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Before the Beach

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (May 25, 1993)
  • Original Release Date: May 25, 1993
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Mca Nashville
  • ASIN: B000002OOA
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #156,784 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Ellis Dee (He Ain't Free)
2. Missionary
3. Mile High in Denver
4. Captain and the Kid
5. Captain America
6. Turnabout
7. There's Nothin' Soft About Hard Times
8. I Can't Be Your Hero Today
9. Truckstop Salvation
10. Ace
11. Rockefeller Square
12. Bend a Little
13. In the Shelter
14. Death Valley Lives
15. Livingston's Gone to Texas
16. England
17. Travelin' Clean
18. Hangout Gang
19. God Don't Own a Car
20. High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin' Down Slow
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nashville Jimmy, July 10, 2000
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.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Recycled Jimmy, September 19, 2001
By Travis K. Hutson "piratelookingat40" (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Jimmy's searching spirit, October 24, 2000
By Karl Hickel (Anchorage, Alaska USA) - See all my reviews
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
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4.0 out of 5 stars Jimmy's Authorized Edition, But Not Complete
This was the first CD release of this material, back in 1993, on Jimmy's Margaritaville label (distributed by MCA). Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bill Anthony

5.0 out of 5 stars Before the Beach CD Review
Many people don't know that these cuts were released on an album called "Before the Salt." This is a pivotal album for Buffett as it was the one he made just before going to Key... Read more
Published on March 8, 2006 by Parrot Head

5.0 out of 5 stars These songs are truly enjoyable
It's true. Just as everyone else notes, it's not the parrothead variety of music. But it is truly a collection of Jimmy Buffett to be treasured. Read more
Published on July 10, 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Before the Beach
I love Jimmy, but this CD is unlistenable!
Published on June 24, 2000 by Paul Burtman

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW What a CD
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. Read more
Published on April 16, 2000 by Jeff Mills

5.0 out of 5 stars What Jimmy's all about...
I listen to this album every evening. No exceptions. You don't know where Jimmy's music comes from until you've listened to this. Read more
Published on November 4, 1999 by Jonathan Coleburn

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Stuff that shows Jimmy's Roots
A must have for the Parrothead that enjoys Jimmy's Nashville sound. Easy to tell Jimmy had not been influenced by Key West yet. Read more
Published on July 30, 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars No steel drums here!
Like the title says...this is pre-Florida. Country/folk with a Jimmy point of view. I REALLY enjoy a few songs in this collection...Livingston's Gone To Texas is all time. Read more
Published on March 17, 1999 by quement@ix.netcom.com

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