商品説明

Billy Joel's audience album "GLASS HOUSES IN JAPAN" is a masterpiece that remains in history. Since the performance in Japan in 1981, the perfect content that couples the best audiences of Tokyo and Osaka has become a great bestseller as a perfect item to remind you of the nostalgic visit to Japan, and it has been sold out for a long time. It is said that it was also a significant title for the ZION label, which was decided to perform successive Billy visits to Japan as a result of the big hit of this album. The masterpiece that captured the stage at the time when his popularity reached the climax and was extremely popular in Japan with the best sound quality became difficult to obtain for a long time, and there was no end to the voice requesting re-release. did.

For the re-release that was finally realized this time, it was not just a recurrence, but the sound source and release form were completely reviewed. First of all, ZION at that time preferred a multi-disc format that couples multiple performances, but it was easier to obtain or listen to each performance separately, and above all, it was a performance in another land. Therefore, each of them was re-released independently (though it would have been released as a set if this was the same venue).

The first thing I would like to introduce is the Budokan performance on April 17th, which was recorded on the first two discs of "GLASS HOUSES IN JAPAN". Despite the explosion of popularity of the past two performances in Japan that had been realized by then, only two performances were held in either year, and by 1979, it was only twice at the Budokan, just like demand. The schedule was unbalanced in supply (hence the fierce competition for tickets), but in 1981, the number of performances expanded to seven for the first time. This sound source corresponds to the last day of the Budokan performance that was held for three consecutive days.

Disc 1 (42:47)
1. Intro.
2. You May Be Right
3. My Life
4. Honesty
5. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
6. Piano Man
7. Don't Ask Me Why
8. Vienna
9. The Stranger

Disc 2 (61:44)
1. Stiletto
2. Until The Night
3. Let 'Em In
4. Root Beer Rag
5. She's Always A Woman
6. Just The Way You Are
7. Sleeping With A Television On
8. All For Leyna
9. Sometimes A Fantasy
10. Big Shot
11. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
12. I'll Cry Instead
13. Band Introduction
14. Only The Good Die Young
15. Souvenir

Billy Joel - Vocal & Piano Russell Jayors - Guitar David Brown - Guitar
Richie Cannata - Horn & Saxophone Doug Stegmeyer - Bass Liberty Devitto - Drums

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