Billy Joel – The Stranger
Label: | Columbia – JC 34987, Family Productions – JC 34987, Columbia – 34987, Family Productions – 34987 |
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Format: | |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Pop Rock |
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.
- Copyright © – CBS Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
- Recorded At – A&R Studios
- Mixed At – A&R Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Mastered At – Customatrix
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Record Company – CBS Inc.
- Published By – Joelsongs
- Published By – Higher Music
- Published By – Ripparthur Music
- Published By – April Music Inc.
Credits
- Bass – Doug Stegmeyer
- Drums – Liberty DeVitto
- Electric Guitar – Hiram Bullock
- Electric Guitar [Six & Twelve String Electric Guitars], Rhythm Guitar [Acoustic Rhythm Guitar], Guitar [High String Guitar] – Mr. Steve Khan*
- Engineer – Jim Boyer, Phil Ramone
- Lacquer Cut By – TJ*
- Management [Produced In Association With] – Home Run (4)
- Music By, Lyrics By – Billy Joel
- Orchestrated By – Patrick Williams
- Photography By – Jim Houghton
- Piano [Acoustic PIano], Vocals, Keyboards [Electric Keyboards], Synthesizer – Billy Joel
- Producer – Phil Ramone
- Supervised By [Production Associate to Mr. Ramone] – Kathy Kurs
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Organ – Richie Cannata
Notes
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria pressing denoted by "S" etches in runouts.
Issued with custom photo / lyric / credit inner sleeve. No barcode.
Recorded and Mixed at A&R Recording, Inc. New York, N.Y.
B6 is unlisted on cover and jacket but is present on this pressing. It is titled "The Stranger (Reprise)" on reissues,
Ralph MacDonald appears courtesy of Marlin Records.
Patti Austin appears courtesy of CTI Records.
Richard Tee appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Phil Woods appears courtesy of Gryphon Productions, Inc.
© 1977 CBS Inc. / ℗ 1977 CBS Inc.
All songs © 1977 Joelsongs (BMI) except "Everybody Has A Dream" © 1971 by Higher Music and Ripparthur Music. All rights administered by April Music Inc. (ASCAP).
Catalog numbers:
JC 34987 - spine & labels
34987 - back cover & inner sleeve.
Issued with custom photo / lyric / credit inner sleeve. No barcode.
Recorded and Mixed at A&R Recording, Inc. New York, N.Y.
B6 is unlisted on cover and jacket but is present on this pressing. It is titled "The Stranger (Reprise)" on reissues,
Ralph MacDonald appears courtesy of Marlin Records.
Patti Austin appears courtesy of CTI Records.
Richard Tee appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Phil Woods appears courtesy of Gryphon Productions, Inc.
© 1977 CBS Inc. / ℗ 1977 CBS Inc.
All songs © 1977 Joelsongs (BMI) except "Everybody Has A Dream" © 1971 by Higher Music and Ripparthur Music. All rights administered by April Music Inc. (ASCAP).
Catalog numbers:
JC 34987 - spine & labels
34987 - back cover & inner sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (A1 to B4): BMI
- Rights Society (B5): ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Label A): AL 34987
- Matrix / Runout (Label B): BL 34987
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): AL 34987 3BB o A12 STERLING TJ S2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): BL 34987 4CA o A8 STERLING TJ S
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): AL 34987 3BB o A12 STERLING TJ S2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 2): BL 34987 4CA o A8 STERLING TJ S
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 3): AL 349887 3BG C9 STERLING TJ S1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 3): BL 34987 4CB C4 STERLING TJ S1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 4): AL-34987-3C o B12 STERLING 2S
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 4): BL-34987-4F o SX C21 STERLING TJ 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 5): AL 34987 3F o A12 STERLING TJ S
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 5): BL 34987 4C o A6 STERLING TJ 1S
Other Versions (5 of 274)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | The Stranger (LP, Album) | CBS | SBP 237057 | New Zealand | 1977 | ||
Recently Edited | The Stranger (LP, Album, Stereo) | CBS, CBS, CBS, CBS | CBS 82311, 82311, S CBS 82311, JC 34987 | UK | 1977 | ||
Recently Edited | The Stranger (LP, Album) | CBS/Sony | 25AP 843 | Singapore & Malaysia | 1977 | ||
Recently Edited | The Stranger (LP, Album) | Columbia, Family Productions, Columbia | PC 34987, 34987 | Canada | 1977 | ||
New Submission | The Stranger (8-Track Cartridge, Album) | Columbia, Family Productions, Columbia, Family Productions | JCA 34987, 34987 | US | 1977 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- My copy has the following etched:
Side 1: S2 (upside down) AL 34987 3BB B5 Sterling TJ
Side 2: TL BL 34987 4 BJ D7 Sterling TJ
I don't see a pressing here that fits this; anyone else have this? 
This is a really fantastic sounding pressing, really clean and balanced. Very little surface noise, if you see this in the wild, make sure to pick it up.- A great album for the price. Sounds great as well.
- Very good albom
The pressing veru good
Very good recording 
What’s the story behind the person who dropped $250 on this thrift store staple? Was it autographed or something?
Bought it in a flea market for 1 Euro, VG+ both sleeve and media, OIS included.The quality of the sound and the music is outstanding! The record literally roars on my turntable every time I put it on. You don't have to give a small fortune to buy a top album.
Edited 4 years agoIncredible album. And while I don't have any other pressing to compare with, this has really high quality sound, especially for a dollar-bin record.
Picked up my copy for $3 at a record show. Sonically, it's one of the highest quality records I have now. Top notch mastering, great pressing. Great to listen to on vinyl. Would've loved to have been in the studio. Can't believe what the engineers and musicians were able to pull off with analog gear back then.
This is one of the best albums of that era. Billy Joel captures "real life" in this record at a time when a lot of music was very superficial. Just a great all-aroud listen to lyrically and arrangement of music.- Edited 7 years agoMy copy has slight runout etching variations:
Side 1 - AL-34987-3A
Side 2 - BL-34987-4F
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