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Jimmy Buffet: Living and Dying in ¾ Time

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In February 1974, “Dunhill” label released “Living and Dying in ¾ Time”, the fourth Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in October 1973, at “Woodland Sound Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Don Gant.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Lanny Fiel – acoustic, electric and slide guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar
  • Mike Utley – keyboards
  • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • Ferrell Morris – congas, vibes
  • Billy Puett – horns
  • Don Gant, Buzz Cason, Bergen White – backing vocals
  • Bergen White – string and horn arrangements
  • David McKinley – recording
  • Tommy Semmes – mixing
  • Bob Sowell – mastering
  • Rick Bibby – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Buffett, except where noted.

  1. Pencil Thin Mustache
  2. Come Monday
  3. Ringling, Ringling
  4. Brahma Fear
  5. Brand New Country Star – V. Arnold, Jimmy Buffett
  6. Livingston’s Gone to Texas
  7. The Wino and I Know
  8. West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown
  9. Saxophones
  10. Ballad of Spider John – Willis Alan Ramsey
  11. God’s Own Drunk – Lord Buckley

Tom Rapp: Sunforest

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On January 2, 1973, “Blue Thumb” label released “Sunforest”, the third Tom Rapp album. It was recorded in 1973, at “House of Cash”, “Quadrafonic Sound”, “Woodland Sound Studios”, “Electric Lady”, and was produced by Larry Butler and Peter Edmiston.

Personnel:

  • Tom Rapp – vocals, guitar
  • Buzz Cason – vocals
  • Diane Harris – vocals
  • Steve McCord – guitar, musical advisor
  • Jim Colvard – dobro, guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – dobro, guitar, banjo
  • Charles Cochran – piano, string arrangements
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Reggie Young – piano
  • Bob Dorough – piano
  • David Briggs – piano
  • Mike Leech – bass, string arrangements
  • Bill Salter – bass
  • Art Ellis – vocals, flute, congas
  • Bill Rollins – cello
  • Buddy Spicher – electric viola, violin
  • Karl Himmel – drums, percussion
  • Kenny Buttrey – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Warren Smith – marimba
  • Charlie Bragg, Gene Eichelberger, Rex Collier, Dick Shapiro – engineer
  • Phillip Hayes – cover painting
  • Camouflage Productions – design
  • Carl Samrock – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Rapp.

  1. Comin’ Back
  2. Prayers Of Action
  3. Forbidden City
  4. Love / Sex
  5. Harding Street
  6. Blind River
  7. Someplace To Belong
  8. Sunforest
  9. Sunshine & Charles

Jimmy Buffett: A1A

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In December 1974, “Dunhill” label released “A1A”, the fifth Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Don Gant.

Personnel:

The Third Coral Reefer Band

  • Jimmy Buffett – vocals, guitar
  • Roger Bartlett – acoustic lead guitar
  • Steve Goodman – acoustic lead guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric lead guitar
  • Doyle Gresham – pedal steel
  • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass
  • Mike Utley – piano, organ
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • Buzz Cason, Bergen White, Don Gant – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Making Music for Money – Alex Harvey
  2. Door Number Three – Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman
  3. Dallas – Roger Bartlett
  4. Presents to Send You – Jimmy Buffett
  5. Stories We Could Tell – John B. Sebastian
  6. Life Is Just a Tire Swing – Jimmy Buffett
  7. A Pirate Looks at Forty – Jimmy Buffett
  8. Migration – Jimmy Buffett
  9. Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season – Jimmy Buffett
  10. Nautical Wheelers – Jimmy Buffett
  11. Tin Cup Chalice – Jimmy Buffett

Roy Orbison: Regeneration

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In November 1976, “Monument Records” label released “Regeneration”, the twentieth Roy Orbison album. It was recorded January – August 1976, and was produced by Fred Foster.

Personnel:

  • Roy Orbison – vocals
  • Grady Martin, John Christopher, Reggie Young, Steve Gibson – guitar
  • Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, Shane Keister – keyboards
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
  • Gene Chrisman, Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Charles Rose, Harrison Calloway, Harvey Thompson, Billy Puett, Dennis Good, George Tidwell – horns
  • Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Dennis Linde, Diane Tidwell, Ginger Holladay, Janie Fricke, Laverna Moore, Lisa Silver, Sheri Kramer, The Cherry Sisters, Tom Brannon – backing vocals
  • Brenton Banks, Byron Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, Christian Teal, Gary Vanosdale, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Martha McCrory, Martin Katahn, Marvin Chantry, Pam Sixfin, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Steven Smith, Virginia Christensen – strings
  • Bill Justis – arranger
  • Bergen White – arranger

Track listing:

  1. I’m a Southern Man – Tony Joe White
  2. No Chain at All – Bob Morrison
  3. Old Love Song – Bob Morrison, Alice Kiester
  4. Can’t Wait – Alan Rush, Dennis Linde
  5. Born to Love Me – Bob Morrison
  6. Blues in My Mind – Fred Rose
  7. Something They Can’t Take Away – Kris Kristofferson
  8. Under Suspicion – Alan Rush, Dennis Linde
  9. I Don’t Really Want You – Dennis Linde
  10. Belinda – Dennis Linde

Jimmy Buffett: A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean

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On June 4, 1973, “Dunhill” label released “A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean”, the third Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Glaser Sound” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Don Gant.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
  • Steve Goodman – acoustic lead guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric lead guitar
  • Doyle Grisham – pedal Steel guitar
  • Mike Utley – piano
  • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
  • Shane Keister – Moog synthesizer
  • Vassar Clements – fiddle
  • Ed “Lump” Williams – bass guitar
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • Phil Royster – congas
  • Johnny Gimble – fiddle
  • Ferrell Morris – percussion
  • Marvin Gardens – maracas, beer cans
  • Sand Key Chorale (Jimmy Buffett, Don Gant, Buzz Cason) – backing vocals
  • The Buffets; Carol Montgomery, Diane Harris – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Buffett, except where noted.

  1. The Great Filling Station Holdup
  2. Railroad Lady – Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker
  3. He Went to Paris
  4. Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit
  5. Cuban Crime of Passion – Jimmy Buffett, Tom Corcoran
  6. Why Don’t We Get Drunk – Marvin Gardens
  7. Peanut Butter Conspiracy
  8. They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More
  9. I Have Found Me a Home
  10. My Lovely Lady
  11. Death of an Unpopular Poet