THE "BORN TO RUN"/"CHICKEN SCRATCH" TOUR COMPILATION 1975-1977
Back again with the John Juergensen compilations, this one includes both legs of the Born To Run Tour as well as the Chicken Scratch Tour. Every song played on the tour is in alphabetical order in the best quality available.
Download Links:
Vol. 1 -> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QBBD0VSB
Vol. 2 -> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HFZJC5Q8
Vol. 3 -> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AERHOKTL
Artworks included
DISC 1
4th July Asbury Park (Sandy) 8/15/1975
Action In The Streets 2/13/1977
Ain't Too Proud To Beg 10/4/1975
Baby I Love You 11/4/1976
Back In The U.S.A. 12/27/1975
Backstreets 3/25/1977
Be My Baby 11/4/1976
Blinded By The Light 4/7/1976
Born To Run 8/15/1975
Carol 10/11/1975
Carol/Lucille Medley 9/13/1975
Detroit Medley 4/7/1976
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St? 12/30/1975
Don't Look Back 3/24/1977
DISC 2
Intro (into E St) 8/15/1975
E St Shuffle, The 8/15/1975
Fine Fine Girl, A 10/25/1976
For You 12/30/1975
Frankie 4/7/1976
Funk Song 7/29/1975
Gimme That Wine 7/23/1975
Going Back 10/17/1975
DISC 3
Incident On 57th Street (FB) 4/7/1976
Incident On 57th Street (SP) 10/11/1975
Intro 10/11/1975
It's Gonna Work Out Fine 10/11/1975
It’s Hard To Be A Saint in the City 8/15/1975
Intro 4/7/1976
It’s My Life 4/7/1976
Jungleland 4/7/1976
Intro 8/15/1975
Kitty’s Back 8/15/1975
Knock On Wood 4/29/1976
Growin' Up 3/24/1977
DISC 4
Little Latin Lupe Lu 3/24/1977
intro 10/2/1975
little Queenie 10/2/1975
Lost In The Flood 12/2/1975
Love So Fine, A (with Havin' A Party) 8/8/1975
Meeting Across The River 4/4/1976
Mountain Of Love 12/30/1975
New Orleans 5/13/1976
New York City Serenade 7/29/1975
Night 3/24/1977
Party Lights 12/2/1975
Intro 10/17/1975
Pretty Flamingo 10/17/1975
Promise, The 4/4/1976
DISC 5
Quarter To Three 3/24/1977
Raise Your Hand 4/4/1976
Rendezvous 3/4/1977
Intro 10/11/1975
Rosalita 10/11/1975
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 12/2/1975
Say Goodbye To Hollywood 2/17/1977
Sea Cruise (5/28/76) 8/16/1981
Sha La La 12/28/1975
She’s Sure The Girl I Love 8/1/1976
She’s the One 10/11/1975
She’s the One with Mona 3/25/1977
Something In The Night (FB) 2/13/1977
Something in the Night (Slow) 11/4/1976
DISC 6
Spirit In The Night 8/15/1975
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (FB) 8/15/1975
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (Slow) 12/28/1975
Then She Kissed Me 8/15/1975
Thunder Road 4/7/1976
Thunder Road (SP) 8/15/1975
Twist And Shout 12/30/1975
Up On The Roof 8/8/1975
Walking In The Rain 11/4/1976
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 11/4/1976
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck 12/30/1975
When You Walk in the Room 8/15/1975
You Can't Sit Down 3/24/1977
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1976-77 Chicken Scratch Tour Revisited
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(includes artwork)
CD 1
1. Night (1976-08-22)
2. Rendezvous (1976-08-22)
3. Spirit In The Night (1976-08-22)
4. Its My Life (1976-08-22)
5. Thunder Road (1976-08-22)
6. Mona/Shes The One (1976-08-22)
7. Something In The Night (1976-08-22)
8. Pretty Flamingo (1976-04-29)
9. Incident On 57th Street (1976-04-29)
CD 2
1. When You Walk Into The Room (1976-04-08)
2. Frankie (1976-04-07)
3. Backstreets (1976-04-07)
4. Growin Up (1976-04-07)
5. Its Hard To Be A Saint In The City (1976-04-07)
6. Blinded By The Light (1976-04-07)
7. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (with The Miami Horns) (1976-08-22)
8. Jungleland (1976-08-22)
9. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (includling Prelude no.1) (1976-08-22)
CD 3
1. Baby, I Love You (with Ronnie Spector) (1976-11-04)
2. Walking In The Rain (with Ronnie Spector) (1976-11-04)
3. Be My Baby (with Ronnie Spector) (1976-11-04)
4. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1976-11-04)
5. Born To Run (1976-11-04)
6. Raise Your Hand (with Eddie Floyd) (1976-04-29)
7. Knock On Wood/ Yum Yum, I Want Some (with Eddie Floyd) (1976-04-29)
8. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (1976-10-25)
9. Havin A Party (1976-05-30) (with Southside And The Asbury Jukes)
10. You Cant Sit Down (1976-10-25)
11. The Devil In The Blue Dress Medley (1976-04-07)
12. Quarter To Three (1976-05-10)
CD 4 Bonus
1. 1976-04-04: Meeting Across The River
2. 1976-08-01: (Shes Sure) The Girl I Love
3. 1976-11-03: A Fine, Fine Girl
4. 1977-02-17: Say Goodbye To Hollywood
5. 1977-03-04: Action In The Streets
6. 1977-03-22: The Promise
7. 1977-03-25: Dont Look Back
8. 1977-03-25: Little Latin Lupe Lu
9. 1977-03-25: You Cant Sit Down
10. 1977-03-25: Higher And Higher
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1977//Will The Real Bruce Springsteen Please Stand Up (soundboard)
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Setlist:
Night *
Rendezvous *
Don't Look Back #
Spirit In The Night *
It's My Life *
Thunder Road *
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out *
Backstreets #
Jungleland *
Born To Run *
* Milwaukee,WI,Arena Auditorium(USA) 22-Feb-1977
# Baltimore,MD,Towson State University(USA) 13-Mar-1977
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The Darkness Tour 1978
The Cautious Man Mixes Presents:
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
The Heart Of Darkness
The Darkness On The Edge Of Town 1978 Tour Compilation
CMM Volume #4
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Disc 1:
1. The Main Event
2. Summertime Blues (8-9-78
3. Badlands (9-19-78
4. Streets Of Fire (12-19-78
5. Something In The Night (5-31-78
6. Adam Raised A Cain (6-16-78
7. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (9-19-78
8. Factory (9-3-78 intro portion, 12-15-78 song portion
9. The Promised Land (9-19-78
10. Prove It All Night (9-30-78
11. The Ties That Bind (12-15-78
12. Racing In The Street (9-19-78
13. Thunder Road (12-15-78
14. Spirit In The Night (9-19-78
Disc 2:
1. Good Rockin' Tonight (9-30-78
2. I Don't Wanna Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes (9-3-78
3. Rendezvous (12-19-78
4. Fire (12-15-78
5. Candy's Room (12-15-78
6. Because The Night (8-9-78
7. She's The One Medley (Mona/Preacher's Daughter 12-15-78 & Gloria/She's The One 9-30-78
8. Point Blank (12-15-78
9. Backstreets (12-15-78
10. The Boss's Birthday Party
11. Meeting Across The River (9-19-78
12. Jungleland (12-15-78
Disc 3:
1. Kitty's Back (9-19-78
2. High School Confidential (9-21-78
3. A Christmas Story
4. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (12-15-78
5. Growin' Up (8-9-78
6. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (8-9-78
7. Rosalita (9-19-78
8. Born To Run (12-15-78
9. 10th Ave. Freeze-Out (12-15-78
10. Rave On (7-7-78
11. Raise Your Hand (12-15-78
12. Twist & Shout (7-7-78
Notes:
This is the fourth volume of the Cautious Man Mixes.
Originally, I planned to make Volume 4 of the Cautious Man Mixes another acoustic outing by covering the Devils & Dust Tour. Then, a little thing
called life got in the way which delayed me in getting anything done with it. Then, Bruce announces a new album and tour (how dare he!) and then
the official announcement comes that Dan Federici is battling cancer, and is stepping away from the band to seek treatment. All these factors together
motivated me to rethink my choice of what Volume 4 should be, and so I chose to do something I've tried doing repeatedly over the past 5 years and
never got it to my satisfaction. I set out to put together a compilation of the holy grail of Springsteen tours, the 1978 Darkness Tour, in spite of a serious
lack of time with the holiday season upon us.
Although there is a lack of shows from this tour available in high quality audio, the ones that are out there, like the "Fab Five" Radio Broadcasts
(Roxy, Agora, Passaic, Atlanta & Winterland) are SO good that to chose between them is like splitting hairs. Everyone has their own favorites
from this era of Bruce, and can present an argument as to why their favorite is "the best." One thing that is certain, in my mind anyway, there has
not been more fierce performances from Bruce and the band before or after the Darkness Tour-the shows are a perfect example of rock and roll
personified. The living, breathing essence of pure rock fury and blistering soul. The tempos were faster, the guitars rocked harder, the performances
so exhilarating that it seemed like Bruce may have very well been living out his final moments right there on stage, and was hell bound on making it
the greatest moment of his life (and yours). If there is one tour (and album) that I can say without hesitation is MY favorite, and which locked me into
a permanent and frenzied fascination with Bruce Springsteen's music, it is Darkness On The Edge Of Town and the tour that accompanied the record
in 1978. This compilation includes EVERY song from the Darkness album, an album of pure perfection.
So, here it is-after much deliberation and constant re-editing and tinkering (some of which began 5 years ago)-my version of highlights from the Darkness
Tour. I put it that way as to avoid calling it "the best" of the 1978 tour, as that's near impossible to say. But these are some of my "desert island" favorites,
in the order that I usually ended up listening to them before this full compilation existed. I'm sure most folks already have the full shows that these clips
have been taken from, or maybe you've already put together your own 1978 compilation. I hope all who listen to this collection get as much joy out of it as
I do, now that I'm finally satisfied with the results.
I've always loved the way Bruce chose classic covers to pepper the show, and I've included several of those nuggets here. I'm also a huge fan of
the lead-in building up to She's The One, whether it be Mona, Not Fade Away, or Gloria. Here, as I could not chose one over another, so I have
mixed 2 versions together to create a "She's The One Medley" which is actually made up of Mona/Preacher's Daughter from the Winterland Show
(12/15/78 and Gloria/She's The One from the Atlanta show (9/30/78. Prove It All Night may SOUND better on some of the other tapes from the tour,
but I challenge anyone to find a more hell-raising, spine-tingling guitar solo by Bruce than the one I included here from Atlanta. Then there is the
guitar blow-out of Because The Night from the Agora, which can invoke seizures to those predisposed to such things! The dialogue in Growin' Up
from the Agora is also classic vintage Bruce, and hilarious to boot. Badlands and Darkness from Passaic are downright vicious in their intensity,
as is Streets Of Fire from Portland's Paramount Theatre. I'm also especially partial to the Saginaw, Michigan show from Sept. 3, which I think could get
my "show of the tour" nod, but that audience recording is plagued with some overly enthusiastic audience members, not that I can blame them. I included
Bruce's introduction to Factory from that show, a personal highlight when Bruce addresses his father and "those loud f**king machines!" The Roxy show
was also more than impressive, but due to the large amount of material officially released from that show, I have not included much of it here. The tour also
boasted some fine early versions of songs which would later end up on The River (as well as Tracks), represented here by Point Blank, The Ties That Bind,
and a terrific Rendezvous. And let us also not forget Santa, Rosie, the "birthday party" at the Passaic (Bruce's 29th), or the classic segue of Racing In The
Street into Thunder Road for that matter!
As I have said, arguments can be made as to which show or which particular version of a song was the best on this tour, but I'm sure a lot of folks would
agree this was Bruce and the band and one of the highest, if not THE highest, peaks of their career. Also, with the sad news of Danny's illness, I could
think of no better way to honor him and wish him well than by celebrating the music and performances that have galvanized an army of Bruce fanatics.
His signature organ is all over these songs, and it is a testament to the greatness he has brought to Bruce's sound for more than 30 years. Get well,
Danny, I wish you all the best. And I wish you all a happy & safe holiday season. Cherish those people and moments that are precious to you-you never
know how long you've got or how long it willl last.
So now, crack open some cold ones, and bootleggers out there in radioland, ROLL YOUR TAPES!!!
As the great Kid Leo said, "Round for round, pound for pound, there ain't no finer band around...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND!"
---thecautiousman, December 2007
No lossy sources were used in the making of this compilation. Whenever possible, original silver CDs were used.
The master mix was done the old fashioned way, on analog equipment, which I feel gives the songs a "warmer" sound.
Torrent includes artwork, flac fingerprints, and EAC log files.
Lineage: Original Silver CDs & Flac/Shn Downloads burned to TDK CD-Rs with EAC>Yamaha and JVC DVD/SACD players>Yamaha Mixing Console
for mixing/EQ adjustments/mastering>Pioneer Component Burner>TDK Master CD-R>EAC>Flac Frontend Level 8>YOU!
A HUGE thank you to RADIOLAND, the tapers, remaster "labels" and uploaders of the following shows, who made this possible:
5/31/1978 Music Hall Boston, MA
6/16/1978 Memorial Hall Kansas City, MO
7/7/1978 The Roxy Los Angeles, CA
8/9/1978 The Agora Cleveland, OH
9/3/1978 Civic Center Saginaw, MI
9/19/1978 Capitol Theater Passaic, NJ
9/21/1978 Capitol Theater Passaic, NJ
9/30/1978 Fox Theatre Atlanta, GA
12/15/1978 Winterland San Francisco, CA
12/19/1978 Paramount Theatre Portland, OR
Stay tuned for the next installment in the series!
This set is dedicated to Dan "The Phantom" Federici-Get Well Soon, Danny!
Happy Holidays to all from "The Cautious Man!"
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Total Darkness
If you are a Darkness Tour fan, (and who isn't) this should catch your interest.
How about a themed compilation of 61 songs from that tour? (this ain't no A-Z collection that's nice to have but you never listen to)
There was a lot of thought and care that went into this. Songs were chosen for the quality of the performance as well as the sound. Sure, we could all quibble with the choices, but overall this is a terrific 5 disk documentary of one of the greatest rock and roll tours ever.
The notes below about each disk are the notes from whoever did this thing. It's long, but he put a lot of thought into it. Agree or not, read it or not, just thought I'd put this up here for those who are interested.
There are 5 disks. Each has a separate link below. There's a ton of artwork that's included with disk 5.
Disc 1: The Opening
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BTMZXZ86
Disc 2: After the Intermission
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FRXSP2W7
Disc 3: Bringing it Home and Encores
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Disc 4: The Covers
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Disc 5: And Now for Something Special
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Disc 1: The Opening
"Bootleggers out there in radioland, roll your tapes!"
We begin our documentary of the timeless Darkness on the Edge of Town tour by presenting songs that would feature in the first part of the show, in the sequence they would typically appear on any given night. The Darkness tour was the first to see the marathon length performances that Bruce would become legendary for; and this was facilitated by the
introduction of a short intermission, which divided the main body of the concert into two different sets. Shows in 1978 usually included twenty one to twenty six songs, and lasted up to three hours or more, not including the intermission. This fifteen to twenty minute break did more than merely give the band and audience some respite, and energy to go on for
longer. It created two separate and very distinct sets, and facilitated a new model of concert, which would remain in place for many years to come.
While the first set would develop subtly over the course of the tour, it quickly established its role of presenting the more serious, mature and reflective music in a deliberate sequence of delivery, which changed little. This was a pattern that Springsteen would follow for much of his career.
Some songs would be played every night. "Badlands" was the most likely choice for the vital opening song slot, and much of the rest of the first set was taken up by songs from the new album; music that Bruce had worked so hard and long to create and release to the public. "It's a different kind of fun. It's more fulfilling. I don't mean they're fuller. There's this stretch where we go from "Darkness" to "Thunder Road", a stretch of songs that we do basically in the same order every night because there's this continuity thing that happens. It makes connections and it gives the rest of the show resonance." Other songs featured here, such as "Meeting Across the River" and the Darkness outtake "Rendezvous", appeared only
on a few occasions. "Night" was only played early in the tour, while "Jungleland" would not become a standard until almost two months on the road. "Streets of Fire" was hardly played at all during the initial summer tour, but would be entrenched in the set by the fall. The first hour of a Darkness tour show was of course anything but plodding and bleak. In
fact the most obvious highlight of the first set was arguably the lusty "Prove it all Night", delivered in an extended guitar dominated rendition, which made the original album version sound downright pedestrian. While the overall tone of Darkness on the Edge of Town very much lived up to its sombre title, live performances of the new songs were characterized more by intensity than darkness.
Title: Source
Badlands: Piece de Resistance
Streets of Fire: Piece de Resistance
Night: The Promise
Spirit in the Night: Roxy Night
Rendezvous: Paramount Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town: Jersey Devil
Factory: Winterland Night
Promised Land: Summertime Bruce
Prove it all Night: Fox Theatre Presents the Boss
Racing in the Streets: Piece de Resistance
Thunder Road: Piece de Resistance
Meeting Across The River: Palladium
Jungleland: Fox Theatre Presents the Boss
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Disc 2: After the Intermission
The second half of the main set was inevitably more laid back and fun, but also more intense, building up momentum before the inevitable multiple encores brought the house down. Before he had even played a note, this lighter mood was often evident from Bruce's onstage banter before he kicked off with a lively second set opener like the instrumental "Paradise by the 'C'" or "The Ties that Bind".
The Darkness tour can be divided into several periods, each with its distinctive sound and mood, and this is most evident in the different kinds of songs which might be included in the flexible second set. The shows in the early summer are brash, violently in your face, almost like a hangover from the intensity of the '77 tour; witness for instance the crashing assault
of "Saint in the City", only a week into the tour. The mid-to-late summer saw a much more light hearted and joyous show, including an early "Sherry Darling", and humorous monologues in the middle of "Growin' Up", both preserved here from the Cleveland Agora radio broadcast. By the early fall the mood was darker again, less vicious but more moody
than it had been at the beginning of the tour. The particularly desperate version of "Point Blank" included here is taken from the classic Winterland show in December; perhaps the best known of all the '78 tour shows. Even when the overall tone of the show was a darker one, the second set with its added unpredictability and lustful intensity made for a different
mood than the first set.
The second set was above all an exercise in extremes. The raw edgy electric power of "Adam Raised a Cain" would contrast with the defeatist despair of "Point Blank". Bruce would approach the same themes from different musical angles. That timeless rock 'n' roll theme - sex, would be amply represented by "Candy's Room" and "Because the Night" but also
"Fever" and "Fire". During August, "Sherry Darling" and "Sandy" (included on disc 5) might appear side-by-side, combining to lend a romantic summery feel to the show.
Today it can be easy to forget that much of the second set featured songs which were then unreleased and would have been unfamiliar to all but the most frequent concert goers. Upon comparing early versions of "Sherry Darling", "Point Blank" and "Because the Night" with their later released versions, it is clear that these songs were very much works in progress.
In fact, "Point Blank" underwent several lyrical changes during the tour and "Because the Night" developed (alongside "Prove it all Night" and the ever changing "She's the One" medley) to become a tour de force for Bruce's exceptional guitar antics, which truly reached their peak in this period. It might be observed that these unreleased songs would never
again sound quite so vibrant and downright excellent as when they were fresh, being played live and experimented with night after night.
Title: Source
Paradise By the "C": Summertime Bruce 8/9/78
The Ties That Bind: Paramount Night
Sherry Darling: Summertime Bruce
Fire: Raising Cain
Candy's Room: Killers in the Sun
Adam Raised a Cain: Killers in the Sun
It's Hard To Be a Saint in the City: Million Dollar Sound
The Fever: The Firecracker Show
Because The Night: Summertime Bruce
Point Blank: Winterland Night
Mona - She's The One: Winterland Night
Growin' Up: Summertime Bruce
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Disc 3: Bringing it Home and Encores
Before the encores could be allowed to bring the house down, the fluid second set would be tied up with two key songs. Nearly every night, "Backstreets" would inject a shot of bitter desperate longing to the end of the main set. By the late 70s, this song regularly featured an intensely emotional monologue known to the fans as "Sad Eyes", which would later
develop into "Drive all Night". This unique story/song changed every night, and brought the already powerful song to new heights. Its unexpected absence from Live 1975-85 was perhaps the hardest to forgive of that album's numerous edits; and the version from the legendary Roxy show can be heard here in its full glory. No song could rival "Backstreets"
for emotion, so the time honored show closer "Rosalita" was the ultimate rock "n" roll antidote, once again shifting the tempo and mood, and culminating with the traditional band introductions before the band left the stage.
Of course Bruce wouldn't be done by then. Upon returning to the stage, he liked to take a moment to thank the audience for their continued support over the recent few years when the band had been barred from the recording studio, before launching into a taut and frantic "Born to Run".
Most shows during the summer months seem to have ended with around three songs in two separate encore sets, but by the end of the tour, fortunate crowds might be treated to half a dozen or more songs. It was not unknown for the band to return to the stage after the exhausted crowd thought the show was all over. On at least one occasion the band returned
to play a fourth encore set for the dumbstruck few hundred fans that had been too wiped out to leave their seats after the house lights had gone up.
Several of the radio broadcasts of shows even have parts of the final encores cut from the broadcast because the radio DJs assumed the concert was over when the band returned for one final encore.
The final songs of the evening would usually be covers of rock 'n' roll chestnuts the band loved to play at full tilt. These would be extended with numerous false endings, and humorous interaction with the crowd. By the end of the show everyone would be physically and emotionally spent. "I can see some people that ain't up back there! Do you think this is
a free ride? You wanna' play, you gotta' pay!" Sometimes the last image the crowd might have would be Bruce being carried off the stage by his band mates. Looking back on it all much later Bruce remarked; "We took our fun very seriously".
Bruce's music of the 80s and beyond would explore broader and bolder themes and more important ideas, but it was his uncompromising attitude towards rock "n" roll during the 70s which earned him the devotion of a core of diehard followers, many of whom have stayed with him to this day. The Darkness tour encapsulated the youthful music of this vital first
decade in what many fans regard to be his finest concerts ever.
Title: Source
Backstreets: Roxy Night
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight): Fox Theater Presents the Boss
Independence Day: Roxy Night
Born To Run: Winterland Night
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out: Million Dollar Sound
Raise Your Hand: Roxy Night
Detroit Medley: Winterland Night
Quarter To Three: Paramount Night
Twist and Shout: Summertime Bruce
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Disc 4: The Covers
Night after night Bruce would pay tribute to his musical heroes and influences by performing a slew of cover songs. Here we collect many of the ones which were played at one time or other, especially the ones which were played several times and therefore exist in high sound
quality on readily available recordings.
It is pretty clear from listening to the light-hearted rock 'n' roll songs just how much Bruce enjoyed performing them. While introducing "Sherry Darling", Bruce had frequently referred to the "fraternity rock" songs "Double Shot of my Baby's Love" and "Louie Louie" as inspiration (see disc 2), and one night at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN, he
performed both songs, seemingly inspired by the campus surroundings of the venue. Many of the short fun rock 'n' roll songs are taken from the mid tour period, when they provided a kind of antidote to, or release from, some of Bruce's own darker, more intense original material (and later in the tour, the seasonal Santa Claus is Coming to Town provided the
same counterbalance). If he was in the right mood, Bruce might decide to kick-start his show with one of these before going forging on into Darkness mode with "Badlands".
A few of the slower paced songs had been played on earlier tours. "It's My Life" and "Pretty Flamingo" had both been standards in the set several years prior but returned for rare appearances. Conversely "Chimes of Freedom" was premiered in a rare performance in 1978, but ten years later would become part of the set for the European leg of the Tunnel of
Love Express tour and the Amnesty tour in 1988.
However, most of the songs included here were only played up to a dozen or fewer times in 1978 and subsequently more or less left out of Bruce's live catalogue. Some, like the spontaneous "Night Train" and Charleston set opener "Oh Boy" were probably only played once ever, in the performances documented here. It is a testament to the E Street Band not
only that they were able to break into any number of old classics at the drop of a hat if Bruce needed to mend his guitar mid set, but that they performed them to such perfection.
The E Street band's characteristic combination of double guitars, piano, keyboard and sax in addition to the standard bass guitar and drums all merged to form a very loud and full sound, which brought a new dimension to songs which may have been first performed with far more limited instrumentation.
Title: Source
Summertime Blues: Summertime Bruce
Night Train: Fox Theatre
Double Shot of My Baby's Love: South Bend
Louie Louie: South Bend
Pretty Flamingo: Firecracker Show
It's My Life: South Bend
Good Rockin' Tonight: Paramount Night
Heartbreak Hotel: Roxy Night
Rave On: Roxy Night
Oh Boy: Oh Boy
It's Gonna Work Out Fine: Veterans Memorial
Chimes of Freedom: Masonic Temple Auditorium
Sweet Little Sixteen: The Jersey Devil
High School Confidential: Bosses Birthday Party
Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes: Killers in the Sun
I Fought the Law: This Could Be the Last Time
Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Paramount Night
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Disc 5: And Now for Something Special
While the setlist on the Darkness tour did not tend to change wildly from night to night, a wide selection of original material was played during the course of the tour, including all of Born to Run, all of Darkness and about half of the material from the first two albums. In addition, there was a wealth of new original material, which had not made the Darkness,
although most of these songs would be eventually released on subsequent albums and later, box sets. There is not enough space on the first three discs to include all the essential original songs played on the tour; here we compile a number of excellent performances of various songs played throughout the tour in a sort of "the rest of the best" compilation.
None of these songs were standard inclusions throughout the tour. Songs like "For You" and "Sandy" moved in and out of the set throughout the tour. But "Lost in the Flood" was only played a couple of times during the entire tour. Of particular note on this set is "The Promise", which was used as an encore early on in the tour before disappearing from the live set for over twenty years. This track had almost made it to the Darkness album and was long considered to be one of Bruce's best ever unreleased tunes. Fans and critics alike have speculated over whether the song is about the infamous lawsuit that kept Bruce from the recording studio. According to the man himself, the song was written before the lawsuit, but by 1978 Bruce was singing the song with a rewritten final verse.
Songs like the then unreleased "Independence Day" and "The Ties that Bind" underwent lyrical or music changes; compare for instance the versions here with versions on the other discs of the set. "She's the One", on the other hand was already an established live favourite from Born to Run and was played in a medley with various songs, which might change from night to night. The rampaging version from the Fox Theatre radio broadcast for instance, incorporates covers of "Not Fade Away" and "Gloria", and has some spectacular guitar work not included in the version on disc two.
By the late seventies, the E Street Band was a red hot live band routinely performing songs in renditions far superior to the versions originally laid down in the recording studio. "Incident of 57th Street" was brought to new heights by an anguished guitar solo at the end, beautiful in its mournful simplicity. While on home turf at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, the band played what may have been the tightest show of the tour; and "Kitty's Back" from that night demonstrates just how well the band could jam as a cohesive unit.
1978 represented a time when Bruce was a rising star shining at his very brightest. The music of Darkness tour can be best described as intense, emotional and sometimes dark rock 'n' roll, delivered at its most energetic and exciting. The compilation has tried to distil what is left of that energy through "the magic of bootlegging". As you listen to these discs,
close your eyes and be transported back in time to that magic era.
Title: Source
The Ties That Bind: It's Dangerous Down There Tonight
For You: Million Dollar Sound
Something in the Night: Million Dollar Sound
Independence Day: Fox Theater Present The Boss
The Promise: Paramount Theater
Lost in the Flood: Masonic Temple Auditorium
Fourth of July, Asbury Park: Passaic Night
Kitty's Back: Passaic Night
Incident On 57th Street: Palladium
Not Fade Away /Gloria / She's the One: Fox Theater Presents the Boss
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The River Tour
A Little Bit Of Heaven Here On Earth The River Compilation
CD1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZBNCI7Y3
CD 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VQHLN5PD
CD 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=692O4GBB
CD 4
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LCC767RZ
CD 5
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A9E1VW8Q
CD 6
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WG8VNUFY
DISCO 1
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - 12/29/1980
Auld Lang Syne - 12/31/1980
Backstreets - 11/5/1980
Badlands - 12/31/1980
Ballad Of Easy Rider - 8/20/1981
Because The Night - 12/31/1980
Born To Run - 12/31/1980
Cadillac Ranch - 12/31/1980
Cadillac Ranch w/ Yellow Rose of Texas - 11/8/1980
Cadillac Ranch w/ No Money Down - 11/5/1980
Candy's Room - 12/31/1980
Can't Help Falling In Love - 4/19/1981
Intro - 11/5/1980
Crush On You - 11/5/1980
Darkness On The Edge Of Town - 12/29/1980
DISCO 2
Intro - 8/28/1981
Deportee - 8/28/1981
Detroit Medley - 8/20/1981
Double Shot Of My Baby's Love - 1/26/1981
Drive All Night - 11/5/1980
Factory - 12/29/1980
Fade Away - 12/31/1980
Fire - 12/29/1980
Follow That Dream - 5/2/1981
For You - 12/29/1980
Good Rockin' Tonight - 10/18/1980
Growin' Up - 8/16/1981
Haunted House - 10/31/1980
DISCO 3
Held Up Without A Gun - 12/31/1980
Hungry Heart - 12/31/1980
I Don't Wanna Go Home - 7/3/1981
I Fought The Law - 8/28/1981
Intro (Here She Comes) - 11/5/1980
I Wanna Marry You - 11/5/1980
I'm A Rocker - 11/5/1980
In The Midnight Hour - 12/31/1980
Incident On 57th Street - 12/29/1980
Intro - 7/15/1981
Independence Day - 7/15/1981
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City - 9/14/1981
Jackson Cage - 11/8/1980
Jersey Girl - 7/9/1981
Intro - 8/20/1981
Johnny Bye Bye - 8/20/1981
Jole Blon - 8/20/1981
Jungleland - 12/31/1981
DISCO 4
Kansas City - 2 5 1981
Louie Louie - 1 26 1981
Merry Christmas Baby - 12 29 1980
Night - 12 29 1980
On Top Of Old Smokey - 10 25 1980
Out In The Street - 12 29 1980
Outer Limits - 10 31 1980
Point Blank -12 29 1980
The Price You Pay - 12 31 1980
The Promised Land - 12 31 1980
Proud Mary - 9 14 1981
Prove It All Night - 12 29 1980
Prove It All Night (Long Intro) - 11 1 1980
Quarter To Three - 8 28 1981
DISCO 5
Racing In The Street - 12 31 1980
Raise Your Hand - 12 31 1980
Ramrod - 7 15 1981
Rave On - 8 23 1981
Rendezvous - 12 31 1980
The River - 12 31 1980
Rockin' All Over The World - 5 2 1981
Rosalita - 7 15 1981
Run Through The Jungle - 5 8 1981
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - 12 31 1980
Sea Cruise - 8 16 1981
Sherry Darling - 9 10 1981
She's the One - 7 15 1981
Spirit In The Night - 12 31 1980
DISCO 6
Intro - 12 29 1980
Stolen Car - 12 29 1980
Summertime Blues - 7 3 1981
Sweet Little Sixteen - 11 1 1980
Sweet Soul Music - 4 19 1981
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - 12 29 1980
Intro - 12 31 1980
This Land Is Your Land - 12 31 1980
This Little Girl - 7 3 1981
Thunder Road - 7 15 1981
The Ties That Bind - 11 5 1980
Intro - 8 20 1981
Trapped - 8 20 1981
Twist And Shout - 12 31 1980
Two Hearts - 12 31 1980
Waltz Across Texas - 11 9 1980
Intro Part1 - 8 20 1981
Intro Part2 - 8 20 1981
Wholl Stop The Rain - 8 20 1981
Wreck On The Highway - 12 31 1980
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) - 12 31 1980
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Posted by night at BTX…..
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Born In The USA Tour Compilation
A Vow To Defend - 173 Glory Days (Born In The USA Tour Compilation)
Link 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RFI1TP2A
Link 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HTITUJEL
Includes ramrod75 artworks
Various performances covering every song performed on the tour, (with the exceptions of Rave On - 7 Sept `84, and Night 29 October `84, as I have no audio of these two versions). I also didn’t include the stand alone version of Travellin` Band, which was performed towards the end of the tour, as it is included in the Detroit Medley
This is my first attempt at uploading, so please be patient.
Sources: Dime downloads, Jungleland downloads, Original Silver CD`s, and CDRs received in trades
Minor EQing done with Magix Audio Cleaning Lab
Seques done in Magix Audio Cleaning Lab`s 2 track mode
Tracks split with Magix Audio Cleaning Lab
Converted to FLAC in FLAC Frontend
There is no artwork for this set. Please feel free to design some.
Disc 1
01 High Shool Confidential - 31/10/84 Los Angeles, Ca.
02 Born In The USA - 02/10/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
03 Darlington County - 19/09/85 Oakland, Ca.
04 Who`ll Stop The Rain - 22/09/84 Pittsburgh, Pa.
05 Spirit In The Night - 18/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
06 Atlantic City - 21/10/84 Oakland, Ca.
07 Johnny 99 - 19/11/84 Kansas City, Mo.
08 Intro
09 Open All Night - 12/07/84 East Troy, Wi.
10 Seeds - 04/07/85 London, England
11 Factory - 26/11/84 Dallas, Tx.
12 Intro
13 Mansion On The Hill - 21/10/84 Oakland, Ca.
14 State Trooper - 21/10/84 Oakland, Ca.
15 Intro
16 My Fathers House - 14/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
17 Highway Patrolman - 06/07/85 London, England
Disc 2
01 Nebraska - 19/11/84 Kansas City, Mo.
02 Reason To Believe - 18/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
03 Johnny Bye Bye - 18/11/84 Lincoln, Ne.
04 Intro
05 The River - 04/07/85 London, England
06 No Surrender * - 29/06/84 St Paul, Mn.
07 Intro
08 War - 02/10/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
09 Working On The Highway - 19/09/85 Oakland, Ca.
10 Trapped - 17/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
11 Intro
12 I`m Goin` Down - 20/08/84 East Rutherford, NJ.
13 Prove It All Night - 12/07/84 East Troy, Wi.
14 Out In The Street - 21/06/85 Milan, Italy.
15 Independence Day ** - 30/07/84 Detroit, Mi.
16 The Promised Land - 02/10/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
17 Intro
18 Used Cars - 13/07/84 East Troy, Wi.
* Full Band Version
** Unique one off version, featuring Bruce on the acoustic guitar, Roy on keyboards and Danny on glockenspiel
Disc 3
01 Shut Out The Light - 26/10/84 Los Angeles, Ca.
02 Sugarland - 18/11/84 Lincoln, Ne.
03 My Hometown - 26/08/84 Landover, Md.
04 Point Blank - 18/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
05 I Fought The Law - 18/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
06 Badlands - 01/07/84 St Paul, Mn.
07 Darkness On The Edge Of Town - 20/08/84 East Rutherford, NJ.
08 Thunder Road - 19/11/84 Kansas City, Mo.
09 Cover Me - 19/09/85 Oakland, Ca.
10 Dancing In The Dark - 19/09/85 Oakland, Ca.
11 Hungry Heart - 26/10/84 Los Angeles, Ca.
12 Cadillac Ranch - 04/07/85 London, England.
13 Sherry Darling - 12/07/84 East Troy, Wi.
14 Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - 20/08/84 East Rutherford, NJ.
15 Candy`s Room - 18/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
Disc 4
01 A Womans Got The Power - 09/08/84 East Rutherford, NJ.
02 No Surrender * - 12/07/84 East Troy, Wi.
03 Wreck On The Highway - 28/03/85 Sydney, Australia.
04 Independence Day ** - 04/07/85 London, England
05 Man At The Top - 12/07/84 East Troy, Wi.
06 Be True - 26/08/84 Landover, Md.
07 Because The Night - 21/06/85 Milan, ,Italy
08 Downbound Train - 21/10/84 Oakland, Ca.
09 Fire - 13/07/84 East Troy, Wi.
10 I`m On Fire - 02/10/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
11 Stolen Car - 08/11/84 Tempe, Az.
12 Pink Cadillac - 04/07/85 London, England.
13 Growin` Up - 19/09/85 Oakland, Ca.
* Solo acoustic versions
Disc 5
01 Intro
02 Independence Day * - 17/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
03 Bobby Jean - 06/08/84 East Rutherford, NJ.
04 Racing In The Street - 19/11/84 Kansas City, Mo.
05 Backstreets - 21/06/85 Milan, Italy
06 Rosalita - 26/08/84 Landover, Md.
07 Jersey Girl - 22/09/84 Pittsburgh, Pa.
08 I`m Bad, I`m Nationwide - 15/09/85 Philadelphia, Pa.
09 Jungleland - 18/11/84 Lincoln, Ne.
10 When I Grow Up To Be A Man - 01/06/85 Dublin, Ireland
11 Follow That Dream - 21/10/84 Oakland, Ca.
12 Can`t Help Falling In Love - 04/07/85 London, England
13 This Land Is Your Land - 02/10/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
Disc 6
01 I`m A Rocker - 19/10/84 Tacoma, Wa.
02 Two Hearts - 04/07/85 London, England
03 Drift Away - 14/12/84 Memphis, Tn.
04 Born To Run - 02/10/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
05 Street Fighting Man - 06/07/85 London, England
06 Detroit Medley (inc. Travellin` Band & Kansas City) - 19/11/84 Kansas City, Mo.
07 Ramrod - 07/07/85 Leeds, England
08 Woolly Bully - 19/10/84 Tacoma, Wa.
09 Twist & Shout/Do You Love Me? - 19/09/85 Oakland, Ca.
10 Stand On It - 27/09/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
11 Janey, Don`t You Lose Heart - 27/09/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
12 Rockin` All Over The World - 02/10/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
13 Glorys Days - 02/10/85 Los Angeles, Ca.
14 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - 18/09/84 Philadelphia, Pa.
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Tunnel of Love Express Tour 1988
67 Dates With The Boss, The Tunnel Of Love Compilation
cd 1 & 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2GFPJYLO
cd 3 & 4
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6QBNGO58
cd 5
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=985M2V0O
DISCO 1
Across The Borderline
Adam Raised A Cain
All That Heaven Will Allow
Backstreets
Badlands
Be True
Because The Night
Bobby Jean
Boom Boom
Born In The U.S.A.
Born To Run (A)
Born To Run
Brilliant Disguise
DISCO 2
Cadillac Ranch
Can't Help Falling In Love
Cautious Man
Chimes Of Freedom
Cover Me
Cryin'
Dancing In The Dark
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Detroit Medley
Downbound Train
Follow That Dream
Glory Days
Have Love Will Travel
Hungry Heart
DISCO 3
I'm A Coward
I'm On Fire
Light Of Day
Little Latin Lupe Lu
Lonely Teardrops
Love Me Tender
New York, New York
One Step Up
Out In The Street
Paradise By The C
Part Man Part Monkey
Promised Land, The
Quarter To Three
Raise Your Hand
River, The
DISCO 4
Rosalita
Roulette
Seeds
She's the One with Ain't Got You Intro
She's the One with Who Do You Love Intro
Spare Parts
Sweet Soul Music
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Thunder Road
Tougher Than The Rest
Tunnel Of Love
DISCO 5
Twist And Shout with Having a Party
Two Faces
Vigilante Man
Walk Like A Man
War
Working On The Highway
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Candy's Room
For You
From Small Things
Protection
When You're Alone
Valentine's Day
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Covers Volume 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XN17N5M0
Here are seven of the eight tracks missing from the above-referenced file (Get Up, Stand Up is the only track still missing):
Have Love Will Travel 5/3/88
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4JY48YXA
Sweet Soul Music 5/3/88
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=33Q5BSPH
Little Latin Lupe Lu 5/3/88
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XCTODMET
Vigilante Man TOL Tour
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=02WF9KC7
Lonely Teardrops 5/22/88
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T4VGGSVC
Boom Boom 7/3/88
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TBGC664O
Across The Borderline TOL Tour
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8C9E2YQ6
1. Crazy Love (5:45)
2. A Change Is Gonna Come (3:01)
3. Let It Be Me (2:26)
4. Satisfied Mind (3:29)
5. Just Like A Woman (2:47)
6. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) (2:11)
7. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1:54)
8. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (2:00)
9. Crying (3:22)
10. Have Love, Will Travel (6:05)
11. Sweet Soul Music (4:37)
12. Raise Your Hand (6:15)
13. Little Latin Lupe Lu (4:01)
14. Lonely Teardrops (6:04)
15. Across The Borderline (5:55)
16. Vigilante Man (5:23)
17. Boom Boom (4:04)
18. Get Up, Stand Up (5:07)
Notes:
* Tracks 1-7 soundcheck, The Omni, Atlanta, GA 03/23/88
* Tracks 8-9 soundcheck, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA 05/03/88
* Tracks 10-13 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA 05/03/88
* Tracks 14-15 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 05/22/88
* Track 16 Aston Villa Park, Birmingham, UK (England) 06/21/88
* Track 17 Olympic Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden 07/03/88
* Track 18 "Human Rights Now" Tour/Amnesty International Benefit, Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina 10/15/88 w/ Sting, Youssou N'Dour, Peter Gabriel & Tracy Chapman
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