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Jimmy Buffett            High Cumberland Jubilee Released:                 1971 Recorded:                 1970 Studio:                      Creative Workshop, Berry Hill, Tennessee Length:                     37:26 Label:                       Barnaby Records Producer:                 Travis Turk
High Cumberland Jubilee is the second studio album by American popular-music singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was produced by Travis Turk, recorded in 1971 for Andy Williams's small Barnaby Records label. This was the second album that Buffett recorded, and was his final album with Barnaby, signing next with Dunhill. Following lackluster sales of Buffett's first album, Down to Earth, Barnaby Records would claim that the masters to High Cumberland Jubilee had been lost, hence it has been referred to as Buffett's "lost album." In 1976, after Buffett had left Barnaby and moved to Key West, released numerous additional albums, and become a star, the masters were finally found and the album released.
All of the songs on High Cumberland Jubilee were written or co-written by Buffett, many with Buzz Cason. "In the Shelter", which originally appeared on this album, was later re-recorded by Buffett, first for 1977's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes 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 "The Captain and the Kid") one of only two of his songs with three different studio versions. "Livingston's Gone to Texas" was also re-recorded for the 1974 Living and Dying in ¾ Time. The version on High Cumberland Jubilee is played faster without country stylings and contains an extra verse, not in the 1974 version.
The folk-rock style of music and lyrics on Down to Earth and High Cumberland Jubilee differs greatly from Buffett's subsequent output. They have 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.
Track listing Side A: Title                                                  Writer(s)                            Length "Ace"                                           (Jimmy Buffett)                        3:15 "Rockefeller Square"              (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason)       2:19 "Bend a Little"                        (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason)       2:59 "In the Shelter"                           (Jimmy Buffett)                         3:36 "Death Valley Lives"                   (Jimmy Buffett)                        3:40 "Livingston's Gone to Texas"      (Jimmy Buffett)                        3:49
Side B: Title                                                                               Writer(s)                               Length "England"                                                          (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason)            2:54 "Travelin' Clean"                                                (Jimmy Buffett, Lanny Fiel)              3:07 "The Hangout Gang"                                        (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason)             3:40 "God Don't Own a Car"                                     (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason)            2:58 "High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin' Down Slow" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason)           5:09
Band Jimmy Buffett – vocals, background vocals Lanny Fiel – guitar Rick Fiel – bass guitar Paul Tabet – drums Bergen White – trombone Bobby Thompson – banjo Randy Goodrum – keyboards Buzz Cason – keyboards, background vocals Don Kloetzke – background vocals on "Death Valley Lives"