996)
Original CD: MCAD-11451, MCA/Margaritaville Records. CD booklet.
Christmas Island (October 8, 1996)
Original CD: MCAD-11489, MCA/Margaritaville Records. CD booklet.
Biloxi (19xx)
Original CD: PCD10169. Austrailian import.
Special Jimmy Buffett Sampler Recorded Live "You Had to Be There" (LP
Size White Label Promo), ABC Records
| A |
B |
| Son of a Son of a Sailor |
Same |
| Pencil Thin Mustache |
Same |
| Margaritaville |
Same |
| Come Monday |
Same |
| Dixie Diner |
Same |
Christmas In The Caribbean CD Single (1996)
MCA Records/Margaritaville Records (MCAD-7127). Includes Christmas In The Caribbean and
Volcano.
Jimmy Buffett on the charts:
The Great Filling Station Holdup/Why Don't We Get Drunk
#58 Country
Saxophones/Ringling Ringling
#105 Pop
Come Monday/The Wino and I Know
#30 Pop
#4 Easy Listening
#58 Country
Pencil Thin Mustache/Brand New Country Star
#101 Pop
#44 Easy Listening
A Pirate Looks At 40/Presents To Send You
#101 Pop
Door Number Three/Dallas
#102 Pop
#88 Country
Margaritaville/Miss You So Badly
#8 Pop
#1 Easy Listening
#13 Country
Changes in Latitudes/Landfall
#37 Pop
#11 Easy Listening
#24 Country
Cheesburger In Paradise/African Friend
#32 Pop
Livingston Saturday Night/Cowboy in the Jungle
#52 Pop
#91 Country
Manana/Coast of Marseilles
#84 Pop
Fins/Dreamsicle
#35 Pop
#42 Easy Listening
Volcano/Stranded on a Sandbar
#66 Pop
#43 Easy Listening
Survive/Boat Drinks
#77 Pop
It's My Job/Little Miss Magic
#57 Pop
#32 Adult Contempory
Brown Eyed Girl
#13 Adult Contempory
One Particular Harbour/Distantly In Love
#22 Adult Contempory
When The Wild Life Betrays Me/Ragtop Day
#42 Country
Bigger Than The Both Of Us/Come To The Moon
#58 Country
Who's The Blond Stranger/She's going out Of My Mind
#37 Country
Gypsies In The Palace/Jolly Mon
#56 Country
If The Phone Doesn't Ring/Frank and Lola
#16 Country
#37 Adult Contempory
Please Bypass This Heart/Beyond the End
#50 Country
Bring Back The Magic
#24 Adult Contempory
Take Another Road/Off To See The Lizard
#18 Adult Contempory
Another Saturday Night/Souveniers
#74 Country
#29 Adult Contemporary
Mexico
#10 Adult Contemporary
[Thanks to Jon Lautieri and Steve Eng, author of Jimmy Buffett: The
Man Behind Margaritaville and Cam Perry.]
Jimmy Buffett is also featured on the following compilations:
FM Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Livingston Saturday Night
Original vinyl: MCA2-12000
Urban Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Hello Texas
Fast Times At Ridgemont High Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Full Moon/Elektra 61058-2)
I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)
Slugger's Wife Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Ragtop Day
Tennessee Christmas
Christmas in the Caribbean
Jane Fonda's Workout Tape
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
Coast to Coast Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Survive
Come Monday
Summer Rental Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Turning Around (Note: This is not available in stores.)
Arachnaphobia Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Hollywood Records 60974-2)
Don't Bug Me
The Doctor Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Why Don't We Get Drunk
Always Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Boomerang Love
The Firm Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Stars on the Water
Breaking All The Rules, The Creation Of The Trivial Pursuit Board Game (Soundtrack)
Pencil Thin Mustache
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
A Pirate Looks at Forty
Margaritaville Cafe, Late Night Menu
(MCAD-10824)
Another Satudray Night
Reggae Accident
Souvenirs
Kermit The Frog -- Unpigged
Mr. Spaceman
More Songs For Sleepless Nights
Stars Fell on Alabama
Frank Sinatra's Duets II
(Capitol CDP 7243 8 28103 2 2)
Mack the Knife
Margaritaville Cafe New Orleans, Late Night Gumbo
Margaritaville Records/Island
(162-535 012-2)
Sea Cruise
Good Night Irene
Jimmy Buffett has some relation to the following songs:
The Theme to Johnny Bago (CBS television series)
Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett
Gulf Coast Highway (Evangeline)
Jimmy Buffett on duet vocals
Happiness Alone (Clint Black)
Co-written by Jimmy Buffett
Sugar Trade (James Taylor)
Co-written by Jimmy Buffett
Midnight Key (The Neville Brothers)
Co-written by Jimmy Buffett
The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks (The Eagles)
Jimmy Buffett on background vocals
If I'm Gonna Eat Somebody (It Might As Well Be You) (Ferngully Motion Picture
Soundtrack)
Written by Jimmy Buffett and Michael Utley
Partytown (Glenn Frey)
Jimmy Buffett on background vocals (credited as Freddie Buffett)
Some White People Can Dance (Greg 'Fingers' Taylor)
Co-written by Jimmy Buffett
Who Stole My Monkey (Zachary Richard)
Background vocals by Jimmy Buffett
The Parakeet Album
Margaritaville Records/Island
(162-531 000-2)
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