Cold Spring Harbor (album)
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| Cold Spring Harbor | |||||
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| Studio album by Billy Joel | |||||
| Released | November, 1971 | ||||
| Recorded | July, 1971 at Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Ultrasonic Recording Studios, Hempstead, NY |
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| Genre | Piano rock | ||||
| Length | 33:07 (original) 29:53 (reissue) |
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| Label | Family Productions U.S. (1971) Quality Records Canada (1971) Phillips U.K. (1971) Columbia (1983) |
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| Producer | Artie Ripp | ||||
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Cold Spring Harbor was Billy Joel's first solo album, and was released in 1971. He had already released several albums as a member of the bands The Hassles (1966 to 1969) and Attila (1970). This was his first solo effort. It was released by Family Productions, but through an error in the album's mastering, the songs were slightly too fast, up one half step, causing Joel's voice to sound high and reedy.[citation needed]
Artie Ripp, owner of Family Productions and hence the owner of the original master tapes, re-mixed and re-released an updated version of the album in 1983 on Columbia Records, without any involvement by Billy Joel. Ripp had originally signed the unknown and struggling young "Piano Man" to an unheard-of 10-record contract. As a result he was able to continue collecting large royalties on sales of Joel's biggest hit records long after Joel's acrimonious departure from Family Productions, despite Joel's constant efforts to buy back his contract. Shortly after Joel released his tenth album, the last on which Ripp could collect royalties, Ripp re-released Cold Spring Harbor in order to earn more through royalties.
While the 1983 version is at the correct speed, it is stripped of quite a bit of the original orchestration by Jimmie Haskell. Instead, Ripp added several new drum tracks performed by Mike McGee as well as synthesizers and keyboards in an attempt to give the record a more updated feel. The engineer for the re-recording and re-mixing sessions was so outraged by the results that he refused to allow his name to be used on the album, which is why Artie Ripp is given engineering credit.
The album is named after a hamlet of the same name, in the Town of Huntington, a seaside community near Joel's hometown.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by Billy Joel
- "She's Got a Way" – 2:49 (2:40 Original LP)
- "You Can Make Me Free" – 2:56 (5:40 Original LP)
- "Everybody Loves You Now" – 2:48 (2:40 Original LP)
- "Why Judy Why" – 2:56 (2:46 Original LP)
- "Falling of the Rain" – 2:38 (2:24 Original LP)
- "Turn Around" – 3:04 (3:20 Original LP)
- "You Look So Good to Me" – 2:27 (2:26 Original LP)
- "Tomorrow Is Today" – 4:40 (4:47 Original LP)
- "Nocturne" – 2:46 (2:37 Original LP)
- "Got to Begin Again" – 2:49 (2:47 Original LP)
[edit] Personnel
- Billy Joel - organ, harmonica, piano, harpsichord, keyboards, Hammond organ, vocals
- Richard Bennett - guitar
- Rhys Clark - drums
- Sal De Troia - guitars
- Don Evans - guitar
- Emory Gordy - bass
- Jimmie Haskell - conductor
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow - steel guitar
- Larry Knechtel - bass
- Mike McGee - drums
- Joe Osborn - bass
- Artie Ripp - conductor
- Denny Siewell - drums
- Mike McGee - drums on "Everybody Loves You Now" and "Turn Around"
- Al Campbell - keyboards on "Turn Around"
- L. D. Dixon - Fender Rhodes piano on "Turn Around"
[edit] Production
- Producer: Artie Ripp
- Executive producer: Irwin Mazur
- Engineers: Larry Elliott, John Bradley,Artie Ripp
- Second engineer: Michael Stone
- Assistant engineer: Gordon Watanabe
- Mixing & Remixing: Artie Ripp
- Mastering: Bob Huges
- Remastering: Ted Jensen
- Editing: Artie Ripp, Larry Elliott
- Director: Artie Ripp
- Arrangers: Jimmie Haskell, Artie Ripp
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1984 | The Billboard 200 | 158 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | "She's Got a Way" (live version on Songs in the Attic) | Adult Contemporary | 4 |
| 1982 | "She's Got A Way" (live version on Songs in the Attic) | Pop Singles | 23 |
