JIMMY BUFFETT “You Had To Be There” 2-LP MCA ’78 orig SIGNED

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Artist:  JIMMY BUFFETT        

Title:  “You Had to Be There”

Label:  MCA.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is blue with black text.  Catalog number is MCA2-6005.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:  Jacket is NM- with nice bright artwork.   Front panel is hand signed “To Richard, Thanks So Much. Jimmy Buffett”. 

Faint ring wear on outer panels.  Seams, spine, and surfaces are excellent. 

NOTE:  This album came from the estate of a passionate LP and autograph collector who traveled extensively to personally have his albums signed by the individual performers.  I purchased a significant number of signed albums from this collection, and can personally attest to their authenticity.  I stand behind every autographed item I sell, with a full guarantee of satisfaction and return privilege. 

Review: 

“Jimmy Buffett's first live set established the treasure chest of gags and grooves that would make the singer impossibly successful over the next 20-plus years.  As an easygoing, '70s-sounding Buffett says at the beginning of "Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit," "I've been wanting to do a live album for (a long time) since that's where we have the best time."  And he proves to be a gracious, goofy host, straying into rambling tangents of conversation and storytelling that are at least (if not more) entertaining than the music itself. Musically, "Pencil Thin Moustache" becomes amped-up barroom boogie rock, complete with a honking harmonica.  The Coral Reefer Band imbues "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" with the creaking charm of a comfortable deck chair; with Buffett's smiling vocal on top, it sounds better than an open bar tab at a Caribbean beach café.  Later, Buffett introduces his biggest hit with some prescient banter.  "People ask me, 'Where the hell is "Margaritaville"?'"  He suggests that the famed, fictional island might be at the bottom of a Cuervo bottle before saying "It's anywhere you want it to be."  And with that, Buffett launches into the song that caused a thousand unplanned sick days.  While his big hits sound great, low-key acoustic numbers like "God's Own Drunk" and "Captain and the Kid" show off his songwriting and guitar playing while keeping things light with funny asides.  Fans of Buffett's show will recognize You Had to be There as a prototype of his later summertime extravaganzas; for everyone, it's simply an entertaining live album from an era when the concert industry wasn't yet contaminated by greed, gold level seating, and rote performances.”

(review courtesy of Johnny Loftus, allmusic.com)

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