"You Had to Be There" turns 40

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"You Had to Be There" turns 40

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Jimmy's 1st live album "You Had to Be There" celebrates it's 40th Anniversary this month.

Here is video tribute to the album posted on Youtube:

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I really enjoyed watching this. [smilie=coolup.gif]
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Awesome video, thanks!
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Thanks!

SOASOAS from this live album continues to be my absolute favorite version.
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One of my favorite albums, I saw the concert in Miami in '77 and at the Fox in Atlanta in '78.
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Crazy Navy Flyer wrote: October 26, 2018 9:28 pm One of my favorite albums, I saw the concert in Miami in '77 and at the Fox in Atlanta in '78.
You wouldn’t be able to tell which tracks are from which shows, would you?? :) It’s the one live album I can’t find anything on. Some are obvious because he references them, but I’m lost on most.
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All of the tracks on You Had to Be There were recorded during 6 shows in August 1978:

August 8,9,10 in Atlanta
August 14,15.16 in Miami
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urlcenter wrote: January 15, 2019 10:02 pm All of the tracks on You Had to Be There were recorded during 6 shows in August 1978:

August 8,9,10 in Atlanta
August 14,15.16 in Miami
Yeah, I was trying to see if it showed anywhere which songs were recorded where/on what date.

I hate when artists don’t tell us this. :P
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