(007652) Billy Joel 2023-08-05 Ohio Stadium - Columbus, OH (FLAC)

Billy Joel

August 5th, 2023.

Ohio Stadium - Columbus, OH.

Taper: Charles Dewey Cole, IV <live2cd@hotmail.com>

Location: 24A, Row 2, Seat 19; mics mounted on baseball hat brim.

Source: SP-CMC-8 Cardioids (4.7k mod) > SP-SPSB-11 (@16Hz) > 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: (1:57:35)

01. My Life 5:57

02. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 5:15

03. The Entertainer 4:24

04. Just The Way You Are 6:06

05. Zanzibar 6:24

06. Start Me Up * 1:51

07. An Innocent Man 7:01

08. The Longest Time 4:52

09. Don't Ask Me Why 4:06

10. Vienna 3:46

11. Hang On Sloopy % 1:42

12. Allentown 4:24

13. Sometimes A Fantasy 4:06

14. Only The Good Die Young 4:58

15. The River Of Dreams # 8:13

16. Nessun Dorma + 3:05

17. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant 8:57

18. Piano Man 6:30

19. ~ Encore ~ 2:07

20. We Didn't Start The Fire 5:28

21. Uptown Girl 3:13

22. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 3:45

23. Big Shot 4:48

24. You May Be Right ^ 6:39

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Notes:

* = Originally Recorded By The Rolling Stones.

% = Originally Recorded By The McCoys.

# = Ike & Tina Turner "River Deep - Mountain High" interlude, feat.

Crystal Taliefero on lead vocals.

+ = Originally Recorded By Beniamino Gigli.

^ = Led Zeppelin "Rock And Roll" interlude.

Announced in late 2022, Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks scheduled only 10 shows throughout

the United States in 2023. However, Arlington has been rescheduled for March, 2024.

Columbus was fortunate to get one of the dates. This was Billy's first visit back

since 2009 (which was with Elton John) and his last full on solo performance in Columbus

was in the spring of 2008. So, it was a welcome return, as it had been over 14 years

since his last appearance. I live in Columbus and seeing multiple shows in Pittsburgh,

Detroit, Cleveland and other midwest cities over the past decade plus has been

frustrating to say the least. It was nice to finally get a home show for me! The setlist

was pretty standard with the rarest probably being "The Longest Time", which still gets

played from time to time. Billy is 74 years old now and still sounds very strong.

His famous Garden residency will conclude in July of 2024, lets hope he still plays

from time to time as long as he physically still can. He is a personal favorite!

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