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A1	Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	4:00
A2	Dialologue	0:30
A3	Pencil Thin Mustache Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:19
A4	Dialologue	1:03
A5	Wonder Why We Ever Go Home Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	4:13
A6	Landfall Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:08
A7	Dialologue	0:45
A8	Miss You So Badly Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:57
B1	Dialologue	1:00
B2	Havana Daydreamin' Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	4:26
B3	Dialologue	1:28
B4	Margaritaville Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	4:53
B5	Dialologue	0:20
B6	Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:09
B7	Dialologue	0:17
B8	Come Monday Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:28
B9	Dialologue	0:36
B10	Perrier Blues Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:26
C1	Dialologue	4:50
C2	Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:00
C3	Dialologue	2:04
C4	God's Own Drunk Written-By – L. Buckley*	10:45
C5	Dialologue	2:09
C6	He Went To Paris Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	4:13
C7	Dialologue	0:30
C8	The Captain And The Kid Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:44
D1	Dialologue	3:19
D2	Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw Written-By – M. Gardens*	2:38
D3	Dialologue	1:20
D4	A Pirate Looks At Forty Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	4:31
D5	Dialologue	0:24
D6	Tampico Trauma Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	4:50
D7	Dialologue	1:17
D8	Morris' Nightmare Written-By – J. Buffett*, T. Krekel*	2:58
D9	Dixie Diner Written-By – B. Marshall*, C. Ferrante*, G. Taylor*, L. Raspberry*, R. Berretta*	5:30
D10	Applause	0:49

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – ABC Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – The Fox Theatre, Atlanta
• Recorded At – Maurice Gusman Cultural Center, Miami
• Engineered At – Bayshore Recording Studios
• Engineered At – Criteria Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Enactron Truck
• Remixed At – Air Studios
• Pressed By – Keel Mfg. Corp.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – ABC Records, Inc.
• Published By – Coral Reefer Music
• Published By – Outer Banks Music
• Published By – ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
• Published By – American Broadcasting Music, Inc.
• Published By – Let There Be Music, Inc.
• Published By – Shifryleepole Music

Credits

• Design, Art Direction [Design & Art Direction] – Jimmy Buffett, Kosh*, Tom Corcoran
• Edited By [Dialoque Edited] – Juan Cadiz
• Engineer [Enactron Staff] – Bradley Hartman, Donivan Cowart, Lon Neuman*, Stuart Taylor , Martin Cowart*
• Engineer [Morpheus Lights] – Ed Masington, Jeff Alder
• Engineer [Silverfish Audio] – Jamie Lupinetti, Joe Ciccoline, Ross Ritto
• Liner Notes – J. B.*
• Management [Personal Management] – Front Line Management, Irv (Where's My F***ing Basketball Game?) Azoff*
• Mixed By [Live Recording Mixed By] – Marty Lewis
• Photography By [Album Photography] – Tom Corcoran
• Producer [Produced By] – Norbert Putnam
• Remix [Remixed By] – Elliot Scheiner
• Tape Op [Tape Assistance] – Jon Walls, Steve Churchyard

Notes

Original Gatefold release included the 4 panel picture poster, and with picture cardboard inner sleeves as shown.
Backcover:
℗ 1978 ABC Records, Inc. © ABC Records, Inc. Los Angeles, Calif. 90048. New York, NY 10019. Printed in U.S.A.

Keel Mfg. Corp. pressing denoted by Union Jack (outline of the British flag) stamped in all runouts.

Coverspine:
AK 1008/2 Jimmy Buffett 'You Had To Be There' ABC Records, Inc.

Innercover:
Recorded Live at: The Fabulous Fox in Atlanta, Georgia (August 8, 9, 10, 1978) Maurice Gusman Cultural Center, Miami (August 14, 15, 16, 1978)
Live Recording Mixed on the Enactron Truck . Enactron Staff.
Remixed at Air Recording Studios, London.
Tape Assistance in London.
Dialogue Edited in London. Thanks to Patti.

Also Thanks to Steve Klein and Joe Foglia at Criteria Studios, Miami, and Eric Schilling at Bayshore Studios, Coconut Grove.

Thanks to Bobby Liberman, Richard "Smokey" Wendell, and "The Hardy Boys": Rick Slagsvol and Brent Taylor.

Special Thanks to the Boys in the Trenches: Rick Holcomb, Clint Gilbert, Max Crabtree, Hobbit and Ava Humphrey, and Harris "Dad" Rice.
Paul Dana, Barbara and Autumn Dumont, Dennis Schezer, Kathy D'Accardo, Sprocket of Bo-Bo Land.
Karen Scott-Conrad and Michele Martin at Coral Reefer and Ann Keener at Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville and Nina.
Bill Merrick and Mike Lofton of the Cheeseburger Airplane. Richard Wozniak and Scott Goodwin in the T-Shirt Department.

Thanks to Tim Krekel, always a Coral Reefer, and a very Special Thanks to Mike Utley for all his Help from the Start.
To Jack Boyle and Cecil Corbett, Thanks for many good Years.

Also Thanks to The Rollin' Errors Band, The Moose, Little River Band, Pete Wagner, Bob Mercer, P. J. O'Rourke and Bobby Zinser. And Norbert Putnam and Dan Fogelberg, Last Minute Literary Aces, for their Album Title Advice.

This Album is Dedicated to Anyone in the United States and Canada who has Paid Good Money to See this Show. Thanks for Helping me Live my Life Like a Song.

Innersleeves:
Printed in U.S.A.

Label:
℗ 1978 ABC Records, Inc.

A: All Songs Published by Coral Reefer Music/ Outer Banks Music (BMI) Except A3: ABC/ Dunhill Music, Inc. - BMI
B: All Songs Published by Coral Reefer Music/ Outer Banks Music (BMI) Except B8: ABC/ Dunhill Music, Inc. - BMI
C: C2: ABC/ Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI) / C4: P.D. / C6: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / C8: Let There Be Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
D: D2: Let There Be Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / D4: ABC/ Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI) / D6: Coral Reefer Music/ Outer Banks Music (BMI) / D8: Coral Reefer Music/ Outer Banks Music (BMI) / D9: Shifryleepolee Music (BMI)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side 1): AK-1008/2-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1, etched / [stamped]): B A̶ 1 [Union Jack] AK-1008/2-A [Masterfonics]
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side 2): AK-1008/2-B
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2, etched / [stamped]): A2 [Unoin Jack] AK-1008/2-B [Masterfonics]
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side 3): AK-1008/2-C
• Matrix / Runout (Side 3, etched / [stamped]): A1 [Union Jack] AK-1008/2-C [Masterfonics]
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side 4): AK-1008/2-D
• Matrix / Runout (Side 4, etched / [stamped]): B A̶ 1 [Union Jack] AK-1008/2-D [Masterfonics]
• Rights Society (C6, C8, D2): ASCAP
• Rights Society (C4): P.D.
• Rights Society (A1, A3, A5, A6, A8, B2, B4, B6, B8, B10, C2, D4, D6, D8, D9): BMI
• Pressing Plant ID (Runout stamped): Union Jack

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MCAD2-6005	Jimmy Buffett	"You Had To Be There" - Recorded Live ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	MCA Records	MCAD2-6005	US	1990
AK 1008/2, AK-1008/2	Jimmy Buffett	You Had To Be There ‎(2xLP, Album, Ter)	ABC Records, ABC Records	AK 1008/2, AK-1008/2	US	1978
2022-1008	Jimmy Buffett	"You Had To Be There" - Recorded Live ‎(2xLP, Gat)	ABC Records	2022-1008	Canada	1978
MCDW 451	Jimmy Buffett	You Had To Be There - Jimmy Buffett In Concert ‎(2xLP, Gat)	MCA Records	MCDW 451	UK	1978
MAK2-1008	Jimmy Buffett	"You Had To Be There" - Recorded Live ‎(2xLP, Gat)	ABC Records	MAK2-1008	Canada	1978