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Billy Joel Releases 155-Track Musical Companion to HBO’s And So It Goes

Delivering seven hours of demos and live cuts with archival visuals on streaming platforms, the playlist previews further material from Joel’s personal vault.

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Overview

  • The 155-track collection went live on Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and other services hours after the documentary’s finale, with corresponding videos on YouTube.
  • It spans 115 songs and 40 additional audio clips that trace Joel’s five-decade journey from The Lost Souls and The Hassles to his 2024 Madison Square Garden residency.
  • The set features previously unreleased demos and live recordings, including the first live rendition of “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” recorded at Long Island’s C.W. Post College in 1977.
  • Creative director Steve Cohen, engineer Bradshaw Leigh and archivist John Jackson produced the musical companion, drawing on HBO’s extensive documentary access.
  • Joel archivist John Jackson says more unreleased tracks from both the artist’s personal vault and Sony’s archives will be released in the coming years.