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Taken from: http://theseconddisc.com/2011/09/20/the-piano-man-boxed-billy-joel-celebrated-with-complete-albums-collection-and-piano-man-legacy-edition/#more-9096
The music and lyrics of Billy Joel run deep in the fabric of American popular song: “Sing us a song, you’re the piano man.” “I’m in a New York state of mind.” Joel was that rare singer/songwriter whose career took off in the 1970s, with one foot rooted in the Tin Pan Alley tradition and another squarely in rock-and-roll, who continued to soar in the 1980s with indelible videos for the MTV era, among them “Uptown Girl” opposite his soon-to-be-wife Christie Brinkley. He had proven his cross-generational appeal with a series of hit albums and indelible singles.
But a few years later, Joel did something truly rare. He stepped back from the spotlight after 1993’s River of Dreams, vowing that the best-selling album would be his swan song to pop/rock songwriting. Eighteen years later and much to dismay of his fans, Joel has kept true to his word. He’s only turned out the occasional song (“Christmas in Fallujah,” performed by Cass Dillon, and “All My Life,” written for his now-ex-wife Katie Lee, both from 2007) and one album of classical piano compositions, 2001’s Fantasies and Delusions, performed by Richard Joo. Yet Joel’s music remains in the spotlight. Joel has continued a lucrative live career (including high-profile shows closing the New York Mets’ original home, Shea Stadium!), seen his songs feted in Twyla Tharp’s hit 2002 Broadway musical Movin’ Out, and remained a sort of musical godfather to younger piano-pounding rockers such as Ben Folds (recently interviewed by The Second Disc here). Unfortunately Joel recently scrapped plans for a memoir which he had reportedly completed, preferring to let his remarkable catalogue of music speak for itself.
To commemorate Joel’s fortieth anniversary as a recording artist, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings today made available for pre-order two deluxe releases: The Complete Albums Collection (joining similar releases for Tony Bennett, Miles Davis and a host of others) and a 2-CD Legacy Edition of Joel’s 1973 major label breakthrough, Piano Man.
Disc 1:
Original LP (previously released as Columbia KC 32544, 1973)
Travelin’ Prayer
Piano Man
Ain’t No Crime
You’re My Home
The Ballad of Billy the Kid
Worse Comes to Worst
Stop in Nevada
If I Only Had The Words (to Tell You)
Somewhere Along the Line
Captain Jack
Disc 2:
The Sigma Sound Studios Performance – April 15, 1972
Introduction
Falling of the Rain
Travelin’ Prayer
The Ballad of Billy the Kid
She’s Got a Way
Everybody Loves You Now
Nocturne
Turn Around
Long, Long Time
Captain Jack
Josephine
Rosalind
Tomorrow is Today
Ergänzung: zudem kommt THE COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTION auch von ihm, mit 14 bekannten Alben von ihm in der Single-Ausführung, aber mit einer 15. CD namens „Collected Additional Masters (1985-2007)“ und folgenden Tracks:
Elvis Presley Boulevard (B-side to “Allentown” – Columbia 38-03413, 1982)
Nobody Knows But Me (from In Harmony II – Columbia FC 37641, 1982)
I’ll Cry Instead (Live) (B-side to “An Innocent Man” – Columbia 38-04259, 1983)
You’re Only Human (Second Wind) (from Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II – Columbia C2 40121, 1985)
The Night is Still Young (from Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II – Columbia C2 40121, 1985)
House of Blue Light (B-side to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” – Columbia 38-73021, 1989)
When You Wish Upon a Star (from Simply Mad About the Mouse – Columbia CK 46019, 1991)
Heartbreak Hotel (from Honeymoon in Vegas: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack – Epic Soundtrax EK 52845, 1991)
All Shook Up (from Honeymoon in Vegas: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack – Epic Soundtrax EK 52845, 1991)
In a Sentimental Mood (from A League of Their Own: Music from the Motion Picture – Columbia CK 52919, 1992)
You Picked a Real Bad Time (B-side to “All About Soul” – Columbia 38-77254, 1993)
To Make You Feel My Love (from Greatest Hits Volume III – Columbia CK 67347, 1997)
Hey Girl (from Greatest Hits Volume III – Columbia CK 67347, 1997)
Light As the Breeze (from Greatest Hits Volume III – Columbia CK 67347, 1997)
Where Were You (on Our Wedding Day?) (from Runaway Bride: Music from the Motion Picture – Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax CK 69923, 1999)
Don’t Worry, Baby (Live) (from An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson (Image Entertainment, 2001) and My Lives (Columbia C5K 93520, 2005))
All My Life (non-LP single – Columbia 88697 07255-2, 2007)
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