You Had to Be There: Recorded Live is a live

Live album

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 double album

Double album

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 by American

United States

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 popular music singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett

James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"...

. It was initially released in October 1978

1978 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....

 as ABC

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....

 AK-1008/2 and later re-released on ABC's successor label MCA

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

. It is the first of Buffett's many live albums and his tenth album overall.

The album's material was culled from several concert

Concert

A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

s at Fox Theatre

Fox Theatre (Atlanta)

The Fox Theatre , a former movie palace, is a performing arts venue located at 660 Peachtree Street NE in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, and is the centerpiece of the Fox Theatre Historic District....

 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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 and Maurice Gusman Cultural Center in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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 in August 1978 and was remixed by Elliot Scheiner

Elliot Scheiner

Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer. Scheiner has received 23 Grammy Award nominations, 6 of which he won, and he has been awarded four Emmy nominations, one Emmy award for his work with the Eagles on their farewell tour broadcast, three TEC Awards nominations, a TEC Hall of...

 at AIR

Associated Independent Recording

Associated Independent Recording , an independent recording company, was founded in London in 1965 by Beatles producer George Martin and his partner John Burgess after their departure from EMI....

 Studios in London

London

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.

Chart performance

You Had to Be There reached #72 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 album chart and #29 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album was also certified "Gold" by the RIAA

RIAA certification

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.

Songs

The album featured many of Buffett's concert favorites as well as three new songs that have not appeared on any other Buffett album: "Perrier Blues," "Morris' Nightmare," and the instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 "Dixie Diner" (a cover originally by Larry Raspberry & the Highsteppers)

The album was heavily edited between shows, making the playlist out of order of the actual show. Songs known to have been played but deleted from the final cut are:

• Banana Republics
• Cheeseburger in Paradise
• Coast of Marseilles
• The Last Line
• Livingston Saturday Night
• Mañana

"Cheeseburger in Paradise

Cheeseburger In Paradise

"Cheeseburger in Paradise" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album Son of a Son of a Sailor and was released as a single, reaching #32 on the Billboard Hot 100...

" is the only popular song deleted from the album, which is very strange because the song was at its peak in popularity at the time of its release. The reason the song was scrapped from the album is unknown, although one theory is that since it was a current charting single, producer Norbert Putnam

Norbert Putnam

Norbert Putnam is an American record producer and musician. He grew up near Florence, Alabama and was part of the Muscle Shoals musicians brought to Nashville to play for Elvis Presley in 1965. Putnam worked there as a bassist on recording sessions with Presley, Roy Orbison, Al Hirt, Henry...

 did not want to have two competing versions of the same song newly in circulation at the same time.

Original phonograph record release

Side One:

1. "Son of a Son of a Sailor" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:00

   Dialogue :30

2. Pencil Thin Mustache" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:19

   Dialogue 1:03

3. Wonder Why We Ever Go Home" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:13
4. Landfall" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:08

   Dialogue :45

5. Miss You So Badly" (Jimmy Buffett/Greg Taylor) 3:57

Side Two:

Dialogue 1:00

1. Havaña Daydreamin'" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:26

   Dialogue 1:28

2. Margaritaville
   Margaritaville
   "Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) 4:53( premiere of "The Lost Verse")

   Dialogue :20

3. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:09

   Dialogue :17

4. Come Monday
   Come Monday
   "Come Monday" is the title a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time and was his first Top 40 hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #3 Easy Listening and #58...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) 3:28

   Dialogue :36

5. Perrier Blues" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:26

Side Three:

Dialogue 4:50

1. Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:00

   Dialogue 2:04

2. God's Own Drunk" (Lord Buckley
   Lord Buckley
   Lord Richard Buckley was an American stage performer, recording artist, monologist, and hip poet/comic...
   
   ) 10:45

   Dialogue 2:09

3. He Went To Paris" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:13

   Dialogue :30

4. The Captain and the Kid" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:44

Side Four:

Dialogue 3:19

1. Why Don't We Get Drunk (and Screw)" (Marvin Gardens) 2:38

   Dialogue 1:20

2. A Pirate Looks at Forty" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:31

   Dialogue :24

3. Tampico Trauma" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:50

   Dialogue 1:17

4. Morris' Nightmare" (Tim Krekel
   Tim Krekel
   Tim Krekel was an American rock musician and country music songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky.- Early life :...
   
   /Jimmy Buffett) 2:58
5. Dixie Diner" (L. Raspberry/G. Taylor/C. Ferrante/R. Berretta/B. Marshall) 5:30

   Applause :49

   Applause [in run-out groove] :02 (repeats)

Compact disc release

Disc One:

1. Son of a Son of a Sailor" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:21
2. Pencil Thin Mustache" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:37
3. Wonder Why We Ever Go Home" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:13
4. Landfall" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:32
5. Miss You So Badly" (Jimmy Buffett/Greg Taylor) 4:19
6. Havaña Daydreamin'" (Jimmy Buffett) 6:34
7. Margaritaville
   Margaritaville
   "Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) 5:30
8. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:28
9. Come Monday
   Come Monday
   "Come Monday" is the title a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time and was his first Top 40 hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #3 Easy Listening and #58...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) 3:41
10. Perrier Blues" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:52

Disc Two:

1. Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit" (Jimmy Buffett) 8:06
2. God's Own Drunk" (Lord Buckley
   Lord Buckley
   Lord Richard Buckley was an American stage performer, recording artist, monologist, and hip poet/comic...
   
   ) 12:40
3. He Went to Paris" (Jimmy Buffett) 6:13
4. The Captain and The Kid" (Jimmy Buffett) 4:15
5. Why Don't We Get Drunk (and Screw)" (Marvin Gardens) 6:23
6. A Pirate Looks at Forty" (Jimmy Buffett) 5:47
7. Tampico Trauma" (Jimmy Buffett) 5:47
8. Morris' Nightmare" (Tim Krekel
   Tim Krekel
   Tim Krekel was an American rock musician and country music songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky.- Early life :...
   
   /Jimmy Buffett) 3:27
9. Dixie Diner" (L. Raspberry/G. Taylor/C. Ferrante/R. Berretta/B. Marshall) 6:22

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band

Coral Reefer Band

The Coral Reefer Band is the touring and recording band of American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Originally it was a fictional band consisting of the imaginary members Marvin Gardens, Kay Pasa, Al Vacado and Kitty Litter....

:

• Jimmy Buffett: Vocals, acoustic and Electric guitar
• Barry Chance: Guitar
• Harry Dailey: Bass
• Jay Spell: Piano
• Mike Utley
  Michael Utley
  Michael Utley, often credited as Mike Utley, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band...
  
  : Organ
• Kenneth Buttrey
  Kenny Buttrey
  Aaron Kenneth Buttrey was an American drummer and arranger. According to CMT, he was "one of the most influential session musicians in Nashville history"....
  
  : Drums and percussion
• Greg "Fingers" Taylor: Harmonica
• Deborah McColl: Background Vocals

Tour

Despite the recording being captured during 1978's Cheeseburger in Paradise Tour, Buffett set out on a You Had to Be There Tour from February through April of 1979. The remainder of the year was dedicated to promoting his 1979 album Volcano

Volcano (Jimmy Buffett album)

Volcano is the 10th studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and is his 11th overall. It was released in May 1979 as MCA 5102 and was his first release on that label after its absorption of ABC Dunhill....

.

1979 Coral Reefer Band

• Jimmy Buffett: Vocals and guitar
• Barry Chance: Guitar
• Harry Dailey: Bass and background Vocals
• Deborah McColl: Background Vocals
• Greg “Fingers” Taylor: Harmonica and background Vocals
• Michael Utley: Keyboards
• Andy McMahon: Organ
• Sammy Creason
  Sammy Creason
  Sammy Creason was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan among others....
  
  : Drums

Set list

The only set list from the tour that's been confirmed is that of the opening night at Florida Gym in Gainesville, FL. While the structure of Buffett's set lists generally remain the same in a given tour, the song selection varies from night to night; so it's more than likely that there were many changes to the set list as the tour progressed.




Florida Gym

Saturday, February 17th, 1979

Set:

1. "Son of a Son of a Sailor
   Son of a Son of a Sailor (song)
   "Son of a Son of a Sailor" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It's the opening track of the 1978 album of the same name...
   
   "
2. "Pencil Thin Mustache
   Pencil Thin Mustache
   "Pencil Thin Mustache," originally released as "Pencil Thin Moustache," is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on Dunhill D-15011 in August 1974.It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time...
   
   "
3. "Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
   Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
   Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes is the breakthrough 1977 album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The album, his eighth, remains the best-selling album of Buffett's career, and contains his biggest single, "Margaritaville"...
   
   "
4. "Landfall"
5. "Miss You So Badly"
6. "Boat Drinks
   Boat Drinks (song)
   "Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a B-side on MCA in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs, frequently played in concert and occasionally on the radio.-History:The song was...
   
   "
7. "Margaritaville
   Margaritaville
   "Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote...
   
   "
8. "He Went to Paris" (acoustic)
9. "Dreamsicle" (acoustic)
10. "God's Own Drunk
    Living & Dying in 3/4 Time
    Living & Dying in ¾ Time is the fourth album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and the second major label album in Buffett's Don Gant-produced "Key West phase." It was initially released in February 1974 as Dunhill DS-50132 and later rereleased on Dunhill's successor labels...
    
    " (Richard Buckley
    Lord Buckley
    Lord Richard Buckley was an American stage performer, recording artist, monologist, and hip poet/comic...
    
     cover) (acoustic)
11. "Why Don't We Get Drunk
    Why Don't We Get Drunk
    "Why Don't We Get Drunk" is a novelty song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was a b-side to the first single from his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean...
    
    "
12. "Coast of
    Son of a Son of a Sailor
    Son of a Son of a Sailor is the ninth album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was initially released in March 1978 as ABC Dunhill AA-1046 and later rereleased on its successor label, MCA.-Chart performance:...
    
     Marseilles" (Keith Sykes cover)
13. "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
14. "Stranded on a Sandbar"
15. "Shiver Me Timbers" (Tom Waits
    Tom Waits
    Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
    
     cover) (with Deborah McCall)
16. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
    Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (song)
    "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" is the title of a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on ABC Dunhill 12305 in August 1977....
    
    "
17. "A Pirate Looks at Forty
    A Pirate Looks at Forty
    "A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album A1A and "Presents to Send You" is the B-side of the single....
    
    "
18. "Come Monday
    Come Monday
    "Come Monday" is the title a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time and was his first Top 40 hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #3 Easy Listening and #58...
    
    "
19. "Tampico Trauma"

Encore:

1. "Let the Good Times Roll
   Let the Good Times Roll
   Let the Good Times Roll may refer to:*"Let the Good Times Roll" *"Let the Good Times Roll" *Let the Good Times Roll , a 1999 album by B.B...
   
   " (B.B. King cover)
2. "Dixie Diner" (Larry Raspberry And The Highsteppers cover)

Encore 2:

1. "Tin Cup Chalice
   Tin Cup Chalice
   Tin Cup Chalice , was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who, in 2008, became the first New York-bred to win New York’s “OTB Big Apple Triple" of Racing: the Mike Lee Handicap, the New York Derby, and the Albany Stakes...
   
   " (acoustic)