Billy Joel's Complete Columbia Records Catalog Remastered & Available With CD Extra Video Clips.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998-- Enhanced CD See CD Extra. Packages Include Original Album Artwork, Unpublished Photos & Complete Lyrics Reissues In Stores October 20th Over the course of his extraordinary recording career, Billy Joel has sold nearly 97 million records worldwide. Now, Columbia Records is reissuing 15 classic titles from the Billy Joel catalog available, for the first time, with 24-bit digitally remastered sound in enhanced packages featuring all original album artwork, unpublished photos and complete lyrics. Billy's legions of fans can experience his music as never before with vibrant live performances and groundbreaking rock videos made available as free bonus CD Extra videos included in the new packages. All titles, except Greatest Hits Volumes I & II, are priced as Best Value releases. The monumental Billy Joel Remastered series is in stores October 20. The definitive Billy Joel collection spans the evolution of his music from Cold Spring Harbor to The River Of Dreams and includes the following titles and CD Extra video clips: Cold Spring Harbor (with live CD Extra clip: "Everybody Loves You Now") Piano Man (with live CD extra clip: "Piano Man") Streetlife Serenade serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is (with live CD Extra clip: "Souvenir") Turnstiles (with live CD Extra clips: "New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Of Mind" and "Prelude/Angry Young Man") The Stranger (with live CD Extra clips: "The Stranger," "Just The Way You Are," "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant," and "Only The Good Die Young") Songs In The Attic In the Attic can refer to:
52nd Street (with CD Extra video clips: "Big Shot," "Honesty," and "My Life") Glass Houses (with CD Extra clips: "Sometimes A Fantasy," "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me," and "All For Leyna") The Nylon Curtain (with CD Extra clips: "Pressure," "Goodnight Saigon," and "She's Right On Time") An Innocent Man (with CD Extra clips: "Tell Her About It," "The Longest Time," "Leave A Tender Moment Alone," and "Keeping The Faith") Greatest Hits Volumes I & II (with CD Extra clips: "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" and "The Night Is Still Young") The Bridge (with CD Extra clips: "A Matter Of Trust" and "Baby Grand") Kohuept Storm Front (with CD Extra clips: "We Didn't Start The Fire," "The Downeaster 'Alexa'," and "I Go To Extremes") River Of Dreams (with CD Extra clips: "No Man's Land," "Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)," and "The River Of Dreams") Since making his first recordings some 25 years ago, Billy Joel has become one of the most beloved and respected entertainers in the world. He has won five Grammy Awards including Record of the Year (1978: "Just The Way You Are"), Song of the Year (1978: "Just The Way You Are"), Album of the Year (1979: 52nd Street), and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (1979: 52nd Street; 1980: Glass Houses). In 1990, Billy Joel received the Grammy Legend Award The GRAMMY Legend Award is a special Grammy Award, awarded on special occasions, not necessarily every year. This is a Special Merit Award, and it is presented by the Recording Academy to individuals or groups for ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field. . He has earned three Awards For Cable Excellence (ACE) for "A Television First, Billy Joel" (1984) and "Live From Leningrad" (1987), three ASCAP ASCAP abbr. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Awards (including the Founders Award) and 16 BMI BMI body mass index. BMI abbr. body mass index Body mass index (BMI) A measurement that has replaced weight as the preferred determinant of obesity. Awards (including the BMI Career Achievement Award). Joel was a 1992 Inductee into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and was given the 1994 Billboard Century Award. Among his numerous other awards and honors, Billy Joel has been given a Doctor of Humane Letters Noun 1. Doctor of Humane Letters - an honorary degree in letters honorary degree, honoris causa - a degree conferred to honor the recipient from Fairfield University (1991), a Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts, with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. It has an enrollment of approximately 3,900 students and a 2004 faculty of approximately 430. (1993), and a Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hofstra University (1997). Since 1975, he has earned an astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, 69 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. . For more information, please contact Claire Mercuri, Columbia Records, New York, 212-833-5121; email: claire_mercuri@sonymusic.com Billy Joel online: http://www.billyjoel.com Columbia Records online: http://www.columbiarecords.com |
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