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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:Fri Mar 03 1989
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991.0. "BILLY JOEL "IN CONCERT"" by CURIUM::MULDOWNEY () Tue Dec 01 1987 14:41

    Hello, I am new to this conference!!!!
    
    Does anyone know where I can find The Billy Joel "IN CONCERT" CD?
    I live in the Maynard/Hudson are
    
    Can you provide a review of the CD?
    
    Regards,
    Jim
     


    
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991.1QUARK::LIONELWe all live in a yellow subroutineTue Dec 01 1987 21:033
    I have seen zillions of this disc at Lechmere.  I haven't bought one
    yet.
    			Steve
991.2STOPIT::IBLwhile you still can!Wed Dec 02 1987 02:4722
    I'm not a dyed-in-the-wool Billy Joel fan, so correct me if I'm
    wrong, but are we talking about the live recording of the Moscow
    performance? (I think the English translation of the album title
    is just "Concert").  If so then I'll carry on......
    
    Lechmere was where I got mine, and it's pretty good.  The disc lasts
    ~70 minutes, has 16 songs on it (13 are Billy Joel originals, plus
    a Russian folk a cappella song "Odoya" (not sung by Billy!), and two 
    Joel covers, one is "Back in the USSR" (Beatles) and the other is 
    "The Times They Are A'changin" (Bob Dylan).  The only badly performed 
    song is a rather ham-fisted rendition of "A Matter Of Trust", which is 
    when his piano-playing ability and his voice seem to fail at the same
    time.  Well worth the money though.  Particularly since I got mine
    for half what it costs in the UK....heh heh. 
                                                            
    						Ian!
                                                    
    P.s. The live version of "Big Man On Mulberry Street" on this disc
         is *excellent*
         
                              
991.3Try SudburyCRETE::CASHMANWed Dec 02 1987 13:1911
    I'm pleased to see this one being discussed....I did see a tv special
    about Billy Joel's Russian tour awhile ago.  I'm sure this disk
    is worth adding to your collection.....he's just grrrrrrrrrreat
    in concert (I saw him at Boston Garden a few years ago).
    
    My suggestion in the Greater Maynard area is Strawberries at Sudbury
    Crossing on Rte 20.  
    
    Happy shopping!!
    Liz                        
    
991.4THANKSCURIUM::MULDOWNEYThu Dec 03 1987 09:475
    Thanks to all and to all a GOODNIGHT!!!!
    
    Regards,
    Jim
    
991.5VENOM::WATERSThe Legend of the LakesFri Dec 04 1987 05:571
    RE.4     W O W !
991.6Minor correctionGCLEF::COHENRichard CohenThu Dec 10 1987 09:278
    re: .2
    
    Billy plays guitar on "A Matter of Trust" (trust me, I saw him do
    it live, and it says so on the album). He also plays guitar on "The
    Times They Are A-Changin'".
    
    	- Rick
    
991.7STOPIT::IBLwhile you still can!Mon Dec 14 1987 06:525
    
    
    it does? he did? oh, ok....but it *is* him singing, right? 8^)
    
    					Ian!