The Unbroken Promise: Lighting Up The Darkness Sessions

Thursday 25 August 2011

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Lighting Up The Darkness Sessions

The Godfatherecords – # GR BOX 01

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Studio Outtakes

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Disc 1 & 2: Still In The Vaults

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01. Break Out - Version 1
02. Break Out - Version 2
03. Don't Say No - Version 1
04. Don't Say No - Version 2
05. Say Sons
06. I Wanna Be With You
07. I'm Goin' Back
08. Frankie
09. Janey Needs A Shooter
10. Sherry Darling - Version 1
11. Sherry Darling - Version 2
12. Bring On The Night
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01. Drive All Night - Version 1
02. Drive All Night - Version 2
03. Drive All Night - Version 3

04. Preacher's Daughter
05. Crazy Rocker
06. What's The Matter Darling - Version 1
07. What's The Matter Darling - Version 2
08. Indepence Day
09. Ramrod
10. Castaway

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Disc 3 & 4: A Masterpiece In The Making.

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01. Badlands - Version 1A Instrumental
02. Badlands - Version 1B
03. Badlands - Version 1C
04. Badlands - Version 2
05. Something In The Night - Version 1
06. Something In The Night - Version 2A
07. Something In The Night - Version 2B
08. Racing In The Street - Version 1
09. Racing In The Street - Version 2
10. Racing In The Street - Version 3
11. Racing In The Street - Version 4
12. Streets Of Fire - Version 1
13. Streets Of Fire - Version 2

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01. Prove It All Night - Version 1
02. Prove It All Night - Version 2A
03. Prove It All Night - Version 2B
04. Factory - Version 1
05. Factory - Version 2A
06. Factory - Version 2B
07. Adam Raised A Cain - Version 1
08. Candy's Room (The Fast Song) - Version 1 Instrumental
09. Candy's Room (The Fast Song) - Version 2
10. Candy's Room (The Fast Song) - Version 3
11. Candy's Room (The Fast Song) - Version 4A
12. Candy's Room (The Fast Song) - Version 4B
13. The Promised Land - Version 1A
14. Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Version 1
15. Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Version 2

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Disc 5 & 6: The Alternate Versions.

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01. Racing In The Street
02. Candy's Boy
03. Come On (Let's Go Tonight)
04. Don't Look Back - Version 1 Instrumental
05. Don't Look Back - Version 2 Instrumental
06 .Don't Look Back - Version 3
07. Hearts Of Stone
08. The Promise - Version 1
09. The Promise - Version 2
10. The Promise - Version 3
11. Spanish Eyes - Version 1
12. Spanish Eyes - Version 2

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01. Because The Night - Version 1
02. Because The Night - Version 2
03. Gonna Get That Feeling - Version 1
04. Gonna Get That Feeling - Version 2
05. Talk To Me - Instrumental
06. Someday (We'll Be Together) - Instrumental
07. Rendezvous
08. Fire
09. One Way Street
10. Outside Lookin' In
11. Wrong Side Of The Street
12. The Way

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+ More Info: Excellent review in Collectors Music Reviews

Down In The Gothenburg

Wednesday 24 August 2011

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Social Graces – # SG 012/013/014

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22.06.2003 – Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, SWEDEN

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Disc 1

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01. The Promised Land
02. The Rising
03. Lonesome Day
04. Jackson Cage
05. My Love Will Not Let You Down
06. Atlantic City
07. Empty Sky
08. The River
09. Waiting On A Sunny Day
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Disc 2

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01. Darlington County
02. Growin’ Up
03. Worlds Apart
04. Badlands
05. She’s The One
06. Mary’s Place
07. Racing In The Street
08. Into The Fire

09. No Surrender

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Disc 3

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01. Thunder Road

02. Hungry Heart

03. Ramrod

04. Born To Run

05. Detroit Medley

06. My City Of Ruins

07. Land Of Hope And Dreams

08. Dancing In The Dark

09. Twist And Shout

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+ Brucebase (22.06.2003): Audience tape and IEM. Great show. "The River" and "Growin’ Up" are full band arrangements. "Badlands" sees the double ending again. "Mary’s Place" includes a snippet of "Dancing In The Street" in the introduction. "Detroit Medley" gets a rare outing. "Twist And Shout" sees the band ending the song, leaving the stage, only to return doing the song as the crowd won’t stop chanting. This show is available on the Crystal Cat release 'Midsummer Second Night' in stellar sound. Also available as a purported soundboard recording 'Down In Gothenburg' (Social Graces) although it's more likely to be an IEM. The only complete non-U.S. show known to circulate as an IEM.

The Punk Meets The Godfather (The Godfatherecords)

Monday 22 August 2011

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THE GODFATHERECORDS – # GR 68/69

 

15.08.1975 - The Bottom Line, New York, NY

14.07.1974 - The Bottom Line, New York, NY *

 

* Bonus Tracks

 
Disc 1

01. Opening Coments
02. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
03. Spirit In The Night
04. Then She Kissed Me
05. Growin' Up
06. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
07. Intro
08. The E Street Shuffle
09. When You Walk In The Room
10. She's The One
11. Born To Run
12. Thunder Road

Disc 2

01. Intro
02. Kitty's Back
03. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
04. Encore Comments
05. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
06. Quarter To Three
07. Closing Comments
08. Jungleland 1

 
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1. 14.07.1974 - The Bottom Line, New York, NY

 

The Complete Bottom Line WNEW FM Broadcast
New York, Bottom Line, August 15th, 1975

 
  • Brucebase Info (15.08.1975)

Two separate admission shows, 8:30pm. and 11:30pm. The first (early) show was broadcast live by New York’s influential WNEW-FM, and it was a cannibalized home taping of this show off the radio that appeared on the very first-ever Springsteen vinyl bootleg ‘Bruce Springsteen Live’ (Coral Records) in late 1975. However this boot, as well as countless permutations of the performance that came afterwards, was heavily edited, with no in-between song chatter/stories and, in some instances, tracks missing. However the best sound quality release of this show, including (for the first time ever) the entire broadcast without edits, can be found on the CDR "The Way It Was - The Complete Bottom Line Broadcast", and subsequently the CD ‘The Punk Meets The Godfather' (Godfather) and CDR 'The Bottom Line On The Bottom Line' (Hot Stuff). No audio of the late (second) show circulates, but the setlist above has been contributed to Killing Floor by an attendee. "For You" is performed solo at the piano, while "Thunder Road" is full-band at the late show (it is the slow version with Roy on piano and Bruce on harmonica and vocals at the early show). The setlist would also include the only known 1975 performance of the rhythm and blues standard "Route 66".

 
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Broadcast on WNEW-FM in New York, NY, this show possibly represents the beginning of modern Bruce. Bruce had just completed the marathon recording sessions for Born to Run and the tour was ready to start. After a few warm-up gigs, the band hit the Big Apple and began their quest for super-stardom. Unfortunately, the hype started here as well, which culminated in the simultaneous cover stories on Newsweek and Time in October 1975. This show can be nominated as being among the best ever. The radio broadcast led to one of the first vinyl bootlegs back in 1976 called "The Great White Boss" (an allusion to the first bootleg ever, "The Great White Hope" of early Dylan demos). The show was later released on the CD "Live at The Bottom Line." In mid-2004, a fan was able to locate recording of the entire broadcast, DJ chatter and all, and "released" a more complete version called "The Way It Was." The bootleg label Godfather Records used that new complete recording as the source for their own "Punk Meets the Godfather."

 
  • Same Show, Different Versions

4The Way It Was - The Complete Bottom Line Broadcast

4The Punk Meets The Godfather' (Godfather)

4The Bottom Line On The Bottom Line' (Hot Stuff)

Action In The Streets

Thursday 18 August 2011

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Unbelievable Music - # UM 038/39

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22.02.1977 - Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI

13.02.1977 - Maple Leaf Gardens Concert Bowl, Toronto, CANADA *

17.02.1977 - Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, OH *

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* Bonus Tracks

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Disc 1

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01. Night
02. Rendezvous
03. Spirit In The Night
04. It's My Life
05. Thunder Road
06. Mona-She's The One
07. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 
08. Action In The Streets

09. Backstreets

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Disc 2

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01. Jungleland
02. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
03. Born To Run

04. Quarter To Three

05. Something In The Night 1
06. Growin' Up
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07. Baby I Love You
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08. Walking In The Rain
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09. Say Goodbye To Hollywood
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10. Be My Baby 2

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1 13.02.1977 - Maple Leaf Gardens Concert Bowl, Toronto, CANADA

2 17.02.1977 - Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, OH

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+ More Info: Tracks 7-10 (Disc 2) - Lead vocal Ronnie Spector, background vocals Flo & Eddie

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+ Brucebase (22.02.1977): Audience tape. First time that the band return to the famous "bomb scare" location, so there are constant references to that show throughout. Released on CD "Action In The Streets" (Unbelievable Music) and "Will The Real Bruce..." (Real Live). There is a remaster of the 'Unbelievable Music' bootleg - a huge upgrade in sound "The Return To Bombscare Arena" (Ev2).

Torino Dream Night

Wednesday 17 August 2011

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Crystal Cat – # CC 952-954

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21.07.2009 - Olimpico Di Torino, Torino, ITALY

09.06.2009 - Bergenhus Festning, Bergen, NORWAY *

10.06.2009 - Bergenhus Festning, Bergen, NORWAY *

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* Bonus Tracks

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Disc 1

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01. Intro
02. Loose Ends
03. Badlands
04. Hungry Heart
05. Outlaw Pete
06. Working On The Highway
07. Working On A Dream
08. Murder Incorporated
09. Johnny 99
10. American Skin (41 Shots)
11. Raise Your Hand
12. Travelin' Band

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Disc 2

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01. Drive All Night
02. Two Hearts
03. My Love Will Not Let You Down
04. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
05. The Promised Land
06. My Hometown
07. Backstreets
08. Lonesome Day
09. The Rising
10. Born To Run

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Disc 3

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01. Land Of Hope And Dreams
02. American Land
03. Glory Days
04. Dancing In The Dark
05. Twist And Shout
06. Back In Your Arms
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07. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
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08. Boom Boom
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09. Cover Me
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10. Rosalita 2

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1 09.06.2009 - Bergenhus Festning, Bergen, NORWAY

2 10.06.2009 - Bergenhus Festning, Bergen, NORWAY

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+ Brucebase (21.07.2009): Audience tape. Available on DVD (Bruga), and audience tapes as "Torino Dream Night" (Crystal Cat) and "Gran Torino" (Godfather). Six tour premieres – "Loose Ends", "Murder Incorporated", "Travelin' Band", "Drive All Night", "My Love Will Not Let You Down" and "My Hometown". "Travelin' Band", "Drive All Night", which was requested via 3 sealed envelopes, all of which contained "Drive All Night", "Two Hearts", and "My Love Will Not Let You Down" are played by sign request. First show of the tour without "Seeds". Patti Scialfa is not present.

The Same Old Played Out Scenes

Tuesday 16 August 2011

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The Same Old Played Out Scenes

Doberman – # DBM 276/277/278

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30.09.1978 - Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA

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Disc 1

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01. Introduction

02. Good Rocking Tonight
03. Badlands
04. Spirit In The Night

05. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

06. Independence Day 
07. The Promised Land
08. Prove It All Night

09. Racing In The Street

10. Thunder Road
11. Jungleland

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Disc 2

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01. Introduction
02. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 
03. Night Train 
04. Fire

05. Candy’s Room

06. Because The Night

07. Point Blank

08. Not Fade Away / Gloria / She’s The One

09. Backstreets

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Disc 3

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01. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
02. Born To Run

03. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out

04. Devil With The Blue Dress Medley

05. Raise Your Hand

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+ All songs recorded at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia on 30th September 1978.

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+ Brucebase (30.09.1978): Regional live FM broadcast simulcast by about twenty radio stations throughout the south-eastern United States. This was a make-up show that had originally been slated for July 23rd, but which had been postponed (along with three others) due to Bruce coming down with a throat infection. On the audio Bruce can be heard apologizing for being sick and missing the original date. Excellent radio broadcast released on CD 'Fox Theatre Presents The Boss' (PPL), 'Here's To Ya, Pts 1, 2 & 3' (Turtle Records) and in best quality as 'Same Old Played Out Scenes' (Doberman). In August 2011 a pre-FM recording titled 'The Fox' (JEMS) emerged - a major upgrade over the FM broadcasts. Unfortunately this recording is incomplete, missing the encores, around six minutes of "Prove It All Night", and the start of "Racing In The Street". On the flip-side "Backstreets" is now complete, and several spoken segments are no longer missing. The quality of this recording is peerless, and an essential listen. The gig contains the only known Springsteen performance of James Brown's “Night Train” (while the stage is cleaned of the fake snow that fell during "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"), and stand-out renditions of "Independence Day" and "Backstreets". Thanks to Robert for details.

No Trouble In Receiver

Sunday 14 August 2011

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13.02.1977 - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

19.03.1977 - Central Maine Youth Center, Lewiston, ME *

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Disc 1

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01. Night
02. Rendezvous
03. Spirit In The Night
04. It's My Life
05. Thunder Road
06. Mona
07. She's The One
08. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out -
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09. Something In The Night
10. Growin' Up
11. Action In The Streets
12. Backstreets

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Disc 2

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01. Jungleland
02. Intro / "This Song's Depressing"
03. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
04. Raise Your Hand
05. Born To Run

06. Don't Look Back 1
07. It's My Life 1
08. Action In The Streets 1
09. Backstreets 1
10. Jungleland 1

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1 19.03.1977 - Central Maine Youth Center, Lewiston, ME

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+ TheBoots.net: “The short tour (7 weeks) of 1977 featured a very depressed Bruce for the most part. Bruce was quoted as saying that it was during this tour that he actually did not want to take the stage on at least one night. The ironic thing about Bruce is that when he's feeling down, he puts on a great show, and there were several of them during 1977, including this one.


This version of "Something in the Night" is much more similar to the version on Darkness than the version he performed in the fall of 1976. This tour featured the Miami Horns, who play on "10th Avenue Freezeout," "Rosalita," and a new song, "Action in the Streets.” 

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+ More Info: Source: Soul Crusaders, ES44/45. Stereo channels edited (fixed some drop-outs), tracks re-indexed, removed some cuts and raised volume on more quiet parts of show. Main reason I opted to edit this show: "It's My Life". Oh, and I was a bit bored too. Bonus tracks include Dont Look Back with some alternative lyrics and Backstreets with the "fucking town into the sea" line. Thanks to Gchord for the artwork source PSD files.

The Saint, The Incident & The Main Point Shuffle

Tuesday 9 August 2011

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Point Shuffle
Great Dane Records – # GDR CD 9012

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05.02.1975 - The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA

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Disc 1

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01. Incident On 57th Street
02. Mountain Of Love
03. BornTo Run

04. The E Street Shuffle
05. Thunder Road – Wings For Wheels
06. I Want You
07. Spirit In The Night
08. She’s The One

09. Growin’ Up
10. It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City

11. Jungleland
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Disc 2

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01. Kitty’s Back
02. New York City Serenade
03. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
04. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
05. A Love So Fine

06. For You

07. Back In The U.S.A.

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+ Brucebase (05.02.1975): One show, held as a benefit for the ~270 seat coffeehouse, with Springsteen & The E Street Band the sole act on the bill. The show was emceed by DJ Ed Sciaky and began just after 9.00pm. It was not a true simulcast, rather it was broadcast by WMMR-FM on about a 2 hour delay the same night. Interestingly, Springsteen almost backed out of his promise to allow the show to be broadcast. He wanted to play new songs that were still unfinished - it took a concentrated effort by Sciaky on the day of the concert to talk Bruce round. An attendee review of the show from 1975 by critic David Fricke states the show took place on February 3rd, but this appears to be an error by Fricke given detailed interview comments by Sciaky and the recollections of other attendees. Press reports suggest that Springsteen raised over $1,000 for the Main Point.


The complete show was broadcast and the above-noted 18 song setlist represents the entire concert. Not only is it one of the longest (160 minutes) single-show gigs up to this point but it's one of the most compelling performances of Springsteen's entire career. There are spellbinding renditions of “Incident", “New York City Serenade” and "For You" (in the solo piano arrangement), the earliest known performances of "Mountain Of Love" and "Thunder Road" (with work-in-progress "Wings For Wheels" title/lyrics) plus a wild, majestic version of Chuck Berry's "Back In The U.S.A.".


This famous show has circulated on vinyl boots and tapes since the mid-'70s, but rarely the entire show (early vinyl boots were missing the final 6 songs in the setlist) and always in variable quality. The entire performance is now available in outstanding (though not flawless - see below) sound quality on the CDs ‘The Saint, The Incident & The Main Point Shuffle', in improved quality with a 'Masters Plus' subtitle (both Great Dane), ‘You Can Trust Your Car To The Man Who Wears The Star’ (Labor of Love) and most recently (and in the finest overall quality yet) on 'Prodigal Son At The Main Point' (Prodigal Son) and ‘Main Point Night’ (Crystal Cat). Also released to retail stores in the UK on a 2 CD set entitled 'Live At The Main Point' (Left Field Media) in April 2011. This is not an official Sony release, rather an enterprising record label taking advantage of a legal loophole. Unfortunately this release suffers from the same sonic problems detailed below and sounds much the same as the other releases. In July 2011 the final 63 minutes finally emerged in improved quality, thanks to a home-taping enthusiast from Philadelphia. He recorded the concert on reel at 3-3/4 IPS, and the result is a significant upgrade. The quality may not quite match the pre-FM segment, but it is the best we can expect unless a pre-FM source of the last hour should be found. A promotion-only 7” flexidisc issued to subscribers of Austrian pop magazine ‘Rennbahn Express’ in June 1981 contains Sciaky’s intro from this show, albeit edited to avoid references to WMMR and The Main Point. Thanks to Lost in the Flood for the flexidisc info.


The final 63 minutes or so of this show (from around eight minutes into "Kitty's Back" onwards) has never surfaced in collector circles in quite as crisp, clear and dynamic a sound quality as the rest of the show. There are a couple of possible explanations for this but the most likely reason is that the early part of the show has been sourced from pre-broadcast reels (or copies of them) but the latter part of the show is sourced from a broadcast reel (which involves compression). In an interview in Backstreets Magazine #82 Ed Sciaky mentioned some important information, "We didn't have a phone line from the Main Point, so they had to tape the show in hour-long segments and then drive them to the station and put them on the air... and after the final reel had played, Bruce's lighting guy Marc Brickman (Lighting Director) took all of the tapes. So we (WMMR) never got a good copy of the show”. The concert broadcast was also likely to have been submitted to some kind of auto-limiter, designed to limit the volume difference between loud and quiet segments. This effect is audible throughout the FM broadcast.


Contrary to myth the police siren heard at the conclusion of “Incident On 57th Street” is an audio prop that had been utilized at a few of Bruce’s shows just prior to this one, i.e. it was not a real vehicle.

Running Into The Darkness

Friday 5 August 2011

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24.03.1977 - Music Hall, Boston, MA

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Disco 1

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01. Night
02. Don’t Look Back
03. Spirit In The Night

04. Incident on 57th Street
05. Thunder Road
06. Mona
07. She’s The One
08. 10th Avenue Freeze-Out
09. Growin’ Up
10. It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City
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Disco 2

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01. Backstreets
02. Jungleland
03. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
04. Born To Run
05. Quarter To Three

06. Little Latin Lupe Lu
07. You Can’t Sit Down
08. Higher & Higher
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+ Audience tape. Show features "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City" and the first known Springsteen version of Jackie Wilson's 1967 hit "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher". Released on CD "Running Into The Darkness" (E Street Records) and "Higher And Higher" (Doberman). - Brucebase

Between Dreams & Actions

Thursday 4 August 2011

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03.06.2000 - Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA

04.06.2000 - Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA *

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Disco 1

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01. Don’t Look Back
02. Prove It All Night
03. Two Hearts (w/ It Takes Two)

04. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
05. The Promised Land
06. Mansion On The Hill
07. The River
08. Youngstown
09. Murder Incorporated
10. Badlands
11. Out In The Street
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Disco 2

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01. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
02. Be True
03. Human Touch 
04. Intro / “Atlanta Foodbank”
05. The Ghost Of Tom Joad

06. Intro / “The Dead Penalty”
07. Dead Man Walkin’
08. Backstreets
09. Light Of Day

10. Ramrod

11. Bobby Jean

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Disco 3

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01. Born To Run

02. Thunder Road

03. If I Should Fall Behind

04. Land Of Hope And Dreams

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05. Point Blank 1
06. American Skin (41 Shots) 1

07. Further On (Up The Road) 1
08. Loose Ends 1

09. No Surrender (Country) 1

10. This Hard Land 1

11. Jungleland 1

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1 04.06.2000 - Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA

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+ Audience and IEM tapes. "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" is a full band version. Set also includes "Be True", "Human Touch" and "Dead Man Walkin'". Clarence replaces the "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" line "Girl, you better get the picture" with "Frankly, Bruce, I Don't Give A Damn". Available as an IEM/AUD mix "Between Dreams & Actions" (Ev2). Concert was filmed from the audience and is available on DVD.

- Brucebase