Singer: Jimmy Buffett
Title: Somewhere Over China
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-5285
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Label Variation
Country: US
Date of released: 1981
Category: Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1689 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1765 mb
Rating: 4.7✭
Format: MP3 MP4 WMA DTS MOD RA ADX MP3 FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Where's The Party Lead Guitar – Barry ChanceWritten-By – Bill LaBounty, Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman	3:37
A2	It's Midnight And I'm Not Famous Yet Lead Guitar – Josh LeoWritten-By – Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman	3:49
A3	I Heard I Was In Town Acoustic Guitar, [Lead] – Barry ChanceWritten-By – Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley	3:36
A4	Somewhere Over China Written-By – Jimmy Buffett	5:20
B1	When Salome Plays The Drum Guitar, [Gut String] – Barry ChanceWritten-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:25
B2	Lip Service Lead Guitar – Josh LeoWritten-By – Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley	3:57
B3	If I Could Just Get It On Paper Pedal Steel Guitar – Hank DeVitoWritten-By – Jimmy Buffett	3:32
B4	Steamer Acoustic Guitar, [Lead] – Barry ChanceVocals – Deborah McColl, Jimmy BuffettWritten-By – John Scott Sherrill	4:06
B5	On A Slow Boat To China Arranged By [Strings, Horns Deranged By] – Michael UtleyEffects – Exotic ProductionsWritten-By – Frank Loesser	3:56

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Produced For – Trebron Productions, Inc.
• Recorded At – The Bennett House
• Remixed At – The Bennett House
• Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.

Credits

• Bass – Harry Dailey
• Congas – M.L. Benoit*
• Drums, Timbales – Matt " Matty Dread" Betton*
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Barry Chance, Josh Leo
• Engineer – Kyle Lehning
• Engineer, Remix – Elliot Scheiner
• Featuring – The Reeferettes
• Harmonica – Greg "Fingers" Taylor
• Pedal Steel Guitar – Doyle Grisham
• Performer – Christian Bachellier, David Loggins*, Deborah "Heather" McColl*, Florence "Bambi" Warner*, Freddy Fishstick
• Piano, Organ, Synthesizer – Michael Utley
• Producer, Bass [Upright], Keyboards [Casio] – Norbert Putnam
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Jimmy Buffett
• Vibraphone, Percussion – Farrell Morris

Notes

There are 2 label variations for the US vinyl release of this album [see photos].

This version has the last 2 lines of text at the bottom of labels like this :

℗ 1981
MCA RECORDS, INC

Issued with Custom Printed Inner-Sleeve with Lyrics, Credits + Photo

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 076732528518
• Barcode (Text): 07673252851
• Rights Society (Tracks A1-A4, B1,B3,B4): BMI
• Rights Society (Tracks A1-A3, B2,B5): ASCAP
• Matrix / Runout (Label Number Side 1): MCA2865
• Matrix / Runout (Label Number Side 2): MCA2866
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Side 1): MCA 2865-SS5 -P- 1
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Side 2): MCA 2866-SS1 ♢-P-♢1
• Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side 1): STERLING
• Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side 2): STERLING ⧈─⊟─⧈

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MCA 4149	Jimmy Buffett	Somewhere Over China ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA 4149	Italy	1980
MCA-5285	Jimmy Buffett	Somewhere Over China ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-5285	Canada	1981
204 396, 204 396-320	Jimmy Buffett	Somewhere Over China ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records, MCA Records	204 396, 204 396-320	Germany	1981
MCAD-31168	Jimmy Buffett	Somewhere Over China ‎(CD, Album)	MCA Records	MCAD-31168	US	1987
MCA5285	Jimmy Buffett	Somewhere Over China ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA5285	Australia	1980

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