Billy Joel / BST hyde Park 2023 / 2CDR

Billy Joel / BST hyde Park 2023 / 2CDR / Uxbridge

Hyde Park, London, UK 7th July 2023

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For the first time in a long time, Billy Joel will perform live outside of the United States. The latest overseas stage is Hyde Park in London. It will be his first UK gig since Wembley Stadium in 2019. If it becomes a live different from the usual home country America, maniacs all over the world would like to hear it.
In addition, the sound quality of the audience recording that appeared this time is outstanding. The sound image is extremely close, and the degree of on that should be described as “just like a sound board” is about the press CD level.
Basically Billy in the United States often performs at arenas such as Madison Square Garden, but taper’s work that captured such an on-sound image at an outdoor venue like Hyde Park this time I can’t help but be surprised.
Billy’s latest live release with audience recording of splendid quality has continued this year, but we guarantee that the high-level quality of this time can also be enjoyed with confidence from beginners to maniacs.

The audience was very enthusiastic in front of Billy who visited London after a long absence, but the sound source of this time captures the excitement with a balance that is not disgusting at all, and there is no stress in listening.
Billy has a tendency to actively take up songs from “AN INNOCENT MAN” in the country, especially since it was a big hit in the UK, but this time also starting with the album title song “The Longest Time”.
In that “The Longest Time”, before the performance began, singing the song “I Do” of the doo-wop group called Marvelouses, etc., the usual “touching song” on Billy’s stage in recent years is also unusual.

Of course, “River Deep Mountain High” sung by percussion crystals between “The River of Dreams” became a standard after Tina Turner passed away, and “Rock And Roll” in the finale “You May Be Right” is also a ZEP country.
However, Billy, a man who loves the Beatles, cannot do anything in the country of the Beatles, and this time, he played “A Hard Day’s Night” with a full chorus before the finale. It’s one of the Beatle covers that was originally played live, so Billy and the band have plenty of room to play.
In this way, the latest live performed in a truly British atmosphere was recorded with perfect audience recording and delivered at the fastest speed unique to UXBRIDGE. You can enjoy a completely different atmosphere from the stage in the United States in 2023 so far with surprisingly high sound quality.

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