Billy Joel‎ Songs In The Attic 2LP Vinyl Mobile Fidelity ‎MOFI MFSL NEW SEALED

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Billy Joel – Songs In The Attic Vinyl LP – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL MOFI Sealed

Please Note: Special Limited-Edition Number is blank. UPC code has a black marker streak through it in the lower back right corner. It is sealed and I have never broken the outer plastic seal. I purchased this through a reputable collector from Japan years ago. Please see photos for details before placing your bid. Thank you.

Label:    Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 2-386

Series:  Original Master Recording, Gain 2™ Ultra Analog 45RPM 180g Series

Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Gatefold

Country: US

Released: 2014

Genre:  Rock, Pop

Style:     Folk Rock, Pop Rock

UPC: 821797238618

2LP 45rpm 180 Gram High-Definition Vinyl

Pressed at RTI in the USA

Half-Speed mastering on MFSL Gain 2 Ultra Analog System

Mastered at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Cut from the Original Master Tapes

Mastered by Krieg Wunderlich & Shawn R. Britton

Special Static Free & Dust Free Inner Sleeves

Deluxe Gatefold Cover

Billy Joel Songs In the Attic on 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity. 1981 Live Album Finds Joel Adding Warmth to Ballads, Punch and Kick to Rockers. Taking You to the Stage: Mobile Fidelity Version Pulls Gives You a Dead-Center Seat and Wonderful Sonic Perspective. Ideal Summation of Joel's Early Period Material, Enhanced by Accomplished Band in Concert Setting. Piano Man, Turnstiles, 52nd Street, The Stranger, Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain, and An Innocent Man Also Available from Mobile Fidelity.

Great live albums often function as documents of a performer's stinting onstage abilities, stopgaps between studio albums, introductions to a musician's earlier work, and/or opportunities for familiar material to be showcased in superior ways. Songs In the Attic serves all of these purposes and more. As Billy Joel's first live album, it's still his best, punctuated by dynamic renditions of favorites and deep cuts, and augmented by a tested band in sync with the pianist.

A vital component of Mobile Fidelity's Billy Joel catalog restoration series, Songs In the Attic is mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g LP at RTI. The resulting presentation effortlessly outshines that heard on all previous editions of this 1981 set. Joel's piano possesses fuller body and lifelike resonance. His veteran group's contributions emerge with newfound clarity, dynamics, decay, and extension. Balances are supreme, and shades and colors blend, amplifying richness and presence.

On the heels of three multi-platinum albums and a commercial breakthrough, Joel released Songs In the Attic to both tide fans over until 1982's The Nylon Curtain as well to feature material in a looser, warmer setting. The record highlights not only the singer's consistency and knack for indelible melodies, but savvy live techniques. Upbeat tunes such as "Everybody Loves You Now" receive a more fleshed-out treatment that yields added punch and swagger, while balladic numbers like "I've Loved These Days" take on a cozy warmth akin to the feeling of putting on a sweater on a cool fall day.

Songs In the Attic also bridged the gap for listeners for whom Joel was then a new entity, as many didn't come to his music until The Stranger. Hence, tracks like "Captain Jack" and "The Ballad of Billy the Kid," from Piano Man, get a fresh identity, particularly courtesy of a backing band that, by then, had been gigging with Joel for years. No wonder that, unlike a majority of live records, Songs In the Attic yielded two Top 40 pop hits: "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" and "She's Got a Way." No matter from what angle it's viewed, the set stands as one of the most important and enjoyable live records ever released.

Track List

A1 Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)   5:05

A2 Summer, Highland Falls          3:03

A3 Streetlife Serenader 5:17

B1 Los Angelenos            3:48

B2 She's Got A Way        2:44

B3 Everybody Loves You Now     3:10

C1 Say Goodbye To Hollywood   4:25

C2 Captain Jack 7:16

D1 You're My Home       3:07

D2 The Ballad of Billy The Kid      5:28

D3 I've Loved These Days            4:35

I've added 4 additional photos today to the listing. The record was in a Japanese resealable bag. I removed the bag and added 4 additional pictures with the bag removed.  The record is still sealed in its own original outer wrap and just stored within the resealable bag for added protection. Note: The marker line is still directly on the record sleeve on the back where there is the UPC code. Since it is not numbered and there is a line through the UPC code, my guess is that this was originally a Japanese promotional copy. That can be a good thing if true because the record would have been cut from the first lacquer/stamper, but I have no idea for sure.