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Fans of Billy Joel have been waiting for the ultimate retrospective of his work "for the longest time"—and this is it! Billy himself picked every track and he did it right, starting with his early-’60s recordings with the Lost Souls, moving through his bar-band era with the Hassles and even his metal phase with Atila before plunging into his classic solo sides with *23 unreleased tracks* complementing hits like It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me and Big Shot. In fact, the unreleased material is pure top-shelf, including unreleased alternate/demo versions of hits like Only the Good Die Young; And So It Goes, and Piano Man, favorite covers like Highway 61 Revisited, and live performances (including some taken from the coveted 1981 show at the Sparks Saloon in Long Island) like Captain Jack and (with Elton John) You May Be Right. And the DVD is totally unreleased, consisting of a show from "The River of Dreams" tour featuring Billy performing his biggest hits (Allentown; We Didn’t Start the Fire, etc.). With a 64-page book containing memorabilia, unseen photos, track-by-track annotation and a discography, this one’s a keeper.