Bruce Springsteen 1978-11-12 Troy (CB 1st gen via JEMS).txt
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
RPI Field House
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
November 12, 1978
(CB 1st Gen Reel)
Taper: BF (unknown equipment and unknown mics)
CB's 1st Generation Maxell Reel > Teac X2000R Reel To Reel > Alesis Masterlink > File Transfer > Peak Pro XT (pitch adjustment / edit / subtle tweak) > xACT > FLAC
01 High School Confidential
02 Badlands
03 Streets Of Fire
04 Spirit In The Night
05 Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06 Independence Day
07 The Promised Land
08 Prove It All Night
09 Racing In The Street
10 Thunder Road
11 Jungleland
12 Rave On
13 Fire
14 Candy's Room
15 Because The Night
16 Point Blank
17 Mona > She's The One
18 Backstreets
19 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
20 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
21 Born To Run
22 Detroit Medley
23 Quarter To Three
Known Faults:
-None
Welcome back to the second installment of JEMS' mini series focusing on secondary markets during the Darkness On The Edge Of Town tour, upgraded from low generation tapes & reels out of the CB Archives.
We had planned an upgrade to the June 9th Milwaukee show as the second release but unfortunately father time has caught up to the second reel and the last 6 songs are currently unusable. We are searching the archives for another low gen source that matches the excellent quality of the first reel and hope to be able to bring that release to you at a later date.
We are pleased to offer in its place the outstanding November 12th show in Troy, NY.
Previous releases include a 2008 tape transfer and the silver CD "Live In Troy" on I Had A Dream Records wich runs fast, this release should be considered a major material upgrade and take its place as one of the top quality audience captures of the tour.
CB received the 1st gen reel directly from the taper (BF) who was not a big trader so there were a very limited amount of low gen versions in circulation, we are very fortunate this has held up so well over the last 38 years.
There are many highlights in this show, not only do we get 'High School Confidential' opening the show and 'Rave On' opening the second set, Bruce absolutely attacks and destroys the intro and outro solos to 'Prove It All Night'. Add to that gorgeous versions of the yet to be released 'Independence Day' and 'Point Blank' and you have the making of a top notch Darkness show.
All vocals, backup vocals and instrumentation come through loud and clear.
Possibly being overshadowed by the FM broadcasts that come before and after it or due to being in a secondary market, this show seems to be an after thought when considering the best shows of the tour. We hope this release will have you thinking twice about where to rank it in context of the complete tour.
We'll give the last word to Michael Dubois from his excellent review of the show in the "The Poly" dated November 15, 1978.
"With little doubt left in the minds of those in attendance, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band once again proved as they do every night that they are the best live band in the world. It is rare that a band can provide such an uplift, but it is nice to be able to say once again you can believe in the magic of rock 'n' roll."
Show a little faith, there's definitely magic in this night...
Thanks to CB for opening his archives once again and always at the ready to share with the Bruce community.
mjk5510 in partnership with CB and JEMS.
IVAN EDIT:
1) Tracks renamed/renumbered for CD Burning-no fade ins added
2) Tracks tagged
3) New .md5 & .ffp files created
4) Spectral/frequency graphs included
5) Artwork included if available
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