Bruce Springsteen - Live 1975-1988 [4CD][Orange Records]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - LIVE 1975-1988



Label: ORANGE 010/011/012/013

Location: Various locations

Date: Various dates from 1975 to 1988



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Label : Orange - 010/011/012/013 (4CD)

Date of the show : Various dates from 1975 to 1988



Orange is a new CD-R label. In 2000 they released this cd set, which is said to be the best release from that year. It is based on the officially released box set Live 1975-85. All four cd's contain soundboard recordings. Some of them have never before been released in this quality. Some of them were even unknown to exist until they were released on this cd set.



The fist cd starts with two songs from the Hammersmith Odeon in London, recorded on

18-11-1975. (Bruce's first show in Europe ever). They are It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City and The E Street Shuffle in the slow arrangement. These two songs were previously uncirculated in this quality. Next is Prove It All Night with a great long guitar intro. The last three songs from this disc are Thunder Road, Jungleland and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Those three songs were taken from the concert at

the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco the day after the famous concert on 15-12-1978. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town has one of the longest intro story ever used on this song.



The second disc covers the period from 1980 to 1985. The highlights on this disc are Glory Days (recorded at the Brendan Byrne Arena in NJ), a previously uncirculated Man At The Top from 1985 and a very thrilling version of Stolen Car, also from 1985. The last two songs on this cd are Stand On It and Janey Don't You Lose Heart.



Disc Three contains recordings all made during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour.

Eight of the nine songs on this disc are taken from the show in Copenhagen on 25-7-1988. They include Chimes Of Freedom, Paradise By The "C", Who Do You Love/She's The One and I'm A Coward. It also contains the rockabilly version of You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch).



Disc Four opens with the introduction to Follow That Dream. Other songs featured are Sweet Soul Music, Raise Your Hand and Twist And Shout. All songs on this disc were taken from the concert in Basel, Switserland on 14-7-1988.



With this cd set comes a great booklet with information about the shows where the songs were played and some nice pictures of Bruce and the E Street Band.

The sound quality varies from good to very good. The last two discs sounds pretty flat with not much audience sound.My Rating:

Sound 8 / 10

Tracklist 9 / 10

Performance 8 / 10

Disc 1:

01. Introduction

02. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City

03. The E Street Shuffle

04. Prove It All Night

05. Fire

06. Candy's Room

07. Because The Night

08. Point Blank

09. Thunder Road

10. Jungleland

11. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town



Disc 2:

01. Night

02. Out In The Street

03. Who'll Stop The Rain

04. Glory Days

05. Man At The Top

06. Dancing In The Dark

07. Hungry Heart

08. Stolen Car

09. Born To Run

10. Two Hearts

11. Ramrod

12. Stand On It

13. Janey Don't You Lose Heart



Disc 3:

01. Be True

02. Spare Parts

03. War

04. Born In The USA

05. Chimes Of Freedom

06. Paradise By The 'C'

07. Who Do You Love / She's The One

08. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)

09. I'm A Coward



Disc 4:

01. Introduction

02. Follow That Dream

03. Bobby Jean

04. Cadillac Ranch

05. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

06. Sweet Soul Music

07. Raise Your Hand

08. Twist And Shout



Performed by: Roy Bittan, Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen, Gary Tallent, Steve Van Zandt & Max WeinbergIf you want more: SEED!!!