Billy Joel 52nd Street 1978 [Rare Japanese Import w/ OBI] Vinyl/LP

"On 52nd Street and The Stranger, Billy Joel is the quintessential postrock entertainer: a vaudevillian piano man and mimic who, having come of age in the late Sixties, has the grasp of rock and the technical know-how to be able to caricature both Bob Dylan and the Beatles as well as “do” an updated Anthony Newley, all in the same Las Vegas format. Joel seems to have been born knowing what many Seventies pop stars have had to find out the hard way: that rock & roll was always part of show business. Being a pianist (and a bravura one), he’s also been more aware than many of his guitar-based peers that rock has always been a species of popular music and not a totally separate art form."

- Rolling Stone (1978)

Condition:

Record: E (Excellent)

Sleeve: E (Excellent)

Obi: E (Excellent)

Japanese Records – The Appeal of Japan LPs - 

"By the early 1980s, Japanese records were being exported all over the world to be sold to quality-conscious audiophiles, who liked the high-quality covers and the quiet playing surfaces.

This was a time when American record companies were often making records from noisy, recycled vinyl, and using stampers until they wore out, which resulted in a poor sounding domestic product.  Many sound-conscious buyers began buying Japanese records instead."

Label: CBS/Sony – LP-1240
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Philippines
Released: 1978
Genre: Rock
Style: Soft Rock