Styx "Cornerstone" 1979 (Platinum) Vinyl Lp SEALED / Dennis DeYoung "Babe"

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Cornerstone is the ninth studio album by American rock band Styx, released on October 19th, 1979. Cornerstone was Styx's follow-up to their second consecutive Top 10 selling Triple Platinum album in a row, 1978's Pieces of Eight. Like the four previous Styx albums, the band produced the album themselves once again. However, the band started using a new recording studio Pumpkin Studios in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Plus, the album was the first where the band shied away from the art-rock/prog-rock influences that dominated their first eight studio albums and was the band's first move towards a more pop/rock direction (band member Dennis DeYoung stated in a 2009 interview that the change in direction came from reading bad reviews the group got in the rock press whilst on their first tour of England). Dennis DeYoung had two ballads on the album. The first was the album's first single and Styx's only US #1 single "Babe" which Dennis wrote for his wife Suzanne. The track was performed and recorded as a demo with just him and the Panozzo brothers, but then James Young and Tommy Shaw heard the track and decided to put it on Cornerstone with Shaw overdubbing a guitar solo in the song's middle section. Dennis predominantly used a Fender Rhodes electric piano on over half of the tracks. Also, the group used real horns and strings on the album on several tracks. Cornerstone became Styx's first US Top 5 album peaking at #2 on the Billboard album chart and is currently sitting at Double Platinum according to the R.I.A.A.,although A&M said it went Triple Platinum (3 million copies sold in the US). This is the 1979 US Platinum Colored Vinyl lp SEALED. It is thought to be only available thru their fan club membership. Catalog # on the spine is: SP-3711. Record was also stored in a heavy duty anvil case since 2006 and comes from a smoke/pet free home. Shipped following business day as soon as payment is received. Media Mail ($6) will take 3 to 5 weeks due to being shipped by boat from Hawaii..not air!  Priority is $11, not $7 from Hawaii. International bidders please contact. Sorry about the glare on the pic!