Billy Joel52nd Street

Label:

Sony Records Int'l – SIJP 1000

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Soft Rock

Tracklist

A1 Big Shot 4:00
A2 Honesty
Acoustic GuitarDavid Spinozza
Orchestrated By [Horn & String Orchestration]Robert Freedman*
3:47
A3 My Life
Backing VocalsPeter Cetera
4:42
A4 Zanzibar
TrumpetFreddie Hubbard
Vibraphone, MarimbaMike Mainieri
5:09
B1 Stiletto 4:39
B2 Rosalinda's Eyes
Guitar [Nylon String Guitar]Hugh McCracken
PercussionRalph MacDonald
Soprano Recorder [Sopranino Recorder]George Marge
Vibraphone, MarimbaMike Mainieri
4:39
B3 Half A Mile Away
Backing VocalsZack Sanders*
Electric GuitarEric Gale
Orchestrated By [Horn Orchestration]Dave Grusin
PercussionRalph MacDonald
4:07
B4 Until The Night
Chimes [Orchestral Chimes], PercussionDavid Friedman
Guitar [Nylon String Guitar]Hugh McCracken
Orchestrated By [Horn & String Orchestration]Robert Freedman*
6:36
B5 52nd Street 2:25

Companies, etc.

  • Published ByImpulsive Music
  • Published ByApril Music Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Sony Music Entertainment
  • Copyright ©Sony Music Entertainment
  • Manufactured BySony Music Labels Inc.
  • Recorded AtA&R Studios
  • Mixed AtA&R Studios
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound
  • Lacquer Cut AtSony Music Studios, Tokyo
  • Pressed BySony DADC Japan Inc.

Credits

  • Bass, Backing VocalsDoug Stegmeyer
  • ConcertmasterDavid Nadien
  • Design [Cover Design]John Berg
  • DrumsLiberty DeVitto
  • Electric Guitar, Acoustic GuitarSteve Khan
  • EngineerJim Boyer
  • Engineer [Assistant Engineer]David Martone
  • Lacquer Cut Byyn*
  • Liner NotesNaoki Tachikawa
  • Mastered ByTed Jensen
  • Mixed By [Remix By]Phil Ramone
  • Photography ByJim Houghton
  • Photography By [Japanese Inner]Hiro Ito
  • Piano, VocalsBilly Joel
  • ProducerPhil Ramone
  • Producer [Produced In Association With]Home Run (4)
  • Producer [Production Associates To Mr. Ramone]Kathy Kurs
  • Saxophone, Organ, ClarinetRichie Cannata
  • SongwriterBilly Joel
  • Words By, Music ByBilly Joel

Notes

First Sony Music analog release of western music in 29 years.
Pressed at the same plant (Sony Music DADC Japan) where first CD of 52nd Street = ニューヨーク52番街 was made.
Cut from analog master in 2018 at Sony Music Studios Japan.
Jacket, labels & inner bag are faithfully reproducing original US first press.
Reproduced OBI & liner notes from the first Japanese press, with commentary by Michiko Suzuki & Naoki achikawa.
Code for digital .
New liner notes by Kiyoharu Yaguchi and bilingual lyrics inner.

All songs © 1978 Impulsive Music and April Music Inc. (ASCAP). All rights istered by April Music Inc.

℗© 1978 Sony Music Entertainment / Manufactured by Sony Music Labels Inc.
Made in Japan.

Recorded and mixed at A&R Recording, Inc., New York

Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York...

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 4547366348729
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Other (Price): ¥3,800
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): SIJP-1000-2 A1 ༓ ༓ ༓༓ yn
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): SIJP-1000-2 B1 ༓ ༓ ༓༓ yn

Other Versions (5 of 242)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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52nd Street (LP, Album, Stereo) CBS CBS 83181, FC 35609 UK 1978
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52nd Street (LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing) Family Productions FC 35609, 35609 US 1978
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52nd Street (Cassette, Album, Dolby) CBS 40-83181 Europe 1978
52nd Street (LP, Album) CBS CBS 83181 Europe 1978
52nd Street (LP, Album, Stereo) CBS CBS 83181 Portugal 1978

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Reviews

  • nategwk's avatar
    nategwk
    I was not expecting this pressing to blow me away quite like it did. I originally just bought this version on Amazon because it was cheaper, but the cover on this copy is super nice, the inserts are great, and it sounds incredible. Totally worth it, god bless Sony Japan.
    • mrjez's avatar
      mrjez
      Just reading an interview with the engineers now - instead of "cut from analog master", to clarify this was actually cut from 96kHz/24bit files converted directly from the analog tapes and sent to Sony Japan from the States.
      • Dualism_'s avatar
        Dualism_
        First official Sony inhouse vinyl pressing since 1989. audiophile grade vinyl, no his clicks or pops exceptionally well taken care of.

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