Billy Joel – The Stranger
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Family Productions – JC 34987 |
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Pop |
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Vocal |
Tracklist
| A1 | Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) | 3:30 | |
| A2 | The Stranger | 5:08 | |
| A3 | Just The Way You Are | 4:50 | |
| A4 | Scenes From An Italian Restaurant | 7:35 | |
| B1 | Vienna | 3:32 | |
| B2 | Only The Good Die Young | 3:54 | |
| B3 | She's Always A Woman | 3:19 | |
| B4 | Get It Right The First Time | 3:54 | |
| B5 | Everybody Has A Dream | 4:35 | |
| B6 | Untitled | 1:57 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – A&R Studios
- Mixed At – A&R Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Mastered At – Customatrix
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
- Published By – Joelsongs
- Published By – Higher Music
- Published By – Ripparthur Music
- Published By – April Music Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
- Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Credits
- Accordion – Dominic Cortese (tracks: A4)
- Acoustic Guitar – Steve Burgh (tracks: A3, B3)
- Alto Saxophone – Phil Woods (tracks: A3)
- Backing Vocals – Phoebe Snow (tracks: B5)
- Bass – Doug Stegmeyer
- Drums – Liberty Devitto
- Electric Guitar – Hiram Bullock
- Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Guitar [High String] – Mr. Steve Khan*
- Engineer – Phil Ramone
- Lacquer Cut By – TJ*
- Management [Produced In Association With] – Home Run (4)
- Music By, Lyrics By – Billy Joel
- Orchestrated By – Patrick Williams
- Organ – Richard Tee (tracks: B5)
- Percussion – Ralph MacDonald (tracks: A2, A3, B4, B5)
- Photography By – Jim Houghton
- Piano [Acoustic], Vocals, Keyboards [Electric], Synthesizer – Billy Joel
- Producer – Phil Ramone
- Producer [Associate to Mr. Ramone] – Kathy Kurs
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Organ – Richie Cannata
Notes
℗ © 1977 CBS Inc.
Original this Terre Haute press with stamped matrix, by same catalog #.
Custom inner sleeve contains lyrics, credits, and photo (suitable for framing).
Recorded and Mixed at A&R Recording, Inc. New York, N.Y.
B5 - Published by Higher Music and Ripparthur Music, istered by April Music Inc.
All other selections - Joelsongs
Track B6 is not listed anywhere on the release. It is "The Stranger (Reprise)", a partial, whistling version of the title track.
Gryphon Productions, Inc.
1st catalog #: labels / spine; 2nd: liner / inner sleeve
Original this Terre Haute press with stamped matrix, by same catalog #.
Custom inner sleeve contains lyrics, credits, and photo (suitable for framing).
Recorded and Mixed at A&R Recording, Inc. New York, N.Y.
B5 - Published by Higher Music and Ripparthur Music, istered by April Music Inc.
All other selections - Joelsongs
Track B6 is not listed anywhere on the release. It is "The Stranger (Reprise)", a partial, whistling version of the title track.
Gryphon Productions, Inc.
1st catalog #: labels / spine; 2nd: liner / inner sleeve
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): AL 34987
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): BL 34987
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch exc B, Sterling stamps): º T / AL 34987 3AF B3 STERLING TJ
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch exc A, Sterling stamps): º T \ BL 34987 4AF A2 STERLING TJ
- Rights Society (B5): ASCAP
- Rights Society (All other selections): BMI
- Barcode: none
Other Versions (5 of 274)
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The Stranger (LP, Album) | CBS | SBP 237057 | New Zealand | 1977 | ||
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The Stranger (LP, Album, Stereo) | CBS | CBS 82311, 82311, S CBS 82311, JC 34987 | UK | 1977 | ||
| The Stranger (LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing) | Family Productions | JC 34987, 34987 | US | 1977 | |||
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The Stranger (LP, Album) | CBS/Sony | 25AP 843 | Singapore & Malaysia | 1977 | ||
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The Stranger (LP, Album) | Columbia | PC 34987, 34987 | Canada | 1977 |
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1977 USVinyl —LP, Album, Compilation, Repress
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Spent an hour or so trying to find my vinyl version. Made in USA and from 1977. It has T1 on B side so guessing Terre Haute
A side runout: AL 34987-3C K4 STERLING e5
B side runout: BL 34987 4BJ 1T D 9 STERLING TJ o T1
The e in e5 looks like a cursive lower case e. It might be a squiggle loop and not a letter.
Kinda weird that the A side uses dashed and the B does not.
STERLING is stamped on both sides
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Edited one year agoThe dizzying array of pressings for this album is just amazing. I have a copy with no barcode on the sleeve and can't for the life of me find the correct version of the pressing from looking at the run-outs listed for every US release. Unfortunately, Discogs keeps pointing me to a specific pressing, but I may have one that isn't ed for yet? IDK. If anyone can help I would appreciate it. Runouts are as follows: Side 1: 15 AL-34987-2F MASTERDISK RL A8 and Side 2: 15 BL-34987-3F MASTERDISK RL A 13.
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Anyone know, is this Richard Tee playing his signature Fender Rhodes sound on "Just The Way You Are"? -
Edited 4 years agoi have the UK, jpn and US sterling TJ. this is how i rank them from best to worst. US>jpn>uk. the US just sounds really smooth and natural. ted jensen did a stupendous job mastering the US LP. the japanese one sounds good as well but the US is the best to my ears. the uk one doesnt sound as clear as the us and jpn ones. hope to own the RL cut soon. i also have a japanese mastersound on its way to me & ill update this post when i have given it a spin -
My CD (CK 34987) with the "Record Manufactured in Tokyo" on the back cover was pressed by Disctronics with W. O. 12157-1 in the runout. -
Edited 6 years agohi everyone, are there other tell tale signs to know if its a bob Ludwig cut without looking at the deadwax. someone mentioned to me that if the back cover has a bar code, its defn not a Ludwig. hmmmm
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