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| Before the Beach | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jimmy Buffett
Label: Mca Nashville
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 47616
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.5
UPC: 008811082321
EAN: 0008811082321
ASIN: B000002OOA
Release Date: May 25, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | Ellis Dee (He Ain't Free) | | • | The Missionary | | • | A Mile High in Denver | | • | The Captain and the Kid | | • | Captain America | | • | Turnabout | | • | There's Nothin' Soft About Hard Times | | • | I Can't Be Your Hero Today | | • | Truckstop Salvation | | • | Ace | | • | Rockefeller Square | | • | Bend a Little | | • | In the Shelter | | • | Death Valley Lives | | • | Livingston's Gone to Texas | | • | England | | • | Travelin' Clean | | • | The Hangout Gang | | • | God Don't Own a Car | | • | High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin' Down Slow | | • | Cumberland High Dilemma |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Nashville Jimmy July 11, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This cd is basically Jimmy Buffett's first two albums, Down To Earth & High Cumberland Jubilee, combined together. The only omission is Mr. Buffett's first single, "The Christian?", which was on Down To Earth. The songs were recorded before he had ever been to Key West and they do not contain any of the Carribean flavor that his later recordings would have. The songs are written mostly in the country-rock vein. There is no mention of later Buffett themes like sailing, the beach or partying. The album gets stronger as it plays on and it shows the progress Mr. Buffett was making as a performer. The songs that were originally on his second album are better than ones on the first and you can hear how Mr. Buffett's writing was improving and getting stronger. The better songs include "Death Valley Lives", "Ace", "Rockerfeller Square", "Bend A Little" and "In The Shelter" as well as two songs that would be rerecorded on later albums, the pretty and touching "The Captain & The Kid" and "Livingston's Gone To Texas". The cd is uneven at times, but it is worth a listen to hear a young Jimmy Buffett before he became the King of the Parrotheads.
 Recycled Jimmy September 19, 2001
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am a huge "Parrothead." I own every Jimmy album that's been released, which is about 30. I even own this one, but this is a recycled version of Jimmy's first 2 albums -- Down To Earth and High Cumberland Jubilee. Basically they stuck almost all of the songs from those 2 albums on this one. Furthermore, it's country. It's not Jimmy's normal stuff. Even Jimmy doesn't like this stuff. He said so in his book "A Pirate Looks at 50." This is titled "Before the Beach" because it's the music Jimmy was making before he went on his first trip to Key West. At that point he metamorphosized into the Jimmy we know and love today. Again, I say this is COUNTRY -- not Jimmy's brand of music.
Jimmy's searching spirit October 24, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the core of jimmy b. trying to figure and reason with the lifestyles and morality plays of people around him; with his catholic upbringing and free thinking good hearted enthusiasm for the spirit, he reveals himself. This recording has a great folksy sound. It sounds American
 WOW What a CD April 17, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you had 2 things to do in life one would be to hang out with The Hang Out Gang and the other would be to set Ellis Dee free cause they are great songs. This is my favorite Buffett CD i have heard. Get it now or you aren't a true fan
Early Stuff that shows Jimmy's Roots July 30, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A must have for the Parrothead that enjoys Jimmy's Nashville sound. Easy to tell Jimmy had not been influenced by Key West yet. Sounds very Jerry Jeff Walker, or David Allen Coe like. (Both of those singers also went to Key West and changed music styles). This CD is a change up for any Parrothead Party or for a lazy weekend.
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