Billy Joel
Bottom Line
New York,NY
Early Show
June 10, 1976



Lineage		FM Broadcast > Pioneer Reel 701 > Hard Drive > Audacity > Dime
Running Time	94 minutes
Grade		A-



	A FM radio re-broadcast on WNEW FM 102.7 in NYC of Billy Joel at the Bottom Line 34 years ago. I recorded this myself off the radio on my then brand new Reel to Reel.I'm not sure if this is the complete show as the DJ was waiting for a 4th encore. The tapes on that deck would only last 95 minutes so I probably did missed one. Anyway, on top of being an incredible songwriter, great piano player and an electric performer, Billy Joel is also very, very funny and this night he was exceptionally chatty. The Bottom Line was a small intimate place that held maybe 400 people and Joel had pretty much outgrown that place by 1976. This show is one of my personal favorites of all the bootlegs I have and still, after 30 plus years, I still laugh at certain points of this concert. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.


BAND

Billy Joel	Vocals, Piano
Howie Emerson	Guitar
Russell Javers	Guitar
Doug Stegmeyer	Bass
Richie Cannata	Sax, Keyboards
Liberty DeVito	Drums


SETLIST

01 - Radio DJ Intro
02 - Prelude-Angry Young Man
03 - Somewhere Along The Line
04 - Chatter
05 - Summer Highland Falls
06 - Piano Man
07 - Root Beer Rag
08 - James
09 - Traveling Prayer
10 - Chatter
11 - NY State Of Mind
12 - Chatter
13 - The Entertainer
14 - Ballad Of Billy The Kid
15 - Chatter/Band Intros
16 - I've Loved These Days
17 - Chatter/Guest Intros
18 - Miami 2017
19 - Captain Jack
20 - All She Wanna Do Is Dance
21 - Ain't No Crime
22 - Weekend Song