ENTER HERE TO WIN BILLY JOEL - THE STRANGER 30th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE BOX SET!
Also catch the Boston premiere of BILLY JOEL - THE STRANGER LIVE
This week on WGBH2 and WGBH44 (more details below)
Enter below for your chance to win the 2-CD 30th Anniversary Edition of Billy Joel's The Stranger with the newly remastered classic album and the previously unreleased Live at Carnegie Hall 1977 on disc 2.
One lucky listener will win the 3-disc deluxe box that also includes a bonus DVD featuring the 1978 BBC TV broadcast airing this week on WGBH. This new limited-edition collection also includes a 48-page booklet with rare photos and other rare collectibles - perfect for any Billy Joel fan!
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BILLY JOEL: THE STRANGER LIVE
Wed, Aug 5 9pm on WGBH2
Fri, Aug 8 1pm on WGBH44
Features Billy Joel's 1978 British concert debut - a live performance that originally aired on the BBC-TV program "The Old Grey Whistle Test." The legendary singer/songwriter played a set of now-classic hits, including "Only the Good Die Young," "Movin' Out," "She's Always a Woman" and "Just the Way You Are," which earned 1978 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Joel and his band also performed "New York State of Mind" and "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" off 1976's Turnstiles as well as the Piano Man stomper "Ain't No Crime." Now, 30 years later, the one-time UK broadcast finally premieres stateside. BILLY JOEL: THE STRANGER LIVE premieres nationwide August 2008 on public television (check local listings). The program also includes live performances from 1977 of "The Stranger" and "Just the Way You Are."
Live Performance filmed March 14, 1978, The Old Grey Whistle Test
BBC Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London, UK
"Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"
"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"
"Ain't No Crime"
"Souvenir"
"Only the Good Die Young"
1977 Live performances
"The Stranger"
"Just the Way You Are"
Band Members: Liberty DeVitto (drums), Doug Stegmeyer (bass), Richie Cannata (saxophone/organ) and Russell Javors (guitar)
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