Billy Joel Cold Spring Harbor Vinyl LP Record Columbia PC38984 REMIXED 1983 VERS
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Billy Joel Cold Spring Harbor Vinyl LP Record Columbia PC38984 THE REMIXED 1983 VERSION OF ORIGINAL 1971 RELEASE. TOTALLY DIFFERENT MIX THAN THE ORIGINAL 1971 ORIGINAL VERSION RELEASE. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. COMPARISON IS LISTED BELOW. A REAL COLLECTOR'S ITEM!

Mastering[edit]

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."[1] 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


Remix[edit]

In July–September 1983, Ripp and Larry Elliot remixed Cold Spring Harbor at Ripp's Fidelity Studios in Studio City, California. The album's pitch was adjusted in order to make Joel's vocal tone more mature. In order to enhance the album's sound, Ripp brought in studio musicians Mike McGee (drums), Al Campbell (synthesizers), and L.D. Dixon (Fender Rhodes) to overdub new rhythm sections on "Everybody Loves You Now" and "Turn Around." In addition, "You Can Make Me Free" was truncated by nearly three minutes (removing most of the original tail-end, fadeout jam), and the bass, drums, and orchestration on "Tomorrow Is Today" were removed.

The remix was released through Columbia Records, without any involvement from Joel.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Billy Joel.

Side one No. Title Length (Original LP) Length 1. "She's Got a Way" 2:47 2:50 2. "You Can Make Me Free" 5:49 2:59 3. "Everybody Loves You Now" 2:46 2:49 4. "Why Judy Why" 2:52 2:58 5. "Falling of the Rain" 2:35 2:38 Side two No. Title Length (Original LP) Length 6. "Turn Around" 3:26 3:06 7. "You Look So Good to Me" 2:25 2:29 8. "Tomorrow Is Today" 4:50 4:40 9. "Nocturne" 2:39 2:46 10. "Got to Begin Again" 2:54 2:52


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