Billy Joel
March 15th, 2016.
Madison Square Garden -
New York City, NY.

Taper: Charles Dewey Cole, IV <live2cd@hotmail.com>
Location: FLR A, row 18, seat 4; mics mounted on baseball hat brim.
Source: AT853 Cardioids (4.7k mod) > SP-SPSB-11 (@69Hz) > Edirol R-09 (24 bit @48kHz) >
Adobe Audition 3.0 (dithered to 16 bit @44.1kHz) > Cd Wave > FLAC
Conversion: Charles Dewey Cole, IV <live2cd@hotmail.com>
Equipment: SanDisk 16GB SDHC Card > (USB) @ 48kHz > 44.1kHz > Cd Wave

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Total Time: (2:11:49)

01. Miami 2017 5:28
02. My Life 6:52
03. The Entertainer 5:02
04. Vienna 5:53
05. Zanzibar 7:06
06. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 5:05
07. New York State Of Mind 8:28
08. The Downeaster Alexa * 4:39
09. Where's The Orchestra? * 3:37
10. Allentown 4:31
11. All About Soul 6:59
12. Sometimes A Fantasy 4:45
13. She's Always a Woman 4:07
14. Don't Ask Me Why 4:23
15. We Didn't Start The Fire * 6:10
16. The River Of Dreams # 7:15
17. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant 8:49
18. Piano Man 6:28
19. ~ Encore ~ 2:40
20. Uptown Girl 3:14
21. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 4:18
22. Big Shot 4:41
23. You May Be Right % 5:38
24. Only The Good Die Young 5:44

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Notes:

* = Special guest Itzhak Perlman on violin.
# = Beatles "Hard Days Night" interlude.
% = Led Zeppelin "Rock And Roll" interlude.

Believe it or not, 4 seats in from the far left aisle in FLR A is still a bit LOC of
the left speaker stack! The recording still turned out decent, but I thought that was
quite funny. I have never taped from the floor at MSG, so I will know for next time.
I went to this show alone and it was my first MSG Billy show since February 2006!
It happened to be #27 in his residency series (which began in January, 2014) and from
what I can tell, this will be going for quite some time! The ticket sales are strong
and folks come from all over. The couple to my left were from Maryland and paid close
to twice the face value for their seats! Demand is still very, very high.

Recording went well, please be aware right before "All About Soul" begins, the right
mic clip became undone from my hat and I had to reposition it. This is barely audible,
but worth making mention. There is also a slight volume leveling during Miami 2017,
so please be aware of that. The performances of "Where's The Orchestra?" & "All About
Soul" make this recording worth getting. Itzhak Perlman was tremendous on all 3 songs
he guested on. Be sure to check this one out.

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