Live by the Bay
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Live by the Bay is a live
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 video by American
United States
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 popular music singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"...

. It was initially released in 1985
1985 in music
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 by MCA Entertainment
MCA Records
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. The 87-minute video was recorded from back to back concerts in Miami on August 16th and 17th 1985 at Miami Marine Stadium
Miami Marine Stadium
The Miami Marine Stadium is a marine stadium on Virginia Key, Miami, Florida, United States. The facility, built and completed in 1963 on land donated to the City of Miami from the Matheson family, is the first stadium purpose-built for powerboat racing in the United States.-History:The 6,566 seat...

 and is the first concert video released by Buffett. A brief shower during the middle of the Friday night show (prompting Buffett to retreat to his sailboat (docked by the stage) caused a majority of the final release to feature the Saturday night show. After the rain cleared Friday, the band broke into Little Feats's "Dixie Chicken" to demonstrate the equipment still functioned before Buffet returned to the stage.

The Stadium was originally built for powerboat racing
Powerboating
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 and utilized a floating stage in front of the grandstand that allowed additional concertgoers to listen from their boats in the water behind the stage who were present in abundance (view video). Miami Marine Stadium was condemned after hurricane Andrew in 1992 and remains an abandoned hulk
Miami Marine Stadium
The Miami Marine Stadium is a marine stadium on Virginia Key, Miami, Florida, United States. The facility, built and completed in 1963 on land donated to the City of Miami from the Matheson family, is the first stadium purpose-built for powerboat racing in the United States.-History:The 6,566 seat...

 to this day.

Live By The Bay was originally released on VHS
VHS
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 and LASERDISC
Laserdisc
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.
, the video is out-of-print only available used, on either VHS
VHS
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 videotape
Videotape
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 or LASERDISC
Laserdisc
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 and has not been released on DVD
DVD
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. It occasionally airs on VH1 Classic
VH1 Classic
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 as part of its Classic In Concert series.

Track list

  1. Introduction / "Gypsies in the Palace
    Gypsies in the Palace
    "Gypsies in the Palace" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1985 album Last Mango in Paris and was his first of three charting singles off that album...

    "
  2. "Door Number Three"
  3. "Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit
    Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit
    "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean and was his third single from that album...

    "
  4. "We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About"
  5. "Stars on the Water"
  6. "Coconut Telegraph"
  7. "Come Monday
    Come Monday
    "Come Monday" is the title a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time and was his first Top 40 hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #3 Easy Listening and #58...

    "
  8. "Ragtop Day"
  9. "Who's the Blonde Stranger"
  10. "Volcano
    Volcano (Jimmy Buffett song)
    "Volcano" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, and Harry Dailey and released as a single on MCA 41161 in November 1979....

    "
  11. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
    Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (song)
    "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" is the title of a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on ABC Dunhill 12305 in August 1977....

    "
  12. Intermission / Interview
  13. "One Particular Harbour
    One Particular Harbour (song)
    "One Particular Harbour" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Jimmy Buffett and Hawaiian-born Tahitian musician Bobby Holcomb and released as a single on MCA 52298 in October 1983.It was first released on his 1983 album One Particular...

    "
  14. "If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"
  15. "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw"
  16. "Cheeseburger in Paradise
    Cheeseburger In Paradise
    "Cheeseburger in Paradise" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album Son of a Son of a Sailor and was released as a single, reaching #32 on the Billboard Hot 100...

    "
  17. "Fins
    Fins (song)
    "Fins" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Buffett, Coral Reefer Band members Deborah McColl and Barry Chance, and author Tom Corcoran. It was released as a single on MCA 41109 in July 1979.It was first released on his 1979 album...

    "
  18. "Last Mango in Paris"
  19. "A Pirate Looks at Forty
    A Pirate Looks at Forty
    "A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album A1A and "Presents to Send You" is the B-side of the single....

    "
  20. "Margaritaville
    Margaritaville
    "Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote...

    "
  21. End titles / "Son of a Son of a Sailor
    Son of a Son of a Sailor (song)
    "Son of a Son of a Sailor" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It's the opening track of the 1978 album of the same name...

    "

Actual Setlist

There were several songs deleted from the film.

Acoustic:
  1. "The Great Filling Station Holdup"*
  2. "Son of a Son of a Sailor"**
  3. "Door Number Three"
  4. "Grapefruit-Juicy fruit"
  5. "Pencil Thin Mustache
    Pencil Thin Mustache
    "Pencil Thin Mustache," originally released as "Pencil Thin Moustache," is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on Dunhill D-15011 in August 1974.It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time...

    "*
  6. "We Are the People our Parents Warned us About"


  1. Stars on the Water
  2. Coconut Telegraph
  3. Come Monday
  4. Ragtop Day
  5. Who’s the Blonde Stranger?
  6. Volcano
  7. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes


Intermission
  1. One Particular Harbour
  2. If the Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me
  3. Why Don’t We Get Drunk
  4. Let it Ride (Josh Leo)*
  5. Dixie Chicken (Josh Leo)*
  6. I Can’t Tell You Why (Timothy B. Schmidt)*
  7. Medley:*
    1. "Nautical Wheelers"*
    2. "Tin Cup Chalice"*
    3. "Boat Drinks
      Boat Drinks (song)
      "Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a B-side on MCA in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs, frequently played in concert and occasionally on the radio.-History:The song was...

      "*
    4. "Banana Republics"*
    5. "The Captain and the Kid"*
    6. "Somewhere Over China"*
    7. "He Went to Paris"*
    8. "Cowboy in the Jungle"*
  8. "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
  9. "Fins"
  10. "Last Mango in Paris"
  11. "A Pirate looks at Forty"
  12. "Margaritaville"


Encore
  1. "Gypsies in the Palace"**
  2. "Brown Eyed Girl
    Brown Eyed Girl
    "Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns, it was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowin' Your Mind!. When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the...

    "*


* = Not included on Live By the Bay

** = Abridged version appeared on Live By the Bay, not included on the tracklist and out of order

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