Bruce Springsteen – Chicago, IL (10/11/80)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Uptown Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
October 11, 1980

01 Prove It All Night
02 Badlands
03 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
04 For You
05 Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06 Wreck On The Highway
07 Factory
08 Jackson Cage
09 Out In The Street
10 The Promised Land
11 The River
12 Racing In The Street
13 Thunder Road
14 Jungleland
15 Good Rockiní Tonight
16 Cadillac Ranch
17 Fire
18 Sherry Darling
19 Here She Comes > I Wanna Marry You
20 The Ties That Bind
21 Point Blank
22 Crush On You
23 Ramrod
24 You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
25 Because The Night
26 Stolen Car
27 Backstreets
28 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
29 Born To Run
30 Detroit Medley
31 Raise Your Hand

(1st Generation via the DS Archives)
Transfer: 1st Generation Tape > Nakamichi DR-1 (azimuth adjusted) > MacBook Pro > Audacity > Peak Pro XT (volume smoothing / tweak / edit / index) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

From the original uploader:
This is the first in a series of potential upgrades from longtime taper/trader, Dan Scripsema. First, a little history behind Dan and his archives, Dan began taping & trading in the mid 1970ís after noticing a taper at a Bob Seger show in 1976. He decided heíd purchase a deck himself and give it a go but the cheap deck he bought at the time did not give him the desired results. So, in 1978 , he upgraded to an Aiwa deck with an external mic which improved his quality, however, this rig was short lived after being caught in Kalamazoo, MI and the deck was damaged in the ensuing, as Dan describes it ìconfrontationî. Around this same time he began making contact with other traders and amassing a collection.

In 1979 he invested in a Sony D5 with a shotgun mic but with Bruce off the road at that time it wasnít until 1980 he was really able to put the new rig to use. It was during this time that he and some of his fellow trading buddies organized a national tape traders directory, he obtained vital information from fellow tapers/traders, categorized it and an early version of the tape traders tree was born. This set the group up for the early October start of the River tour. As the River tour took off, Dan covered most of the shows within driving distance of his home in West Michigan. The band of tapers which included such legendary tapers well known here, think Persic, Kivak, JEMS, etc., continued into the summer of 1981.

Before the Detroit shows in July of 1981 there was a gathering of the group at Danís house. From a personal aspect this was a very important gathering for Dan, the group bussed down to Detroit for the shows and it was on this bus trip that Dan met his wife of 33 years. Incidentally, Danís friend and fellow taper Lou Hill met his future wife on this same bus trip.

The collaboration continued for the Born In The USA Tour but as Tunnel Of Love hit the stores the responsibilities of family and fatherhood took over so everything was packed up and put away.

We fast forward to 2005 with things unchanged until a water pipe burst in Danís basement and much of his collection was lost. Luckily for us though, most of the Bruce archives were stored separately and survived.

That brings us to the second night in Chicago 1980, having to miss the first night due to work responsibilities a friend in Chicago hooked him up with tickets for the second night. He decided due to the venue size, not knowing where his seats were located and the fact he already had a friend taping that he would not be taping this show. The friend taping is the source of this 1st generation tape.

The two sold out October Chicago shows in the 4800 seat Uptown Theatre were part of a handful of early River tour theatre shows. These two shows prompted the addition of an arena show on November 20th due to the large number of fans who werenít able to get in to either show.

The early River shows donít seem to suffer from the same sound issues as the early Darkness shows, Clair Brothers Audio didnít appear to have any problems going from arenas to theatres and the sound is dialed in pretty quickly on this night, being the second night in the same venue couldnít have hurt either.
The show itself follows the basic set list for the first leg of the tour and is heavy in River material, the LP having just been released the day before. One slight addition to this show was an early set tour debut of ëFor Youí followed by a songs of despair mini set of ëDarkness On The Edge Of Towní, ëWreck On The Highwayí and ëFactoryí. Two nights later ëWreck On The Highwayí would be moved to its’ permanent place in the second set. Another tour premiere opens the second set in the high energy ëGood Rockiní Tonightí. Any personal recollections of the show have faded with the years.

Not only is this a nice material upgrade in sound, though far from perfect and should not be considered a top tier River show quality wise, but the between song edits found on the circulating versions are completely in tack here making for a much more pleasant and accurate listening experience. This in combination with the theatre setting gives this one a real ìyou are thereî feel absent from the previous releases of this show. The richness of Bruceís vocals comes through nicely, particularly on the slower songs. Samples provided.

At this point there are a handful of people we need to give some thanks to for helping to bring this show to you. First, earlmv for making the initial contact with Dan through Jungleland in regards to this specific show, earlmv put the word out that Dan wanted to get his archives into general circulation but someone was needed in the states to cut down on the cost. Next, oats1jvo picked up the ball with a follow up contact with Dan on how the best way to proceed would be. Oats1jvo put Dan and I in contact with each other and we are off and running. As with all my non JEMS postings, a huge thanks to E from JEMS for the lending of his backup DR-1 so more shows can continue to get into circulation.

And lastly, the biggest thanks to Dan for hanging onto his archives for all those years and his generosity in wanting to share it with us all. Please show your appreciation to all these folks in your comments.

Iím not sure whatís in store down the road but this is a worthy addition and upgrade to Bruceís River Tour legacy.

Billy Joel – Uniondale, NY (12/11/77)

Billy Joel
The Entertainer In New York
December 11, 1977
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, NY, USA

Main Stream
MSBR-70A/B
Source: Silvers > EAC > WAV > jetAudio > FLAC

Disc 1
01 Soundcheck / Introduction
02 The Mexican Connection
03 The Stranger
04 Somewhere Along The Line
05 Summer, Highland Falls
06 Piano Man
07 Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
08 Travelin’ Prayer
09 Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
10 Still Crazy After All These Years
11 Just The Way You Are
12 Prelude / Angry Young Man
13 New York State Of Mind

Disc 2
01 The Entertainer
02 Vienna
03 Root Beer Rag
04 She’s Always A Woman
05 I’ve Loved These Days
06 Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
07 The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
08 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas / Captain Jack
09 Say Goodbye To Hollywood
10 Only The Good Die Young
11 Get It Right The First Time
12 Souvenir

Note:
Artwork denotes wrong track list.

Artwork:
Disc 2 Track 8: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Disc 2 Track 9: Captain Jack

Correction:
Disc 2 Track 8: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas / Captain Jack

Mark Knopfler – Paris, France (07/11/96)

Mark Knopfler
“FIRST NIGHT IN PARIS 1996”
Le Zenith
Paris, France
1996-07-11.

Source: audience
Format: 2 CDRs
soundquality: 9+ (scale 1-10)

Enlight note:

Very good performance, brilliant to heavenly guitar playing.
Mark knopfler and band with assistance from “The Electra Strings”(On some songs)
Stunning long versions of “The Bug” and “Cannibals”.
Included the rarely played “Vic And Ray”
Nice instrumental “Hawaiian Lullaby” – a folk tune played by Richard on slide guitar joined by Guy and Glenn , very nice which also makes this bootleg a “must have”. (IMHO)

CD 1:

1. Intro
2. Darling pretty
3. Walk of life
4. Imelda
5. The bug
6. Rudiger
7. Je suis desole
8. Calling Elvis
9. I’m the fool
10. Last exit to Brooklyn
11. Romeo and Juliet
12. Sultans of swing

CD 2:

1. Band introduction
2. Done with Bonaparte
3. A love idea
4. Vic and Ray
5. Father and son
6. Golden heart
7. Cannibals
8. Telegraph road
9. Brothers in arms
10. Money for nothing
11. The long highway
12. Going Home
13. Hawaiian lullaby

The band:

Mark Knopfler : guitars and vocals
Glenn Worf : bass and backing vocals
Chad Cromwell : drums
Richard Bennett : guitars
Jim Cox : piano, accordion
Guy Fletcher : keyboards and backing vocals

The electra strings:

Sonia Slany – Violin
Jocelyn Pook – Viola
Dinah Beamish – Cello
Jules Singleton – Violin

comments:J.van ToL (OEB)

Great sounding recording!
The Electra Strings join the band on some songs.
Great to hear the rarely performed songs Vic and Ray
and a live version of the Hawaiian Lullaby played by Guy Fletcher, Glenn Worf and Richard Bennet.

Complete concert.

Simon & Garfunkel – Overs 1964 – 1970: Live, Studio and Demos

SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Overs 1964-1970
Live, studio and demos and studio sessions

Disc One:
1. Bleecker Street
2. Kathy’s Song
3. Bleecker Street
4. Sparrow
5. A Most Peculiar Man
6. Sparrow
7. Tom Wilson Rap
8. Somewhere They Can’t Find Me
9. Bad News Feeling
10. I Wish You Could Be Here
11. Blues Run The Game
12. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 3
13. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 4
14. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 5
15. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 6
16. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 7
17. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 8
18. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 9
19. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 10
20. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 11
21. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 12
22. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 13
23. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – take 14
24. Overs – take 4
25. Overs – take 5
26. Overs – take 6
27. Overs – take 7
28. Overs – take 8
29. Overs – take 9
30. You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies

Disc Two:
1. A Poem On The Underground Wall
2. Red Rubber Ball
3. Blessed
4. Anji
5. A Church Is Burning
6. Intro
7. A Poem On The Underground Wall
8. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
9. Overs
10. Anji
11. Patterns
12. The Sound Of Silence
13. Overs
14. A Most Peculiar Man
15. Bye Bye Love
16. Feuilles-Oh
17. Bridge Over Troubled Water
18. Why Don’t You Write Me – instrumental
19. Why Don’t You Write Me – vocal only
20. Why Don’t You Write Me
21. The Only Living Boy In New York
22. Cecilia – early percussive mix
23. Hey Schoolgirl
24. That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
25. Lightniní Express

Disc 1:
track 1: 1964 demo
track 2: 1965 demo
tracks 3-7: BBC 1965
track 8: Sound Of Silence sessions 1966 outtake
tracks 9-10: Sound Of Silence sessions 1966 rehearsals
track 11: Sound Of Silence sessions 1966 outtake
tracks 12-23: Parsley Sage Rosemary & Tyme 1966 sessions
tracks 24-30: Bookends 1968 sessions & outtake

Disc 2:
tracks 1-5: Carnegie Hall, New York, 1967
tracks 6-12: FM-Net concert, 1967/68
tracks 13-15: Vermont 1968
tracks 16-22: Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970 demos & sessions
tracks 23-24: Carnegie Hall, New York, 1969
Track 25: Paris 1970

From the original uploader:
This is the stream of the Simon & Garfunkel early period torrents, 1957-1970, mostly in excellent quality, that will last until the beginning of September, still ratio-free. The music is great, so feel free to enjoy your way!

1984 (Featuring Brian May) – Teddington, England (03/31/67)

1984 (featuring Brian May)
31 march 1967
Thames Television, Broom Lane Studio
Teddington UK

01. Hold on I’m coming (Isaac Hayes/ David Porter)
02. Knock on wood (Eddie Floyd/ Steve Cropper)
03. NSU (Jack Bruce)
04. How can it be (Ron Wood)
05. Step on me (take1) (Tim Staffel/ Brian May)
06. Step on me (take2) (Tim Staffel/ Brian May)
07. Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
08. Our love is driftin’ (Elvis Bishop/ Paul Butterfield)
09. Remember (Jimi Hendrix)
10. Sweet wine (Ginger Baker/ Janet Godfrey)

Line up: Dave Dilloway – bass guitar
John Garnham – rhythm guitar/vocals
Brian May – lead guitar
Tim Staffel – vocals/harmonica
Richard Thompson – drums
John Sanger – piano

Taken from QUeenpedia.com:

Also from 1967, and of far more interest, is 1984’s professionally recorded Thames Television demo tape.
During his first-year of study at Twickenham Technical College, Dave Dilloway had made friends with a number of technicians, or trainee technicians, at the Teddington-based ITV Company, which served the London area.
The station had recently invested in new recording equipment, and rather than hire professional musicians at the usual union rate, in a set up similar to the first Queen sessions at the De Lane Lea studios, 1984 were let loose in the studio to record at their leisure.
Dave Dilloway’s carefully preserved tape still plays perfectly, and includes the following songs: “Hold On I’m Coming”, “Knock On Wood”, “NSU”, “How Can It Be”, two early run-throughs of the original May/Staffell composition “Step On Me” (which eventually became the B-side to Smile’s “Earth”), “Purple Haze”, “Our Love Is Drifting'”, and medleys of “Remember”/”Sweet Wine” and “Get Out My Life Woman”/”Satisfaction”.
The session ended with a run-through of “My Girl”.

“What an extraordinary amalgam!” declares Tim Staffell today.
“There’s Tamla, Cream, Hendrix, Lee DorseyÖ ‘Our Love Is Driftin’ ‘, we’d have heard by Paul Butterfield.
I’d forgotten there was such a large soul component in 1984!”

Dave Dilloway has the technical details: “This tape is the most recent, best and most representative of 1984 that I’m aware of.
It is mono, but since it was made on good quality TV studio equipment and was carried out along the lines of a proper studio recording, with separately mixed microphones for each source, it is remarkably good quality for its age.
The material, except for ‘Step On Me’, is all cover versions, but as it dates from the late 1984 era, Brian’s playing is more prominent and effective, with his own style starting to show through.
All the performances are competent – particularly Tim’s vocals and Brian’s guitar; although the mix is a little heavy on John’s rhythm guitar for some reason, probably the ‘ear’ of the recording engineer at the time.
All tracks were laid down in one take, i.e., no overdubbing at all, so the sound is predominantly simple, as per our live versions.”

Mark Knopfler – London, England (06/01/13)

Mark Knopfler
Royal Albert Hall
London, England
June 1st 2013

Recorded with a Zomm H2 Digital Recorded
Splitted, normalized and volume increase with Soundforge
Flad made with Trader Little Helper, level 8
Audience recording made from the stalls M

Special guest stars
Ruth Moody (Vocals, guitar on “I dug up a diamons”)
Nigel Hitchcock (saxophone)

CD1
01 – What it is
02 – Corned Beef City
03 – Privateering
04 – Father and son
05 – Hillfarmers blues
06 – Intro to Ruth Moody
07 – I dug up a diamond (With Ruth Moody)
08 – Seattle (with Ruth Moody)
09 – Intro to Nigel Hitchcock
10 – I Used to Could (With Nigel Hitchcock)
11 – Romeo and Juliet (With Nigel Hitchcock)
12 – Sultans of Swing

CD2

01 – Haul Away
02 – Postcards from Paraguay
03 – Marbletown
04 – Speedway
05 – Telegraph Road
06 – So Far Away
07 – Shangri la (With Nigel Hitchcock)
08 – Going Home (With Nigel Hitchcock)

Last night of the six sold out nights at the Royal Albert Hall

Ryan Adams – Bedhead Vol. 1

Ryan Adams
Bedhead
Bedhead Compilation Volume 1
1999-2001
Various Venues and Locations

Source: Soundboard/Audience
Lineage: ?x CD-r > EAC v0.95 prebeta 5 > .wav > FLAC v1.7.1 (level 8,align on sector boundaries)

Tracklist

Disc 1 (Vol 1)
October 28, 1999 – Nashville, TN
01. Statuettes With Wounds
02. Onslow County
03. Folklore

October 29, 2000 – Asheville, NC
04. Memories Of You
05. It Wasn’t…

February 16, 2000 – Austin,TX
06. Don’t Fail Me Now

September 28, 2000 – Philadelphia, PA
07. Nighttime Gals
08. Gimme Sunshine
09. Born Yesterday
10. Oh My Sweet Valentine

November 07, 2000 – Gothenberg, Sweden
11. Abigail
12. The Fools We Are As Men
13. I’m Alright Today

November 1, 2000 – Minneapolis, MN
14. Hey There Mrs.Lovely
15. Just Like A Whore

February 13, 2001 – Seattle, WA
16. Mara Lisa

February 17, 2001 – San Francisco, CA
17. Movie Star Girl
18. My California Love
19. God Bless The Week(You Go Away)

Disc 2 (Vol 2)
February 17, 2001 – San Francisco, CA
01. Pretending’s Fun
02. Caterwaul
03. What Sin
04. Memphis (aka Drunk & Fucked Up)
05. Where Is My Heart,Famous Eyes?
06. She Wants To Play Hearts

February 18, 2001 – San Francisco, CA
07. Perfect and True
08. Young Winds
09. The Shoeshine Man

April 24, 2001 – Malmo, Sweden
10. Dear Anne
11. My Love For You Is Real
12. Everything’s Alright

July 14, 2001 Nashville, TN (with The Pinkhearts)
13. Charmed
14. Tell Me How You Want Me

November 14, 2001 – San Francisco, CA (with The LAX)
15. Don’t Ask For The Water
16. Desire
17. I Don’t Wanna Work

Disc 3 (Vol 3)
January 5, 2000 – New York, NY
01.The Poison And The Pain
02. The String And The Wire

April 28, 2001 – Bergen, Norway
03. Silver Bullets
04. Dreams Of A Working Class Clown
05. 100 Krona I Just Won(Improv)

September 28, 2001 – Atlanta, GA (with The Sweetheart Revolution)
06. Friendly Fire
07. Mega Superior Gold
08. Gimme A Sign
09. Tennessee Sucks

October 5, 2001 – Boston, MA (with The Sweetheart Revolution)
10. Candy Doll
11.The Shakin’ Blues

October 31, 2001 – Oslo, Norway (with The Sweetheart Revolution)
12. You Will Always Be The Same
13. Poor Jimmy
14. Fool For You
15. Friends (aka For Beth)
16. Prison Letter

October 22, 2001 – Glasgow, Scotland (with The Sweetheart Revolution)
17. C’mon Little Girl

February 6, 2002 – Amsterdam, Netherlands (with The Sweetheart Revolution)
18. Vampire

Bedhead was initially distributed via the whiskeytownavenues yahoo list and was put together by Mike DuBose in May 2002.

Tracklist song titles updated to accord those as listed on http://www.answeringbell.com
Cover Art Tracklist is incorrect.

Pink Floyd – Stony Brook, NY (04/11/70)

Pink Floyd
11. Apr. 1970
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Long Island, New York, USA

Tracks:

1. Astronomy Domine
2. Careful with that Axe, Eugene
3. Cymbaline
4. Atom Heart Mother
5. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
6. A Saucerful of Secrets

Source 1:
Genuine New York 1970
Label: Monkey Records
Catalogue number: 002
‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ as recorded at this concert is incomplete, with a convincing edit into the version commercially avaliable on the ‘Ummagumma’ LP.

Source 2:
Trademark Moo
Highland – HL630
(P) 2003 Made in Italy

Notes:

Sounds much better than the other versions available from this recording and is much
longer, including more tune-ups and announcements too (not only the intro to
Astronomy Domine actually, but more!)

Again, the recording itself would not deserve more than a VG/VG+ and the taper and the
lady talk really a lot (all it is clearly audible here, from this would be possible to pull out
an accurate transcription maybe, if you’ll be ever interested in knowing what they were
talking about) but this is a real low gen.

Sourced version, once you get this you’ll trash the rest!

A Saucerful of Secrets is obviously cut.

Bruce Springsteen – Toronto, Canada (02/13/77)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
featuring the Miami Horns
Maple Leaf Gardens Concert Bowl
Toronto, ON
February 13, 1977
JEMS Master
Nothing to Lose: The 1977 Tour Revisited Vol. Six
24/96 Edition

Recording Gear: Teac M-100 microphone > Sony TC-153SD cassette recorder

JEMS 2015 Transfer: master cassettes > Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback > Wavelab 24/96 > iZotope RX4 > iZotope Ozone 5 > iZotope RX MBIT+ resample 16/44.1 > Peak Pro XT (volume smoothing / edit / index) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

01 Night
02 Rendezvous
03 Spirit in the Night
04 It’s My Life
05 Thunder Road
06 Mona > She’s the One
07 Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (w/ Miami Horns)
08 Something In The Night
09 Growin’ Up
10 Action in the Streets (w/ Miami Horns)
11 Backstreets
12 Jungleland
13 Rosalita (w/ Miami Horns)
14 Raise Your Hand (w/ Miami Horns)
15 Born to Run

Known Faults:
None

Welcome to the sixth edition of JEMS’ Nothing to Lose series revisiting Bruce’s remarkable 1977 tour. For the full history of our obsession with this era and the back story on these “Official Audience Tapes,” please refer to the notes in Vol. One found here:

http://jungleland.dnsalias.com/torrents-details.php?id=38539

Installment No. 6 rewinds to the first week of the tour and a 15-song set at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens, the legendary hockey arena, set up in its Concert Bowl configuration which cut the arena to half its normal size. It is the first of three JEMS master recordings done on the ’77 tour, and, dare I say, we think you’re going to like this one quite a bit.

Toronto ’77 has circulated among collectors since not long after J taped it that frosty February. A master-to-DAT transfer was done in the early days of the format, copies of which almost certainly provided the source for releases like Soul Crusaders (E Street) and No Trouble In Receiver (EV2). It’s long been one of the better audience recordings of the tour, but it has never sounded as good as it could. This marks the first direct digital transfer of the master, and every step along the chain, from the azimuth-adjusted playback to high-resolution capture to final mastering, is superior to what was done to DAT 25 (how can it be?) years ago. Additionally, it lacks some of the minor edits found in the extant versions.

It’s also one of those shows that I personally played dozens and dozens of times throughout the years; the recording which definitively made be believe the following: “Night” is one of Bruce’s greatest show openers; “It’s My Life” had reached its zenith; “Something in the Night” is an under-appreciated classic; “Growin’ Up” can support more than one tall tale; “Action in the Streets” should have been resurrected when the horns came back in 1988 and 2012; the “You lied!!!” moment in “Backstreets” may never be rivaled; “Raise Your Hand” should have been played every night of the tour; and, finally, that J was (and remains) a highly skilled taper.

Hereís what J himself had to say about the show: ìBack in 1977, a taper had to rely on a network of friends and collectors across the country to get early warning of shows and ticket sales. In the case of Toronto, we had a great friend up north in fellow taper The Lewk. He took care of us on our many road trips into Ontario, and he exceeded expectations with this Bruce show, getting me and my friends great seats at Maple Leaf Gardens, curtained off lengthwise to form the ‘Concert Bowl.í The curtain improved the notoriously bad sound there, and The Lewk got me a seat just off the center aisle, ten rows back from the stage. This was the first of three Bruce shows I saw and recorded on this tour, using my Sony TC-153SD and Teac M-100 mic, which I mounted high in a headband. We expected new material on this tour as we presumed that Bruce was probably a month or so away from putting out a new album. After all, it had been a year and half since Born To Run was released. The Toronto show was unique, in that the fire marshall insisted there be an intermission, making it the first time Bruce had split the set, a feature that would later become a staple of the show structure. We got great versions of ‘Rendezvous’, ‘Something In The Night’ and ‘Action In The Streets,’ but the real highlight this night (and at all 1977 shows) was the incredible version of ëBackstreets.í It was never better than it was in 1977!î

Like this entire series, the Toronto performance is a pleasure to listen to and the sound quality (to my ears) approaches the best tapes of the tour, including those of our pal Steve Hopkins and whoever did the official audience tapes. It offers an airy high end, punchy low end and vivid clarity to pick out each member of the band making magic. Samples provided.

I know a lot of you have this recording already and, make no mistake, Toronto has always sounded good, but I think this version is definitive. Then again, I’m biased. We’re making it available in both standard and high-resolution 24/96 editions.

Massive credit goes to J for his outstanding original recording and for pulling out the masters one last time to capture them at 24/96 and giving me so much to work with. Thanks yet again to M, for providing his ’77 source tapes; to the folks on the Stone Pony message board whose thread sparked this series; and to mjk5510 who continues to provide invaluable assistance as JEMS’ packaging and distribution supervisor.

Our next stop in the ’77 series is two nights hence in Detroit and one of the greatest show openers of all time.

BK for JEMS

Bruce Springsteen – Trenton, NJ (11/29/74)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
War Memorial Theater
Trenton, NJ
November 29, 1974
The Big A master via JEMS

Audience Recording (equipment unknown) by The Big A

JEMS 2013 transfer: master cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 2.0 (24/96) capture > Peak 6.0 with iZotope Ozone 5.0 > resample 16/44.1 via iZotope MBIT+ > Peak Pro XT (pitch correction / patch / subtle tweak) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

101 INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET
102 SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
103 DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND ST ?
104 I WANT YOU
105 GROWIN’ UP
106 SAINT IN THE CITY
107 E ST SHUFFLE
201 JUNGLELAND
202 KITTY’S BACK
203 NEW YORK CITY SERENADE
204 ROSALITA
205 SANDY (Kivak Source)
206 A LOVE SO FINE (Kivak Source)
207 WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK (Kivak Source)
208 QUARTER TO THREE (Kivak Source)
BONUS TRACK
209 KITTY’S BACK (Kivak Source patched with Big A source – 39 seconds)

Known Issues:
Rosalita: 6 seconds patched at end
Last 4 songs from Kivak Source

mbrown02’s recent repost of Trenton ’74 reminded us that we were sitting on an alternate recording of the show. In fact, based on the data on Brucebase and to the best of our knowledge (though CB and JK might know better), Trenton may well be the first Springsteen show ever to be recorded by two different tapers, therefore making it the first two-source Bruce gig ever.

The Big A recorded Bruce several times in 1974-75, most notably the wonderful Philadelphia 11/1/74 recording and the earliest known capture of Max and Roy in the band from Kean College, 9/22/74. While he did not have high-end equipment, he got a very solid result here, arguably as good as Kivak’s previously circulated recording. Samples provided.

Not surprisingly, however, neither tape is complete, as the Big A missed the end of the show. We’ve added the missing songs from Kivak’s master to the Big A recording, as well as patching Kivak’s “Kitty’s Back” (which is cut on Kivak’s master), using the Big A source, for a bonus track. The result is two baseline recordings of the show, each made complete by patches from the other.

Needless to say this is a fantastic show from an other worldly era in Springsteen’s career. It includes an early cover of Dylan’s “I Want You,” a jaw-dropping “New York City Serenade” and the embryonic “Jungleland” with Suki Lahav on cello to name but a few highlights.

Thanks to The Big A for lending JEMS his masters. It isn’t easy to find new sources circa 1974-75 and he has provided several. Also big ups to mjk5510 for assembling this and doing the final release prep.

BK for JEMS