JIMMY BUFFETT LP Down to Earth
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Vinyl is in VG+ condition WITH A PAIR OF SURFACE MARKS ON SIDE ONE WHICH DO NOT AFFECT PLAY. Labels are brilliant and clean, record very glossy.
Great cover is VG+ condition WITH A CUT-OUT SLICE OFF THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER AS WELL AS A BLACK MARKERED CIRCLE ON THE BACK. SLIGHT EDGE WEAR. Really quite beautiful.
Very scarce original 1970 release is Buffett's first recording.
Down to Earth is the first album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was produced by Travis Turk and was initially released in 1970 on Andy Williams's small Barnaby Records label as Z 30093.
Due to its limited initial appeal (it only sold a few hundred copies), long periods out of general release, and stylistic differences with the rest of Buffett's work, Down to Earth (along with the similar High Cumberland Jubilee) was often not considered part of the chronology of Buffett albums by fans or even Buffett himself.All of the songs on Down to Earth were written or co-written by Buffett. "The Captain and the Kid," which originally appeared on this album, was later re-recorded by Buffett, first for 1976's Havaña Daydreamin' when it was released as a single, and in 2002 for the greatest hits compilation Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection making it (with "In the Shelter") one of only two of his songs with three different studio versions.
The folk-rock style of music and lyrics on Down to Earth and High Cumberland Jubilee differ greatly from Buffett's subsequent output. There is less of the country music feel and little of the gulf and western, Key-West-influenced sound and themes that have defined his musical career. Allmusic reviewer William Ruhlmann notes that "this is not the freewheeling Jimmy Buffett of 'Margaritaville,' but rather a thoughtful folk-rock singer/songwriter of the early '70s, earnestly strumming an acoustic guitar over a rhythm section and singing lyrics of social consciousness with sly references to drugs." [3]
An alternate take of Captain America was released as the third single of the album
Track listings
All tracks composed by Jimmy Buffett; except where indicated[edit]
Side A:
- "The Christian?" (Milton Brown, Jimmy Buffett) 3:54
- "Ellis Dee (He Ain't Free)" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:50
- "The Missionary" 3:33
- "A Mile High in Denver" 3:07
- "The Captain and the Kid" 3:18
Side B:
- "Captain America" 3:28
- "Ain't He a Genius" 2:43
- "Turnabout" 4:20
- "There's Nothin' Soft about Hard Times" 3:23
- "I Can't be Your Hero Today" 2:58
- "Truckstop Salvation" 5:48
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