Billy Joel – Piano Man
Tracklist
| A1 | Travelin' Prayer | 4:10 | |
| A2 | Piano Man | 5:37 | |
| A3 | Ain't No Crime | 3:20 | |
| A4 | You're My Home | 3:14 | |
| A5 | The Ballad Of Billy The Kid | 5:35 | |
| B1 | Worse Comes To Worst | 3:28 | |
| B2 | Stop In Nevada | 3:40 | |
| B3 | If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You) | 3:35 | |
| B4 | Somewhere Along The Line | 3:17 | |
| B5 | Captain Jack | 6:55 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Devonshire Studios
- Copyright © – CBS Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
- Lacquer Cut At – Artisan Sound Recorders
- Mastered At – Customatrix
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Credits
- Arranged By, Accordion – Michael Omartian
- Backing Vocals – The Creamers (3)
- Banjo – Fred Heilbrun
- Bass – Mr. Wilton Felder*
- Design – Beverly Parker (2)
- Drums – Ron Tutt
- Engineer [Par Excellence] – Roy Malo*
- Fiddle – Billy Armstrong
- Guitar – Richard Bennet*
- Illustration – Bill Imhoff
- Performer, Written-By, Music By, Lyrics By, Keyboards – Billy Joel
- Producer – Michael Stewart*
Notes
"A FAMILY PRODUCTION"
℗ 1973 CBS Inc.
Recorded at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California
Track A1 incorrectly listed as "Travellin' Prayer" on sleeve and label
Original 1973 release.
℗ 1973 CBS Inc.
Recorded at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California
Track A1 incorrectly listed as "Travellin' Prayer" on sleeve and label
Original 1973 release.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (A1, B5): ASCAP
- Rights Society (A2 to B5): BMI
- Matrix / Runout: AL 32544
- Matrix / Runout: BL 32544
- Matrix / Runout (Runouts): [Aristan "drum" logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): \ PAL 32544-2B o
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): / PBL 32544-2A o
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): \ PAL 32544-2B o Sx [Artisan Logo] C 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): / PBL 32544-2A Sx [Artisan Logo] C 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): \ PAL 32544-2A o Sx [Artisan Logo] D
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): I PBL 32544-2B Sx [Artisan Logo] C
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): PAL 32544 2B 0 SX (Artisan logo)
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): PBL 32544 2D 🎵
Other Versions (5 of 213)
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Piano Man (LP, Album, Stereo) | Philips | 6369 160 L | Italy | 1973 | ||
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Piano Man (Cassette, Album) | Family Productions | FAM M 52544 | US | 1973 | ||
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Piano Man (LP, Album) | Columbia | KC 32544 | Canada | 1973 | ||
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Piano Man (LP, Album) | CBS | 80719 | UK | 1973 | ||
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Piano Man (Cassette, Album) | CBS | PC 4656 | Australia | 1973 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Billy Joel's second album is considerably better than his debut, but lacks the stylistic diversity he began to embrace on STREETLIFE SERENADE. As far as I can tell, I've got this pressing ID'ed correctly. Sounds fine to my ears, the soundstage is lush and robust, and captures the occasionally bombastic production well. My copy plays nice and clean, with occasional faint surface noise. -
An extremely well crafted (if slightly uneven) album from one of rock's great piano men full of impressive melodies & emotive intimate songwriting (inspired by Elton's Tumbleweed Connection with its Western imagery and bluesy gospel flourishes?) & the first in a streak of great Billy Joel albums that all suffer from an unfortunate case of death by too much radio play.
Exquisitely listenable. -
Pls help me find version: PC32544
Barcode on back 7464-32544-1
Side A runout stamped: P AL 32544 Columbia NY
Side B runout stamped: BL-32544-2F Columbia NY
Nothing etched
Thanks!
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