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BIlly Joel The Early Years

Jose P | Staten Island,NY | 02/28/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"buyer beware! this album is not an offical Billy Joel album it is a bootleg and not a good one at that.the $15 price tag is a rip off. I Thought this would be a good rarities like collection ,of early Billy Joel ,Hassels, Cold Spring Harbor demos etc.the songs are good but there is not enough.you can fit more than 9 songs on a cd.and the quality is so poor you can barely hear Billy sing and the low sound quality is hard to listen to.I like that I have demos of any Billy Joel .but it's the only good thing about this cd.your better off trying to find The Hassels best of that you may be able to find online.or the early vinyl copy of cold spring harbor.a 2 rating is being nice on this one."

A taste of things to come

Gary Selikow | Great Kush | 02/26/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the work of Billy Joel, with a group called the Hassles, before Joel achieved fame and fortune.

It certainly has some really good stuff, and a foretaste of Joel's unique and popular style.

Songs that really stand out are the gentle She's Got a Way, the smooth Further Than Heaven, the jazzy Cat, a taste of Joel mastery of the piano with Nocturne, the beautiful Why, Judy, Why? and the upbeat Everybody Loves You Now."