The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997

~ Release by Billy Joel (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Greatest Hits, Volume 1: 1973–1977
2▶CD: Greatest Hits, Volume 2: 1978–1985
3▶CD: Greatest Hits, Volume 3: 1986–1997
4▼CD: An Evening of Questions and Answers… and a Little Music
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1Spoken Intro: Music Concepts
producer:
Don DeVito
editor:
Debra Parkinson (engineer)
piano, lead vocals and spoken vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
recorded at:
Columbia University in Upper Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1994-10-01)
live partial recording of:
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant (on 1994-10-01)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), Joelsongs (from 1977 to present) and Impulsive Music (in 1977)
210:19
2Scenes From an Italian Restaurant (live unreleased version)
recording engineer:
Kooster McAllister (Telluride, CO bluegrass musician, owner Record Plant)
assistant engineer:
Paul Prestipino
producer:
Don DeVito
mixer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
drums (drum set):
Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
guitar:
Tommy Byrnes
keyboard:
David Rosenthal (US keyboardist)
other instruments [hats]:
T‐Bone Wolk
percussion:
Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist)
piano and lead vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
saxophone:
Mark Rivera
background vocals:
Tommy Byrnes, Mark Rivera, Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist) and T‐Bone Wolk
recorded at:
Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, United States (on 1993-12-31)
mixed at:
Quad Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant (on 1993-12-31)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), Joelsongs (from 1977 to present) and Impulsive Music (in 1977)
37:51
3Beatles Influence
sound engineer:
Brian Ruggles
producer:
Don DeVito
editor:
Debra Parkinson (engineer)
spoken vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
remixer:
Brian Ruggles and Gary Tole
recorded at:
Columbia University in Upper Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1994-10-01)
25:19
4Hard Day’s Night (live unreleased version)
recording engineer and producer:
Mike Robinson (engineer)
drums (drum set):
Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
electric bass guitar and other instruments [hats]:
T‐Bone Wolk
guitar:
Tommy Byrnes
percussion:
Mark Rivera and Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist)
piano and lead vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
background vocals:
Tommy Byrnes, Mark Rivera, Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist) and T‐Bone Wolk
recorded at:
Festival Hall in Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt), Hessen (Hesse), Germany (on 1994-06-18)
live cover recording of:
A Hard Day’s Night (on 1994-06-18)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1964-04-13 until 1964-04-14) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1964-04-13 until 1964-04-14)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Unart Music Corp.
32:53
5Why Vienna?
producer:
Don DeVito
editor:
Debra Parkinson (engineer)
piano, lead vocals and spoken vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
recorded at:
Columbia University in Upper Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1994-10-01)
live recording of:
Vienna (on 1994-10-01)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
Impulsive Music, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and Joelsongs (from 1977 to present)
29:29
6Vienna (live unreleased version)
recording engineer:
Kooster McAllister (Telluride, CO bluegrass musician, owner Record Plant)
assistant engineer:
Paul Prestipino
producer:
Don DeVito
mixer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
drums (drum set):
Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
electric bass guitar and other instruments [hats]:
T‐Bone Wolk
guitar:
Tommy Byrnes
keyboard:
David Rosenthal (US keyboardist)
piano and lead vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
recorded at:
Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, United States (on 1993-12-29)
mixed at:
Quad Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Vienna (on 1993-12-29)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
Impulsive Music, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and Joelsongs (from 1977 to present)
3:41
7History Through Music
producer:
Brian Ruggles
mixer:
Steve Borne and Brian Ruggles
editor:
Steve Borne
piano, lead vocals and spoken vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
recorded at:
Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States (in 1994)
live partial recording of:
We Didn’t Start the Fire
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., Impulsive Music, Universal Music Ltd. (UK sound recording / publishing company) and Joelsongs (in 1989)
arrangement of:
We Didn’t Start the Slop Stream
24:32
8We Didn’t Start the Fire (live unreleased version)
recording engineer:
Kooster McAllister (Telluride, CO bluegrass musician, owner Record Plant)
assistant engineer:
Paul Prestipino
producer:
Don DeVito
mixer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
drums (drum set):
Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
electric bass guitar and other instruments [hats]:
T‐Bone Wolk
guitar:
Tommy Byrnes and Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
keyboard:
David Rosenthal (US keyboardist)
percussion:
Mark Rivera and Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist)
background vocals:
Tommy Byrnes, Mark Rivera, Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist) and T‐Bone Wolk
lead vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
recorded at:
Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, United States (on 1993-12-29)
mixed at:
Quad Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
We Didn’t Start the Fire (on 1993-12-29)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., Impulsive Music, Universal Music Ltd. (UK sound recording / publishing company) and Joelsongs (in 1989)
arrangement of:
We Didn’t Start the Slop Stream
35:13
9Music Source
producer:
Don DeVito
editor:
Debra Parkinson (engineer)
piano, lead vocals and spoken vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
recorded at:
Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, United States (on 1996-09-25)
live partial instrumental recording of:
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (on 1996-09-25)
lyricist:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
composer:
Mike Holober and Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
Impulsive Music (in 1992) and Joelsongs (in 1992)
live partial recording of:
The River of Dreams (on 1996-09-25)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
Impulsive Music (in 1992) and Joelsongs (in 1992)
29:14
10The River of Dreams (unreleased original studio recording)
engineer:
Bradshaw Leigh
producer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
drums (drum set):
Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Schuyler Deale
guitar:
Tommy Byrnes
keyboard:
Jeff Jacobs
percussion:
Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist)
piano and lead vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
background vocals:
Wrecia Ford, Marlon Saunders, Frank Simms, George Simms, Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist) and B. David Whitworth
background vocals arranger:
Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist)
recording of:
The River of Dreams
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
Impulsive Music (in 1992) and Joelsongs (in 1992)
35:21
11Piano Bar
producer:
Don DeVito
editor:
Debra Parkinson (engineer)
piano and spoken vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
recorded at:
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (on 1994-10-03)
live partial recording of:
Piano Man (on 1994-10-03)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
April Music Ltd., Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., Home Grown Music, Inc. (work publisher), Impulsive Music, Tinker Street Tunes, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1973) and Joelsongs (in 1973)
37:47
12Piano Man (live unreleased version)
recording engineer:
Kooster McAllister (Telluride, CO bluegrass musician, owner Record Plant) (on 1993-12-29)
assistant engineer:
Paul Prestipino
producer:
Don DeVito
mixer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
12 string guitar:
Mark Rivera (on 1993-12-29)
accordion and other instruments [hats]:
T‐Bone Wolk (on 1993-12-29)
bass:
Crystal Taliefero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist) (on 1993-12-29)
drums (drum set):
Liberty DeVitto (US drummer) (on 1993-12-29)
guitar:
Tommy Byrnes (on 1993-12-29)
keyboard:
David Rosenthal (US keyboardist) (on 1993-12-29)
piano and lead vocals:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist) (on 1993-12-29)
recorded at:
Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, United States (on 1993-12-29)
mixed at:
Quad Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Piano Man (on 1993-12-29)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist)
publisher:
April Music Ltd., Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., Home Grown Music, Inc. (work publisher), Impulsive Music, Tinker Street Tunes, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1973) and Joelsongs (in 1973)
36:32