Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & II - VINYL LP

BILLY JOEL - THE STRANGER (30th ANNIVERSARY LEGACY EDITION) The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Billy Joel, released on September 29, 1977 by Columbia Records. While his previous four albums had been moderately successful, The Stranger became Joel's true critical and commercial breakthrough, spending six weeks at number 2 on the US Billboard 200. Considered his magnum opus, it remains his best-selling non-compilation album to date, and was ranked at number 70 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Album Tracks 1. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 2. Stranger 3. Just the Way You Are 4. Scenes from An Italian Restaurant 5. Vienna 6. Only the Good Die Young 7. She's Always a Woman 8. Get It Right the First Time 9. Everybody Has a Dream

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Queen II is the second studio album from the iconic British rock band. Originally released in 1974, it reached #5 on the U.K. albums chart. Album Tracks 1. Procession 2. Father to Son 3. White Queen (As It Began) 4. Some Day One Day 5. The Loser in the End 1. Ogre Battle 2. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke 3. Nevermore 4. The March of the Black Queen 5. Funny How Love Is 6. Seven Seas of Rhye

Billy Joel Breaks Through with The Stranger Grammy-Winning Album Includes 'Movin' Out (Anthony's Song), Just the Way You Are, Only the Good Die Young, She's Always a Woman'Sourced from the Original Analog Master Tapes for Audiophile Sound Mobile Fidelity 180g 45RPM 2LP Set Plays with Full-Bodied Detail and Big DynamicsBilly Joel entered 1977 with a great track record but in need of breakthrough. Pairing with producer Phil Ramone (Carly Simon, Simon & Garfunkel), who developed the requisite ingredients missing from Joel's formula, the singer-songwriter became a household name and chart-topping success courtesy of The Stranger. Ranked 67 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and certified ten-times platinum, Joel's artistic and commercial smash remains a pop-rock benchmark.Sourced from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP emphasizes the crucial touches and insightful techniques Ramone brought to a batch of material that ranks among Joel's most clever, catchy, and sagacious. Whereas a handful of Joel's preceding efforts feature a near-flawless mix of melodic arrangements and poignant lyrics, the aspects he sought in order to graduate into a more serious artist arrive here via Ramone's more muscular, fleshed-out, and rock-enabling production.The streamlined approach slightly strips back the sweeping developments heard on Piano Man and Turnstiles, and on this reissue, lays bare the core of the material, allowing the vocalist's bittersweet yearning, rollicking 88 notes, and working-class conviction to emanate with full-bodied detail, vivid color, and grand-scale dynamics.A Grammy winner for both Record and Song of the Year, 'Just the Way You Are' epitomizes Joel's balladic reach, his ability to transfer wistful sentiments and lovelorn emotions. He also flashes a mean streak. The animated 'Only the Good Die Y