Love, Soul & A Broken Heart (EV2)

External Download Link . MP3 (.RAR) [DOWNLOAD] Available until 15.07.2012 Brucebase Info (11.06.2012) Soundboard recording. One of the finest, most intense shows of the River Tour, perhaps related to the fact that Ronald Reagan had been elected president the day before – which Bruce notes with displeasure during the show. Many highlights in this show, including perhaps the definitive performance of "Drive All Night". Roy plays "Once Upon A Time In The West" as a prelude to "The River". According to Dave Marsh, during "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" Bruce fell off a speaker stack: "Bruce made one of his patented leaps to the speakers at the side of the stage. But this time he missed. The crowd just kept on cheering, but back at the sound-board where Jackson (soundman Bruce) and I were sitting, the tension was thick. Bruce might do anything, but this was weird; the band was holding the chord, and the chords of 'Rosalita' are not meant to be held for five seconds, much less fifteen. It's a good long drop from the speakers, two feet high, to the floor, a good eight or nine feet away. All there was between Bruce and the hard concrete floor was the band's monitor mixing board, but as he tumbled down, roadie Bob Werner reached out and broke the fall. (He sprained his wrist in the process.) Neither the band nor the crowd could see any of this. The next thing any of us knew, the guitar appeared, tossed atop the speakers. Then a pair of hands and at last, Springsteen's head, with his silly-faced-little-boy grin. He shook his head, pulled himself the rest of the way up, and strapped on his guitar, went back into action as if nothing had occurred.   Soundboard tape released on CDs 'Heart and Soul' (E Street Records) and 'Live In Tempe' (Palace), and most recently remastered on CDR 'Love Soul & A Broken Heart' (Ev2). The audio recording of “Badlands” from this show (minus spoken intro) was officially released on the Live 1975-85 box set. This show was professionally filmed in its entirety by producer/director Howard Lamden (who also served as Executive Editor). Lamden had previously filmed Pink Floyd and was the Director of Jackson Browne’s early '80s Downtown documentary. Unfortunately the film of this show remains in Springsteen’s vault and is not circulating among collectors. It is likely that the very brief snippets of River Tour performance footage seen in the promotional ‘10 Years Burning Down The Road’ advertisement for the Live 1975-85 box set emanates from the Howard Lamden film of this concert - although that is not 100% certain at this point. Click the link above to view this advertisement. Another tantalising snippet believed to be from this show can be seen in the 2012 documentary Wrecking Ball: A Conversation With Bruce Springsteen. Brucebase also believes that some of the concert was filmed from the audience.

Love, Soul & A Broken Heart EV2   05.11.1980 - Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 08.11.1980 - Reunion Auditorium, Dallas, TX * 15.11.1980 - The Summit, Houston, TX * 25.02.1988 - The Centrum, Worcester, MA *   * Bonus Tracks   Disc 1 01. Born To Run 02. Prove It All Night 03. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 04. Darkness On The Edge Of Town 05. Independence Day 06. Factory 07. Jackson Cage 08. Two Hearts 09. The Promised Land 4 10. Out In The Street 11. Racing In The Street 12. The River 13. Badlands Disc 2 01. Thunder Road 02. Intro / No Money Down 03. Cadillac Ranch 04. Hungry Heart 05. Fire 06. Candy's Room 07. Sherry Darling 08. Intro / Here She Comes 09. I Wanna Marry You 10. The Ties That Bind 11. Stolen Car 4 12. Wreck On The Highway 13. Point Blank 14. Intro 15. Crush On You 16. Ramrod Disc 3 01. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) 02. Drive All Night 03. Backstreets 4 04. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 05. I'm A Rocker 06. Jungleland 07. The Detroit Medley 08. Yellow Rose Of Texas 1 09. Fade Away 2 10. Walk Like A Man 3   Notes: 1 08.11.1980 - Reunion Auditorium, Dallas, TX 2 15.11.1980 - The Summit, Houston, TX 3 25.02.1988 - The Centrum, Worcester, MA 4 Mixed with another show to fill missing part   Remastering Info   Many pops/clicks removed one by one, mixed missing parts with another soundboard shows from 1980, boosted audio levels on some quiet parts and so on. You'll hear the difference.   +Many other improvements I never list.   "Yellow Rose Of Texas" is originally just an intro to "Cadillac Ranch", that's the reason it fades out to "Fade Away".   “The Boots” Info "One of only four (circulating) complete soundboard shows from the entire River tour. This show includes several highlights from early in the tour, especially opening with Born to Run, as well as rare performances of "Jackson Cage" and "No Money Down" as an intro to "Cadillac Ranch". Another "highlight" may be the trio of "Stolen Car," "Wreck on the Highway," and "Point Blank".