Suprisingly the last and only time we mentioned Billy Joel was February 2024 and that was to note after a long hiatus from recording anything he'd issued a new single.
Billy Joel and me go back a long way late 1977/1978 actually in that period Elton John was off the charts, he snucked in and grabbed my attention.
Suffice to say I bought whole albums by him, all currently on cd or hybrid super audio cds but no records but way back - well around this time 1985 - I was enjoying You're Only Human (Second Wind) which was the lead off single for a compilation of his called Greatest Hits Volumes 1-2 issued around that time on record and tape.
The main strength of that compilation was having the original edited singles versions all in chronological order that really showed how great he was at writing and performing songs and these songs are amongst my most favourite of all time.
Songs like, Piano Man, Moving Out, Only The Good Die Young,My Life, It's Still only Rock and Roll To Me, Allentown and Tell Her About It take me back to people and places and on August 22nd this was reissued on record.
Thus I bought it for the pleasure of just plunking the stylus down and enjoying the times and memories in the way I was used to back then.
It was the quietiest pressing I've had in a good while do for just £26 was a bargain.
