uniondale.txt
LDB Special Series #389 (RLR collection)
Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed! I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my reward for all the work involved in this project.
DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing music here.
I have seen over 500 shows in my career. Most of them were taped but for others bad luck struck and I could not record it: on top of my mind there's a Paul McCartney show in 1993 in Milano where I was caught by the security or Porcupine Tree in Roma in March 1999 when the DAT machine would seem to work but listening back to the tape there would just be a long bunch of silence. Or during a Y.Malmsteen show where I got so annoyed that I left halfway through the show and erased the tape and finally on a PFM show in Milano in 2007 where I had to leave before the encore because the baby-sitter had to leave early that evening. Some other times I was very close not to tape or had to do it in extremely difficult situations: for the four Peter Gabriel shows at Earls Court in 1987 security was checking tapers with metal detector; at the David Gilmour comeback show in London in 2001 at RFH I had the security guy sitting next to me but I managed to tape the show without checking one single time my MiniDisc!
There was a time I was travelling anywhere in Europe to see shows, especially if there was no touring in Italy: I remember Rush in Paris in 1992 when the trio did not even know what Italy was. I have seen shows at stadiums(Genesis at Wembley) and in places with 30 people (Porcupine Tree in Milano in 1997); bands that would later become huge (Pearl Jam in a free show for 150 people) and masters of jazz (Miles Davis or Sarah Vaughan). Shows I will never forget (Pink Floyd at Versailles castle) and some I would rather forget (no comment...).
I truly believe that live music is what keeps music alive, what make us enjoying it together, what allow us to have deep feelings and transmit it to others. Studio records are nowadays 'commodities': you can buy online as anonymous wav files and listen in your iPod or at home. Live music will always imply an effort to buy the tix, travel to the venue, see the show, think about it when coming back home.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Uniondale, Nassau Coliseum
December 31, 1980
01.Intro MC /Night
02.Prove It All Night
03.Spirit In The Night
04.Darkness On The Edge Of Town
05.Independence Day
06.Who'll Stop The Rain
07.This Land Is Your Land
08.The Promised Land
09.Out In The Street
10.Racing In The Street
11.The River
12.Badlands
13.Thunder Road
14.Cadillac Ranch
15.Sherry Darling
16.Hungry Heart
17.Merry Christmas Baby
18.Fire
19.Candy's Room
20.Because The Night
21.4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
22.Rendezvous
23.Fade Away
24.The Price You Pay
25.Wreck On The Highway
26.Two Hearts
27.Ramrod
28.You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
29.Held Up Without A Gun
30.In The Midnight Hour & Countdown to 1981
31.Auld Lang Syne / Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
32.Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
33.Jungleland
34.Born To Run
35.Detroit Medley: Devil With A Blue Dress / Good Golly Miss Molly / C.C. Rider / Jenny Take A Ride / I Hear A Train / Devil With A Blue Dress (Reprise)
36.Twist And Shout
37.Raise Your Hand
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Lineage: Unknown recording device > n generation tape > Teac Tape Deck AD-RW900 > Creative Sound Blaster Audigy > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)
Enjoy!
ldb
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