Billy Joel - Boxed Set (Popular Matching Folios) (Vol 1 & 2) [Hardcover]

Billy Joel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1993 | Series: Popular Matching Folios

This exciting collection features Volumes 1 and 2 of Billy Joel Complete attractively packaged in a hard case with deluxe foil lettering. It's a complete overview of his brilliant career, containing every song from every album Joel recorded through 1992 - a total of over 100 songs! Includes: Allentown * Angry Young Man * Big Shot * Captain Jack * Don't Ask Me Why * The Downeaster 'Alexa' * The Entertainer * Goodnight Saigon * Honesty * I Go To Extremes * An Innocent Man * It's Still Rock And Roll To Me * Just The Way You Are * Keeping the Faith * Leave a Tender Moment Alone * The Longest Time * New York State of Mind * Only the Good Die Young * Piano Man * Pressure * She's Always a Woman * Tell Her About It * Uptown Girl * We Didn't Start the Fire * You May Be Right * and more!

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• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation; Revised edition (March 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793519802
• ISBN-13: 978-0793519804
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,356,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Billy Joel Complete review, January 10, 2000

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This review is from: Billy Joel - Boxed Set (Popular Matching Folios) (Vol 1 & 2) (Hardcover)

If youre looking for something just to give you an idea of how to play a lot of Billy Joel songs, this book can be helpful. It has just about every song in it up until the river of dreams. Songs like Prelude/Angry Young Man, and Shes Got a Way are nicely done in this book. But others only give you the piano parts to play the melody, so if you want to play the music instrumentally only, this is a good book. However, if youre like I am and you want to start playing the music and singing along with it(playing in a band), then you should look at the Billy Joel Keyboard book which has 14 or so songs which have the original transcripts, what you actually here him playing on the piano on the album. This is by far my favorite piano book that I own. It is however for the experienced piano players, because of its detail.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, it really IS complete, June 16, 2000

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Jeffrey Anbinder "Beeeej" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Joel - Boxed Set (Popular Matching Folios) (Vol 1 & 2) (Hardcover)

The first several editions of "Billy Joel Complete" were glaringly INCOMPLETE in that they didn't include sheet music for his first solo album, "Cold Spring Harbor." Now, granted - even Billy doesn't care much for the music on that album, but "Complete" was definitely a misnomer.

Until this edition! Now, unfortunately, it's not really complete because "River of Dreams" was released afterwards; but good sheet music is available for that album as well.

Now that the collection is comprehensive, my only real complaint is that the transcriptions don't include the solos and other idiosynchrocies, just the basics (though Billy's "basics" are often more complex than other pianists' solos). But other than that, they don't simplify at all - so if you're fairly serious about piano, this book will give you the roadmap you need to learn how to play Billy's songs.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Songbook for Guitarists & Pianists, March 11, 2001

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G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Joel Complete - Volume 1 (Paperback)

This is a worthwhile music book for musicians who are fans of Billy Joel. The music provided is quite accurate to the recorded versions. In addition, most of the instrumental passages are noted. Includes all the songs from Cold Spring Harbor to Fifty Second Street.