Billy Joel - The Vinyl Collection Vol 2

Today we announce The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2, an 11-LP boxset to follow 2021’s Vol. 1, which includes the remainder of Billy’s catalogue: Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain, An Innocent Man, The Bridge, Storm Front, River of Dreams. It exclusively features Fantasies & Delusions & Live from Long Island on vinyl for the first time. The boxset includes a 60+ page booklet that highlights the era through photos, quotes, and an essay by Rob Tannenbaum. All albums remastered from original sources at Sterling Sound.

 Tracklist

Glass Houses (1980) 

Side A

1. You May Be Right
2. Sometimes a Fantasy
3. Don’t Ask Me Why
4. It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
5. All for Leyna

Side B

1. I Don’t Want to Be Alone
2. Sleeping with the Television On
3. C’etait Toi (You Were the One)
4. Close to the Borderline
5. Through the Long Night

The Nylon Curtain (1982)

Side A

1. Allentown
2. Laura
3. Pressure
4. Goodnight Saigon

Side B
1. She’s Right on Time

2. A Room of Our Own
3. Surprises
4. Scandinavian Skies
5. Where’s the Orchestra
   
   An Innocent Man (1983)

Side A

1. Easy Money
2. An Innocent Man
3. The Longest Time
4. This Night
5. Tell Her About It

Side B

1. Uptown Girl
2. Careless Talk
3. Christie Lee
4. Leave a Tender Moment Alone
5. Keeping the Faith

The Bridge (1986) 

Side A

1. Running on Ice
2. This Is the Time
3. Modern Woman
4. Baby Grand (duet with Ray Charles)

Side B

1. Big Man on Mulberry Street
2. Temptation
3. Code of Silence
4. Getting Closer

Storm Front (1989)
Side A
1. That’s Not Her Style
2. We Didn’t Start The Fire
3. The Downeaster ‘Alexa’
4. I Go to Extremes
5. Shameless
Side B
1. Storm Front
2. Leningrad
3. State of Grace
4. When in Rome
5. And So It Goes

River Of Dreams  (1993)
Side A
1. No Man’s Land
2. The Great Wall of China
3. Blonde Over Blue
4. A Minor Variation
5. Shades of Grey
Side B
1. All About Soul
2. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
3. The River of Dreams
4. Two Thousand Years
5. Famous Last Words

Fantasies & Delusions (2001)
Side A
1. Reverie ("Villa d'Este") 
2. Waltz #1 ("Nunley's Carousel") 
Side B
1. Aria ("Grand Canal") 
2. Invention in C Minor 
3. Soliloquy ("On a Separation") 
Side C
1. Suite for Piano ("Star-Crossed"): I. Innamorato 
2. Suite for Piano ("Star-Crossed"): II. Sorbetto 
3. Suite for Piano ("Star-Crossed"): III. Delusion 
Side D
1. Opus 5. Waltz #2 ("Steinway Hall")
2. Opus 9. Waltz #3 ("For Lola")
3. Opus 4. Fantasy ("Film Noir") 
4. Opus 10. Air ("Dublinesque") 

Live From Long Island (1982)
Side A
1. Allentown
2. My Life
3. Prelude/Angry Young Man
Side B
1. Piano Man
2. Don’t Ask Me Why
3. The Stranger
Side C
1. Scandinavian Skies
2. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
3. She’s Always A Woman
4. Pressure
Side D
1. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
2. Just The Way You Are
3. Goodnight Saigon
Side E
1. Stilleto
2. Band Intro
3. Until The Night
4. It’s Still Rock N Roll To Me
Side F
1. Sometimes A Fantasy
2. Big Shot
3. You May Be Right
4. Only The Good Die Young
5. Souvenir