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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & the E. STREET BAND – ” Soul Crusaders ” Toronto 1977

Posted: February 11, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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CLASSIC 1977 Broadcast from TORONTO At 3 a.m. on 28th May 1977, after ten months of legal battles, and nearly two years after Born to Run had catapulted him to national celebrity, Bruce Springsteen and his former manager, Mike Appel, settled their differences and parted ways forever. The move finally enabled Springsteen to begin recording a follow up album, with Jon Landau as his new producer of choice. But despite pronouncements of satisfaction with the terms of the settlement, both sides paid dearly for the truce Three months earlier however, in February 77, the outcome was less than certain, and as the Born To Run Tour stretched into its third year, Bruce and the E Street Band were still unable to enter a studio.

Despite this seemingly grave and stressful situation, the group continued to perform quite remarkable shows, of which they played 33 dates across North America in early 77. One particular highlight was their performance at Toronto s Maple Leaf Gardens on 13th February, the entirety of which is now released for the first time on this two disc set.

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Recorded for live FM broadcast, the band play a broad selection of cuts from across their catalogue to date, a fine range of covers, and a rarity in the form of Action In The Streets , a Springsteen original which has yet to see any kind of studio version made available.

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The first Growin’ Up of the 1977 tour at Maple Leaf Gardens Concert Bowl in Toronto, Canada on February 13, 1977

NEIL YOUNG and the STRAY GATORS – ” Toronto 1973 “

Posted: September 30, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Fascinating Broadcast Recording From The Legendary Time Fades Away Tour Comprising Jack Nitzsche, Ben Keith, Tim Drummond and Kenny Buttrey, The Stray Gators had backed Neil Young on 1972 s Harvest, and would go on to do likewise on the tour during which its follow-up, Times Fade Away, was recorded live. Featuring previously unreleased cuts, until 2017 Time Fades Away remained the only Young album not released on CD, despite critical acclaim from most quarters. What would later become known as the Time Fades Away Tour began on 4th January 73 in Madison, Wisconsin; it was fraught from start to finish. Young would later describe it as one of the unhappiest times of his life and the worst tour of his career.

However, the show performed at Toronto s Maple Leaf Gardens on 15th January, recorded for live FM broadcast and now featured on this CD in its entirety, sounds far from chaotic and forms a fascinating document of a legendary tour from which a full performance has rarely been heard. This CD features a set list that includes five numbers from the Time Fades Away album (albeit in different versions to those included on the record that would appear in the shops in November 73) alongside a handful from Harvest and others from earlier LPs.

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