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SOMEWHERE OVER CHINA

    Back Cover
    Inner Sleeve
      Released: January 19th, 1982
      Label: MCA Records
      Chart Peak: #31 Billboard Pop Chart



            1. Where’s The Party 3:39
            2. It’s Midnight And I’m Not Famous Yet 3:51
            3. I Heard I Was In Town 3:38
            4. Somewhere Over China 5:25
            5. When Salome Plays The Drum 3:30
            6. Lip Service 3:58
            7. If I Could Just Get It On Paper 3:35
            8. Steamer 4:10
            9. On A Slow Boat To China 3:59

            Jimmy’s Note:

            This album is dedicated to Bill Williams, my old boss, who told me a long time ago that he knew that I knew that I could. Love, J.B.

            “It’s young people who put life into ritual by making conventions a living part of life: Only old people destroy life by making it a ritual. The boy that belongs to a secret pirates gang and who dreams of defending an abstraction with his blood hasn’t quite died out before twenty-one, you know.” – William Faulkner “Mosquitoes”

              Contributing Artists

              • Jimmy Buffett – Vocals and rhythm guitar
              • Michael Utley – Piano, organ, and synthesizer
              • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – Harmonica
              • Harry Dailey – Bass
              • Matt “Matty Dread” Betton – Drums and timbalis
              • Josh Leo – Electric and acoustic guitar
              • Barry Chance – Electric and acoustic guitar
              • M.L. Benoit – Congas
              • Ferrell Morris – Vibes and percussion
              • Norbert Putnam – Upright bass and Casio
              • Doyle Grisham – Pedal Steel
              • Hank De Vito – Pedal steel on “If I Could Just Get It On Paper”
              • Deborah McColl – Vocals
              • Florence “Bambi” Warner – Vocals
              • Christian Bachellier – Vocals
              • David Loggins – Vocals
              • Freddy Fishstick – Vocals