52nd Street

Tracklist

• Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 1
• 1
  Big Shot
  4:03
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Honesty
  3:53
  3.6 ★
• 3
  My Life
  4:44
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Zanzibar
  5:12
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Stiletto
  4:41
  3.7 ★
• 6
  Rosalinda’s Eyes
  4:41
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Half a Mile Away
  4:08
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Until the Night
  6:36
  3.8 ★
• 9
  52nd Street
  2:26
  3.9 ★
• Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) 2
• 1
  Big Shot
  4:03
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Honesty
  3:53
  3.6 ★
• 3
  My Life
  4:44
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Zanzibar
  5:12
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Stiletto
  4:41
  3.7 ★
• 6
  Rosalinda’s Eyes
  4:41
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Half a Mile Away
  4:08
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Until the Night
  6:36
  3.8 ★
• 9
  52nd Street
  2:26
  3.9 ★

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Release credits

• Babi Floyd
  background vocals [1.7, 2.7], guest [1.7, 2.7]
• Billy Joel
  piano, vocal, electric piano [1.3, 2.3], lead vocals [1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.3], piano [1.1, 1.3, 1.8, 2.1, 2.3, 2.8], vocal [2.8, 1.8]
• Dave Grusin
  brass [1.7, 2.7]
• Dave Martone
  assistant
• David Friedman
  chimes [2.8, 1.8], guest [1.8, 2.8], percussion [1.8, 2.8]
• David Nadien
  concertmaster
• David Spinozza
  acoustic guitar [1.2, 2.2]
• Donnie Dacus
  background vocals [1.3, 2.3], guest [2.3, 1.3]
• Doug Stegmeyer
  background vocals, bass, background vocals [1.8, 2.8], bass [1.8, 2.8], electric bass guitar [1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.3]
• Eric Gale
  electric guitar [2.7, 1.7], guest [1.7, 2.7]
• Frank Floyd
  background vocals [1.7, 2.7], guest [2.7, 1.7]
• Freddie Hubbard
  guest [2.4, 1.4], trumpet [2.4, 1.4]
• George Marge
  guest [1.6, 2.6], sopranino recorder [2.6, 1.6]
• Hugh McCracken
  acoustic guitar [1.6, 2.6], classical guitar [1.8, 2.8], guest [1.6, 1.8, 2.6, 2.8]
• Jim Boyer
  remixer, engineer, mix
• Jim Houghton
  photography
• John A. Beck
  design
• John Berg
  design
• Liberty DeVitto
  drums (drum set), drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.3, 2.8, 1.1, 1.3, 1.8]
• Mike Mainieri
  guest [1.4, 1.6, 2.4, 2.6], marimba [1.4, 1.6, 2.4, 2.6], vibraphone [1.4, 1.6, 2.4, 2.6]
• Milt Grayson
  background vocals [2.7, 1.7], guest [1.7, 2.7]
• Peter Cetera
  background vocals [2.3, 1.3], guest [1.3, 2.3]
• Phil Ramone
  remixer, mix, producer
• Ralph MacDonald
  guest [1.6-7, 2.6-7], percussion [1.6-7, 2.6-7]
• Ray Simpson
  background vocals [1.7, 2.7], guest [2.7, 1.7]
• Richie Cannata
  clarinet, organ, saxophone, clarinet [1.8, 2.8], organ [2.8, 1.8], saxophone [1.1, 1.8, 2.1, 2.8]
• Rob LoVerde
  mastering
• Robert Freedman
  brass [2.2, 2.8, 1.2, 1.8], strings [1.2, 1.8, 2.2, 2.8]
• Steve Khan
  acoustic guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar [1.8, 2.8], electric guitar [2.8, 1.8]
• Steven Abdul Kahn
  acoustic guitar [1.3, 2.3], electric guitar [1.1, 2.1]
• Zachary Sanders
  background vocals [1.7, 2.7], guest [1.7, 2.7]
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Issues

• 

  5
  (Combined release view)
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl
  13 October 1978
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl
  1978
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl
  1978
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl (Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc./51 W 52 Street, N.Y., N.Y.)
  1978
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD (1st edition, "gold face")
  1 October 1982
• 5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl
  1982
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD (2nd edition, "silver face")
  1983
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD (made in Japan)
  1984
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD
  1984
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
  1984
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
  1985
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
  2 May 1987
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD
  1987
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD
  21 July 1988
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
  1 December 1990
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD (longbox gold CD)
  8 December 1992
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
  21 April 1993
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD
  1993
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  Enhanced CD
  20 October 1998
• 5
  52nd Street

  Cassette
  20 October 1998
• 5
  52nd Street

  Enhanced CD
  1998
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  Enhanced CD
  1998
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  Enhanced CD
  1998
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD
  1998
• 5
  52nd Street

  Enhanced CD
  21 January 1999
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  SACD (2 channels), SACD (multichannel)
  1999
• 5
  52nd Street

  SACD
  1999
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  SACD (2 channels), SACD (multichannel)
  31 July 2001
• 5
  52nd Street

  SACD
  11 October 2001
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
  3 November 2004
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
  19 April 2006
• 5
  52nd Street

  Blu-spec CD
  24 December 2008
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  HDCD
  2 November 2010
• 5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl
  16 August 2011
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  Hybrid SACD (MFSL Remaster)
  31 July 2012
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) (Special Limited Edition)
  31 July 2012
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  Digital Media
  2012
• 5
  52nd Street

  Enhanced CD
  15 February 2013
• 5
  52nd Street

  Blu-spec CD
  6 March 2013
• 5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl
  27 May 2013
• 5
  52nd Street

  2x 12" Vinyl
  2013
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD
  2 August 2017
• 5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl
  21 March 2018
• 5
  52nd Street

  Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer) (40th Anniversary Edition)
  17 October 2018
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD (DIDP 50001)
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
• 5
  52nd Street

  CD
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  12" Vinyl (price codes CB 271 and 57)
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD (glass mastered at Sony Music, Pitman)
• 

  5
  52nd Street

  CD (DIDP-5001, no "Now Made In The U.S.A." above UPC)
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