I must say, I haven't even thought about the Archive shows for a few days now... too obsessed with the new music. To the point I don't even think I'd care if nothing comes out in two Fridays time.
I posted on BTX yesterday how they officially released this show two weeks ago in ultimate sound quality after forty years, but the fact it's been overshadowed by Letter To You says everything we need to know about how goodthe album is.
That weight we can all feel on our shoulders right now is the hand of God, reminding us how lucky we are to be alive.
So I'm finally almost done with the show. (Although I still haven't heard the previous release, East Rutherford 1984.) And I have say that while I imprinted on the Passaic broadcast, and was blown away by the Roxy, this may be my favorite of the five. It feels simultaneously loosest and like he's got the most to prove. He's goofy and intense—even more of each than usual. I am seriously digging.
At the time of its release, Doberman's Same Old Played Out Scenes was a godsend, as they collected multiple tapes of the various broadcasts of the Fox Theater show in an effort to Frankenstein together the most complete, static-free presentation anyone had heard up until that point. It was a laudable effort and it was a major step forward in finally elevating the Fox performance to the same level of the other four '78 broadcasts. A few years ago, the good folks at JEMS got their hands on the pre-broadcast reels and their release immediately trumped Same Old Played Out Scenes and all previous bootleg releases of the show. Today's release, freshly mixed from the (previously unknown to exist) multi-tracks, is yet another step up. And, as I posted a little while ago, this one is (comparatively) reasonably mastered - on par with the excellent Detroit '88 release from this past winter.
It's a great recording of a terrific performance from a classic tour by one of America's greatest live bands at the peak of their powers. A+
With the release of this I thought I'd get started with some early planning of my New Year's Day possibilities for 2021/top ten songs of 2020 blog post.
After some removals I now have a shortlist of 35 songs released this year. That seems like a lot, but it's more so a bunch of potential Honourable Mentions.
The dilemma here is that there are 12 definites to choose from for this top 10 and I don't quite know which two to drop.
@Mario Brega It's your list, you make the rules. Modify it to a Top Twelve for this year, or better yet, leave it as a Top Ten and just list 12 songs. After all, nothing else about 2020 has been normal.
After two days spent with this show, I now know what the secret gem is. It's not Racing, and it's not Prove it.
It's that amazing intro when you expect Marlene Dietrich will start singing, and instead the band kicks full blast into Rosie. I'll have to open the Thesaurus in search of an adequate adjective... 💥
Also, I noticed lately that I'm much more intrigued by various instrumental parts, intros, endings etc. that I used to be. It's interesting what music can do.
I'm completely blown away with this concert. Not that I expected anything else from '78 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, but this is so, so great. Really happy we got this one.
The Last of the Holy Grail 1978 Radio Broadcasts .....There are no more ....A little bittersweet ..... I need another 2 Rising shows and 1 or two Magic shows and i'd be good .... I think 😀
Someone posted on another thread on another board about there are never enough shows from this classic year. We have 8 now in great quality. I don't judge one over another, they all have something to give us. That's why we need as many as possible.
We have 59 archives so far. Add to that London '75 and '09. Add to that Tempe '80. Amazing. Everyone is perfect in it's odd way. Magic in the effin night baby.
Racing... He's so brilliant with his words. It was the end of September, so he switched 'summer's here' to 'summer's hangin' on' just to make the experience more personal for the fans.
Prove it is amazing....Why hasn't any live version of this song become more radio friendly, something we would be hearing instead of Glory Days or I'm on fire?
The 78 tour is amazing, so much on the line then...we should remember that these broadcasts were marketing tools to sell the band. The record, upon release was sterile. They only sold 200k or so early on. The real deal were the performances and the non-stop power of this man and his band hell bent to save us from 70's banality. I love the sound and the power of them. The static setlist is a reminder that this was the message. The redemptive power of E Street!!! The sound of these shows. Loud and over hot. Feels like being there. It's in your face and it's undeniable. Rock n Roll. The almighty here and now. Seize this moment. I believe in love.
I was umming and arrhing on whether I would get this last week once I concluded that @Mario Brega had solved the riddle... do I really need another show with the pretty standard Darkness setlist? But I ducked over to our old home and the salivating over the sound quality of this one over there means it is now on download as we speak.
Can’t believe we’ve had so many ‘78 shows and not a single ‘78 (or River tour) version of Something in the Night, desperate for a good quality version to get released its possibly my favourite Bruce song
@BobbyJames No problem, always happy to do that! I completely agree about "Santa" (it's usually one and done for me playing that and "Merry Christmas, Baby" anyway as I'm skeptical about listening to Christmas songs until December) and also about its live history. Now I'm saying this with complete awareness of the 'scolding' I got on BTX yesterday about posting blog links, but I was referring to its uniqueness quite recently in my Cape Town #3 2014 review.
"There are a select amount of Springsteen songs that, when played live, tend to stand out and steal the show. I’m not referring to “Incident” or “Racing in the Street”, but more the likes of “Jackson Cage”, “Night”, and “Something in the Night”, which are always so flawlessly performed you find yourself going back to them over and over when the show is over. I’m not 100% sure if that’s because of their lyrics, instrumentals (or both), live history, or a combination of the three and more, but there’s almost always something truly magical about songs like these, and that’s the case with this following performance of “Something in the Night”."
My daughter and I had a long-distance listen to Darkness the other night; her first time hearing anything from the album, let alone the whole record. She picked Something In The Night as the best track. I couldn't argue with that.
She's listened to it again on her own and decided Candy's Room, The Promised Land and the title track are the best songs on the record. Tonight we're going to listen to Born To Run.
I don't have the time to download and listen tonight. Although I'm not in the 'everything was better in 1978' camp I'm sure there's something special here, music to love and enjoy.
Jesus Bruce's guitar tone is perfect. Prove It absolutely is on fire. **** anyone who craps on another 78 show. This is why I am a fan.
I was thirteen in 1978. I walked all the way from New York to Atlanta to be at this show. I left my house pretty early, around 7:30. When I got to Atlanta someone told me it was June. I knew it was warm but i thought that was just how the South was in the fall. I missed a lot of school and my parents had a funeral for me but Bruce rocks!
I haven't been able to grab this one just yet, but I'm really looking forward to it. I listened to the boot a few years back and felt it really didn't do it justice, but after playing a sample or two from the Live site this sounds like it's definitely going to do just that.
I must say, I haven't even thought about the Archive shows for a few days now... too obsessed with the new music. To the point I don't even think I'd care if nothing comes out in two Fridays time.
So I'm finally almost done with the show. (Although I still haven't heard the previous release, East Rutherford 1984.) And I have say that while I imprinted on the Passaic broadcast, and was blown away by the Roxy, this may be my favorite of the five. It feels simultaneously loosest and like he's got the most to prove. He's goofy and intense—even more of each than usual. I am seriously digging.
Another interesting comment from SHF:
At the time of its release, Doberman's Same Old Played Out Scenes was a godsend, as they collected multiple tapes of the various broadcasts of the Fox Theater show in an effort to Frankenstein together the most complete, static-free presentation anyone had heard up until that point. It was a laudable effort and it was a major step forward in finally elevating the Fox performance to the same level of the other four '78 broadcasts. A few years ago, the good folks at JEMS got their hands on the pre-broadcast reels and their release immediately trumped Same Old Played Out Scenes and all previous bootleg releases of the show. Today's release, freshly mixed from the (previously unknown to exist) multi-tracks, is yet another step up. And, as I posted a little while ago, this one is (comparatively) reasonably mastered - on par with the excellent Detroit '88 release from this past winter.
It's a great recording of a terrific performance from a classic tour by one of America's greatest live bands at the peak of their powers. A+
With the release of this I thought I'd get started with some early planning of my New Year's Day possibilities for 2021/top ten songs of 2020 blog post.
After some removals I now have a shortlist of 35 songs released this year. That seems like a lot, but it's more so a bunch of potential Honourable Mentions.
The dilemma here is that there are 12 definites to choose from for this top 10 and I don't quite know which two to drop.
It's also only October.
After two days spent with this show, I now know what the secret gem is. It's not Racing, and it's not Prove it.
It's that amazing intro when you expect Marlene Dietrich will start singing, and instead the band kicks full blast into Rosie. I'll have to open the Thesaurus in search of an adequate adjective... 💥
Also, I noticed lately that I'm much more intrigued by various instrumental parts, intros, endings etc. that I used to be. It's interesting what music can do.
Most Valuable Pirate?
Stevie's the MVP on this one.
I'm completely blown away with this concert. Not that I expected anything else from '78 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, but this is so, so great. Really happy we got this one.
The Last of the Holy Grail 1978 Radio Broadcasts .....There are no more ....A little bittersweet ..... I need another 2 Rising shows and 1 or two Magic shows and i'd be good .... I think 😀
I absolutely love the 78/80 opening to promised land, easily tops the album version
I originally wasn't going to get this show, as I remembered the Pre-FM boot as being better than it actually was.
Now I hope that they put out a "Darkness FM Broadcast" bundle.
You guys get this first (well, after Twitter)
I keep replaying the first set. Jesus.
Someone posted on another thread on another board about there are never enough shows from this classic year. We have 8 now in great quality. I don't judge one over another, they all have something to give us. That's why we need as many as possible.
We have 59 archives so far. Add to that London '75 and '09. Add to that Tempe '80. Amazing. Everyone is perfect in it's odd way. Magic in the effin night baby.
Enjoy.
Racing... He's so brilliant with his words. It was the end of September, so he switched 'summer's here' to 'summer's hangin' on' just to make the experience more personal for the fans.
Probably the song is too long. Just talking to myself here. 😊
Prove it is amazing....Why hasn't any live version of this song become more radio friendly, something we would be hearing instead of Glory Days or I'm on fire?
Racing in the Street is heartbreakingly beautiful. Moved beyond words here. His singing and the odd deviations musically by Roy. God this song.
The 78 tour is amazing, so much on the line then...we should remember that these broadcasts were marketing tools to sell the band. The record, upon release was sterile. They only sold 200k or so early on. The real deal were the performances and the non-stop power of this man and his band hell bent to save us from 70's banality. I love the sound and the power of them. The static setlist is a reminder that this was the message. The redemptive power of E Street!!! The sound of these shows. Loud and over hot. Feels like being there. It's in your face and it's undeniable. Rock n Roll. The almighty here and now. Seize this moment. I believe in love.
Finally, a woman to introduce Bruce on stage, and with such enthusiasm! 😊
Agree re Prove It, just immense but the whole show sounds fantastic.
Wow, this Prove It All Night is insane.
It's leap frogged the Passiac 2 one for me as the best in the Archive series when you consider performance and sound quality.
Holy... Did not see this coming. I'm gonna buy it right now, can't wait to listen to it. Peak Bruce is always amazing!
I was umming and arrhing on whether I would get this last week once I concluded that @Mario Brega had solved the riddle... do I really need another show with the pretty standard Darkness setlist? But I ducked over to our old home and the salivating over the sound quality of this one over there means it is now on download as we speak.
Can’t believe we’ve had so many ‘78 shows and not a single ‘78 (or River tour) version of Something in the Night, desperate for a good quality version to get released its possibly my favourite Bruce song
Also... These downloads are like children. The more you have, the more love you feel for all of them.
I don't have the time to download and listen tonight. Although I'm not in the 'everything was better in 1978' camp I'm sure there's something special here, music to love and enjoy.
More please, love the '78 tour...
He's the boss.
Some great comments on SHF
Jesus Bruce's guitar tone is perfect. Prove It absolutely is on fire. **** anyone who craps on another 78 show. This is why I am a fan.
I was thirteen in 1978. I walked all the way from New York to Atlanta to be at this show. I left my house pretty early, around 7:30. When I got to Atlanta someone told me it was June. I knew it was warm but i thought that was just how the South was in the fall. I missed a lot of school and my parents had a funeral for me but Bruce rocks!
I could look this up, I suppose, but: is this the final broadcast we didn't have from '78?
Fantastic choice!!!😎
Is this the show you had predicted last week?