Billy Joel /Cold Spring Harbor (Family Production) FIRST PRESSING / VERY RARE NM
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Composition and recordingEdit
Cold Spring Harbor was named after a hamlet of the same name in the Town of Huntington, New York. It is located on Long Island Sound near Joel's hometown. The front cover was photographed at Harbor Road in Cold Spring Harbor.
Through an error in the album's mastering, the songs played slightly too fast, causing Joel's voice to sound unnaturally high (one-half of a semitone higher—Joel joked that he sounded more like one of Alvin and the Chipmunks than himself). According to a long-standing rumor, when Joel first heard the finished product, he "ripped it off the turntable, ran out of the house, and threw [the record] down the street." Arthur "Artie" Ripp, owner of Family Productions and hence the owner of the original master tapes, was responsible for the production error, and the mistake cost him his friendship with Joel. He had originally signed the 22-year-old Joel to a ten-record contract that stripped Joel of all rights to the original tapes and to the publishing rights to all current and future songs.
If your turntable has / pitch adjustment like mine you can adjust it to a lower pitch and it sounds more like Billy. This is a must for any Billy Joel or early years rock fan , very unique pressing to add to your vintage vinyl collection. You absolutely will love this album
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