Product Description
High Quality Actual 1985 Japanese First Pressing ~ Complete With Highly Collectable Obi Strip! Double Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Gatefold Cover Includes 16-Page Booklet! 21 Of Billy Joel’s Most Popular Songs From 1973 – 1985 Including “Piano Man”, “The Stranger”, “Just The Way You Are”, “Uptown Girl”, Plus Two Recorded Exclusively For This Album ~ “You’re Only Human” & “The Night Is Still Young”.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT! Beautifully clean vinyl!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT! Couple of small age spots inside the gatefold. Everything else is Near Mint!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Piano Man
Say Goodbye To Hollywood
New York State Of Mind
The Stranger
Just The Way You Are
Side 2:
Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
Only The Good Die Young
She’s Always A Woman
My Life
Big Shot
Honesty
Side 3:
You May Be Right
It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
Pressure
Allentown
Goodnight Saigon
Side 4:
Tell Her About It
Uptown Girl
The Longest Time
You’re Only Human (Second Wind)
The Night Is Still Young
AMG –
Perfectly encapsulating exactly why Billy Joel was one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the late '70s and early '80s. 4 ½ Stars Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 is an excellent retrospective of the first half of Billy Joel's career. Beginning with "Piano Man," the first disc runs through a number of early songs before arriving at the hit-making days of the late '70s; some of these songs, including "Captain Jack" and "New York State of Mind," weren't strictly hits, but were popular numbers within his stage show and became radio hits. Once the songs from The Stranger arrive halfway through the first disc, there's no stopping the hits (although "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant," an album track from The Stranger, manages its way onto the collection). In fact, over the next disc and a half, there's so many hits, it's inevitable that some are left off -- to be specific, "Honesty," "Sometimes a Fantasy," "An Innocent Man," "Leave a Tender Moment," and "Keeping the Faith" aren't included. But all the other hits -- including "Just the Way You Are," "Only the Good Die Young," "My Life," "You May Be Right," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," "Don't Ask Me Why," "Allentown," "Tell Her About It" and "Uptown Girl," among many others -- are present and accounted for, as are two new songs ("You're Only Human (Second Wind)," "The Night Is Still Young") that became hits as well. In short, Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 does its job perfectly, encapsulating exactly why Billy Joel was one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the late '70s and early ‘80s. 4 ½ Stars