Two girls, Sandy and Amanda, shared an apartment in the small complex where I lived in '73. They would often invite me over for meals and we'd hang out listening to music.
Not long after TWTIATESS came out, one afternoon as I was going up the stairs to my apartment after work, Sandy called out to me and ran up and handed me the album and said, "Listen to this and tell me what you think." She had somewhere to be, but wanted me to hear it ASAP.
I was astounded. "New York City Serenade" especially... still one of his best songs, IMO.
It was a really lonnnnnnnnnnng wait until '75 when BTR was released.
