Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Allentown	3:50
A2	Laura Strings – String Fever	5:02
A3	Pressure	4:38
A4	Goodnight Saigon Drums [Field Snare] – Bill Zampino	6:58
B1	She's Right On Time	4:11
B2	A Room Of Our Own	4:00
B3	Surprises	3:28
B4	Scandinavian Skies Strings – String FeverSynthesizer – Rob Mounsey	5:59
B5	Where's The Orchestra ? Accordion – Dominic CorteseCello – Charles McCrackenSaxophone, Clarinet – Eddie Daniels	3:16

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
• Recorded At – A&R Studios
• Mixed At – A&R Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns & Strings] – Dave Grusin
• Art Direction [Album Art Coordination] – Paula Scher
• Bass – Doug Stegmeyer
• Concertmaster – David Nadien (tracks: A1, A3 to B3, B5)
• Design [Front Cover Design] – Chris Austopchuk*
• Design [Inner Sleeve Design] – John Berg
• Drums, Percussion – Liberty DeVitto
• Engineer [Assistant] – Andy Hoffman, Larry Franke, Michael Christopher
• Engineer [Associate] – Bradshaw Leigh
• Engineer, Remix – Jim Boyer
• Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [Lead] – David Brown
• Lyrics By, Music By – Billy Joel
• Management [Production Manager] – Kenneth Topolsky
• Mastered By – Ted Jensen
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Benno Friedman
• Producer – Phil Ramone
• Producer [Assistant] – Laura Loncteaux
• Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [Rhythm] – Russell Javors
• Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Organ [Hammond], Melodica – Billy Joel

Notes

The spine has catalog number TC 38200, center labels have QC 38200.
Inner sleeve has photo on one side, credits and lyrics on the other.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7464-38200-1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A variant 1): AL 38200 1H
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B variant 1): BL 38200 1L
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A variant 2): AL 38200 1A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B variant 2): BL 38200 1L
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, all sides, all variants): STERLING

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
QC 38200	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain ‎(LP, Album, Pit)	Columbia	QC 38200	US	1982
35DP 34	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain ‎(CD, Album)	CBS/Sony	35DP 34	Japan	1984
CBS 460186 2	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain ‎(CD, Album, RE)	CBS	CBS 460186 2	Europe	Unknown
TCT 38200	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain ‎(Cass, Album)	CBS	TCT 38200	US	1982
COL 491188 8	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain ‎(MD, Album, RE)	Columbia	COL 491188 8	UK	1998

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