This electrifying live concert DVD & CD package features the historic reunion of Billy Joel’s 1971-72 studio and touring band.
Bassist Larry Russell (Billy Joel's first touring bass player in 1971), drummer Rhys Clark and guitarist Don Evans (who both played on Billy Joel's debut album, Cold Spring Harbor and toured with Billy Joel from 1971-75), reunite for the first time in 41 years at the iconic Greenwich Village music club, The Bitter End, on Sunday, 22 September 2013, to recreate Billy Joel's breakthrough Sigma concert from April 1972.
Elio Pace from the UK and David Clark from the USA "fill Billy Joel's shoes" with six sensational performances each, whilst 15-year old, Kenny Ingram from Canada proves the incredible reach of Billy Joel's music with two magnificent performances.
Both the DVD and the CD album come with a 20-page colour booklet with an extensive essay written by Larry Russell.
***PLEASE NOTE: The DVD is NTSC Region 0 which will play in all DVD players around the world.
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“You need to know about this band who started with Billy back in 1971, because it’s not that history was written wrong, it just, it wasn’t written.So, we’re here to write it.” – Larry Russell, 22 September 2013
In early 1972, only a few months into Billy Joel’s debut tour of the US, Philadelphia radio station, WMMR, invited Billy and his 3-piece band to their Sigma Sound Studios to perform a set, live on air, as part of a series of radio shows featuring unknown artists. It was during this radio show that Billy and the band performed one of his new songs, “Captain Jack” as part of the set. The show was taped, and DJs at WMMR started to play this live version of “Captain Jack” on their radio shows: it became the most requested song in WMMR’s history. The excitement at the station, generated by the song and the young, unknown singer-songwriter, eventually reached Carl Davies at Columbia Records, who signed Billy Joel to the label.
DVD & CD SONG LIST
01 Introduction by Larry Russell
02 GOT TO BEGIN AGAIN (Kenny Ingram)
03 Introduction by Elio Pace
04 FALLING OF THE RAIN (David Clark)
05 Intro to Travelin’ Prayer
06 TRAVELIN’ PRAYER (Elio Pace)
07 Intro to The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
08 THE BALLAD OF BILLY THE KID (Elio Pace)
09 Intro to She’s Got A Way
10 SHE’S GOT A WAY (David Clark)
11 EVERYBODY LOVES YOU NOW (David Clark)
12 Intro to Nocturne
13 NOCTURNE (Kenny Ingram)
14 Intro to Turn Around
15 TURN AROUND (Elio Pace)
16 Intro to Long, Long Time
17 LONG, LONG TIME (David Clark)
18 Intro to Captain Jack
19 Dialogue by Judy Sciaky
20 CAPTAIN JACK (Elio Pace)
21 Intro to Josephine
22 JOSEPHINE (Elio Pace)
23 Intro to Rosalinda
24 ROSALINDA (David Clark)
25 Intro to Tomorrow Is Today
26 TOMORROW IS TODAY (Elio Pace)
27 Intro to You Can Make Me Free
28 YOU CAN MAKE ME FREE (David Clark)
Produced by Elio Pace