arranged by, conductor Jimmie Haskell
bass Joe Osborn
bass Larry Knechtel
composed by, piano, organ, harpsichord, harmonica Billy Joel
drums Denny Seiwell
drums Rhys Clark
engineer John Bradley
engineer [second] Mike D. Stone
executive-producer, other [artist direction] Irwin Mazur
guitar Don Evans
guitar Sal DiTroia
producer, directed by Artie Ripp
recorded by, mixed by Bob Hughes
steel guitar Sneaky Pete Kleinow
Counterfeit reissue. Ways to spot:
- Solid-color label artwork does not contain the constellation of stars within the bear artwork.
- Says D.J. COPY on left side of spindle hole, genuine promo copies always say PROMOTIONAL NOT FOR SALE on the label.
- Cover is one-piece fold-and-glue construction; originals used a paste-on rear cover slick.
- Rear photo is grainier than originals: Billy Joel's hands have less detail, the wine bottle labels are also grainier.
- All runout data, including counterfeit Monarch MR mark, is etched.

Speeded Up sound, as on original, legitimate album.

Some variants of this counterfeit pressing have a sloppily hand-drawn Monarch Records logo on the Side A runout groove dead-wax.

Recorded at Record Plant West, except Why Judy Why and You Look So Good To Me which were recorded at Ultrasonic Recording Studios.

Distributed by Famous Music Corporation.

The original, legitimate album was lacquer-mastered at the incorrect speed [approximately 8% faster]. Also, due to its rarity, numerous counterfeit versions can be found, including this one.

Matrix / Runout: FRS-2700-AK NEW △16700 (Runout A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: FPS-2700-B-12-RE △16699X (Runout B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: FPS-2700-A-15-NEW MR △16700 (Runout A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: FPS-2700-B-RE-1-16 11 D 1 (Runout B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: FPS 2700-B-RE-1-16-1-1 D (Runout A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: FP -2700-A-15-1 -NEW MR △16700 D (Runout B, variant 3)