Billy Joel's '87 Russian concert DVD/CD reissue coming in May

Columbia/Legacy Recordings will release Billy Joel's A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia, the artist's historic 1987 Russian concert tour revisited, on DVD/Blu-ray on May 20.

It will be available in a Deluxe Edition boxed set containing a full-length concert film (The Concert) on DVD or Blu-ray; a 2CD album (The Music) featuring previously unreleased tracks and bonus material; and, as an exclusive, the Showtime documentary film chronicling Billy's 1987 Soviet Tour, directed by Emmy winner Jim Brown.

In addition, the Deluxe Edition comes with a book containing rare photos and new liner notes including first-hand accounts from writers and journalists who were there, among them Gary Graff, Michael Jensen, Neal Preston, Rona Elliot and Wayne Robins.

A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Concert (DVD/Blu-ray) and The Music (2CDs) will be available individually, or inside the Deluxe Edition. 

The DVD/Blu-ray contains newly restored and remastered material from Live In Leningrad, 1987, a full-length concert film that has been unseen since its VHS release. For its DVD and Blu-ray debut, The Concert has been remastered from the original 35mm negative and expanded to include 12 previously unreleased performances, more than doubling the running time of the original release.

A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Concert 

1. Prelude/Angry Young Man

2. Allentown

3. Goodnight Saigon

4. Big Man On Mulberry Street

5. Baby Grand

6. An Innocent Man - previously unreleased

7. Honesty - previously unreleased

8. The Longest Time - previously unreleased

9. A Matter Of Trust

10. Only The Good Die Young

11. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - previously unreleased

12. Sometimes A Fantasy - previously unreleased

13. You May Be Right - previously unreleased

14. Uptown Girl

15. Big Shot

16. Back In The U.S.S.R.

DVD/Blu-ray Extra: 

17. Pressure

The Music (2 CDs) expands on 1987's original live Концерт release, with 12 previously unreleased performances.

A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Music (2CD) 

Disc One:

1. Odoya

2. Prelude/Angry Young Man

3. Honesty

4. The Ballad of Billy the Kid - previously unreleased

5. She's Always A Woman - previously unreleased

6. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - previously unreleased

7. Goodnight Saigon

8. Stiletto

9. Big Man On Mulberry Street

10. Baby Grand

11. What's Your Name - previously unreleased

12. The Longest Time - previously unreleased

13. An Innocent Man

Disc Two:

1. Pressure - previously unreleased

2. Allentown

3. A Matter Of Trust 

4. Only The Good Die Young

5. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - previously unreleased

6. Sometimes A Fantasy

7. You May Be Right - previously unreleased

8. Uptown Girl

9. Big Shot

10. Back In The U.S.S.R.

11. The Times They Are A Changin'

12. She Loves You - previously unreleased Russian concerts rehearsal recording

13. New York State Of Mind - previously unreleased

14. Piano Man - previously unreleased

The CD, DVD/Blu-ray and Deluxe Editions may be pre-ordered at Amazon (http://smarturl.it/bj_russia_amznCDDVD).

The Music (2CD) is available digitally on iTunes (http://smarturl.it/bj_russia_itunes). Earlier this year, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings announced that all of the artist's studio albums had been newly Mastered For iTunes (itunes.com/BillyJoel) and would be available individually or as part of Billy Joel - The Complete Albums Collection, a specially priced bundle which includes a bonus anthology of 17 rarities.