Jimmy Buffett White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean CD

Also available with LIVING AND DYING IN 3/4 TIME on 1 cassette.

Ultradiscs are mastered from the original master tapes using Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering technique, then plated with 24 karat gold and housed in a stress-resistant lift-lock jewel box.

Jimmy Buffett's major label debut (the title takes off from a sappy piece of late '50s teen pop by country singer Marty Robbins) is a bit more folky and laid back than you might expect. There are hints of the rowdier Buffett persona to come, but by and large this is early '70s mellow singer-songwriter stuff, albeit with cleverer than usual lyrics.

Highlights include "Death of an Unpopular Poet," a delicately arranged story song about a poet whose posthumous success leads, literally, to the dogs; "They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More," a nostalgic remembrance of '40s big-fruit wearer Carmen Miranda; and "My Lovely Lady," an enthusiastic paean to a woman who "can eat her own weight in crabmeat." There's also the immortal "Why Don't We Get Drunk," a song whose next line--"and screw"--raised eyebrows in 1973, although post-Eminem it's less likely to do so.

Recorded at Glaser Sound, Nashville, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by Tom McGuane.

Recorded at Glaser Sound, Nashville, Tennessee.

Personnel: Jimmy Buffett (vocals, acoustic guitar); Steve Goodman (acoustic guitar); Reggie Young (electric guitar); Doyle Gresham (pedal steel guitar); Vassar Clements (fiddle); Greg "Fingers" Taylor (harmonica); Mike Utley (piano); Shane Keester (Moog synthesizer); Ed "Lump" Williams (bass); Sammy Creason (drums); Marvin Gardens (maracas); Ferrell Morris (percussion); Don Gant, Buzz Cason, Carol Montgomery, Diane Harris (background vocals).

Personnel: Jimmy Buffett (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Don Gant, Buzz Cason (vocals, background vocals); Steve Goodman (guitar, acoustic guitar); Reggie Young (guitar, electric guitar); Doyle Grisham (guitar, steel guitar); Vassar Clements (violin, fiddle); Greg "Fingers" Taylor (harmonica); Mike Utley (piano, keyboards); Shane Keester (synthesizer, Moog synthesizer); Shane Keister (synthesizer); Ed Williams (bass guitar); Sammy Creason (drums); Phil Royster (congas); Marvin Gardens (maracas, percussion); Farrell Morris (percussion); Diane Harris, Carol Montgomery (background vocals).

Recording information: Glaser Sound, Nashville, TN.

Photographer: Glenn A. Baker.

Personnel: Jimmy Buffett (vocals, acoustic guitar); Steve Goodman (acoustic guitar); Reggie Young (electric guitar); Doyle Gresham (steel guitar); Vassar Clements (fiddle); Greg "Fingers" Taylor (harmonica); Mike Utley (piano); Shane Keester (Moog synthesizer); Ed "Lump" Williams (bass); Sammy Creason (drums); Ferrell Morris, Marvin Gardens (percussion); Don Gant, Buzz Cason, Carol Montgomery, Diane Harris (background vocals).