Billy Joel - Billy the Demo (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

Sessions for "52nd Street" and "The Stranger" in 1977-78. "These are a set of remarkably different studio demos that Mr. Joel recorded around the time of the recording of the album "The Stranger". VG to Ex- SBD stereo.

01. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (studio demo)
02. The Stranger (home demo)
03. Just The Way You Are (studio demo)
04. Only The Good Die Young (reggae version demo) *
05. She's Always A Woman (piano version)
06. Get It Right The First Time (studio demo)
07. Big Shot (studio demo)
08. Honesty (studio demo)
09. Honesty (orchestra studio demo)
10. Zanzibar (alternate version)
11. Stiletto (alternate version)
12. Rosalinda's Eyes (studio demo)
13. Rosalinda's Eyes (studio demo)
14. Half A Mile Away (studio demo)
15. Until The Night (studio demo)
16. Close To The Borderline (studio demo) **
17. Close To The Borderline (studio demo)
18. Through The Long Night (studio demo)

* this was officially released on the My Lives box set, but was de-hissed and is lifeless compared to this.
** this failed the TLH MPEG check, whereas all other tracks passed. I don't know why. I have the same track on another bootleg ("Strangers On 52nd Street") which duplicates much of this material, and on that disc it passed the MPEG check.