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Billy Joel / The Vinyl Collection Vol 2

11LP vinyl box set

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Sony will follow up their first Billy Joel vinyl collection box from 2021 with The Vinyl Collection Vol. 2 a new package that includes the remainder of his back catalogue.

The 11LP vinyl box includes Glass Houses (1980), The Nylon Curtain (1982), An Innocent Man (1983), The Bridge (1986), Storm Front (1989), River of Dreams (1993) and, for the first time on the format, the classical Fantasies & Delusions (2001, 2LP) and Live From Long Island (1982, 3LP).

All audio has been remastered from “original sources” at Sterling Sound. The vinyl box comes with a 60-page “booklet”.

The Vinyl Collection Vol. 2 will be released on 3 November 2023 via Sony Music.

Tracklisting

The Vinyl Collection Vol 2 Billy Joel /

    • LP 1: Glass Houses (1980) 
      Side A
      1. You May Be Right
      2. Sometimes a Fantasy
      3. Don’t Ask Me Why
      4. It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
      5. All for Leyna
      Side B
      1. I Don’t Want to Be Alone
      2. Sleeping with the Television On
      3. C’etait Toi (You Were the One)
      4. Close to the Borderline
      5. Through the Long Night
    • LP 2: The Nylon Curtain (1982)
      Side A
      1. Allentown
      2. Laura
      3. Pressure
      4. Goodnight Saigon
      Side B
      1. She’s Right on Time
      2. A Room of Our Own
      3. Surprises
      4. Scandinavian Skies
      5. Where’s the Orchestra
    • LP 3: An Innocent Man (1983)
      Side A
      1. Easy Money
      2. An Innocent Man
      3. The Longest Time
      4. This Night
      5. Tell Her About It
      Side B
      1. Uptown Girl
      2. Careless Talk
      3. Christie Lee
      4. Leave a Tender Moment Alone
      5. Keeping the Faith
    • LP 4: The Bridge (1986) 
      Side A
      1. Running on Ice
      2. This Is the Time
      3. Modern Woman
      4. Baby Grand (duet with Ray Charles)
      Side B
      1. Big Man on Mulberry Street
      2. Temptation
      3. Code of Silence
      4. Getting Closer
    • LP 5: Storm Front (1989)
      Side A
      1. That’s Not Her Style
      2. We Didn’t Start The Fire
      3. The Downeaster ‘Alexa’
      4. I Go to Extremes
      5.  Shameless
      Side B
      1. Storm Front
      2. Leningrad
      3. State of Grace
      4. When in Rome
      5. And So It Goes
    • LP 6: River of Dreams (1993)
      Side A
      1. No Man’s Land
      2. The Great Wall of China
      3. Blonde Over Blue
      4. A Minor Variation
      5. Shades of Grey

      Side B

      1. All About Soul
      2. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
      3. The River of Dreams
      4. Two Thousand Years
      5. Famous Last Words
    • LPs 7 & 8: Fantasies & Delusions (2001)
      Side A
      1. Reverie (“Villa d’Este”)
      2. Waltz #1 (“Nunley’s Carousel”)
      Side B
      1. Aria (“Grand Canal”)
      2. Invention in C Minor
      3. Soliloquy (“On a Separation”)
      Side C
      1. Suite for Piano (“Star-Crossed”): I. Innamorato
      2. Suite for Piano (“Star-Crossed”): II. Sorbetto
      3. Suite for Piano (“Star-Crossed”): III. Delusion
      Side D
      1. Opus 5. Waltz #2 (“Steinway Hall”)
      2. Opus 9. Waltz #3 (“For Lola”)
      3. Opus 4. Fantasy (“Film Noir”)
      4. Opus 10. Air (“Dublinesque”)
    • LPs 9, 10 & 11: Live From Long Island (1982)
      Side A
      1. Allentown
      2. My Life
      3. Prelude/Angry Young Man
      Side B
      1. Piano Man
      2. Don’t Ask Me Why
      3. The Stranger
      Side C
      1. Scandinavian Skies
      2. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
      3. She’s Always A Woman
      4. Pressure
      Side D
      1. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
      2. Just The Way You Are
      3. Goodnight Saigon
      Side E
      1. Stilleto
      2. Band Intro
      3. Until The Night
      4. It’s Still Rock N Roll To Me
      Side F
      1. Sometimes A Fantasy
      2. Big Shot
      3. You May Be Right
      4. Only The Good Die Young
      5. Souvenir

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