Billy Joel
"Nassau Coliseum Soundcheck"
Uniondale, NY
December 27, 1989
WBAB-FM Broadcast > Maxell XLII-90 off air master > NAK BX-125 > M-Audio 24/96 > Adobe Audition > WAV > Flacfrontend > Flac 6
I'm calling this a sound check, although some may call it a rehearsal, of Billy Joel performing songs by a myriad of artists. Basically hamming it up and pretending because "we're on the air" that the guest artist is actually present. Many of these songs are just portions of the song, not complete run-throughs. There is commentary by DJ Bob Buchman mingled in with the performance. I found a set-list on the net of this performance but it ended after "Born To Be Wild" so I suspect there may be an abbreviated version of this performance in circulation. If that is so, then this is about twice as long. Enjoy!
This (AT-172) is part of the Atlasstar Attic Treasures Series. My attic consists of thousands of cassettes collected since the 70's. I will post them in no particular order as I pull them out of the attic and convert to digital. Some of these artists I know well and collect myself, other I know little about just picked up along the way. I will provide as much info as I can but if anyone can add any insight to the recordings it would be appreciated. If the same recording is circulating in better quality please let me know as I have no intention of polluting the trading pool.
All recordings are kept as original as possible with minimal processing. Unless noted otherwise the only adjustments made are Automatic Phase Correction, Level adjustments and cleaning of any rough or abrupt cuts.
Ripped by Atlasstar, 1-2016
01. Got To Get You Into My Life
02. "Bob Buchmann interview"
03. "station ID"
04. Born Under A Bad Sign
05. Dr Feelgood
06. Respect
07. What I'd Say
08. Born In The USA
09. Lay Lady Lay
10. N.S.U.
11. Dazed & Confused
12. "Bob Buchmann commentary"
13. Higher Love
14. I've Got You Under My Skin
15. Beat It
16. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
17. Still Crazy After All These Years
18. Walk On The Wild Side
19. Oliver's Army
20. Can't Help Falling In Love
21. Up From the Skies
22. "Bob Buchmann commentary"
23. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
24. Up On Cripple Creek
25. Ruby Tuesday
26. Rebel Yell
27. I Thank You
28. King Of Pain > Walking On The Moon
29. Born To Be Wild
30. Little Bit Of Soul
31. Allentown
32. My Life
33. Pressure
34. Keeping The Faith
35. Jump
36. While You See A Chance
37. Higher Love
38. The Wind Cries Mary
39. Hey Joe
40. Hold The Line
41. "band intro by Bob Buchmann"
42. A Salty Dog
43. Sledgehammer
44. N.S.U.
45. You Really Got Me
46. "Bob Buchmann commentary"
47. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
48. "closing remarks"
Billy Joel - Lead Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Organ,
Liberty DeVitto - Drums, Percussion
Doug Stegmeyer - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
David Brown - Lead Guitars
Russell Javors - Rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Mark Rivera - Horns & Percussion
Dave Lebolt - Keyboards
Enjoy! Support the artist & buy the officially-released items!