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Somewhere Over China

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Release Date: January 1982
Label: MCA Records





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Track Listing:

1. Where’s the Party? — 3:37
        Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman, Bill LaBounty
2. It’s Midnight and I’m not Famous Yet — 3:49
        Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman
3. I Heard I was In Town — 3:36
        Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley
4. Somewhere Over China — 5:20
        Jimmy Buffett
5. When Salome Plays the Drum — 3:25
        Jimmy Buffett
6. Lip Service — 3:57
        Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley
7. If I Could Just Get it on Paper — 3:32
        Jimmy Buffett
8. Steamer — 4:06
        John Scott Sherrill
9. On a Slow Boat to China — 3:56
        Frank Loesser



Buffett’s thirteenth studio album was called “Somewhere Over China.”

Notes on the album:
-“Somewhere” was the first album to feature a Steve Goodman song since 1977.
-2 singles were released, “It’s Midnight and I’m not Famous Yet” - #32 Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts, and “Where’s the Party”, which has no chart info avaiable.
-The album sold decent, charting at #31 on the Billboard Pop Charts.


Liner Notes –

Produced by Norbert Putnam for MCA Records

The Coral Reefer Band -

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

Additional Reefers -

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 - Reeferette
Florence "Bambi" Warner - Reeferette
Christian Bachellier - Reeferette
David Loggins - Reeferette
Freddy Fishstick - Reeferette

Album Concept - Jimmy Buffett
Designed By - Jimmy Buffett and Georgopoulos/Imada
Art Direction - George Osaki
Album Photography - Jodi Cobb
Special Thanks to Betty Barnett and Gil Merritt
Direction - Frontline Management

Recorded and Remixed at The Bennett House, Franklin, Tennessee, September and October 1981
Engineered by Elliot Scheiner and Kyle Lehning
Assistant Engineers - Jon Putnam and Danny Hilley

"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 and abstraction with his blood hasn’t quite died out before twenty-one, you know" - William Faulkner "Mosquitoes"
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.

Jimmy’s Notes -

My Staff: Bobby Holcomb, Rick Holcomb, Tim Mooney, Johnny D., Brent Taylor, Charlie Allen and Doctor Kino
        Thanks to Irving Azoff, Nina Avramides, Howard Kaufman, George Osaki and Annie Keener. Welcome to the world Briana Putnam and Adios Winston. Thanks to Craig Nettles and all my friends on the Yankees who have supplied my wardrobe for the past year. Nutritional Consultants - Chez Kino, Elliston Place Soda Shop, Loveless Motel, The Dynasty Dotson’s, The One-Stop Barbecue and Julian’s Late night thanks to the makers of Moet Et Chandon Champagne and Rolaids.