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| The Stranger: 30th Anniversary [Limited Edition] (Deluxe Boxed Set - 2 CDs + 1 DVD) | ![The Stranger: 30th Anniversary [Limited Edition] (Deluxe Boxed Set - 2 CDs + 1 DVD)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41q7leKkzbL.jpg)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 27 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1508
Category: Music
Artist: Billy Joel
Publisher: Sony Legacy
Studio: Sony Legacy
Manufacturer: Sony Legacy
Label: Sony Legacy
Format: Box Set, Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 5.8 x 1
MPN: 730801
UPC: 886973080122
EAN: 0886973080122
ASIN: B00168PTG0
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) | | • | Stranger | | • | Just the Way You Are | | • | Scenes from an Italian Restaurant | | • | Vienna | | • | Only the Good Die Young | | • | Always a Woman | | • | Get It Right the First Time | | • | Everybody Has a Dream [Stranger Reprise] |
Disc 2
| • | Miami 2017 [Live] | | • | Angry Young Man [Live] | | • | New York State of Mind [Live] | | • | Just the Way You Are [Live] | | • | She's Got a Way [Live] | | • | Entertainer [Live] | | • | Scenes from an Italian Restaurant [Live] | | • | Band Intros [Live] | | • | Captain Jack [Live] | | • | I've Loved These Days [Live] | | • | Say Goodbye to Hollywood [Live] | | • | Souvenir [Live] |
Disc 3
| • | Stranger [DVD] | | • | Just the Way You Are [DVD] | | • | Intro [DVD][Live] | | • | Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go out on Broadway) [DVD][Live] | | • | Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) [DVD][Live] | | • | New York State of Mind [DVD][Live] | | • | Entertainer [DVD][Live] | | • | She's Always a Woman [DVD][Live] | | • | Root Beer Rag [DVD][Live] | | • | Just the Way You Are [DVD][Live] | | • | Only the Good Die Young [DVD][Live] | | • | Souvenir [DVD][Live] | | • | Ain't No Crime [DVD][Live] | | • | [Bonus Material] [DVD] [*] |
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Album Description
Limited Edition 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - 3 Discs (2 CDs and 1 DVD)
CD of "The Stranger" remastered by the original album producer, Phil Ramone
CD of "Live At Carnegie Hall 1977"- previously unreleased - On June 3, 1977, one month prior to the recording of The Stranger album, Billy and his band performed at the historical Carnegie Hall.
Bonus DVD of BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test - approx 60 minutes PLUS 2 live promotional videos
48 Page Booklet with liner notes by Rolling Stone Editor, David Fricke and un-seen photos from the original album photo shoot
The Stranger CD Tracklist:
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
The Stranger
Just The Way You Are
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Vienna
Only the Good Die Young
She's Always A Woman
Get It Right The First Time
Everybody Has Dream
"Live At Carnegie Hall 1977" CD
On June 3, 1977, one month prior to the recording of The Stranger album, Billy and his band performed at the historical Carnegie Hall in NYC. This show has been brilliantly restored to be released for the first time as part of the 30th Anniversary edtion of The Stranger
"The Old Grey Whistle Test" DVD
Billy Joel made a special appearance on BBC2 television music show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" in early 1978 during the promotion for The Stranger album. The show is approximately 60 minutes and aired only once on BBC2. The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from September 1971 to 1987. The Old Grey Whistle Test was also the template for what later became MTV.
"Miami 2017"
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
"New York State Of Mind"
"The Entertainer"
"She's Always A Woman"
"Root Beer Rag"
"Just The Way You Are"
"Souvenir"
"Ain't No Crime"
"Only The Good Die Young"
PLUS Live Promotional videos:
"The Stranger"
"Just The Way You Are"
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 A Must for Every Billy Joel Fan! September 18, 2008
If you are a Billy Joel fan & do not have this set you MUST get it. The live performance at the Old Whistle..etc. is unique. You see Joel in his early years when he still was not the megastar he is today. He puts unbelievable energy into his performance. You can sense that he is still not secure but wants to impress. His sax player is also phenomenal musician, extremely versatile & talented. The reproduction of the notebook he used to write down lyrics is fascinating & gives the reader a sense for Joel's incredible creativity. All this & more, including a current interview with comments by Joel where he explains many of the hows & whys of what he did. Example, the Italian restaurant that inspired the song.
The Stranger the 30 year anniv September 10, 2008
the extras what makes it worth getting the concert and the movie dvd. How fast 30 years go. It seems like yesterday. I got the stranger long time ago on cd so its a duplicate but its different because of what was mentioned before the concert and dvd makes it better.
the stranger cd dvd set August 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
very dissapointed advertised as a 3cd and 1 dvd set deluxe edition received a 2 cd 1 dvd set 5 stars for quality of the musis and dvd
have contacted amazon about this but have had no reply from them
for future purchases will wait till available in shop before i purchase.
 Billy Joel at his best. August 17, 2008
The Stranger is Billy Joels best album. The live CD of him at Carnegie Hall sounds excellent. Hearling Billy and his band perform songs from the Stranger before it was released is amazing. The DVD of Billy in concert in his prime is great, although I wished there was more songs included. I really enjoyed hearing Billy and Phil Ramone discussing how the Stranger came about and the stories behind the classic songs.
The piece de resistance of the celebration of Billy Joel's breakthrough fifth album August 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
New York native Billy Joel released his fifth album The Stranger in November of 1977.
Prior to The Stranger, Billy was almost seen as a pop one-hit wonder thanks to the title track from his 1973 album Piano Man (despite the fact FM rock stations played "Captain Jack" and "New York State of Mind"). However, pop radio ignored him. It was in the summer of 1977 that Billy and producer Phil Ramone (famed for work with The Carpenters and Paul Simon) went into A&R Recording Studios in New York to record Billy's fourth album for Columbia, which (had it not sold) might have been his last time at bat. Is the album the classic it is or some artifact from a bygone time, read on and find out.
We start the album with a great rocker out of "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" which is driven by piano and guitar. Next is The Stranger's title cut which its intro and outro (also repeated at album's end) sounds like it could have been recorded for a Bogart film before giving way into another great rocker. Next we slow things down with the album's famous ballad "Just The Way You Are" (which won the 1978 Record of the Year Grammy) and was Billy's biggest hit up until that point. He almost left it off the album had it not been for female singers Phoebe Snow (who appears on the album's last track) and Linda Ronstadt persuaded Billy to release it and the rest is history. The first half ends with the epic centerpiece of the album is "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" which is almost like listening to one of the medleys on The Beatles' Abbey Road as it's three songs stitched into one and one of the sections told the tale of the rise and fall of Brenda & Eddie.
"Vienna" starts the second half of the album off and was one of the lesser known songs on the album but a great number. Next is the acoustic guitar and piano driven rocker "Only the Good Die Young" which is still a great number though some religious groups cried foul and some stations banned the record. Next is another classic ballad out of "She's Always A Woman" which is a nice ballad. We then have another rocker out of "Get it Right the First Time" which is a great piece. We end with the gospel sounding ballad "Everybody Has a Dream" which is a nice track and the album ends with the reprise of The Stranger's title cut's intro and outro this time with an orchestra.
The Stranger paid off as it hit #2 on the Billboard album chart upon release and became Billy's first Platinum selling album and righfully sold to date 10 million copies in the US alone.
In 1998, The Stranger was re-released in a remastered version which soundeed better than the 1980s sterile CBS release and includes all original LP art.
Now in 2008, The Stranger was given a 30th Anniversary fit for a king in two incarnations. First is a 2-CD reissue which has The Stranger remastered by Phil Ramone. Second is a unreleased concert from the famed Carnegie Hall in New York recorded one month before The Stranger's release. Billy always delivered on stage and the versions of overlooked tracks like "Say Goodbye to Hollywood", "New York State of Mind", "Captain Jack" and "Angry Young Man" are all performed better than the studio versions. Also, you had preview versions of "Just the Way You Are" and "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" all recorded a month before The Stranger was recorded.
The other re-issue is a 3-disc package which includes the remastered CD plus the Carnegie Hall show plus a DVD which included two promo films (what music videos were called in the 1970s) plus his performance on the old BBC program The Old Grey Whistle Test which featured Billy and his band (drummer Liberty DeVitto, the late bass player Doug Stegmeyer, keyboard/sax player Richie Cannata and looked like guitarist Russel Javors on guitar) giving a great performance. Plus there is a documentary on the making of the album with new interviews with Billy and producer Phil Ramone. Also included is a book with photos and an essay by well respected rock critic David Fricke.
Recommended!
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