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DescriptionAll tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. Billy Joel – 1976 - Turnstiles (2014 HDtracks) [FLAC@96khz24bit]  Billy Joel  Wikipedia: William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States. His compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is one of the best-selling albums in the US. Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the US, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner who has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. Joel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006). In 2001, Joel received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2013, Joel received the Kennedy Center Honors, the nation's highest honor for influencing American culture through the arts. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah", Joel stopped writing and releasing pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams. However, he continues to tour, and he plays songs from all eras of his solo career. Turnstiles (2014 HDtracks)  Artist: Billy Joel Title: Turnstiles Format: 8 × File, FLAC, Album, Remastered, 24bit 96kHz (HDtracks) Producer: Billy Joel Release Date: May 19, 1976, (HDtracks 2014) Recorded: January 1976 at Ultrasonic Recording Studios in Hempstead, New York Label: Columbia Records Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul Duration: 36:49 Website: http://www.hdtracks.com/turnstiles Wikipedia: Turnstiles is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on May 19, 1976. Joel recorded Turnstiles in part as a celebration of his return to his native New York City. Three of the album's tracks reference New York: "Summer, Highland Falls", "New York State of Mind" and "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)". It begins with "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (inspired by The Ronettes song "Be My Baby") and also includes "I've Loved These Days", a tongue-in-cheek expression of regret at leaving behind Hollywood decadence. The songs were first recorded at Caribou Ranch (near Nederland, Colorado), with members of Elton John's band (Nigel Olsson on drums and Dee Murray on bass) and produced by Chicago producer James William Guercio. Dissatisfied with the results, Joel took over as producer and returned to New York, where he re-recorded the album in its entirety, with his own touring band, which consisted of Long Island musicians Richie Cannata and the members of the band Topper: Liberty DeVitto, Russell Javors, Howie Emerson,[citation needed] and Doug Stegmeyer. Turnstiles marked the first time that Joel's band played on one of his studio albums. The album cover photo was shot in the Astor Place station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. According to Joel, each of the characters on the album cover was meant to represent a particular song (e.g., the girl in headphones for "All You Wanna Do is Dance," the wealthy couple for "I've Loved These Days"). AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine: There’s a reason Turnstiles begins with the Spector-esque epic “Say Goodbye to Hollywood.” Shortly after Streetlife Serenade, Joel ditched California — and, by implication, sensitive Californian soft rock from sensitive singer/songwriters — for his hometown of New York. “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” was a celebration of his move, a repudiation of his past, a fanfare for a new beginning, which is exactly what Turnstiles was. He still was a singer/songwriter — indeed, “Summer, Highland Falls” was his best ballad to date, possibly his best ever — but he decided to run with his musical talents, turning the record into a whirlwind tour of pop styles, from Sinatra to Springsteen. There’s little question that the cinematic sprawl of Born to Run had an effect on Turnstiles, since it has a similar widescreen feel, even if it clocks in at only eight songs. The key to the record’s success is variety, the way the album whips from the bouncy, McCartney-esque “All You Wanna Do Is Dance” to the saloon song “New York State of Mind”; the way the bitterly cynical “Angry Young Man” gives way to the beautiful “I’ve Loved These Days” and the surrealistic apocalyptic fantasy “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway).” No matter how much stylistic ground Joel covers, he’s kept on track by his backing group. He fought to have his touring band support him on Turnstiles, going to the lengths of firing his original producer, and it was clearly the right move, since they lend the album a cohesive feel. Turnstiles may not have been a hit, but it remains one of his most accomplished and satisfying records, clearly paving the way to his twin peaks of the late ’70s, The Stranger and 52nd Street.  01 - Say Goodbye to Hollywood - 4:37 02 - Summer, Highland Falls - 3:20 03 - All You Wanna Do Is Dance - 3:46 04 - New York State of Mind - 6:03 05 - James - 3:56 06 - Prelude / Angry Young Man - 5:17 07 - I've Loved These Days - 4:35 08 - Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) - 5:14 Personnel: Billy Joel – piano, electric piano, Moog synthesizer, clavinet, organs, harmonica, vocals Ken Ascher – orchestral arrangements Richie Cannata – saxophones, clarinet Liberty DeVitto – drums Howie Emerson – electric and acoustic guitars Russell Javors – electric and acoustic guitars Mingo Lewis – percussion Brian Ruggles – basic track consultant James Smith – acoustic guitar Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar Phil Woods - saxophone in "New York State of Mind" (on 1998 CD reissue and subsequent issues)    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Sharing Widget |