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With this deluxe edition of Joel's masterpeice, you really get a perfect up-close account of a true original American artist in his prime. "Don't take no shit from anybody" announced Billy Joel to a mid-80's concert audience in Cincinnati that included my now-estranged father. My dad recited the Joel quote to me the day after the show and thought it was just the coolest thing ever spoken; obviously he (and Billy Joel) felt like they were taking too much shit...