Title: Billy Joel – 52nd Street
Year/Genre: 1978, Rock / Pop
Matrix #: FC 35609
Condition: EX

Cultural Facts:

1. Released Oct 1978 and tracked at A&R’s West 52nd St rooms with producer Phil Ramone.

2. Won Album of the Year at the 22nd Grammys (Ramone/Joel).

3. Title nods to Manhattan’s old jazz strip + CBS/Columbia HQ on W 52nd, a NYC industry power move.

4. If you collect Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, or Donald Fagen, this sits nearby.

1/16/26 LM

11/6/23 ob