Beginning with 2014 “High Hopes” tour shows Bruce Springsteen has launched an archival concert download service where fans can obtain full length concert shows as performed on the day.
The first in a series of releases from the Bruce Springsteen Archives was the launch of the Wrecking Ball tour, A show recorded at the Apollo Theater, New York, on March 9, 2012. The show has been mixed by Bob Clearmountain.
Currently, the site is offering downloads of most shows from the 2014 High Hopes Tour including a complete performance of Born To Run from a recent show in New Zealand. The shows are available via MP3 lossless, HD-Audio and CD set.
The new site launches today with the expanded re-release of 30 concerts recorded on this year’s High Hopes tour, plus the first in a collectors’ dream come true: a planned series of vault releases that kicks off with the Apollo Theater, New York, NY, March 9, 2012
The High Hopes shows were available for a limited time through Springsteen’s Live Nation store before being closed down at the end of June. The new release adds key additional formats including three-CD sets and high-resolution, 24-bit downloads, as well as MP3s and lossless, CD-quality downloads.
The return of the High Hopes shows in superior quality (and on CD), the promise of even better live downloads on future tours and the official release of
Why was the Apollo chosen as the inaugural release? “Frankly, when you’re fortunate enough to sign a deal with Bruce Springsteen,” Serling says with a laugh, “you don’t really argue with his choice for the first release from his archives! What I’ve found with any actively touring artist, big or small, is that recent always trumps older in the artist’s mind. There’s an afterglow of big moments in the near-rear-view mirror that are more meaningful to them than the glories of the distant past.”
The Apollo show is all great news, but what many fans most eagerly anticipate is the potential of true vault releases.
According to a report on Rolling Stone, this series was put together by nugs.net, who have previously worked with Pearl Jam and Metallica on their own live downloads.The company’s CEO Brad Sterling indicated that future archival download releases are likely to include classic shows from the 1970s. With recent CD live sets surfacing through Amazon this is a welcome series for any Bruce Fans whose live shows are legendary.
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