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and of course the Alternate, I feel inferior, "New York State of Mind" with different Sax solo, on all the the 1985 editions (and the 1998).

MFSL restored original as well.
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I’m late to the discussion, but on the original release of the Greatest Hits Volume I & II, I would also include “Say Goodbye To Hollywood” as a single version. The ending is faded (as I assume it is on the 45).   However on its original album (Songs In The Attic), it plays out to a cold ending.
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Originally posted by Ringmaster_D Ringmaster_D wrote:

Also, the live version of "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" was removed and replaced with the studio version from Joel's 1976 album Turnstiles.


That seems odd in that the live version was the one that was the hit. Was this another Billy-didn't-like-it instance?
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Originally posted by Hykker Hykker wrote:

That seems odd in that the live version was the one that was the hit. Was this another Billy-didn't-like-it instance?

The album version is from 1976 and was not released as a single in the US. Instead we got "James", which flopped. He didn't start having Top 20 hits until "The Stranger" album gave him three of them.

The live version is from his 1981 "Songs in the Attic" album, which was made to introduce new live versions of his older material, also including "She's Got a Way".
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Originally posted by RichM921 RichM921 wrote:

I’m late to the discussion, but on the original release of the Greatest Hits Volume I & II, I would also include “Say Goodbye To Hollywood” as a single version. The ending is faded (as I assume it is on the 45).   However on its original album (Songs In The Attic), it plays out to a cold ending.


I think we established it's really a neither on the original GH I&II CD, as the intro doesn't quite match the 45. But I'm not totally positive.
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