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Billy Joel - Turnstiles: 50th Anniversary Edition (4CD + Blu-ray Box Set) * * *

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Billy Joel Turnstiles Reissued for Its 50th Anniversary Edition on 4CD + Blu-ray Box Set: Includes the Complete Billy Joel Tonight Concert Film, Filmed Live at Connecticut College in 1976, Newly Transferred, Edited and Mixed for HD.

Turnstiles: 50th Anniversary Edition is a 4CD + Blu-ray set, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1976 album that featured the Billy Joel classics "New York State of Mind," "Summer, Highland Falls,” and "Say Goodbye to Hollywood." This expanded set contains 67 audio tracks, including 54 tracks never before commercially available, highlighted by the previously unheard song “Oklahoma,” the audio debut of fan favorite “Handball” and four tracks from the abandoned Dee Murray/Nigel Olsson sessions.

The collection also includes the complete Billy Joel Tonight concert film, filmed live at Connecticut College in 1976, newly transferred, edited, and mixed for HD by Emmy-winners Steve Cohen, Brian Ruggles and Bradshaw Leigh, alongside previously unseen rehearsal and production footage. Additional features include a Dolby Atmos mix of the original Turnstiles album and a 40-page booklet featuring unseen photographs and new liner notes by David Fricke and Billy Joel Archive Director John Jackson.

Features:

  • Box Set
  • 4CD's
  • Blu-ray
  • Includes the complete Billy Joel Tonight concert film, filmed live at Connecticut College in 1976, newly transferred, edited, and mixed for HD
  • Dolby Atmos mix of the original Turnstiles
  • 40-page booklet featuring unseen photographs and new liner notes

 

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Track Listing

CD1: Demos and Early Versions

  1. All You Wanna Do Is Dance (band demo, February 7, 1975)
  2. James (band demo, July 12, 1975)
  3. New York State of Mind (live at The Great American Music Hall, June 12, 1975 – Set 1)
  4. All You Wanna Do Is Dance (live at The Great American Music Hall, June 10, 1975 – Set 2)
  5. Oklahoma (live at The Great American Music Hall, June 9, 1975 – Set 1)
  6. Everybody Has A Dream (live at The Great American Music Hall, June 10, 1975 – Set 2)
  7. New York State Of Mind (piano/vocal demo, 1975)
  8. I’ve Seen The Lamb Lie Down on Broadway (Miami 2017) (piano/vocal demo, 1975)
  9. James (piano/vocal demo, 1975)
  10. Oklahoma (piano/vocal demo, 1975)
  11. New Ideas (Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Angry Young Man, Brenda And Eddie) (piano/vocal demo, 1975)
  12. Say Goodbye to Hollywood (piano /vocal demo with percussion overdub, 1975)
  13. These Rhinestone Days (piano/vocal demo, 1975) – previously released on My Lives
  14. Prelude/Angry Young Man – take 9 (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson session, January 19, 1976)
  15. I’ve Loved These Days – take 1 (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson session, January 20, 1976)
  16. James – take 3 (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson session, January 21, 1976)
  17. Everybody Has a Dream – take 1 (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson session, January 21, 1976)
  18. Sadness or Euphoria (Summer, Highland Falls) – take 2 (Doug Stegmeyer, Liberty DeVitto session, January 23, 1976)
  19. All You Wanna Do Is Dance – take 2 (Doug Stegmeyer, Liberty DeVitto session, January 23, 1976)
  20. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) – take 1 (Doug Stegmeyer, Liberty DeVitto session, January 23, 1976)

All tracks previously unreleased, except where noted

Track 2 recorded at CBS Studios, San Francisco, CA

Tracks 3-6 recorded at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

Tracks 7-20 Recorded at CBS Studio B, New York, NY

CD2: Album Sessions

Turnstiles:

  1. Say Goodbye to Hollywood
  2. Summer, Highland Falls
  3. All You Wanna Do Is Dance
  4. New York State of Mind
  5. James
  6. Prelude/Angry Young Man
  7. I’ve Loved These Days
  8. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)

Bonus Tracks:

  1. James (alternate mix with strings; reprise with acoustic guitar, bongos and saxophone)
  2. Summer, Highland Falls (alternate acoustic version)
  3. Say Goodbye To Hollywood (alternate band take)
  4. I’ve Loved These Days (alternate orchestral mix)
  5. Conversation with Ed Sciaky, Philadelphia, June 18, 1976

Tracks 9-13 previously unreleased

CD3: Live at the Bottom Line, New York, NY - June 10, 1976

  1. Prelude/Angry Young Man
  2. Somewhere Along the Line
  3. Summer, Highland Falls
  4. Piano Man
  5. Root Beer Rag
  6. James
  7. Travelin’ Prayer
  8. New York State of Mind
  9. The Entertainer
  10. The Ballad of Billy the Kid
  11. I’ve Loved These Days
  12. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out on Broadway)
  13. Captain Jack
  14. All You Wanna Do Is Dance
  15. Ain’t No Crime
  16. Weekend Song
  17. Souvenir

All tracks previously unreleased

CD4: Billy Joel Tonight: Recorded live December 5 & 6, 1976 at Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London during the live video taping of Billy Joel Tonight.

  1. Prelude/Angry Young Man
  2. Somewhere Along the Line
  3. Summer, Highland Falls*
  4. Piano Man
  5. Handball
  6. James
  7. Travelin’ Prayer
  8. New York State of Mind*
  9. The Entertainer
  10. You’re My Home
  11. Root Beer Rag
  12. Roberta
  13. The Ballad of Billy the Kid*
  14. I’ve Loved These Days
  15. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
  16. Captain Jack
  17. Souvenir*

All tracks previously unreleased except where noted *, from the promo LP Souvenir (Columbia AS326, 1977)

Blu-ray: Billy Joel Tonight

  1. The Concert: Recorded live December 5, 1976 at Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London
  2. Prelude/Angry Young Man*
  3. Somewhere Along the Line
  4. Summer, Highland Falls
  5. Piano Man*
  6. Handball*
  7. James (includes Still Crazy After All These Years” by Paul Simon)
  8. Travelin’ Prayer (includes “Jungleland” by Bruce Springsteen)
  9. New York State of Mind*
  10. The Entertainer*
  11. You’re My Home*
  12. Root Beer Rag
  13. Roberta
  14. The Ballad of Billy the Kid
  15. I’ve Loved These Days
  16. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out on Broadway)*
  17. Captain Jack*
  18. Worse Comes to Worst
  19. Ain’t No Crime
  20. Weekend Song
  21. If I Only Had the Words to Tell You
  22. Souvenir

Rehearsals and Production Inserts: Recorded live December 6, 1976 at Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London

  1. Stop in Nevada (incomplete rehearsal) (includes “Behind Closed Doors” by Kenny O’Dell)
  2. She’s Got a Way
  3. Say Goodbye to Hollywood
  4. Streetlife Serenader
  5. The Great Suburban Showdown
  6. All You Wanna Do Is Dance
  7. I’ve Loved These Days
  8. Honky Tonk Women (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
  9. Covers Medley: You Are So Beautiful (Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher), Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen), Hey Mister, That’s Me Up On The Jukebox (James Taylor), Tell Me Why (John Lennon/Paul McCartney), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John/Bernie Taupin), Bennie And The Jets (Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
  10. Souvenir
  11. Nocturne* (include “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy)

All songs words and music Billy Joel, except where noted All performances previously unreleased except where noted (*), included in the original 1977 TV Special Billy Joel Tonight.

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