High Cumberland Jubilee
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| Studio album by Jimmy Buffett | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Studio | Creative Workshop, Berry Hill, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 37:26 | |||
| Label | Barnaby | |||
| Producer | Travis Turk | |||
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High Cumberland Jubilee is the second studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was produced by Travis Turk, recorded in 1971, and initially released in 1976 on Andy Williams's small Barnaby Records label as BR/6014. Parts of the album were rereleased in various compilations until the album was issued in its entirety on compact disc by Varèse Sarabande in June 1998.
Due to its limited appeal, long periods out of general release, and stylistic differences with the rest of Buffett's work, High Cumberland Jubilee (along with the similar Down to Earth) was often not considered part of the chronology of Buffett albums by fans or even Buffett himself and it was his final album with Barnaby just before his signing with Dunhill and the recording of his 1973 breakout album, A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean.
Following the lackluster sales of Down to Earth, Barnaby Records claimed that the masters to High Cumberland Jubilee were lost. The masters were finally found and the album was released in 1976 after Buffett's popularity had risen but the album is still sometimes referred to as Buffett's "lost album."
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.
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 & 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.
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