High Cumberland Jubilee

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High Cumberland Jubilee
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Released1971
Recorded1970
StudioCreative Workshop, Berry Hill, Tennessee
Genre
Length37:26 [1]
Label Barnaby
Producer Travis Turk
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Down to Earth
(1970)
High Cumberland Jubilee
(1971)
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
(1973)
Professional ratings
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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 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." [3] 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.

Contents

Alternative versions

A rare original variation has "Bend a Little" replacing "England" on side two (a repeat from side one, but with a slightly different mix), and "Ace" replacing "Travelin' Clean". Also, "High Cumberland Jubilee" continues to the end rather than fading out as on the standard version of the album. The longer version of "High Cumberland Jubilee" was used on Before The Beach .

The 1998 re-release of the album contained an additional track, "High Cumberland Dilemma", which was recorded for but not included on the original album.

Songs

Buffett performing at Clemson University in February 1977 Jimmy Buffett at Clemson (Taps 1977).png
Buffett performing at Clemson University in February 1977

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. Allmusic reviewer William Ruhlmann noted, "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." [4]

Track listing

Original release

Side A:

  1. "Ace" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:15
  2. "Rockefeller Square" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:19
  3. "Bend a Little" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:59
  4. "In the Shelter" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:36
  5. "Death Valley Lives" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:40
  6. "Livingston's Gone to Texas" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:49

Side B:

  1. "England" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:54
  2. "Travelin' Clean" (Jimmy Buffett, Lanny Fiel) 3:07
  3. "The Hangout Gang" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 3:40
  4. "God Don't Own a Car" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:58
  5. "High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin' Down Slow" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 5:09

1998 re-release

Varese Vintage VSD-5776

  1. "Ace" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:15
  2. "Rockefeller Square" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:19
  3. "Bend a Little" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:59
  4. "In the Shelter" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:36
  5. "Death Valley Lives" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:40
  6. "High Cumberland Dilemma" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 3:32
  7. "Livingston's Gone to Texas" (Jimmy Buffett) 3:49
  8. "England" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:54
  9. "Travelin' Clean" (Jimmy Buffett, Lanny Fiel) 3:07
  10. "The Hangout Gang" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 3:40
  11. "God Don't Own a Car" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 2:58
  12. "High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin' Down Slow" (Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason) 5:09

Compilations

Songs recorded for High Cumberland Jubilee have been released on a number of compilations authorized by Barnaby Records.

Performers

Band

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References

  1. Varèse Sarabande compact disc time is 40:58
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2921
  3. "According to Varese Vintage chief Cary Mansfield explains to ICE, 'Buffett himself was reportedly upset that this album wasn't released right after his first album, but Barnaby told him the tapes were lost.'" Cited at CoBO.org News
  4. William Ruhlmann. Allmusic Review of There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times.