Rejoice! A $200 deluxe edition of Billy Joel's classic catalog is the latest sweepstakes on the Stereogum prizewagon. To enter, you need be a fan of Stereogum on Facebook and comment with your favorite Billy Joel album via Facebook Connect (do not use your ‘Gum user account on this post — we’ll have to be able to check if you are a fan of Stereogum on FB when the sweepstakes ends). US entrants only. The set includes:
- 14 classic albums remastered PLUS a bonus disc with 17 rare and non-album recordings
- 2 lavish 60-page booklets
- Complete printed lyrics to every Billy Joel composition
- Dozens of photos, many rare, from throughout the decades
- Insightful new interview with Billy by longtime Boston Globe music writer Steve Morse
- All albums in replica cardboard jackets and sleeves reproducing original LP artwork
- Elegant display case
The albums included:
- Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
- Piano Man (1973)
- Streetlife Serenade (1974)
- Turnstiles (1976)
- The Stranger (1977)
- 52nd Street (1978)
- Glass Houses (1980)
- Songs In The Attic (1981)
- The Nylon Curtain (1982)
- An Innocent Man (1983)
- The Bridge (1986)
- Storm Front (1989)
- River Of Dreams (1993)
- Fantasies And Delusions (2001)
- plus a bonus disc of rare and original recordings.
The Complete Albums Collection is available now via MyPlayDirect.
