BILLY JOEL TURNSTILES Numbered GATEFOLD JACKET Limited Edition AUDIOPHILE HYBRID MFSL SACD - THIS OUR ONE AND ONLY COPY FOREVER.  

NOTE: THIS SACD STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL MFSL COLLECTORS VERIFYING 2011 SQUARE MARKETING STICKER STILL ATTACHED TO THE PLASTIC WRAP. ALSO VERIFIED AS AN ORIGINAL WITH IT'S LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 2856 GOLD FOILED STAMPED ON THE BACK OF THE JACKET

 MFSL AUDIOPHILE HYBRID SACD FOR THE COLLECTOR WHO WANTS IT ALL – Super Audio CD is re-mastered by Mobile Fidelity featuring liner notes. The greatest advancement since the introduction of stereo, Super Audio CDs employ the innovative single-bit encoding system, Direct Stream Digital. Every SACD player performs superbly with Compact Discs. And Hybrid SACDs will play back beautifully on CD players.

 Features:  

 Super Audio CD

SACD Stereo SACD Layer

This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!

Numbered, Limited Edition

Mastered From Original Master Tapes

 OUT OF PRINT NOW RARE AUDIOPHILE MASTERPIECE  BILLY JOEL Numbered MFSL Limited Edition SACD

   By 1976, Billy Joel had proven his merit as an auteur of California-based singer-songwriter pop-rock. On Turnstiles, the legend focuses his attention on more ambitious matters: Making an album whose scope and range dwarf that of his previous work, and shot his star into the stratosphere. Encompassing everything from urgent rock to soft pop and saloon fare, Turnstiles is a classic of major proportions.  

Mobile Fidelity has gone back to the original master tapes to present Joel’s encompassing music the way it was always intended to be experienced: Intimate, detailed, expressive, warm. The record’s widescreen sonics are at last properly cinematic, flush with colors, textures, and atmosphere.  

Progressing away from sensitivity, Joel casts his eye towards broader horizons. For him, that meant moving from the West Coast back to his native New York and embracing the city’s doo-wop, Broadway, and R&B heritage. Joel’s diversity comes through in a spectacle of memorable tunes, including the infectious “All You Wanna Do Is Dance,” acerbic “Angry Young Man,” and gorgeous “I’ve Loved These Days.”  

Still, no song better illustrates the allure—and breadth—of Turnstiles more than “Say Goodbye to Hollywood,” bathed in the sort of fabulous Phil Spector sound, huge drum echoes, and Brill Building orchestral sweep that Joel grew up on. Similarly, the sprawling ballad “New York State of Mind” clearly states the singer’s vision and mood. On the definitive track, Joel luxuriates in full string accompaniment and soulful saxophone playing that gives the pop standard its foundation. Not for nothing did Joel insist on keeping his touring band for the album, a decision that resulted in the firing of the record’s original producer.  

Supported by talents such as arranger Kenny Ascher, guitarist James Herb Smith, and percussionist Mingo Lewis, Joel succeeds in wrapping his head around a rich swath of American pop music, stopping by way of New Orleans, Kansas City, Memphis, Chicago, and other cities on his way from California back to the Garden State. While lacking the fame of the subsequent The Stranger and 52nd Street, Turnstiles is in every way their equal.  

Finally, the delicate nuances of Joel’s phrasing, pregnant pauses, and introspective emotion can be experienced in three-dimensional fidelity. In addition, the spectrum of the orchestra’s power and finesse, ravishing poignancy of the lyrics, and bittersweet qualities of the melodies bloom with unforced immediacy. The previous veiled sonic character and stultifying dryness have been corrected, presenting Joel and his crack band with illuminating precision and feeling.

Turnstiles has never sounded better—and it never will

 

Billy Joel Turnstiles Track Listing:

 

1.    "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" – 4:36

2.    "Summer, Highland Falls" – 3:15

3.    "All You Wanna Do Is Dance" – 3:40

4.    "New York State of Mind" – 5:58

5.    "James" – 3:53

6.    "Prelude/Angry Young Man" – 5:17

7.    "I've Loved These Days" – 4:31

8.    "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" – 5:12