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One Particular Harbour

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Release Date: September 1983
Label: MCA Records





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For song lyrics, go here.



Track Listing:

1. Stars on the Water — 3:16
        Rodney Crowell
2. I Used to Have Money One Time — 3:25
        Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley
3. Livin’ it Up — 2:59
        Jimmy Buffett, Josh Leo, J.D. Souther
4. California Promises — 3:42
        Steve Goodman
5. One Particular Harbour — 5:44
        Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Holcomb
6. Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart? — 2:42
        Arthur Neville
7. Honey Do — 4:32
        Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley
8. We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About — 3:21
        Jimmy Buffett
9. Twelve Volt Man — 4:00
        Jimmy Buffett
10. Brown Eyed Girl — 3:55
        Van Morrison
11. Distantly in Love — 2:53
        Jimmy Buffett



Buffett’s fourteenth studio album was called “One Particular Harbour.”

Notes on the album:
-“Harbour” was the first album Jimmy had a hand in producing.
-2 singles were released, both doing good on the Adult Contemporary charts. They were “One Particular Harbour” - #22 Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts, and “Brown Eyed Girl”, #13 Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts. Videos for “One Particular Harbour” and “Livin’ It Up” were made but never saw the light of day until 2000’s video collection “Tales from Margaritavision”.
-The album sold well, charting at #35 on the Billboard Country Charts, #59 on the Billboard 200, and #59 Billboard Pop Charts.


Liner Notes –

Produced by Jimmy Buffett and Michael Utley for MCA Records

The Coral Reefer Band -

Jimmy Buffett - Acoustic Guitar
Michael Utley - Piano, Organ and Synthesizer and Arranger
Josh Leo - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, and Mandolin
Sam Clayton - Congas and Percussion
Bob Glaub - Bass
Russell Kunkel - Drums
Robert Greenidge - Steel Drums

Errol "Crusher" Bennett - Percussion and Congas
Matt Betton - Drums and Saxophone
Danny Burns - Bass
Alan Estes - Percussion
David Jackson - Upright Bass
Earl Klugh - Gut String Guitar
Vince Melamed - Synthesizer
Thom Mooney - Drums

Background Vocals - Frank Bama, Bonnie Bramlett, Danny Burns, Sam Clayton, Rita Coolidge, David Lasley, Josh Leo, Debra McColl, Arnold McCuller, Vince Melamed, Timothy B. Schmit and The Chorale Epherona
Engineers - Elliot Scheiner, Cliff Jones, Robin Laine, Paul Broucek, Scott James, Jim Scott, Kirk Butler and Dave Huston
Mixing - Elliot Scheiner
Mastering - Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound, New York
Recorded at A&R Studios, New York, Record Plant, Los Angeles, Studio "O" Tahiti, Papeete, Village Recorders, Los Angeles

Picture Takers - Jim Shea - Day Shots, Fred and Karen Valentine - Night Shots
People in the Pictures (The Beautiful and The Despicable) -
The Beautiful (In Tahiti, of course) - Maruia, Lauriane, Laurence, Juliana, Christiane, Pascale, Mareva and Elsa
The Despicable (in Sand Pedro, of course) - Freddie Yamazaki, Tim Bryant, David Flickwir

Cover Concept - Jimmy Buffett
Art Director - Peter Whorf
Art Supervision - George Osaki
Francis "Frank" Fitzgerald Bama - President for Life
Orlando Miguel "Mike" Utel - Vice President & Treasurer
"I believe the love of the tropics is born in most boys of the temperate zone, and though it may remain latent, if once roused it is seldom quieted until satisfied." - Commodore Ralph Middleton Munroe and Vincent Gilpin from "The Commodore’s Story"
This album is Dedicated to the Ones I love

Jimmy’s Notes -

The Crew - Charles Allen, Les Banks, Joe Ciccoline, John Dickinson, Rick Holcomb, Bob Liberman and Ross Ritto
The Office - Howard Kaufman and Nina Avramides-Berducat. Also a Special thanks to my former manager, Irving Azoff
Hawaii - Colonel Tom Moffatt and South Pacific International Airways
Tahiti - Jean Gabilou, Bobby Holcomb, Hugh Kelly, John Hogan, George Kenberger, Monty Brown, Leslie Dingle, George Von Dangle, Leo, Kenny, Keith, Richard and Martine, The Staff of the Hotels Bali Hai and Bora Bora and all the gracious and Hospitable people of the Society Islands
Los Angeles - Chris Stone, Dick LaPalm, Rose Mann, Kathy and Micheline
New York - Milton Brooks, Al "Buzzy" Silverman, K.C. Green, James Nichols, P.J. O’Rourke, Jimmy Poulous and Jerome Lefort