{"id":30098,"date":"2024-08-09T00:02:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T00:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/studio-where-elton-john-recorded-caribou-house-where-billy-joel-wrote-turnstiles-for-sale\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T00:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T00:02:24","slug":"studio-where-elton-john-recorded-caribou-house-where-billy-joel-wrote-turnstiles-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/studio-where-elton-john-recorded-caribou-house-where-billy-joel-wrote-turnstiles-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio where Elton John recorded &#8216;Caribou,&#8217; house where Billy Joel wrote &#8216;Turnstiles&#8217; for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-08\/M_EltonJohnCaribou_062724.jpg\" alt><figcaption>The Rocket Record Company<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two real estate properties\u00a0that served as the site of a number of legendary musical moments over the years are on the market.<\/p>\n<p>First up is <a href=\"https:\/\/cmhof.org\/inductees\/caribou-ranch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cmhof.org\/inductees\/caribou-ranch\/\">Caribou Ranch<\/a> in Nederland, Colorado. It was purchased and turned into a high-end residential recording studio in 1972 by producer <strong>James Guerico<\/strong>. It&#8217;s most associated with<strong> Elton John<\/strong>&#8216;s 1974 album,\u00a0<em>Caribou<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 named after it \u2014 but his albums <em>Captain Fantastic &amp; the Brown Dirt Cowboy <\/em>and<em> Rock of the Westies<\/em> were also recorded there.<\/p>\n<p>Other artists whose albums were recorded at Caribou Ranch include <strong>Steely Dan<\/strong>,<strong> Chicago<\/strong>,<strong> Frank Zappa<\/strong>,<strong> The Beach Boys<\/strong>,<strong> Rick Derringer<\/strong>,<strong> Joe Walsh<\/strong>,<strong> Jeff Beck<\/strong>,<strong> Stephen Stills<\/strong>,<strong> Peter Frampton<\/strong>,<strong> Rod Stewart <\/strong>and<strong> Billy Joel<\/strong>. The studio burned down in 1985, but the ranch and outbuildings where artists stayed still exist.<\/p>\n<p>The 1,700-acre property is currently for sale for the low, low price of $48,500,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/hallhall.com\/property-for-sale\/colorado\/caribou-ranch\/a09Nu000002Bzv3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/hallhall.com\/property-for-sale\/colorado\/caribou-ranch\/a09Nu000002Bzv3\/\">Visit HallHall.com<\/a> for the full details.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Joel recorded 1976&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Turnstiles\u00a0<\/em>album at Caribou. And the house where Billy lived when he wrote the songs for the record \u2014 including &#8220;New York State of Mind&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billyjoel.com\/news\/new-billy-joel-qa-can-you-tell-me-what-made-you-write-song-summer-highland-falls\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSummer%2C%20Highland%20Falls%E2%80%9D%20is,during%20the%20summer%20of%201975.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.billyjoel.com\/news\/new-billy-joel-qa-can-you-tell-me-what-made-you-write-song-summer-highland-falls\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSummer%2C%20Highland%20Falls%E2%80%9D%20is,during%20the%20summer%20of%201975.\">Summer, Highland Falls<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 is also up for sale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Billy rented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awmrealestate.com\/properties\/26-kings-road-highland-falls-ny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.awmrealestate.com\/properties\/26-kings-road-highland-falls-ny\">historic home<\/a> in Highland Falls, New York, in the winter of 1976, after he returned to his home state after three years in LA. He has said that he got the idea for &#8220;New York State of Mind&#8221; while &#8220;taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line&#8221; to the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/08\/real-estate\/the-hudson-valley-home-where-billy-joel-composed-asks-1-99m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/08\/real-estate\/the-hudson-valley-home-where-billy-joel-composed-asks-1-99m\/\"><em>New York Post<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> when Billy moved in he had his piano hoisted up\u00a0through a window into a bedroom on the second floor. The current owners, who turned the home into a bed &amp; breakfast, have dubbed it &#8220;the Billy Joel Room.&#8221; It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awmrealestate.com\/properties\/26-kings-road-highland-falls-ny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.awmrealestate.com\/properties\/26-kings-road-highland-falls-ny\">can be yours<\/a> for just $1.995 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rocket Record Company Two real estate properties\u00a0that served as the site of a number of legendary musical moments over the years are on the market. First up is Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado. 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