u/No_Fruit1601

BEHOLD!! Lol. So, some time ago I saw someone post on here that they collected Billy Joel ‘45s.

Going through a few I had, I went down a rabbit hole that had me seeing how many 45s the Piano Man had across the world with different unique sleeves and wow are there plenty! Some are ridiculously rare and a few are even EPs.

My collection started with USA releases but then looking for songs such as “Piano Man” , “James”, “Vienna”, She’s Right on Time”, and “NY State of Mind (up until a week ago) those songs and others had international releases with unique picture sleeves compared to just the Columbia company sleeves here.

I know different countries released a song on different sleeves but I didn’t feel like having to collect 8 different releases of “Honesty” from Japan, US, UK, etc. so I just settle with what one I thought looked best IMO.

Pictured is my collection which I’ve put as close to release order starting with the Cold Spring Harbor releases all the way to River of Dreams and Billy’s latest single “Turn the Lights Back On.”

I’m sure there’s a few more out there I could still track down but there’s 62 here!

You may be right, I may be crazy, but I might just be the fool you’re looking for when you have a question about Billy Joel ‘45s lol.

Thanks for the music Billy Joel. :-)

My in laws were recently going through things and had this SX 3600 receiver that was just been collecting dust for the last 20 years. They gladly let me take it off their hands so they could have the space. All its needed was little dusting and little deox to bring it into the 21st century and into our household set up.

I’ve paired it up with my dad’s pioneer PL 950 turntable and I found a pair of Pioneer SP-BS22-LR speakers on marketplace for $40, actually today.

Besides aesthetically pleasing, it sounds wonderful and it really has me appreciating listening to all my records again.

I’m collecting Billy Joel ‘45s with picture sleeves and this one was quite the find today. Definitely a good piece.