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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – ” Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1975 “

Posted: February 12, 2015 in MUSIC
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Bruce Springsteen is continuing his live Archive Series of CDs which began last year with the release of the Apollo Theater, New York City concert of March 12, 2012 and the Agora Theatre, Cleveland show of August 9, 1978 (from The Darkness on the Edge of Town tour). The newest release, for which pre-orders began Tuesday, takes fans back to the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, on December 31, 1975 when Springsteen and the E Street Band held the stage for an electrifying night.

The last night of 1975 was also the last night of the Born to Run tour. As the press information for this new release indicates, “engineer Jimmy Iovine brought The Record Plant Remote truck out for the occasion. Front of house recordings of this show have circulated for years, along with partial tapes of stereo mixes from the multi-tracks. This marks the first time the entire show has been mixed for release.”
Toby Scott at Thrill Hill remixed the tracks just last month, and Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering mastered them for this release. The nineteen-song rock and roll extravaganza includes seven of the eight songs from Born to Run (sorry, “Meeting Across the River” fans) as well as favorites from Springsteen’s first two albums (“It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City,” “4th of July Asbury Park (Sandy),” “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight”) and choice covers such as the epic reinvention of The Animals’ “It’s My Life,” “Mountain of Love,” “Pretty Flamingo,” the Detroit Medley, “Quarter to Three” and the show-closing “Twist and Shout.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs-hVHPQiYo

As with the other releases in Springsteen’s live series, Tower Theater Philadelphia 1975 is available in multiple formats: MP3, FLAC or Apple Lossless , HD-Audio FLAC-HD or ALAC-HD) and CD. CDs will not begin shipping until March 1, but those purchasing the CD have the usual option to pay extra to obtain MP3s now.

All three volumes of The Bruce Springsteen Archive Series – plus a number of recent concerts from 2014 – are available at Springsteen’s official live store for download and physical purchase.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Tower Theater Philadelphia 1975
Setlist
Intro
Night
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Spirit in the Night
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
It’s My Life
She’s the One
Born to Run
Pretty Flamingo
It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Backstreets
Mountain of Love
Jungleland
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Detroit Medley
Quarter to Three
Thunder Road
Twist and Shout

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – ” Radio Broadcast WMMR-FM, The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, 5th February 1975 (Audio)

Posted: February 9, 2015 in MUSIC
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA on February 5th 1975. Held as a benefit for the 270+ seat coffeehouse This Is the Soundboard Recording for “Prodigal Son At The Main Point” (Prodigal Son)

On this day 40 years ago, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played a gig at a coffeehouse in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania called The Main Point. With a capacity of just 300 and an assortment of homemade baked goods, The Main Point was a popular venue amidst Philadelphia’s folk music movement in the 1970s. Everyone from Leonard Cohen to Jackson Browne to Cat Stevens would hit The Main Point’s stage during its heyday, but no concert was more revered than the one Bruce Springsteen gave on February 5th, 1975.

Coming six months before the release of “Born to Run”, the setlist included the live debut of “Thunder Road” (then known as “Wings of Wheels”) as well as spirited, extended versions of “Kitty’s Back”, “New York City Serenade”, “Rosalita”, and “For You”. Rounding out the set were covers of Bob Dylan’s “I Want You”, Chuck Berry’s “Back in the U.S.A.”, and Harold Dorman’s “Mountain of Love”.

The concert was broadcast live on-air by Philadelphia radio station WMMR and since emerged as one of the most popular bootleg recordings. Listen to the full stunning 18-song, 160-minute performance.

Setlist

01. Intro – Incident On 57th Street 0:00:00
03. *Mountain Of Love 0:10:34
04. Born To Run 0:13:56
05. The E Street Shuffle 0:18:44
06. *Thunder Road “Wings for Wheels” 0:31:41
07. I Want You (Bob Dylan cover) 0:38:09
08. Spirit In The Night 0:45:10
09. She’s The One 0:51:29
10. Growin’ Up 0:57:59
11. It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City 1:01:25
12. Jungleland 1:05:33
13. Kitty’s Back 1:15:23
14. New York City Serenade 1:27:07
15. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 1:47:01
16. 4th of July, Asbury Park 1:59:37
17. A Love So Fine / Shout 2:06:24
18. For You 2:15:28
19. *Back in the U.S.A. (Chuck Berry cover) 2:23:50

Bruce is introduced by Ed Sciaky to start the broadcast. Suki Lahav played violin and added backing vocals on several tracks as well as Gerry Tallant and Clarence Clemons

The Band 
Bruce Springsteen, vocals, guitar
Clarence Clemons, saxophone, backing vocals
Garry Tallant, bass, backing vocals
Danny Federici, organ, accordion
Roy Bittan, piano
Max Weinberg, drums
Suki Lahav, violin, backing vocals

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – ” Live at the XLIII Superbowl ” 1st February 2009

Posted: February 2, 2015 in MUSIC
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Incredible performance at the celebrated halftime of the XLIII Edition of the Superbowl, on the 1st of february 2009, at Tampa byBruce Springsteen & E.Street Band who played at Super Bowl Halftime Show at
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM, TAMPA, FL. A total showman, Bruce Springsteen projected a full 100 yards of charisma as he proudly introduced the E Street Band. Re-watching them open with ‘Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out’ instantly reminds one of just how much Clarence Clemons will be missed. Springsteen’s choice to play ‘Born To Run’ seemed highly appropriate, as was ‘Working On A Dream’ which allowed a full-fledged choir and the audience to participate. Calling over guitarist Little Steven to duet on ‘Glory Days’ capped off this high-energy performance, which even included a referee getting into the act. It was a top-notch halftime from beginning to end.

setlist:
“Tenth Avenue freeze-out”
“Born to run”
“Working on a dream”
“Glory days”

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – ” Live at Agora Theatre Cleveland ” on WMMS Radio 9th August 1978 “

Posted: January 13, 2015 in MUSIC
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band took the stage at Cleveland’s Agora Theatre and Ballroom on August 9th, 1978. This is the official released soundboard in the highest quality audio (HD) Imagine hearing Springsteen go from “Racing in the Street” into “Thunder Road” into “Jungleland” – and then he comes back out for the second half of the show. This epic Cleveland set is from August 9th, 1978, a highlight of the fabled Darkness tour, simulcast on local station WMMS. Springsteen burns through classics like “Rosalita” (with a snippet of the Village People’s “Macho Man”), castoff gems like “Fire” and covers from “Summertime Blues” to “Twist and Shout.” The peak is the 10-minute “Prove It All Night,” with the long, moody guitar-piano intro. This is simply the greatest live album the greatest of live rockers has ever officially released.

 

 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – ” Live in Passiac at the Capital Theatre September 19th 1978 “

Posted: January 9, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Bruce Springsteen has played over a thousand shows across the last four decades, nearly all of which will live forever in the hearts and memories of the fans who attended. However, there are a handful of shows that are so well-known and legendary that they are referred to simply by one name: Agora, Passaic, and Winterland. These shows have become part of a Springsteen fans vernacular and used as a point of reference when discussing just about every aspect of Bruces career. These abbreviations of course refer to the following concerts Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band performed in the wake of the Darkness album in 1978. Agora: The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, August 9, 1978; Passaic: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, September 19, 1978; Winterland: The Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, December 15, 1978.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1jMGOdjVg8

In addition to all being from the same tour, they were also all broadcast live on the radio. And they were transmitted through the surrounding areas the Agora show was heard throughout the Mid West; Passiac was heard up and down the Northeast, and Winterland was broadcast in Northern California up through Seattle, Washington – indeed all areas that had supported Bruce in the first five years of his recording career, and through extended time between the Born to Run album and its 1978 follow-up, Darkness on the Edge of Town.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP6AZpinXoo

The show presented on this 3 CD set, as performed in Passaic, New Jersey, on September 19th 1978, is perhaps the best of the bunch. Played on the first night of a 3 date run at the Capitol Theatre, it was the night before Bruces birthday on the 20th, and the party mood had begun now available through Amazon.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – Live at The Fox Theatre, Atlanta Georgia 30th September 1978

Posted: December 16, 2014 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Echoes very proudly presents the entire FM broadcast of Bruce Springsteen s legendary performance at the The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia from 30th September 1978 in its definitive edition. Originally scheduled for 23rd July (but postponed due to Springsteen s occurring throat infection), the 30th September 1978 performance in Atlanta offers a valuable snapshot of The Boss in his energized, formative years. The show was broadcast on twenty FM radio stations in the southern eastern states.there is an awesome version of ” Prove It All Night” this is another of the wonderful sets available now through Amazon

Setlist From Atlanta 30th September 1978 Fox Theatre,Atlanta 1. Good Rockin’ Tonight 2. Badlands 3. Spirit In The Night 4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town 5. Independence Day 6. The Promised Land 7. Prove It All Night 8. Racing In The Street 9. Thunder Road 10. Jungleland 11. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town 12. Night Train World prem 13. Fire 14. Candy’s Room 15. Because The Night 16. Point Blank 17. Not Fade Away 18. Gloria 19. She’s The One 20. Backstreets 21. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 22. Born To Run 23. 10th Avenue Freeze-Out 24. Detroit Medley 25. Raise Your Hand

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E. STREET BAND – ” Don’t Look Back “

Posted: December 6, 2014 in MUSIC
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Bruce Springsteen’s prolific nature as a songwriter has often been at odds with his meticulous attitude towards constructing an album, and while Springsteen is known to regularly feature new songs in concert, that doesn’t mean that they’re necessarily going to appear on his next album. “Don’t Look Back” was a song that first began popping up in Springsteen’ s live sets during his three-year lawsuit-motivated recording layoff between Born To Run and Darkness On The Edge Of Town, and along with “The Promise”, another tune that first appeared around this time, the song quickly achieved a near-legendary status among Springsteen fans. However, when Darkness On The Edge Of Town was finally released in 1978, neither song made it into the final sequence. In the case of “The Promise”, as strong as the song was, it also summed up the themes of the album so well that it would likely have seemed almost redundant in context, or made the rest of the album seem superfluous. The trouble with “Don’t Look Back” was a bit trickier; a song of uncommon passion from one of the most fiery performers in rock, “Don’t Look Back” was a tale of defiance against long odds and all but hopeless circumstances, and was cut from the same cloth as Darkness’s two side-openers, “Badlands” and “The Promised Land”. However, while “Don’t Look Back” was as good if not better than either of those songs, it lacked the anthemic quality that made “Badlands” a great overture, as well as the hard-won optimism that “The Promised Land” brought to the disc at a crucial moment in its sequence. In short, “Don’t Look Back” was a superb song that didn’t quite fit Darkness On The Edge Of Town, even though it was so strongly of a piece with the album’s other songs, and while Springsteen and The E-Street Band cut a crackling version of it during the Darkness sessions, the recording first reached fans on a bootleg album called Don’t Look Back (which also featured a live take of “The Promise”, as well as the long-unreleased Three Mile Island protest number “Roulette”). However, in 1998 “Don’t Look Back” finally gained an authorized release when it closed out the first disc of Springsteen’s ambitious box set of “songs that got away”, Tracks.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E.STREET BAND – ” Live In Vancouver Wrecking Ball Tour “

Posted: November 29, 2014 in MUSIC
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A small compilation of the Springsteen show in Vancouver

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