Billy Joel - 1972-04-15 - Philadelphia, PA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Billy Joel

April 15,1972

Sigma Sound Studios

Philadelphia, PA_USA

lineage

SBD > PreFM MR > DAT > CDR > EAC > SHN > WAV Editing in Soundforge > FLAC

01. Jackson Browne WMMR Intro

02. Falling of the Rain

03. Travelin' Prayer

04. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid

05. She's Got A Way

06. Everybody Loves You Now

07. Nocturne

08. Turn Around

09. Long Long Time

10. Captain Jack

11. Josephine

12. Rosalinda

13. Tomorrow is Today

I pretty much beefed up the sound as much as possible. The band is amazing, and I wanted to bring back the sparkle to the guitar, the bite of the drum and the balls to the bass playing.

As for the hiss, it's pretty much the same as the Pre-FM, I could have removed some of it, but I found it detracted from the visceral impact of the instruments...so I left it intact. The band is rocking enough to punch through it!

I also added a bit of chatter to the end of "Captain Jack" which wasn't present on this pre-FM, it's the line Billy says about not being able to get the song played on radio...I think it fit in pretty seamlessly at the end. I got that snippet from an earlier "remaster" I did on this show from a lesser quality source.