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Title: Piano Man 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [Japan Limited Edition]
Artist: Billy Joel
Product Type: SACD Hybrid, Bluspec CD2, DVD (Region: 2)
Number of Discs: 3
*SACD Hybrid disc has a layer that is playable on regular CD players. Such titles are indicated as "Product Type SACD Hybrid" in Product Details. And in this case, it only plays regular CD audio quality. If you want SACD audio quality, you need SACD players.
*Blu-spec CD2 discs are fully compatible with standard CD players.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary, Billy Joel's "Piano Man" becomes available as SA-CD Multi Hybrid edition for the first time in the world.
The 4-channel SACD layer is a high-quality surround mix of the quadraphonic LP analog 4-channel mix master source, mastered in DSD for the first time at Sony Music Studio in Japan. The 2-channel SACD layer is a high-quality stereo mix newly DSD-mastered from the analog 2-channel mix master source, and the CD layer is a newly mastered source converted from the SACD DSD master to PCM.
In addition, DISC2 (high quality Blu-spec CD2) contains many unreleased demos and rare live recordings from the "Piano Man" period, including 7 songs that have never been released on CD before. DISC3 (DVD) contains rare live/music video footage, including eight songs that have never been released on DVD before.
Plus, this set comes with a US press kit from 1973, a "Piano Man" Japanese 7inch single jacket, 4 types of reissued replicas of Japanese LP obis. 7inch cardboard sleeve packaging. Come with a lyrics and a description.
[DISC 1 / SACD Multi-Hybrid] Piano Man Original Album
[SACD layer 4ch/2ch | CD layer 2ch] (2023 DSD mastering)
01. Travelin' Prayer
02. Piano Man
03. Ain't No Crime
04. You're My Home
05. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
06. Worse Comes To Worst
07. Stop In Nevada
08. If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)
09. Somewhere Along The Line
10. Captain Jack
[DISC 2 / Blu-spec CD2] Previously Unreleased ＆ Rare Tracks
(Rare tracks collection including the world's first CD sound source)
[High quality Blu-spec CD2: 2023 latest mastering]
01. Piano Man (Single Edit)
02. Travelin' Prayer (Live at Sigma Sound Studios April 1972)
03. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (Live at Sigma Sound Studios April 1972)
04. Captain Jack (Live at Sigma Sound Studios April 1972)
05. Josephine (Demo 1972)●★
06. Oyster Bay (Demo 1973)●
07. Piano Man (Demo 1973)
08. The Siegfried Line (Demo 1973)●
09. New Mexico (Demo 1973)●
10. Cross To Bear (Demo 1974)●
11. So Long, Reverend Ike●★
12. Somewhere Along the Line
(from Live at the Great American Music Hall 1975)★
13. You're My Home
(from Live at the Great American Music Hall 1975)★
14. Travelin' Prayer
(from Live at the Great American Music Hall 1975)★
15. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
(from Live at the Great American Music Hall 1975)★
16. Ain't No Crime
(from Live at the Great American Music Hall 1975)★
●Unreleased songs from “Piano Man” period
★World's first CD version
[DISC 3 / DVD]
01. Piano Man (1973 Original Music Video)★
02. Piano Man (Official Music Video)
03. Piano Man（Live from Tonight - Connecticut 1976）★
04. You’re My Home （Live from Tonight - Connecticut 1976）★
05. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid（Live from Tonight Connecticut 1976）★
06. Captain Jack（Live from Tonight - Connecticut 1976）★
07. Ain‘t No Crime (from Old Grey Whistle Test 1978)
08. You’re My Home（Live At Sparks 1981）★
09. Piano Man（Live From Long Island: Nassau Coliseum 1982）★
10. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (Live From The River Of Dreams Tour 1994)
11. Everybody Loves You Now（Official Video 1971）＜bonus feature＞★
★World's first DVD version
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