Joel wisely decided to use the live album as an opportunity to draw attention to songs from his first four albums. Having scored three multi-platinum hits in a row, Billy Joel took a breather, releasing his first live album, Songs in the Attic, as he worked on his ambitious follow-up to Glass Houses. Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2092 | Genre: Pop Rock
Continue reading “Billy Joel – Piano Man (1973) ” Author Your_SACD Posted on OctoCategories Pop Rock Tags Billy Joel Leave a comment on Billy Joel – Piano Man (1973) Billy Joel – Songs In The Attic (1981) īilly Joel – Songs In The Attic (1981) He didn’t abandon his dreams - he continued to write songs, including “Piano Man,” a fictionalized account of his weeks as a lounge singer. Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2062 | Genre: Pop RockĮmbittered by legal disputes with his label and an endless tour to support a debut that was dead in the water, Billy Joel hunkered down in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, spending six months as a lounge singer at a club.
Continue reading “Billy Joel – Turnstiles (1976) ” Author Your_SACD Posted on OctoOctoCategories Pop Rock Tags Billy Joel Leave a comment on Billy Joel – Turnstiles (1976) Little River Band – Albums Collection (1975-2022) īilly Joel – Piano Man (1973) “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” was a celebration of his move, a repudiation of his past, a fanfare for a new beginning, which is exactly what Turnstiles was. There’s a reason Turnstiles begins with the Spector-esque epic “Say Goodbye to Hollywood.” Shortly after Streetlife Serenade, Joel ditched California - and, by implication, sensitive Californian soft rock from sensitive singer/songwriters - for his hometown of New York. Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2063 | Genre: Pop Rock Continue reading “Willie And Leon – One For The Road (1979) ” Author DynaMo Posted on OctoOctoCategories Country Tags Leon Russell, Willie Nelson Leave a comment on Willie And Leon – One For The Road (1979) Phil Collins – Albums Collection (1981-1990) īilly Joel – Turnstiles (1976) ĬD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log This record (once a double LP, now a single CD) wasn’t recorded live and the songs run a little shorter, but it shares the same sort of loose spirit and easy-rolling eclecticism as the two, essentially backed by the Family, run through a mess of country and pop standards. One for the Road, Willie Nelson’s duet record with fellow American music maverick Leon Russell, followed months after his freewheeling, jam-heavy double album Willie and Family Live. Willie And Leon – One For The Road (1979)
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