Cold Spring Harbor - Joel, Billy

Billy's first album was recorded in 1971, but never actually released until 1983. The story goes something like this.. When it was recorded, Billy was mad at the way the vocals were recorded - too fast. I remember an interview where he said he sounded like a chipmunk. I don't think it's like that, but it was cleaned up in 83 and released finally. I'd heard stories that Billy has disowned this album - I don't know how true that is, but it is by far the most intimate of any Billy Joel album - on a lot of the songs, it's just him and the piano. Some of it almost sounds like folk music - this album is probably only for Joel diehards.

The original (incorrect) 1971 version isn't widely available, most everywhere that sells this has the corrected 1983 version.