very short on working links to anything from 1977, a few bits and pieces from 78, the old btx mp3 index is literally a disaster zone up to jan 74 and not much better after until we get to the river obviously though that little collection was pieced together from far and wide. Not attempted bitusa yet and still battling it out with the tunnel tour. Not expecting great results from 'the other band' or tom joad tours either. Got most of the outtakes covered though so it's just a case of getting the links together in some chronological fashion.
NIGHT (2.54) / RENDEZVOUS (2.56) / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (5.38) / IT'S MY LIFE (11.36) / THUNDER ROAD (5.18) / SHE'S THE ONE (8.13) / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (4.35) / BACKSTREETS (9.12) / GROWIN' UP (8.01) / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (4.05) / JUNGLELAND (8.45) / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) (9.57) / 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.22) / A FINE, FINE GIRL (2.43) / RAISE YOUR HAND (3.45) / THE PROMISE (5.05) / BORN TO RUN (4.35)
Audience tape and soundboard. Show features Bruce’s earliest known cover of the Darlene Love-Phil Spector classic “A Fine, Fine Girl”. This gig has traditionally been noted in books as Springsteen’s first-ever large indoor arena concert as a headliner - however in reality the Springsteen show at Vets Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix on September 26th probably deserves that title. This show’s encores were released on the CD boot ‘Arena Rock’ (Palace), which is otherwise primarily the soundboard tape from August 22nd show. The complete audience recording is available on CDR as part of the "Original Master Series". Nearly 14 minutes of semi-pro color film footage of excerpts of "Jungleland” and “Born To Run” from this show are in circulation and can be found (with rough soundboard audio) on the DVD ‘Bruce Springsteen: 8MM’ (Brucevideos).
i see you've found New Orleans in the meanwhile .. don't bother to read my PM then hehe
don't know if it's the same boot though .. Louisiana Fever from Original Master Series
to remember ...
tonight Bruce is going to be honored as Musicares Person Of The Year
tribute gala will see Neil Young, Eddie Vedder, Sting, Alabama Shakes and others
Perhaps more than any other recording artist today, Bruce Springsteen celebrates the power and glory of the gospel of rock and roll. After more than 40 years of strapping on a guitar and fronting a band, Springsteen has reached a point in his career where he could rest on his laurels and few would blame him. Only he hasn't. And won't. Not now. Not tomorrow. Probably not ever.
Here's proof: Instead of slowing down, he's sped up. Instead of playing less, he's playing more. Instead of becoming soft and more forgiving, he's become hard and more pressing. Springsteen used to play three-hour-plus shows — with an intermission. Now he plays four hours — with no intermission.