SoundPress.net Feature Article: 12 Gardens Yields a Fine Crop of Billy Joel Music! (CD Release)

12 Gardens Yields a Fine Crop
of Billy Joel Music Recorded Live in New York
A SoundPress.net Feature Article by Rich and Laura Lynch

BILLY JOEL BEATS THE BOOTLEGGERS WITH RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM, "12 GARDENS LIVE," ON COLUMBIA RECORDS
"Official Bootleg" Two CD Set, Produced By Billy Joel and Steve Lillywhite, Showcases Peak Performances From Joel's Record-Breaking 12 Show Run At Madison Square Garden

Columbia Records recently announced the release of 12 Gardens Live, the new live "official bootleg" album from pop music superstar Billy Joel. Produced by Billy Joel and Grammy-winning "Producer of the Year" Steve Lillywhite, 12 Gardens Live is a two CD set featuring the hottest performances culled from Billy's record-breaking 12 sold-out concert run at Madison Square Garden.

On April 19, 2006, with the eleventh show of his sold-out MSG run, Billy Joel broke the Madison Square Garden record for the longest sequence of sold-out shows by a single artist.

On April 24, 2006, at the twelfth show of that same sold-out MSG run, Billy broke his own record and Madison Square Garden celebrated the event in true New York style, raising a banner to emblazoned with "#12" to the venue's rafters. As Billy's banner joined the numbers of the Rangers and the Knicks, the Bronx-born Long Island-raised show business legend became the first non-athlete ever to be honored with a "retired" number on the rafters of the Garden.

12 Gardens Live captures the excitement of these historic concerts with a dream set list of 30 songs drawn from all phases of Billy's career. Filled with greatest hits, personal favorites, musical surprises and more, 12 Gardens Live documents the reasons why Billy's music endures through the decades, becoming ever more popular and vital with time. Having sold more than 100 million records over the past quarter century, Billy Joel ranks as one of most popular recording artists and respected entertainers in the world.

Billy Joel 12 Gardens Live Disc 1
1. Angry Young Man
2. My Life
3. Everybody Loves You Now
4. The Ballad of Billy The Kid
5. The Entertainer
6. Vienna
7. New York State Of Mind
8. The Night Is Still Young
9. Zanzibar
10. Miami 2017 (I've Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
11. The Great Wall Of China
12. Allentown
13. She's Right On Time
14. Don't Ask Me Why
15. Laura

Billy Joel 12 Gardens Live Disc 2
1. Goodnight Saigon
2. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
3. An Innocent Man
4. The Downeaster "Alexa"
5. She's Always A Woman
6. Keeping The Faith
7. The River Of Dreams
8. A Matter Of Trust
9. We Didn't Start The Fire
10. Big Shot
11. You May Be Right
12. Only The Good Die Young
13. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
14. Piano Man
15. And So It Goes

All songs written by Billy Joel

Related Links: For more information on Billy Joel and the other organizations mentioned please visit the following links -- BillyJoel.com | Buy 12 Gardens | Stream "Moving Out"

(Originally Published on June 29, 2006)

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