Billy Joel – The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2
Label: | Columbia – 19439957181, Legacy – 19439957181, Sony Music – 19439957181 |
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Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Box Set, Compilation |
Country: | Europe |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock, Pop, Classical |
Style: | Pop Rock, Classical |
Tracklist
| Glass Houses | |||
| A1 | You May Be Right | ||
| A2 | Sometimes A Fantasy | ||
| A3 | Don't Ask Me Why | ||
| A4 | It's Still Rock And Roll To Me | ||
| A5 | All For Leyna | ||
| B1 | I Don't Want To Be Alone | ||
| B2 | Sleeping With The Television On | ||
| B3 | C'etait Toi (You Were The One) | ||
| B4 | Close To The Borderline | ||
| B5 | Through The Long Night | ||
| The Nylon Curtain | |||
| C1 | Allentown | ||
| C2 | Laura | ||
| C3 | Pressure | ||
| C4 | Goodnight Saigon | ||
| D1 | She's Right On Time | ||
| D2 | A Room Of Our Own | ||
| D3 | Surprises | ||
| D4 | Scandinavian Skies | ||
| D5 | Where's The Orchestra? | ||
| An Innocent Man | |||
| E1 | Easy Money | ||
| E2 | An Innocent Man | ||
| E3 | The Longest Time | ||
| E4 | This Night | ||
| E5 | Tell Her About It | ||
| F1 | Uptown Girl | ||
| F2 | Careless Talk | ||
| F3 | Christie Lee | ||
| F4 | Leave A Tender Moment Alone | ||
| F5 | Keeping The Faith | ||
| The Bridge | |||
| G1 | Running On Ice | ||
| G2 | This Is The Time | ||
| G3 | A Matter Of Trust | ||
| G4 | Modern Woman | ||
| G5 | Baby Grand | ||
| H1 | Big Man On Mulberry Street | ||
| H2 | Temptation | ||
| H3 | Code Of Silence | ||
| H4 | Getting Closer | ||
| Storm Front | |||
| I1 | That's Not Her Style | ||
| I2 | We Didn't Start The Fire | ||
| I3 | The Downeaster 'Alexa' | ||
| I4 | I Go to Extremes | ||
| I5 | Shameless | ||
| J1 | Storm Front | ||
| J2 | Leningrad | ||
| J3 | State Of Grace | ||
| J4 | When In Rome | ||
| J5 | And So It Goes | ||
| River Of Dreams | |||
| K1 | No Man's Land | ||
| K2 | The Great Wall Of China | ||
| K3 | Blonde Over Blue | ||
| K4 | A Minor Variation | ||
| K5 | Shades of Grey | ||
| L1 | All About Soul | ||
| L2 | Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) | ||
| L3 | The River Of Dreams | ||
| L4 | Two Thousand Years | ||
| L5 | Famous Last Words | ||
| Fantasies & Delusions | |||
| M1 | Reverie ('Villa D'este') | ||
| M2 | Waltz #1 ('Nunley's Carousel') | ||
| N1 | Aria ('Grand Canal') | ||
| N2 | Invention In C Minor | ||
| N3 | Soliloquy ('On A Separation') | ||
| O1 | Suite For Piano ('Star-Crossed'): I. Innamorato | ||
| O2 | Suite For Piano ('Star-Crossed'): II. Sorbetto | ||
| O3 | Suite For Piano ('Star-Crossed'): III. Delusion | ||
| P1 | Opus 5. Waltz #2 ('Steinway Hall') | ||
| P2 | Opus 9. Waltz #3 ('For Lola') | ||
| P3 | Opus 4. Fantasy ('Film Noir') | ||
| P4 | Opus 10. Air ('Dublinesque') | ||
| Live From Long Island | |||
| Q1 | Allentown | ||
| Q2 | My Life | ||
| Q3 | Prelude / Angry Young Man | ||
| R1 | Piano Man | ||
| R2 | Don't Ask Me Why | ||
| R3 | The Stranger | ||
| S1 | Scandinavian Skies | ||
| S2 | Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) | ||
| S3 | She's Always A Woman | ||
| S4 | Pressure | ||
| T1 | Scenes From An Italian Restaurant | ||
| T2 | Just The Way You Are | ||
| T3 | Goodnight Saigon | ||
| U1 | Stilleto | ||
| U2 | (Band Intro) | ||
| U3 | Until The Night | ||
| U4 | It's Still Rock 'N' Roll To Me | ||
| V1 | Sometimes A Fantasy | ||
| V2 | Big Shot | ||
| V3 | You May Be Right | ||
| V4 | Only The Good Die Young | ||
| V5 | Souvenir |
Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – MPO
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Columbia Records
- Copyright © – Columbia Records
- Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment
- Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
Credits
- Lacquer Cut By – JN-H*
- Liner Notes – Rob Tannenbaum
- Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Notes
'The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2' box set is comprised of Billy Joel’s last seven studio albums and one new 3-LP live album recorded in 1982
Album seven ('Fantasies & Delusions') is a classical double-LP
Some copies are mispressed so that side one of Live from Long Island contains music from hip hop artist called "Lil Duck".
All audio remastered in 2023
Includes a 60 page booklet
Album seven ('Fantasies & Delusions') is a classical double-LP
Some copies are mispressed so that side one of Live from Long Island contains music from hip hop artist called "Lil Duck".
All audio remastered in 2023
Includes a 60 page booklet
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Printed box): 1 94399 57181 1
- Barcode (Scanned box): 194399571811
- Label Code: LC00162
- Other (Cover slip code): 19439957181OS1
- Barcode (Text, Glass Houses): 1 96587 00791 1
- Barcode (Text, The Nylon Curtain): 1 96587 00801 7
- Barcode (Text, An Innocent Man): 1 96587 00811 6
- Barcode (Text, The Bridge): 1 96587 00821 5
- Barcode (Text, Storm Front): 1 96587 00831 4
- Barcode (Text, River Of Dreams): 1 96587 00841 3
- Barcode (Text, Fantasies & Delusions): 1 96587 00851 2
- Barcode (Text, Live From Long Island): 1 96587 00861 1
- Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
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Reviews
- Edited 5 months agoThe pressing quality of Volume 1 was poor and so is the pressing quality of this box. There is a lot of noise between songs. That is excusable.
What's not excusable is the horrendous mastering on this Volume 2 box. Volume 1 was mastered very well by Daniel Krieger at SST. This new box was mastered by Joe Nino-Hernes at Sterling. All of the records in this box are bright and have thin low end. To make matters worse, there is a lot of distortion throughout. I'm not talking about Inner Groove Distortion (IGD); this is ALL groove distortion (except track 1 on some records). I've heard good things about Joe Nino-Hernes but every record in this box is an aural slap to the face and a huge disgrace to Billy Joel fans. Just buy original pressings. River of Dreams has horrible distortion as well and is barely an upgrade over the already controversial 1991 CD master. The only thing on here worth getting WOULD be Fantasies and Delusions but the pressing is so noisy that you can barely hear the music over the noise. And yes, I have cleaned the records. In fact, I ultrasonic deep-cleaned every record twice. These are the kind of records that sound decent UNTIL you hear original pressings. Then you realize how much better the originals are.
TLDR: Poor mastering and mediocre pressing quality. Don't waste your money. 
Can anyone comment on the sound for The River of Dreams? I have an original Spanish pressing but I might jump for this if it sounds good.
All records in collection warped or dished. In paper inner sleeves, with micro scratches…bad QC.- Edited 8 months agoA Matter of Trust is actually included in the running order for "The Bridge" - I saw this for myself on a YouTube unboxing video.
Also, my copy of the box set is not a mispressing - Side one of the "Live from Long Island 1982" has the correct audio.
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