Billy Joel
September 10th, 2021.
Great American Ball Park - Cincinnati, OH.

Taper: Charles Dewey Cole, IV <live2cd@hotmail.com>
Location: FLD6, Row N, Seat 24; mics mounted on baseball hat brim.
Source: CA-14 Omni > CA-9200 > Sony PCM-A10 (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: Sony PCM-A10 > (USB) @ 48kHz > 44.1kHz > Cd Wave

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Total Time: (2:08:31)

01. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 4:36
02. Pressure 6:22
03. The Entertainer 5:03
04. Vienna 4:40
05. Zanzibar 6:10
06. Don't Ask Me Why 4:20
07. A Whiter Shade Of Pale * 2:14
08. The Downeaster Alexa 4:22
09. New York State Of Mind 7:39
10. Allentown 5:05
11. Say Goodbye To Hollywood 4:48
12. She's Always a Woman 3:48
13. My Life 5:39
14. Only The Good Die Young 5:11
15. Sometimes A Fantasy 4:21
16. The River Of Dreams # 7:47
17. Nessun Dorma + 2:55
18. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant 8:46
19. Piano Man 6:19
20. ~ Encore ~ 2:10
21. We Didn't Start The Fire 5:24
22. Uptown Girl 3:16
23. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 3:45
24. Brown Sugar ^ 2:24
25. Big Shot 4:46
26. You May Be Right % 6:42

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Notes:

* = partial, Originally Recorded By Procol Harum.
# = The Rolling Stones "Honky Tonk Woman" interlude.
+ = Originally Recorded By Beniamino Gigli.
^ = Originally Recorded By The Rolling Stones.
% = Led Zeppelin "Rock And Roll" interlude.

This was a wonderful show. The weather was perfect, Billy was in great spirits
and the band sounded tremendous. Not to mention, Billy's shed some weight and is
looking leaner than Ive seen in many years. I bought an aisle seat (to get away
from talkers) in the far right front section and had pretty good luck with sound.
The far right stack was pointed a bit to my right, but you cant really tell
listening back. I was surprised! I almost asked to trade seats.

This was Billy's first trip back to Cincinnati since April of 2016. I taped that
one, as well. Unfortunately, I dont think Billy (or his crew) check old setlists,
because this show was almost identical to that one - right down to the Procol
Harum story followed by a minute+ of "Whiter Shade". In 2016, we got "Miami 2017"
and the extremely rare "Where's The Orchestra?", which was my highlight. Here in
2021, swap those songs for "The Downeaster Alexa" and Mike DelGuidice's powerful
performance of "Nessun Dorma" & the rest reads the same sans the Stones covers
in remembrance of Charlie Watts.

But, lets keep it positive. Billy is still performing at 72 and more than half
of these songs make every setlist anyway, right? Im a Billy diehard and look
forward to the deep tracks the most, so I look at this differently than the
average fan would. Walking out, everyone was thrilled and many were calling it
one of their favorite shows they've ever seen. This was my gf's first Billy show
and she was floored. She wants to come with next year to South Bend and Detroit
and I dont have extras! Uh oh! Be sure to turn this one up!

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