From the stacks
Billy Joel
The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1
Billy Joel — The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1, 2021. Verified release details and tracklist.
- Label
- Columbia
- Catalog
- 19075925521
- Year
- 2021
- Format
- Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set
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Listening notes
Billy Joel's The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1, released by Columbia in 2021 under catalog number 19075925521, is a box set comprising eight vinyl LPs. The set gathers seven studio albums — Cold Spring Harbor, Piano Man, Streetlife Serenade, Turnstiles, The Stranger, 52nd Street, and Songs in the Attic — alongside a bonus LP titled Live at the Great American Music Hall, 1975.
The studio albums appear to be presented as individual records across the set's sixteen sides, running from the earliest Cold Spring Harbor material through 52nd Street. Songs in the Attic, itself a live album drawn from earlier catalog material, occupies two sides labeled M and N. Tracks represented across those sides include live versions of songs also found in studio form elsewhere in the set — among them "She's Got a Way," "Captain Jack," "Say Goodbye to Hollywood," and "I've Loved These Days" — with running times that differ from their studio counterparts, as would be expected of concert recordings.
The bonus LP adds a further four sides, labeled O through R, documenting a 1975 performance at the Great American Music Hall. That portion of the set includes performances of "New York State of Mind," "Travelin' Prayer," "The Entertainer," and "The Ballad of Billy the Kid," among others, as well as several interludes identified in the tracklist as covers or brief passages — "Benny and the Jets," "Delta Lady," and "You Are So Beautiful" — though these are listed only as interludes rather than full performances. Individual track durations for the bonus LP are not listed.
The set is categorized under the genres pop, pop rock, and rock. No additional production, pressing, or packaging details are confirmed by the available data.
Tracklist
On the record
- 1Cold Spring Harbor
- A1She’s Got A Way
- A2You Can Make Me Free
- A3Everybody Loves You Now
- A4Why Judy Why
- A5Falling Of The Rain
- B1Turn Around
- B2You Look So Good To Me
- B3Tomorrow Is Today
- B4Nocturne
- B5Got To Begin Again
- 12Piano Man
- C1Travelin’ Prayer
- C2Piano Man
- C3Ain’t No Crime
- C4You’re My Home
- C5The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
- D1Worse Comes To Worst
- D2Stop In Nevada
- D3If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)
- D4Somewhere Along The Line
- D5Captain Jack
- 23Streetlife Serenade
- E1Streetlife Serenader
- E2Los Angelenos
- E3The Great Suburban Showdown
- E4Root Beer Rag
- E5Roberta
- F1The Entertainer
- F2Last Of The Big Time Spenders
- F3Weekend Song
- F4Souvenir
- F5The Mexican Connection
- 34Turnstiles
- G1Say Goodbye To Hollywood
- G2Summer, Highland Falls
- G3All You Wanna Do Is Dance
- G4New York State Of Mind
- H1James
- H2Angry Young Man
- H3I’ve Loved These Days
- H4Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
- 43The Stranger
- I1Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
- I2The Stranger
- I3Just The Way You Are
- I4Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
- J1Vienna
- J2Only The Good Die Young
- J3She’s Always A Woman
- J4Get It Right The First Time
- J5Everybody Has A Dream
- 5352nd Street
- K1Big Shot
- K2Honesty
- K3My Life
- K4Zanzibar
- L1Stiletto
- L2Rosalinda’s Eyes
- L3Half A Mile Away
- L4Until The Night
- L552nd Street
- 63Songs In The Attic
- M1Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
- M2Summer, Highland Falls
- M3Streetlife Serenader
- M4Los Angelenos
- M5She's Got A Way
- M6Everybody Loves You Now
- N1Say Goodbye To Hollywood
- N2Captain Jack
- N3You're My Home
- N4Ballad Of Billy Kid
- N5I’ve Loved These Days
- 75Bonus LP
- 76Live At The Great American Music Hall, 1975
- O1Introduction
- O2Somewhere Along The Line
- O3Roberta
- O4The Mexican Connection
- O5Root Beer Rag
- P1James
- P2Band Introductions
- P3You're My Home
- P4You Are So Beautiful - Interlude
- P5Everybody Loves You Now
- Q1New York State Of Mind
- Q2Benny And The Jets - Interlude
- Q3Travelin' Prayer
- Q4Delta Lady - Interlude
- R1The Entertainer
- R2The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
- R3Ain't No Crime
- R4Weekend Song
