Original  BILLY JOEL  HBO  "Live from Leningrad"  "telephone kiosk"  poster 1987

Description

You are bidding on an
original
and
rare
BILLY JOEL
Live from Leningrad USSR
HBO
t
elephone booth poster
1987.
This
26" x 49"
double sided, r
everse imaged poster
was hung  in a  lightbox frame  in a NYC Telephone booth station  in 1987.
This piece of
rock history
is In
excellent used condition
with only
minor wear &  small holes
in the 4 corners
from  screws holding it in place in the phone booth frame. (see pictures!)
"TV Reviews; Billy Joel in Soviet on HBO
By John J. O'Connor
Oct. 27, 1987
IN tune with all the current talk of glasnost, pay cable's Home Box Office has brought ''Billy Joel From Leningrad, U.S.S.R.'' to its schedule. The hourlong program, which can be seen tonight at 11:30, is the latest presentation in a series called ''HBO World Stage,'' featuring music stars in performances around the globe. On a worldwide tour with his musicians, Mr. Joel appeared in August at the V. I. Lenin Sports and Concert Complex in Leningrad. The shows were heralded as the first time an American pop-music star had brought a fully staged rock show to the Soviet Union.
Shortly before that time, in Moscow, Mr. Joel made the headlines by throwing an onstage tantrum because, apparently, of his unhappiness with the video crew preparing for this television special. Needless to say, there are no artistic tensions evident in the final cut. Neither are there political tensions. Here is another of those distinctive transcultural occasions where the message is that, beneath the shells of ideology, we are all brothers and sisters, eager to boogie to the same musical beat. As Mr. Joel has put it: ''We have a lot in common with the people of the Soviet Union. They love music and so do we.'' All right, so don't play ''Melancholy Baby.'' Give us ''The Volga Boat Song.''
Produced by Robert Dalrymple with Rick London, ''Billy Joel From Leningrad'' is a nonstop celebration - of togetherness, of rock music and, of course, of Billy Joel. He is at the center of things, sitting at his piano by the edge of the stage while the rest of his group seems to be a least a half block away. The camera lingers lovingly on Mr. Joel, capturing him in detailed close-up, while the other musicians are invariably limited to almost subliminal, nervously edited blips. This is clearly Mr. Joel's party and no one else is going to blow out the candles.
The rest is pure Joel, not much different from the kind of entertainment he has been doing for the the past five years, or longer. He is a showman, not especially partial to moments of true spontaneity. In the middle of what seems like an impassioned rendition of a song, he can wink casually at some nearby fan. He likes special effects. His Vietnam song ''Good Night, Saigon'' provides the darkened arena with spotlight searches and the sounds of helicopters. It is the rock show equivalent of Cinemascope. "
There are small round magnets in the picture holding the poster up for photographing.
This poster is mailed in a safe hard cardboard mailing tube.