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BILLY JOEL RARE OBI JAPAN REPLICA CD - TREMENDOUSLY RARE OUT OF PRINT MASTERPIECE - FACTORY SEALED THE COLLECTOR WHO WANTS IT ALL IN THE ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION 2004 LONG OUT OF PRINT TREMENDOUSLY RARE & VALUABLE JAPAN REPLICA JACKET with VERIFYING 2006 JAPANESE OBI STRIP ON THE LEFT SIDE & THE SILVER & BALC MARKETING STICKER ON THE RIGHT SIDE PROVING YOU WILL OWN THE ORIGINAL 2004 RELEASE. - THIS IS OUR ONE AND ONLY COPY FOREVER and this title has never had any store price stickers ever attached to the item. PRISTINE COLLECTORS SEALED CONDITION COLLECTORS NOTE : LASTCOPY FOREVER - THIS JAPAN REPLICA IS NOW SELLING IN THE COLLECTORS MARKET FOR OVER $200 A PIECE. THAT'S HOW RARE AND COLLECTIBLE THIS SPECIFIC OUT OF PRINT MASTERPIECES HAVE BECOME . WHAT IS A JAPAN "MINI-LP-SLEEVE" CD? Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you. Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics. Then, there's the sonic quality: Mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering (20-Bit, 24-Bit, DSD, K2/K2HD, and/or HDCD), and can often be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere. Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded. All mini-sleeve releases are tremendously limited editions mainly pressed on future orders only and once released immediately out of print. This fact along with other latter features we've mentioned make these titles rare collectibles that sell in the collectors markets for $100's of dollars apiece. Japanese digitally re-mastered Mini LP replica Limited Edition Collection with OBI sash down the front – only VERY FEW pieces made world-wide and are immediately Out of Print. Recorded from the finest Original Masters available. Comes with anti-static sleeves similar to Vinyl LPs, Cardboard packaging like an LP. Actual miniaturized version of the 12” LP in 4” CD version E-BAY STORE . FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL OBI SELECTIONS - INDIVIDUAL TITLE INFORMATION OR INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE JUST HIT THIS STORES TAB >. & TYPE IN BILLY JOEL INTO THE SEARCH FIELD WITHIN OUR STORES SECTION AS YOUR PERSONAL CODE FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL TITLES + INFORMATION WILL APPEAR KOHUEPT RARE OBI REPLICA GATEFOLD JACKET CD - IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND STILL SEALED AND IN PRISTINE CONDITION LIKE WE ARE SELLING HERE. tHE LOWEST PRICE WE'VE SEEN FOR THIS SPECIFIC JAPAN PRESSING IS $200. Detailed item info Album Features Artist: Billy Joel Format: CD Release Year: 2004 Record Label: Sony Genre: Pop, Rock & Pop Track Listing 1. Odoya 2. Angry Young Man 3. Honesty 4. Goodnight Saigon 5. Stiletto 6. Big Man on Mulberry Street 7. Baby Grand 8. An Innocent Man 9. Allentown 10. A Matter of Trust 11. Only the Good Die Young 12. Sometimes a Fantasy 13. Uptown Girl 14. Big Shot 15. Back in the USSR 16. Times They Are a Changin' Details Distributor: Phantom Import Distributi Recording Type: Live Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album Notes 2 LPs on 1 CD.Personnel: Billy Joel (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Russell Javors (acoustic & electric guitars); Kevin Dukes (electric guitar); Mark Rivera (saxophone); Dave Lebolt (keyboards); Doug Stegmeyer (bass); Liberty DeVito (drums); Peter Hewlett, George Simms (percussion).Recorded live in the U.S.S.R.All tracks have been digitally remastered using 24-bit technology.Once he had a decade of uninterrupted multi-platinum albums and had tasted the sweet fruit of the high life, Billy Joel decided that it was time for something different -- it was time to get serious. The first hint of this was his celebrated Russian tour in 1987. Not many rock artists had been allowed to tour the U.S.S.R., so this was a big deal. Joel took his task very seriously, embracing his role as musical and cultural ambassador from the West and acting solemnly throughout the tour. Besides the temper tantrum where he pushed his piano off stage, of course, but even that could be seen as a rock & roller taking his message to the people. If you're charitable, that is. That defining moment of the tour is captured at the end of Kohuept (sadly, it was trimmed for a subsequent CD reissue), a live double-album (single-disc) document of the Russian tour. At the time, it may have been a big event, and personally, it was a turning point for Joel, but musically, it wasn't much of anything. Supported by an augmented version of his touring band, Joel runs through a predictable selection of hits, drawing heavily from The Bridge, but making sure to hit such favorites as "Angry Young Man," "Honesty," "Stiletto," "An Innocent Man," "Allentown," "Only the Good Die Young," "Big Shot" and "Sometimes a Fantasy." For topicality's sake, he adds "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "The Times They Are A-Changin'" to his repertoire. All of it is professionally performed, but most of it sounds like slicker versions of the original studio takes. Still, die-hard fans would want this as a souvenir of a show they were never able to see and perhaps casual fans would want to use this as a de facto greatest-hits collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying . 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