This is one of my all time favorite songs by Billy Joel. I am saddened that I am like the 19th person to like this. Ugh!!!! Get liking this people!!! he is awesome!!!
Definitely one of his best. I have them all, including the ORIGINAL vinyl on Family Productions. I got that one years ago when a radio station that was closing down was selling their music inventory. Got i for under a buck, What a steal!
Actually I think the MOST McCartney influenced part of the song is at 2:36 when he does that little scream. When I first heard that I thought "sounds like someones been listening to a lot of Paul McCartney". Anyway, this so cool that the vinyl version of the song goes on for another like 3 and a half minutes with the guitar solo, on the cd pressing it cuts out just as that solos about to begin. Its also cool how the vinyl and cd versions all differ ever so slightly.
Presumably it was the entire master that was cut on vinyl sped up, and not just his vocal which would mean he'd be out of tune with the backing track. Therefore just playback the original LP on a turntable with a variable speed control and check the key of the original to adjust the speed to the correct pitch. No need for the Columbia reissue!
Second best song on the album, absolutely amazing. I understand bringing the album back to it's original speed in the 80s upon re-release but why they ever destroyed this song and cut it in half is beyond me.
Ah yes, "You Can Make Me Free" in its full 6-minute glory. Paul McCartney must have been a big influence on Billy the Kid back in the day cause this song is very similar in style to "Hey Jude"!
What I mean is that the 1983 version not only corrects the pitch, but it also edits out the long instrumental outro. But if I were to slow down this bastardized 1971 version by 4 percent, that's how I know the song would run for 6:15 (from 6:02) - it would have the same pitch as the 1983 version, but it also would retain the long outro.
I used Sony Vegas Pro 10 to do the pitch-correcting job.
Sorry, but honestly I have no idea what you are talking about. I'm just saying that this song's chorus sounds like chorus in Macca's "Maybe I'm Amazed".
You're right. Heck, with the pitch shifted up as this is, a person could easily be forgiven for thinking it *was* a Paul McCartney track. It honestly sounds like something I could see him putting out.
Without any further editing, the pitch-corrected version of this tune would run 6:15.
ClassicTVMan1981X 3 months ago
This is one of my all time favorite songs by Billy Joel. I am saddened that I am like the 19th person to like this. Ugh!!!! Get liking this people!!! he is awesome!!!
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davidthecook 4 months ago
Definitely one of his best. I have them all, including the ORIGINAL vinyl on Family Productions. I got that one years ago when a radio station that was closing down was selling their music inventory. Got i for under a buck, What a steal!
hpolsky 4 months ago
Where did you get this original recording of Cold Spring Harbor?
RockNRolla1996 6 months ago
@RockNRolla1996 I got it off of eBay. Check there every now and then, they usually pop up.
SaturnTrack 6 months ago
Can someone post the speed corrected version??
SpineBuster 7 months ago
Actually I think the MOST McCartney influenced part of the song is at 2:36 when he does that little scream. When I first heard that I thought "sounds like someones been listening to a lot of Paul McCartney". Anyway, this so cool that the vinyl version of the song goes on for another like 3 and a half minutes with the guitar solo, on the cd pressing it cuts out just as that solos about to begin. Its also cool how the vinyl and cd versions all differ ever so slightly.
TheJseiler 9 months ago
Presumably it was the entire master that was cut on vinyl sped up, and not just his vocal which would mean he'd be out of tune with the backing track. Therefore just playback the original LP on a turntable with a variable speed control and check the key of the original to adjust the speed to the correct pitch. No need for the Columbia reissue!
TunzGalaw 9 months ago in playlist Billy Joel
I'd only ever heard the short version of this song until now, and I thought I loved it, but this version . . . this version . . . daaaaang.
kalinka04 10 months ago 2
Second best song on the album, absolutely amazing. I understand bringing the album back to it's original speed in the 80s upon re-release but why they ever destroyed this song and cut it in half is beyond me.
hfield07 10 months ago
@hfield07 What'sthe best?
coreythomas862009 9 months ago
@coreythomas862009 She's Got a Way is my favorite by just a little over this.
hfield07 9 months ago
He sounds like Emmit Rhodes or Eric Carmen at that speed.
thatmuse76 1 year ago
Great piano rhythm here, and this is awesome!!!! Very Macca influenced here!!!
ECWaxman 1 year ago
Wow! I have the Cold Spring Harbor CD but it that version is not as long.
MKMARKS 1 year ago
Ah yes, "You Can Make Me Free" in its full 6-minute glory. Paul McCartney must have been a big influence on Billy the Kid back in the day cause this song is very similar in style to "Hey Jude"!
OldMusicOnVinyl1 1 year ago 4
@OldMusicOnVinyl1 Except 30 bajillion times better (I love the Beatles, though)
chrisz31974 1 year ago
@OldMusicOnVinyl1
Actually the chorus is almost identical to Paul's "Maybe I'm Amazed" :)
jedenzniewielu 10 months ago
@jedenzniewielu
Which came out in 1970, so would Macca accuse BJ over this?
ClassicTVMan1981X 3 months ago
@ClassicTVMan1981X
What do you mean?
jedenzniewielu 3 months ago
@jedenzniewielu
What I mean is that the 1983 version not only corrects the pitch, but it also edits out the long instrumental outro. But if I were to slow down this bastardized 1971 version by 4 percent, that's how I know the song would run for 6:15 (from 6:02) - it would have the same pitch as the 1983 version, but it also would retain the long outro.
I used Sony Vegas Pro 10 to do the pitch-correcting job.
ClassicTVMan1981X 3 months ago
@ClassicTVMan1981X
Sorry, but honestly I have no idea what you are talking about. I'm just saying that this song's chorus sounds like chorus in Macca's "Maybe I'm Amazed".
jedenzniewielu 3 months ago
@OldMusicOnVinyl1
You're right. Heck, with the pitch shifted up as this is, a person could easily be forgiven for thinking it *was* a Paul McCartney track. It honestly sounds like something I could see him putting out.
MrAllofyourbase 3 weeks ago