Billy Joel / Professional Sampler (April Blackwood Music, ABS-1) <1979> ❶

Billy Joel / Professional Sampler (April Blackwood Music, ABS-1) <1979> ❶

"Piano Man"から"52nd Street"までの5枚のWhite Label Promoをセットにしたボックス。アルファベット順に全曲の歌詞を印刷したブックレットが封入されています。レコードはすべて別々に、写真のような袋に収められています。プロ使用目的に作成された高音質プレスのボックスで、ビリー・ジョエル・コレクションをする場合に最も難渋するモノです。4枚目の「ファクト・シート」と呼ばれるものが残っているコピーは珍しいです。なお、"Piano Man"の白ラベル盤はこのボックスでしか手に入りません。

"Piano Man" (Columbia/Family Productions, PC 32544)
(ONE SIDE) PAL-32544-2AD
(ANOTHER SIDE) PBL-32544-2J

"Streetlife Serenade" (Columbia/Family Productions, PC 33146)
(SIDE 1) PAL-33146-2K
(SIDE 2) PBL 33146-2H

"Turnstiles" (Columbia/Family Productions, PC 33848)
(SIDE 1) PAL-33848-1AA
(SIDE 2) PBL-33848-1AD

"The Stranger" (Columbia/Family Productions, JC 34987)
(SIDE 1) AL 34987 3BD
(SIDE 2) BL 34987 4BL

"52nd Street" (Columbia/Family Productions, FC 35609)
(SIDE 1) AL 35609 1BF
(SIDE 2) BL 35609 1CE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVKtL9VU8rQ

"Piano Man"

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet
And I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be

He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As a smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place."

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes they're sharing a drink they call "Loneliness"
But it's better than drinking alone

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
To forget about life for a while

And the piano it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doing here?"

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright