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if anyone wants some vague idea of sound quality of any of the links i posted check here for a rough guide:

http://www.springsteen.ca/audio.php?year=1975

the rest of the years are down the left side in red.

clover68

12 years

very good site thanks .. bad it hasn't been updated since 2004 .. so brucebase remains my "bible" hehe

loftarasa

12 years

The last couple of days I went through the same process like 6 years ago when I discovered U2 for me: The live qualities of an artist intrigued me to dig deeper to see what he or she or they is/are really all about (attitude, humour, social conscience...).

What I found out so far makes Mr Springsteen one of the few artists whose whole package appeals to me in a very "personal" way I'd say. I think I love everything about him.

So the last couple of days I downloaded quite a bunch of bootlegs (thanks again Ade!!!!!) and want to experience some more Bruce live fascination.

However, as a day only has got 24 hours (ouch!) I'd like to ask if any of you bootleg-listeners have a kind of playlist with their favourite live versions. I'd be happy happy HAPPY to check it out! You don't necessarily have to upload it, the date and location would be enough information for me to go look for it.

Here's what I came up with so far. Sadly not yet really structured and frankly just starting from scratch so to speak:

Growin' Up (2009 11-22 - Buffalo)
Drive All Night (1980 11-05 - Tempe)
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (1977 03-24 - Boston)
We Are Alive (2012 07-09 - Zurich)
The E Street Shuffle (1975 08-13 - New York)
Light of day (MTV Plugged - Live in Concert 1992)
Backstreets (1978 12-15 - San Francisco)

In a German forum I found the following suggestion for live songs on a kinda "Bruce-for-Beginners"-CD:
Reason To Believe (Live Version, Magic-Tour)
This Little Light Of Mine (Live in Dublin)
Thunder Road (Live 1975-85)
Streets Of Philadelphia (Oscars 1994 or Live version from the Hungry Heart CDs from 1995)
Long Walk Home (HH Version)

Any help / song suggestions are highly appreciated!

I'd also like to ask for any help in finding this particular bootleg (torrent or download links I found on the web/jungle are not available anymore):
2005-07-31 - Prodigal Son's Night Of Debuts
^^ This one has a tremendous live version of Valentine's Day on it; just found that out today morning, thanks to a list posted on the German Rolling Stone website.

ade

12 years

someone on btx has asked for 31 7 05 if it's ever responded to i'll post the links - 2005 has become a disaster zone in terms of working links. We've got someone delivering 105 dvd's of mp3 to two people to up and share but clearly that won't happen overnight.

this is a link to the grand rapids show on 3 8 05 but the bonus tracks include valentines day etc from colombus.

http://springsteenbootlegs.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/grand-rapids-night_21.html

and the putlocker download link works i just checked.

clover68

12 years

very welcome on board Katja

... not only 24h a day are not enough but also 365 days a year are not to cover and satisfy the need of Bruce live (and outtakes rarities etc) hehe

about playlist i don't think i'd be of much help as, like for the album, i'm for listening the whole concert from start to end and not mixes.
i can report some remarkable as soon as they will pass through my ears if you want

for example on 2 feet

Prove It All Night - Atlanta 30 sep1978
i'm on Fire - Rome 06 jun 2005 (i don't usually like this song that much but this is something else)

loftarasa

12 years

Thank you ade for the hint! I actually saw that myself today but didn't check the link coz I believed the note there

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Thanks for your suggestions clover! I got the Rome bootleg already and will check it out

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You are right about the outtakes and rarities hehe - I just started to listen to the Lost Masters vol. series yesterday or the day before. There's a best of-compilation of these 19 (I think) CDs but I'd like to go through myself.
I'm really astounded by how interesting and as good some alternate takes are.

Here's my list so far. I hope I - WE - can update it from time to time

1975
The E Street Shuffle (1975 08-13 - New York)

1977
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (1977 03-24 - Boston)

1978
Backstreets (1978 12-15 - San Francisco)
Prove It All Night (1978 09-30 - Atlanta)

1980
Drive All Night (1980 11-05 - Tempe)

1992
Light of day (MTV Plugged - Live in Concert 1992)

2005
I'm On Fire (2005 06-06 - Rome)
Valentine's Day (2005 07-31 - Columbus)

2009
Growin' Up (2009 11-22 - Buffalo)

2012
We Are Alive (2012 07-09 - Zurich)

OUTTAKES, RARITIES...

"Running Out Of Innocence" (Godfather Records)
Thunder Road (alternate take with different lyrics)
Jungleland (alternate take with strings and different solos)
Jungleland (alternate take with strings)
Backstreets (alternate take with strings)

"Lost Masters Vol. 1"
Born In The U.S.A. ("Alone In Colts Neck" - The Complete Acoustic Demos Of The Nebraska Sessions, Colts Neck, NJ, Dec 1981 - Jan 1982)
Pink Cadillac ("Alone In Colts Neck" - The Complete Acoustic Demos Of The Nebraska Sessions, Colts Neck, NJ, Dec 1981 - Jan 1982)

clover68

12 years

list saved and will be updated by me too as things go by

you can already add
You've Got It - 2012-07-24 Bergen
being the only performance .. for now hehe

clover68

12 years

Originally posted by loftarasa:[..]

Oh yes it's in the jungle. When I edited my post I accidentally deleted the info where to download lol. A HD-version will follow asap.

i can't download from there since some days

.. i'm having some problems with that tracker; weird thing is just with that one!
i have other 5 trackers in the basket i usually use and there all works great

loftarasa

12 years

Is it because of your ratio? It's also up on hungercity.org.

clover68

12 years

no my ratio is well up over the limit

.. it seems a matter of connection with the tracker (upload works but it doesn't affect its count; when i put a torrent in download it searches for seeds forever and the tracker status is always blank)

i will check that site thank you

question about your list ... is it strictly grouped by year/tour and a song can appear more times (once for year anyway) or it must appear one and only time?

(i don't know if i've understood myself hehehe)

clover68

12 years

by the way to complete the *All Night songs ..

Open All Night - 2006-06.13 Tinley Park, Il

i'm redusting the Seeger Sessions this morning hehe

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