Jimmy Buffett fans -- especially folks in Alabama -- have reason to celebrate this month.

A cache of early recordings by the maestro of Margaritaville has been unearthed, including material recorded in 1969 at Product Sound Studio in Mobile. Eleven tracks -- all previously unreleased acoustic demos -- will be available Nov. 17 on an album called "Buried Treasure, Volume One."

The collection from Buffett's Mailboat Records includes song-by-song narration by the star and track arrangements produced by Alabama native Will Kimbrough. And -- fins up! -- it's the first in a series of "Buried Treasure" releases pulling from the archive, according to a publicist.

"There is a reason we are calling this collection of songs and stories 'Buried Treasure,' because they were literally buried in a closet in a recording studio in Nashville for decades," Buffett said in a statement. "They were discovered by an old friend, Travis Turk, who actually recorded these tracks in Mobile, Alabama, in 1969, and more in Nashville in the years following, when we both wound up moving there.

"Travis eventually produced the first two albums I recorded in Nashville, as well. When we first found the tapes of 'Buried Treasure,' I didn't know that it would turn out to be such a unique situation where I'd actually get to honor and introduce the people who started me out."

Buffett, 70, is a Mississippi native, but his Alabama ties are strong. He grew up in Mobile, learned to play guitar during a brief stint at Auburn University and performed some of his early shows in his home state during the 1960s.

Here's more background on "Buried Treasure," as described in a press release:

"The tale of 'Buried Treasure, Volume One' began when John and Martina McBride purchased a studio once owned by famed Nashville producer-songwriter Buzz Cason. Travis Turk, the studio's longtime engineer and in-house producer, was brought in to oversee the move.

"He soon uncovered a dusty cache of quarter-inch tapes containing original acoustic demos recorded by Buffett in the late 1960s and early 1970s as he embarked on (what) has proven to be a brilliant, internationally acclaimed career. Within the moldering boxes of tapes were 125 original Jimmy Buffett songs, written and recorded at Cason's original Creative Workshop studio as publishing demos.

"As if that weren't remarkable enough, also among the long-forgotten stack of tapes were demos recorded in 1969 by Turk and Milton Brown at Product Sound Studio in Buffett's hometown of Mobile, Ala., before he ventured off to Music City."

Two editions of the album are available for pre-order online. The standard package ($11.99-$14.99) includes a 28-page book detailing the history of the songs. The deluxe version ($26.59-$30) includes a 40-page book with previously unreleased photos and a documentary DVD, "Buried Treasure -- Mobile To Nashville."

Here's the full track listing for both editions:

"The Mobile Days" (narration) "Don't Bring Me Candy" "Lightfoot" (narration) "The Circle Is Small" "Clunker Chord" (narration) "Abandoned On" Tuesday "Technology" (narration) "I Can't Be Your Hero Today" "Blame It On New Orleans" (narration) "Rickety Lane" "Sgt. Pepper in the Gumbo Pot" (narration) "The Wino Has Something to Say" "Going Where the Wind Takes You" (narration) "California Dreamin'" "Nashville, Here We Come" (narration) "The Gypsy" "Hopelessly Gone" (narration) "Hopelessly Gone" "Simple Pleasures" (narration) "Simple Pleasures" "Close the World at Five" "Close the World at Five" "Thank Yous" (narration)

The album includes originals and covers, including a rendition of "California Dreamin'" that was "recorded at a Mobile breakfast buffet celebrating America's Junior Miss Pageant and featuring backing vocals from the Junior Miss contestants themselves," the press release says.

The final song on the record, "Close The World At Five," was written in 1969 "as Buffett worked a daily 9-to-5 before his nightly gigs at The Admiral's Corner in Mobile," the release says.

One song from the Mobile sessions, "Don't Bring Me Candy," can be downloaded now via iTunes for $1.29. A digital download of the full album, available on iTunes Nov. 17, is $10.99.

Also, superfans can buy "Buried Treasure, Volume One" bundled with other Buffett memorabilia on PledgeMusic. Prices there range from $10.99 for a digital download of the album to $118.99 for a package that includes a T-shirt, a vinyl edition of "Buried Treasure," a turntable mat and a hat.