Elton John\u2019s<\/a> backing group. <\/p>\nHalfway through recording, an increasingly homesick Joel abandoned the sessions and returned to New York, where he seized the moment, producing himself and using his touring band. His home city became his muse, informing much loved songs such as \u2018New York State Of Mind\u2019, \u2018Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)\u2019 and \u2018Summer Highland Falls\u2019. The album also included a couple of kiss-offs to his West Coast life, \u2018Say Goodbye To Hollywood\u2019 and \u2018I\u2019ve Loved These Days\u2019. Turnstiles wasn\u2019t an immediate hit, but a slow burner, and set the scene for his commercial breakthrough, 1977\u2019s The Stranger.<\/p>\n
The 50th anniversary edition of Turnstiles will feature 67 audio tracks (54 of which are previously unreleased), a Dolby Atmos Mix of the album and 32 video performances (24 previously unreleased). Considering the most bonuses that fans had previously got on a Turnstiles reissue were three video clips on a 1998 enhanced CD version, this represents a leap forward in Joel archive material. Among the bonus material is a live recording of the previously unreleased \u2018Oklahoma\u2019 and a demo of the album\u2019s lead single, \u2018James\u2019, which is available to hear now.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Turnstiles \u2013 50th Anniversary Edition breaks down like this:<\/p>\n
CD1: demos, live recordings and studio outtakes<\/p>\n
CD2: The original Turnstiles plus previously unreleased alternate versions and a newly released 1976 radio interview<\/p>\n
CD3: A complete performance at New York City\u2019s Bottom Line, from 10 June 1976, \u201cnewly restored from multiple audio sources\u201d<\/p>\n
CD4: The soundtrack to Billy Joel Tonight<\/p>\n
Blu-Ray: Newly transferred, edited, restored and mixed Billy Joel Tonight 1977 TV special, plus rehearsal footage, production inserts, rare performances, and rare archival material. Dolby Atmos mix of the original Turnstiles album, mixed by Bradshaw Leigh and mastered by Ted Jensen and Adam Grover at Sterling Sound.<\/p>\n
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The package also includes a 40-page hardback book featuring previously unseen photographs, archival material and sleevenotes from David Fricke and John Jackson.<\/p>\n
Joel has also announced a vinyl reissue of Turnstiles, pressed on \u2018subway token gold\u2019 vinyl, which will be available for National Album Day on 17 October.<\/p>\n
Fans of this album should be over the moon with so much great content on this 4CD+blu-ray reissue at such a competitive price point. Even the vinyl is offers great value. <\/p>\n
Turnstiles \u2013 50th Anniversary Edition is out on 11 December via Sony Legacy.<\/p>\n
The \u2018subway token gold\u2019 vinyl LP<\/p>\n
Tracklisting <\/p>\n
4CD+Blu-Ray<\/p>\n
CD1 \u2013 Demos and early versions<\/p>\n
All You Wanna Do Is Dance (band demo, February 7, 1975) (2:58)
\nJames (band demo, July 12, 1975) (4:07)
\nNew York State Of Mind (live at The Great American Music Hall, June 12, 1975 \u2013 Set 1) (5:44)
\nAll You Wanna Do Is Dance (live at The Great American Music Hall, June 10, 1975 \u2013 Set 2) (2:54)
\nOklahoma (live at The Great American Music Hall, June 9, 1975 \u2013 Set 1) (4:05)
\nEverybody Has A Dream (live at The Great American Music Hall, June 10, 1975 \u2013 Set 2) (5:28)
\nNew York State Of Mind (piano\/vocal demo, 1975) (6:09)
\nI\u2019ve Seen The Lamb Lie Down On Broadway (Miami 2017) (piano\/vocal demo, 1975) (4:05)
\nJames (piano\/vocal demo, 1975) (3:28)
\nOklahoma (piano\/vocal demo, 1975) (2:32)
\nNew Ideas (Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Angry Young Man, Brenda And Eddie) (piano\/vocal demo, 1975) (2:23)
\nSay Goodbye To Hollywood (piano \/vocal demo with percussion overdub, 1975) (3:51)
\nThese Rhinestone Days (piano\/vocal demo, 1975) (3:01) \u2013 previously released on My Lives
\nPrelude\/Angry Young Man \u2013 take 9 (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson session, January 19, 1976) (5:47)
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days \u2013 take 1 (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson session, January 20, 1976) (4:29)
\nJames \u2013 take 3 (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson session, January 21, 1976) (4:07)
\nEverybody Has A Dream \u2013 take 1 (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson session, January 21, 1976) (3:12)
\nSadness Or Euphoria (Summer, Highland Falls) \u2013 take 2 (Doug Stegmeyer, Liberty DeVitto session, January 23, 1976) (3:24)
\nAll You Wanna Do Is Dance \u2013 take 2 (Doug Stegmeyer, Liberty DeVitto session, January 23, 1976) (3:12)
\nMiami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) \u2013 take 1 (Doug Stegmeyer, Liberty DeVitto session, January 23, 1976) (4:40)<\/p>\n
CD2 \u2013 Album sessions<\/p>\n
Say Goodbye To Hollywood (4:37)
\nSummer, Highland Falls (3:19)
\nAll You Wanna Do Is Dance (3:45)
\nNew York State Of Mind (6:01)
\nJames (3:56)
\nPrelude\/Angry Young Man (5:16)
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days (4:35)
\nMiami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) (5:14)
\nJames (alternate mix with strings; reprise with acoustic guitar, bongos and saxophone) (4:56)
\nSummer, Highland Falls (alternate acoustic version) (3:29)
\nSay Goodbye To Hollywood (alternate band take) (4:44)
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days (alternate orchestral mix) (4:33)
\nConversation with Ed Sciaky, Philadelphia, June 18, 1976 (23:13)<\/p>\n
CD3 \u2013 Live At The Bottom Line New York, Ny \u2013 June 10, 1976<\/p>\n
Prelude\/Angry Young Man (5:13)
\nSomewhere Along The Line (3:09)
\nSummer, Highland Falls (3:44)
\nPiano Man (5:39)
\nRoot Beer Rag (3:10)
\nJames (3:46)
\nTravelin\u2019 Prayer (5:30)
\nNew York State Of Mind (6:39)
\nThe Entertainer (3:51)
\nThe Ballad Of Billy The Kid (8:30)
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days (4:38)
\nMiami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) (5:29)
\nCaptain Jack (7:08)
\nAll You Wanna Do Is Dance (3:30)
\nAin\u2019t No Crime (3:08)
\nWeekend Song (4:18)
\nSouvenir (1:53)<\/p>\n
CD4 \u2013 Billy Joel Tonight <\/p>\n
Prelude\/Angry Young Man (5:09)
\nSomewhere Along The Line (3:01)
\nSummer, Highland Falls* (3:07)
\nPiano Man (5:32)
\nHandball (5:11)
\nJames (3:39)
\nTravelin\u2019 Prayer (6:53)
\nNew York State Of Mind* (8:21)
\nThe Entertainer (4:19)
\nYou\u2019re My Home (3:21)
\nRoot Beer Rag (3:17)
\nRoberta (4:01)
\nThe Ballad Of Billy The Kid* (5:22)
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days (4:22)
\nMiami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) (5:00)
\nCaptain Jack (6:52)
\nSouvenir* (2:19)<\/p>\n
Recorded live December 5 & 6, 1976 at Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London during the live video taping of \u201cBilly Joel Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Blu-Ray
\n Billy Joel Tonight, The Concert. Recorded live December 5, 1976 at Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London<\/p>\n
Prelude\/Angry Young Man*
\nSomewhere Along The Line
\nSummer, Highland Falls
\nPiano Man*
\nHandball*
\nJames (includes Still Crazy After All These Years\u201d by Paul Simon)
\nTravelin\u2019 Prayer (includes \u201cJungleland\u201d by Bruce Springsteen)
\nNew York State Of Mind*
\nThe Entertainer*
\nYou\u2019re My Home*
\nRoot Beer Rag
\nRoberta
\nThe Ballad Of Billy The Kid
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days
\nMiami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)*
\nCaptain Jack*
\nWorse Comes To Worst
\nAin\u2019t No Crime
\nWeekend Song
\nIf I Only Had The Words To Tell You
\nSouvenir<\/p>\n
Rehearsals and production inserts. Recorded live December 6, 1976 at Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London<\/p>\n
Stop In Nevada (incomplete rehearsal) (includes \u201cBehind Closed Doors\u201d by Kenny O\u2019Dell)
\nShe\u2019s Got A Way
\nSay Goodbye To Hollywood
\nStreetlife Serenader
\nThe Great Suburban Showdown
\nAll You Wanna Do Is Dance
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days
\nHonky Tonk Women (Mick Jagger\/Keith Richards)
\nCovers Medley:
You Are So Beautiful (Billy Preston\/Bruce Fisher)
Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen)
Hey Mister, That\u2019s Me Up On The Jukebox (James Taylor)
Tell Me Why (John Lennon\/Paul McCartney)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John\/Bernie Taupin)
Bennie And The Jets (Elton John\/Bernie Taupin)
\nSouvenir
\nNocturne* (include \u201cClair de Lune\u201d by Claude Debussy)
All performances previously unreleased except where noted (*), included in the original 1977 TV Special\u00a0Billy Joel Tonight<\/p>\n
Dolby Atmos mix of Turnstiles<\/p>\n
Say Goodbye To Hollywood (4:36)
\nSummer, Highland Falls (3:15)
\nAll You Wanna Do Is Dance (3:40)
\nNew York State Of Mind (5:58)
\nJames (3:53)
\nPrelude\/Angry Young Man (5:17)
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days (4:31)
\nMiami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) (5:12)<\/p>\n
Mixed in Dolby Atmos by Bradshaw Leigh
Mastered by Ted Jensen and Adam Grover at Sterling Sound<\/p>\n
LP<\/p>\n
Side A<\/p>\n
Say Goodbye To Hollywood (4:37)
\nSummer, Highland Falls (3:19)
\nAll You Wanna Do Is Dance (3:45)
\nNew York State Of Mind (6:01)<\/p>\n
Side B<\/p>\n
James (3:56)
\nPrelude\/Angry Young Man (5:16)
\nI\u2019ve Loved These Days (4:35)
\nMiami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) (5:14)<\/p>\n
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