Tag: Bootlegs

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

Bob Dylan & Paul Simon – Wantagh, NY (07/30/99)

Paul Simon/Bob Dylan
Something Is Happening On Mr. Jones Beach
Jones Beach Ampitheatre
Wantagh NY
7-30-99

Tracks:
Disc one
Paul Simon:
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Can’t Run But
The Boy In The Bubble
The Coast
Trailway Bus
Mrs. Robinson
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Further To Fly
Graceland
The Cool, Cool River
Slip Sliding Away
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al

Disc two
Late In The Evening
Still Crazy After All These Years
Dylan/Simon duets:
The Sound Of Silence
I Walk The Line/The Wanderer
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Bob Dylan:
Mr. Tambourine Man (acoustic) (with harp)
Desolation Row (acoustic)
Girl Of The North Country (acoustic)

Disc three
Tangled Up In Blue (acoustic) (with harp)
All Along The Watchtower (Charlie – acoustic)
Shelter From The Storm (Larry – pedal steel)
Maggie’s Farm
Not Dark Yet
Highway 61 Revisited (Larry – slide guitar)
(encore)
Like A Rolling Stone
It Ain’t Me, Babe (acoustic) (with harp)
Not Fade Away

Mark Knopfler – London, England (05/23/96)

Mark Knopfler
SWINGING GOLDEN HEARTS
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 23rd May 1996
Source Soundboard

Tracks CD1
Darling pretty
Walk of life
Imelda
The bug
Je suis dÈsolÈ
Calling Elvis
Last exit to Brooklyn
Romeo and Juliet
Sultans of swing
Done with Bonaparte

Tracks CD2
Telegraph road
Brothers in arms
Money for nothing

(bonus tracks removed as official on “A Night in London DVD”.
BBC building, London, UK, 15th April 1996

BONUS TRACKS:
Father and son [B]
Golden heart [B]
R¸diger [B]
Cannibals [B]
A night in summer long ago [B]
Going home [B]
Are we in trouble now [B]
Gravy train [B]

Additional comments from oneverybootleg:
One of the best radio broadcasts of the Golden heart tour.
Taken from the original silver pressed bootleg “Swinging golden hearts”.
Perfect sound quality! Great atmosphere with an amazing sounding
version of Telegraph road. Incomplete concert. As a bonus some songs
from the BBC performance are added on the second disc.

Pink Floyd – Around the Mystic

Pink Floyd:
Around The Mystic
Catalog: A103 AULICA
Misc.: S.I.A.F.
Produced: Made in Italy 1989
Date: 69/10/19

Sources: 1969- 29 Apr 1970 Tracks 1, 2, 6a: 29 Apr 1970, KQED TV Studios, San Francisco Track 6b: 17 Sept 1969, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Tracks 4, 8: Dec 1969, Zabriskie Point recording session, Rome Track 5: 1969, BBC “Moonlanding Special” Tracks 3, 7: 1969, London?

Tracks:

1. Grantchester Meadows 7:27
2. Green Is The Colour [+ Careful With …] 12:48
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 11:10
4. Jupiters Eye [Oneone/Corrosion?] 6:24
5. Trip On Mars [Moonhead] 5:35
6. Cymbaline 18:28
7. A Saucerful Of Secrets 6:44
8. Improvisation [Fingal’s Cave] 2:00
Total Time: 71:25

Band:
Roger Waters*
David Gilmour*
Rick Wright*
Nick Mason*

Comments from the original uploader: Grantchester Meadows and Green Is The Color are GREAT. Set The Controls For The Heart of the sun is a jolly good piece. Jupiters Eye/ Trip On Mars – one of these two is another version of Careful With That Axe, Eugene. Cymbaline is the best version so far. A Saucerful Of Secrets is only the last 6 minutes, which is too bad, because they’re great. Improvisation is SPLENDID, just great.

Overall: This is a really must have roio : the audience is very calm, and only applauds between songs. The quality of the recordings is not excellent, but good. -ANON

Strange collection, tracks are definitely not all from 19. Oct. 1969. Some of them are clearly studio recordings. Audience only between the songs audible. Saucerful features only the last part. Cymbaline is extra-long and extra-good!

This is a rare one, the bootleggers have spent quite some effort on this one, and have even made up some funky names. Jupiters Eye is a piece of Corrosion. Trip on Mars is the best version of Moonhead I’ve heard. Improvisation is Fingals Cave. And to complicate matters even further, the footsteps in Cymbaline have been replaced with Oenone. Grantchester Meadows and Green .. are probably taken from a performance of The Man and The Journey. All in all this ROIO is very enjoyable, since it has both a VG sound quality and the Performance/Rarity value is also high.

The only sad thing is that ASOS only has the last 6:44 minutes, but still, if you happen to see this cheap …

Also, if you’re hunting for authenticity this is *NOT* your disk, it’s a bunch of recordings from different concerts thrown together in one disc, coupled with some official but rare floyd songs -GERHARD

I think is a fairy forgery, not a ’69 London concert. “Jupiter’s eye” and “Improvisation” are from “Oneone /Fingal’s cave” studio outtake (listen to ‘Total Eclipse’), while the audience applause is artificial (all the same identical through the “concert”!!!, and it seems recorded in a small ambient, not in a theatre). The sound quality is variable (in “Grandchester Meadows” you can listen to scratches from vinyl source). Moreover “Grandchester Meadows”, “Set the Controls” are identical from those of Fillmore West, San Francisco Oct. 1970. The other live pieces are from the same or other ’70 concerts, I have not established yet. Thanks to Roio contributions for help in discovering this vile cheat. I’m very dejected about that. Please, let this ROIO to simpletons like me. -PELLE

“This is taken from various sources, not ‘London, October 19 ’70’ as stated in TAP 48 – including the BBC sessions, the Zabriskie Point outtakes from the Omayyad b*****g LP, and an ‘unknown’ concert. Furthermore, each song has been doctored by some unscrupulous mixer. Careful observation reveals that the audience applause (apparently from only a handful of people) at the start of each song is identical, the first being a 7.27 Grantchester Meadow.

Green is the Colour/Careful with that axe, Eugene (12.48) are the BBC performances, with the fake audience; although Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (11.00) is a legitimate piece.

Jupiter’s Eye is where the butchery begins. After some research, I concluded that this is, in fact, Oneone from Omayyad, over-dubbed with the sound of bubbling mud (i.e. ‘Live at Pompeii’). Trip on Mars, meanwhile, is Moonhead from Music For Architectural Students. Cymbaline (18.28) is extended; about 6.15 in, the song is interrupted by footsteps and a slamming door. I realise that such effects were not uncommon for live performances of this track, but the abrupt switch makes me doubt that this was the work of the Floyd; who, even on a bad day, could do better. This is followed by a spacey intrumental passage – actually an extract from Omayyad’s live version of Interstellar Overdrive – then a repeat chorus, and a further ten minutes of Cymbaline.

Saucerful of Secrets (6.44) is, as stated in TAP 48, the Celestial Voices sequence from that track. The closing Improvisation (2.00) is a poor reproduction of Omayyad’s Fingal’s Cave, albeit with added audience !

However, despite all the trickery. I agree that Around the Mystic is an excellent CD; my favourite, in fact !” -TAP

It claims to be from one concert (London, 19 Oct 1969), but this is obviously a compilation of different performances. There are some annoying things with this RoIO. Some audience applause are added between songs (they are always the same!) and are in stereo. Most of the tracks are mono. It seems that this CD was mastered from vinyl, with some strange things added in the mix! So, sometimes one can hear “stereo” effects, but only because of the “stereo” vinyl scratches, and the stuff added.

1. Grantchester Meadows It’s from the KQED TV show, 29 Apr 1970. In the middle of the song, there is a very low noise (similar to a bass drum) that doesn’t appear on the original version (see “Colourful Meadows”). But this version seems to be “clearer” than the “Colourful Meadows” version (there is no crackle suppression as for “Colourful Meadows”). The performance is great. Ex-

2. Green Is The Colour This is in fact “Green Is The Colour” + “Careful With That Axe, Eugene”, again from the KQED TV show, 29 Apr 1970. It sounds far better than the “Colourful Meadows” CD. Again, a great performance. Ex-

3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun One of the 3 tracks in stereo. I have not identified the concert yet. VG+

4. Jupiters Eye It’s in fact “One One”, from the Zabriskie Point recording sessions, recorded in Rome, December 1969. It’s in stereo. But, sadly, they over-dubbed it with some bubbling sound! For authenticity, the “Ultra Rare Trax vol.2” version is far better. Ex-

5. Trip On Mars It’s in fact “Moonhead”, from the BBC “Moonlanding Special”, probably recorded in 1969. Very rare. Maybe you should buy the CD only for this track. VG+

6. Cymbaline It lasts more than 18 minutes, but there are in fact TWO different versions of “Cymbaline” mixed together. It begins with the KQED TV performance, 29 Apr 1970. But, at the end of the (short) walking section (at 6:44), it turns into the Cymbaline intro from Amsterdam, 17 Sept 1969. This intro is sometimes entitled “Sleep”, on other RoIOs. Then we have the entire “Cymbaline” from Amsterdam. VG+

7. A Saucerful Of Secrets There is only the “Celestial Voices” part. Stereo. I have not identified the concert yet. Nice version. VG+

8. Improvisation It’s in fact “Fingal’s Cave”, from the Zabriskie Point sessions, Rome, December 1969. Mono. The “Ultra Rare Trax vol.2” version is better, and in stereo. VG+

So, this RoIO is not bad, but it is not essential. Buy it if you don?t have “Moonhead or if you want to hear clear versions from the KQED TV show (and you don’t mind if there are some vinyl scratches…). – MARC-OLIVIER

The Who – San Francisco, CA (12/13/71)

The Who
1971-12-13
Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, CA

Source: “San Francisco 1971” (Black Dog Records) CD
Lineage: SBD > Silver Disc > CDR > WAV (EAC) > SHN > TLH > FLAC

Set List:

01 – Substitute
02 – Summertime Blues
03 – My Wife
04 – Baba O’Riley
05 – Behind Blue Eyes
06 – Bargain
07 – Won’t Get Fooled Again
08 – Pinball Wizard
09 – See Me, Feel Me
10 – My Generation >
11 – Jam > Naked Eye > I’m Going Down
12 – Magic Bus (cuts in)

Notes from the original uploader:

Artwork & MD5 Verification File all included.

Stage Banter by Tom Pratt.

A good soundboard with some slight hiss.

This is a great show from the second leg of the Who’s Next 1971 US tour. The performance is probably one of the best of the year, the stage banter is silly as usual and the sound is pretty good. Not perfect for a soundboard recording but Who soundboards from this era are very rare so this one is worth checking out.

Bruce Springsteen – Los Angeles, CA (11/17/90)

Bruce Springsteen
Sat. 17th Nov. 1990
Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

CD 1 60.23:
1. Intro
2. Brilliant Disguise
3. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
4. Mansion On The Hill
5. Reason To Believe
6. Red Headed Woman
7. 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)
8. The Wish
9. Tougher Than The Rest
10. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
11. Soul Driver
12. State Trooper
13. Nebraska
14. When The Lights Go Out

CD 2 64.33:
1. Thunder Road
2. My Hometown
3. Real World
4. Highway 61 Revisited
5. Across The Borderline
6. My Father’s House (16-Nov-90)
7. Atlantic City (16-Nov-90)
8. Wild Billy’s Circus Song (16-Nov-90)
9. The Promised Land (18-Jun-88)
10. My Hometown (18-Jun-88)
11. Blowin’ In The Wind (18-Jun-88)
12. Bad Moon Rising (18-Jun-88)

Silver CDs – EAC (Secure Mode) – WAV – FLAC level 6
Crystal Cat CC 756-57
Soundboard recording

Bruce Springsteen – Cleveland, OH (08/09/78)

Bruce Springsteen
Agora Night
The Agora Ballroom
Cleveland, OH, USA.
August 9th, 1978.

Crystal Cat 731-734.
FM Broadcast
Original Silver CD’s –>EAC v. 0,95 to WAV –> MKW Tool 0,97 to SHN

Disc 1:

01. Intro
02. Summertime Blues
03. Badlands
04. Spirit In The Night
05. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06. Factory
07. The Promised Land
08. Prove It All Night
09. Racing In The Street / Thunder Road
10. Jungleland

Disc 2

01. Intro
02. Paradise By The C
03. Fire
04. Sherry Darling
05. Not Fade Away
06. Gloria / She’s The One
07. Growin’ Up
08. Backstreets
09. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

Disc 3

01. Intro
02. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
03. Born To Run
04. Because The Night
05. Raise Your Hand
06. Twist And Shout
07. Incident On 57th Street *
08. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out *
09. Kitty’s Back **
10. Point Blank **

* 16 sept The Palladium, New York, NY 1978.
** 17 sept The Palladium, New York, NY 1978.

Disc 4 – Interview, San Diego 9th July 1978. King Biscuit Flower Hour. Dave Herman, KBFH Radiostation.

01. Paradise By The C *
02. What’s Up?
03. The Product!
04. Get Some Specific From You!
05. The Sign on Sunset Strip!
06. The Name Boss, Get Started!
07. Any Kind of Life
08. Feel Close To Them Fans
09. Get Together! The E Street Band
10. Terrific Time!
11. Prove It All Night! *
12. 13-14 Year When You Heard Those Records? I was Nine!
13. The Point Was!
14. It’s a Continuation!
15. Meet The Producer, Jon Landau.
16. None Specific.
17. Long Time! Didn’t Take That Long Actually!
18. I Like It!
19. Lots More Songs!
20. Maybe So! Hard To Sing!
21. Be A Star! Trapping.
22. Defination: That Contridiction.

* Recorded at Berkeley Community Theater, Sat 11th July 1978.

Brucebase:

Soundboard and radio broadcast tapes (WMMS) available – good show. It’s interesting to note that this show was remastered by Bruce’s
management and given to KSAN in San Fransico who broadcast it as a replacement for a scheduled Winterland rebroadcast. This must
have happened in 1979 sometime. The remastered show has fantastic stereo seperation and coupled with the fact that this is a good show in the first place, it has to rank as one of the best of the available shows in 1978. – Released on LP and CD. The most recent (and best quality) CD releases of this show are”Agora Night” by Crystal Cat and “Just In Time For Summer”

Bruce Springsteen – Uniondale, NY (12/29/80)

Bruce Springsteen
Coliseum Night
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, Long Island, New York. U.S.A.
December 29, 1980.
Audience
Crystal Cat Records (350-352).

Disc 1:
01. Night
02. Out In The Street
03. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
04. Who’ll Stop The Rain
05. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06. Factory
07. “Intro”
08. Independence Day
09. Two Hearts
10. Prove It All Night
11. The Promised Land
12. This Land Is Your Land
13. The River
14. Badlands
15. Thunder Road

Disc 2:
01. Cadillac Ranch
02. Sherry Darling
03. Hungry Heart
04. Merry Christmas Baby
05. Fire
06. Candy’s Room
07. Because The Night
08. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
09. For You
10. Stolen Car
11. Wreck On The Highway

Disc 3:
01. Point Blank
02. The Ties That Bind
03. Ramrod
04. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
05. Incident On 57th Street
06. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
07. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
08. Jungleland
09. Born To Run
10. Devil With A Blue Dress
11. Good Golly Miss Molly
12. C.C. Rider
13. Jenny Take A Ride
14. I Hear A Train / Devil With A Blue Dress (Reprise)

My Original Crystal Cat CD’s –>EAC v. 0,95 beta 3 * –> WAV –> Flac Frontend –> FLAC Level 6 **

* Secure Mode.
** Verify, Replaygain, Treat Input Files As One Album, Align On Sector Boundaries.

Bob Dylan – New York, NY (10/20/94)

Bob Dylan
Positively West 52nd Street
Soundboard Recordings
October 20, 1994
Roseland Ballroom
New York City, NY
unidentified source>?>commercial boot>EAC>FLAC
No label information or catalogue number to be found.

CD 1:

01 Jokerman
02 If You See Her Say Hello
03 All Along The Watchtower
04 Simple Twist Of Fate
05 angled Up In Blue
06 Positively 4th Street
07 Mama, You Been On My Mind
08 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carrol

CD 2:

01 Boots Of Spanish Leather
02 God Knows
03 Joey
04 Maggieís Farm
05 Most likely You Go Your Way (and Iíll go mine)
06 My Back Pages
07 Rainy Day Women #s 12 & 35 (Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen on guitars)
08 Highway 61 Revisited (Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen on guitars)

NOTE:
Bob Dylan show from Soundboard, only the last two songs Bruce and Neil Young are present.
This is the audio of 1994-10-19/20 – NEW YORK, NY – ROSELAND BALLROOM ‘Bob Dylan Positively West 52nd Street’ (SBD Recording), since the show of the 19 was only with Bob Dylan, I deleted the part of that date, I renamed the files of the show 20, created new md5 and ffp and redid the infofile.

Bruce Springsteen – Bloomington, MN (05/10/88)

Bruce Springsteen.
Met Center
Bloomington, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
May 10, 1988.

Disc 1:

01. “Intro”
02. Tunnel Of Love
03. Boom Boom
04. Adam Raised A Cain
05. Two Faces
06. All That Heaven Will Allow
07. Seeds
08. Cover Me
09. Brilliant Disguise
10. Cautious Man
11. Spare Parts
12. War
13. Born In The U.S.A.
14. Tougher Than The Rest

Disc 2:

01. Ain’t Got You
02. She’s The One
03. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
04. I’m A Coward
05. I’m On Fire
06. One Step Up
07. Part Man, Part Monkey
08. Backstreets
09. Dancing In The Dark
10. Light Of Day – edit
11. Born To Run
12. Hungry Heart
13. Glory Days

Disc 3:

01. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
02. Have Love, Will Travel
03. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
04. Sweet Soul Music
05. Raise Your Hand
06. Twist And Shout
07. Be True
08. Roulette
09. Walk Like A Man
10. Can’t Help Falling In Love
11. Love Me Tender
12. Across The Borderline
13. Crying
14. Lonely Teardrops

Notes Disc 3:
Tracks 7-10 Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA 02/28/88
Track 11 Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, OH 03/13/88
Track 12 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN 05/13/88
Track 13 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 05/16/88
Track 14 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 05/22/88

My Original Crystal Cat CD’s –>EAC v. 0,95 beta 4 –> WAV –> Flac Frontend –> FLAC Level 8 **

Source: Audience.
Label: Crystal Cat Records (447-449).