[Bobblehead]

I'm going to stretch it here, and perhaps the pick will have a non-confidence vote, and I will then attempt to prorogue, but In the Live category, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975-85

Side one

1. "Thunder Road" – 5:46
* Recorded October 18, 1975 at The Roxy Theatre.
2. "Adam Raised a Cain" – 5:26
* Recorded July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre.
3. "Spirit in the Night" – 6:25
* Recorded July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre.
4. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" – 6:34
* Recorded December 31, 1980 at Nassau Coliseum.

[edit] Side two

1. "Paradise by the "C"" – 3:54
* Recorded July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre.
* Song never released by Springsteen before. The version on this release omits Bruce saying "All you bootleggers out there in radioland, roll your tapes" right before the song.
2. "Fire" – 2:51
* Recorded December 16, 1978 at the Winterland. The short spoken intro is from July 7, 1978 at The Roxy.
* Song never released by Springsteen before, although recorded by others most notably by The Pointer Sisters and Robert Gordon.
3. "Growin' Up" – 7:58
* Recorded July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre. This version doesn't mention the name of Bruce's lawyer, who later became the mayor in his hometown.
4. "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" – 4:39
* Recorded July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre.

[edit] Side three

1. "Backstreets" – 7:35
* Recorded July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre.
* This version edits out a long section in the middle which includes early versions of "Drive All Night" and "Sad Eyes"
2. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" – 10:08
* Recorded July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre.
3. "Raise Your Hand" (Steven Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Alvertis Isbell) – 5:01
* Recorded July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre.
* Cover song never released by Springsteen. Eddie Floyd's version of the song is the most well known.

[edit] Side four

1. "Hungry Heart" – 4:30
* Recorded December 28, 1980 at Nassau Coliseum.
2. "Two Hearts" – 3:06
* Recorded July 8, 1981 at Meadowlands Arena.
3. "Cadillac Ranch" – 4:52
* Recorded July 6, 1981 at Meadowlands Arena.
4. "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" – 3:58
* Recorded December 29, 1980 at Nassau Coliseum.
5. "Independence Day" – 5:08
* Recorded July 6, 1981 at Meadowlands Arena.

[edit] Side five

1. "Badlands" – 5:17
* Recorded November 5, 1980 at Arizona State University.
2. "Because the Night" (Springsteen/Patti Smith) – 5:19
* Recorded December 28, 1980 at Nassau Coliseum.
* Song never released by Springsteen before, although recorded by others most notably by Patti Smith and, later, 10,000 Maniacs.
3. "Candy's Room" – 3:19
* Recorded July 8, 1981 at Meadowlands Arena.
4. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" – 4:19
* Recorded December 29, 1980 at Nassau Coliseum.
5. "Racing in the Street" – 8:12
* Recorded July 6, 1981 at Meadowlands Arena.

[edit] Side six

1. "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie) – 4:21
* Recorded December 28, 1980 at Nassau Coliseum.
* Cover song never released by Springsteen before.
2. "Nebraska" – 4:18
* Recorded August 6, 1984 at Meadowlands Arena.
3. "Johnny 99" – 4:24
* Recorded August 18, 1985 at Giants Stadium.
4. "Reason to Believe" – 5:19
* Recorded August 18, 1984 at Meadowlands Arena.

[edit] Side seven

1. "Born in the U.S.A." – 6:10
* Recorded September 30, 1985 at the LA Coliseum.
2. "Seeds" – 5:14
* Recorded September 30, 1985 at the LA Coliseum.
* Song never released by Springsteen before.
3. "The River" – 11:42
* Recorded September 30, 1985 at the LA Coliseum.

[edit] Side eight

1. "War" (Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield) – 4:53
* Recorded September 30, 1985 at the LA Coliseum.

* Cover song never released by Springsteen before. This was a hit for Edwin Starr in the 1970s.
2. "Darlington County" – 5:12
* Recorded September 30, 1985 at the LA Coliseum.
3. "Working on the Highway" – 4:04
* Recorded August 19, 1985 at Giants Stadium.
4. "The Promised Land" – 5:36
* Recorded September 30, 1985 at the LA Coliseum.

[edit] Side nine

1. "Cover Me" – 6:57
* Recorded September 30, 1985 at the LA Coliseum.
2. "I'm on Fire" – 4:26
* Recorded August 19, 1985 at Giants Stadium.
3. "Bobby Jean" – 4:30
* Recorded August 21, 1985 at Giants Stadium.
4. "My Hometown" – 5:13
* Recorded September 30, 1985 at the LA Coliseum.
* This performance previously released as the music video for "My Hometown" single

[edit] Side ten

1. "Born to Run" – 5:03
* Recorded August 19, 1985 at Giants Stadium.
2. "No Surrender" – 4:41
* Recorded August 6, 1984 at Meadowlands Arena.
3. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" – 4:21
* Recorded August 20, 1984 at Meadowlands Arena.
4. "Jersey Girl" (Tom Waits) – 6:30
* Recorded July 9, 1981 at Meadowlands Arena.
* This performance was released in 1984 as the B-side of the "Cover Me" single. The song was written by Tom Waits and originally released on his Heartattack and Vine album.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The E Street Band

* Roy Bittan – piano, synthesizer, background vocals
* Clarence Clemons – saxophone, percussion, background vocals
* Danny Federici – organ, accordion, glockenspiel, keyboards, background vocals
* Nils Lofgren (beginning in 1984) – guitars, background vocals
* Patti Scialfa (beginning in 1984) – synthesizer, background vocals
* Bruce Springsteen – vocals, guitars, harmonica
* Garry Tallent - bass
* Steve Van Zandt (until 1984) – guitars, background vocals
* Max Weinberg – drums

[edit] Additional musicians

* Flo and Eddie (Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman) - backing vocals on "Hungry Heart"
* The Miami Horns (Stan Harrison – tenor saxophone, Eddie Manion – baritone saxophone, Mark Pender – trumpet, Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg – trombone) – horns on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
* Soozie Tyrell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live/1975-85

Until hearing this set, I was pretty ambivalent about Springsteen. Yeah, he had a number of good tunes, but I didn't understand what the big deal was.

And then I heard the live version of Born to Run, recorded in Giant's Stadium, a homecoming concert for the New Jersey resident. The raw power and emotion that came through in that song still moves me to this day.