Greatest Hits: Volume I & Volume II (Double

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Greatest Hits Volume 2 (Dutch Edition). Billy Joel. Columbia Records. 1985. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. On the original 1985 releases, five songs are shorter than their original versions: "Just the Way You Are" is only 3:34 long (1½ minute shorter), verse 2 is totally omitted (from "Don't go trying some new fashion" to "I want you just the way you are") and the sax solo at the end fades early; "My Life" is 3:50 long (nearly 1 minute shorter), the intro is slightly shorter with piano notes at 0:25 omitted (before the first words), same notes are omitted between verses 1 and 2, then again after "You wake up with yourself", piano passage also missing after "But not on my time" and the piano notes omitted several times at the end; "Big Shot" is 3:43 long (the ending with the "big shot… wow" is shortened by ½ minute approx.); "Pressure" is only 3:13 long (1½ min shorter) with more than a verse omitted (from "I'll tell you what it means" to "I read it too, what does it mean?"); "Tell Her About It" is 3:33 long (the end fades approx. 20 seconds sooner, leaving some wording out). [8] Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Vol. I & Vol. II" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Offiziellecharts.de – Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Vol. I & Vol. II" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Matrix / Runout (B runout etched, except "STERLING" stamped, variant 3): BL 40122 1D G1 A10 STERLING

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Contrary to some sources, the sax solo on " New York State of Mind" was never re-recorded by Phil Woods for the release of Greatest Hits. The only time that Phil Woods performed on a Billy Joel recording was the song "Just the Way You Are" in 1977.

Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 978-4-87131-077-2. Greatest Hits Volume 2 (Japanese Edition). Billy Joel. Columbia Records. 1985. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)Matrix / Runout (A runout etched, except "STERLING" stamped, variant 3): AL 40122 1C G1 D7 STERLING British album certifications – Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2". British Phonographic Industry. Matrix / Runout (B runout etched, except "STERLING" stamped, variant 1): BL 40122 1D G1 D8 STERLING Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.156. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol.2, no.35. September 4, 1985. p.18 . Retrieved February 3, 2022– via World Radio History.