Resurrecting a thread I originally started elsewhere.
Given we have such a plethora of riches from the Archive series along with the 2014 and 2016/17 tours, chances are good at any one time someone could by revisiting a past release when they come across a song or a performance that suddenly just inspires the enthusiasm to share with the rest of us.
So this is a home for those thoughts as they strike.
I'll start by stating how knocked out I continue to be by the LA 1985 show. From what I gather, most folks who were around for that tour felt the last stadium leg was the least impressive. But I love this show.. overall, it's my favourite BITUSA tour show. The band is absolutely smoking.
Having said that, my favourite individual song performance from the BITUSA archive shows lies elsewhere.... the incomparable Drift Away cover
So since we got back from Paris my brother has really been craving more live Bruce, and I've been advising him on what Archive releases to listen to based on what I believe to be the best shows and, maybe more importantly, what eras I know he likes.
On one hand, he really doesn't care for Passaic 19/9/78, which is worrisome, but on the other, he's telling me that the show he's listened to most recently is perhaps the best he's ever heard.
That show is August 23rd, 2008. He tries to not look at the setlist beforehand, and remember he hasn't spent the last decade listening to these songs ad nasuem, so he's in wonderment about the songs played and the quality of performances. Despite having struggled to understand and appreciate how acclaimed this show is since April 2017, I'm very happy about how much he loves it. Maybe it does just come down to Archive oversaturation on my part, and this show is that damn good.
November 26th, 1996 appears to be this month's release.
I love this show and can't wait to listen to it in even better quality than its bootleg had.
1978-10-01 - FOX THEATRE, ATLANTA, GA
THE LAST TIME / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / IT'S MY LIFE / THUNDER ROAD / MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER / JUNGLELAND / FOR YOU / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / KITTY'S BACK / INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Premiere of the Rolling Stones' "The Last Time" (one of only three known versions outside of clubs), the last known "It's My Life" and the last "Kitty's Back" of the tour. The latter will not be played again until the Christmas show of December 17, 2000. Final tour performance for "Incident On 57th Street" as well. The nearly complete second set listed here is courtesy of an attendee who had the forethought to make a note of the setlist. The song after "For You" was written as a question mark - audience recollection and surrounding shows combine to support it being "Fire". A fan present recalls "The second night was added after the re-scheduling and so has the correct date. That's the second show I went to that year and it remains my holy grail of live tapes. The one song I know for sure that's not listed is "Incident On 57th Street" segueing into "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)", as on The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle. "Quarter to Three" returned in place of "Raise Your Hand". I remember it being a longer show than the Saturday show". A contributor to the Greasy Lake website recalls "it included the early version of "Point Blank" and ended with "Kitty's Back", "Incident On 57th Street" and "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" with the album piano coda linking both songs. For the second encore he played "Raise Your Hand" and an extremely high energy "Quarter To Three" that ended with Bruce standing on Roy's piano and ripping his shirt off before leaping off and dancing off stage as Miami Steve directed the band to the finish." It has been suggested that the show included "New York City Serenade" - given the evidence we have it's certain that "New York City Serenade" was NOT played. Billboard magazine reported an attendance of 3,822 (a sellout) and gross receipts of $32,487.
I've played what I consider to be a blinder and hoyed all 2022 Archives into a playlist (called, erm, 2022 Archives) that I've just been listening to on shuffle as of late - both for fun and for early 2022 Top 10 planning.
Listening to "The Medley" from Wembley '81 right now and a perennial question in my life will be how and why I fought so hard against it winning that poll over on the other forum. Love "Trapped," but the opinions of 22/23 year old me boggles the mind.
Over the last several months I have become infatuated by the core five-pack on Reunion Tour releases. The idea of playing "Youngstown," "Murder Inc.," "Badlands," "Out in the Street" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" on any of the six 99/00 releases makes me so incredibly excited and only makes me value this tour all the more.
It is 8/19/84.
Worth a download as it contains Reason to Believe and My Father's house.
If they released a Joad show, that would have been top-quality sarcasm.
I have heard from multiple people that it will be a B/USA show released tomorrow.
I am looking at you 8/19/84!!
1984-08-19 - BRENDAN BYRNE ARENA, EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ
BORN IN THE U.S.A. / OUT IN THE STREET / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / ATLANTIC CITY / REASON TO BELIEVE / MY FATHER'S HOUSE / COVER ME / DARLINGTON COUNTY / GLORY DAYS / THE PROMISED LAND / MY HOMETOWN / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / BADLANDS / THUNDER ROAD / HUNGRY HEART / DANCING IN THE DARK / CADILLAC RANCH / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (with The Miami Horns) / NO SURRENDER / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / FIRE / GROWIN' UP / BOBBY JEAN / RACING IN THE STREET / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / JUNGLELAND / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY (with The Miami Horns) / TWIST AND SHOUT - DO YOU LOVE ME (with The Miami Horns)
Set includes the first ever performance in the U.S. of "My Father's House". "Glory Days" includes two bars of "Out Of Limits". "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" includes the "Come A Little Bit Closer" introduction and a bit of "Hail To The Chief" in the midsection. "Detroit Medley" includes "Travelin' Band". The Miami Horns (consisting of Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg (trombone), Mark Pender (trumpet), Stan Harrison (tenor saxophone) and Eddie Manion on baritone saxophone) guest on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and the final encores.
I used to call it 'First Friday'. Now I call it 'Springsteen Concerts I Can Afford Day.'
Looking forward to the archive on Friday....We are getting close.
I really hope this archive release shakes me from the TM pricing fiasco depression I am in right now.
I feel like a friend has passed away and worse, all the things we talked about were lies.
So I've been listening to the 2012 Helsinki show over the past week and at one point as a new song started, I actually said out loud, "oh for fuck sake." Because it's fucking ridiculous that this guy has such a fucking plethora of amazing songs to pull from.
It was this stretch:
21.THE RISING
22.BADLANDS
23.LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS
24.WE ARE ALIVE
25.BORN IN THE U.S.A.
26.BORN TO RUN
27.DETROIT MEDLEY
28.GLORY DAYS
29.DANCING IN THE DARK
30.TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
31.I DON’T WANT TO GO HOME
32.(YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER
Which, I MEAN. Come ON.
Some of those were in places in the set they wouldn't normally be. (On other tours, I mean.) And hearing "Badlands" there, between those two, was so unexpected to me and made that warhorse sounds so fresh. "Glory Days" was a bit faster than usual and all the better for it. And "Dancing in the Dark" has been one of my favorites since the first time I heard it, but in the middle of a run like that, it's just so goddamn joyous. It retains, as always, the lyrical darkness, and yet it allows you to not run from your troubles, as Pete Townshend once said, but to dance all over them. With 80,000 of your closest friends.
And Steve's vocals on "I Don't Want to Go Home" emphasizes that there's a big difference between someone who doesn't necessarily have a lovely voice, and someone who can't sing. 'Cuz homebody can absofuckinglutely sing.
Just for info, there's a Nugs sale on. 5$ a pop.
It's only on MP3s though not FLAC.
For 5 Bucks i finally sprung for my first acoustic show 😊
Heads up, there's a 50% off MP3 and CDs Nugs sale happening until May 8th.
I have no clue if this means anything to any of us on here, but maybe a release was accidentally looked over?
I'm thinking that we get something good this time. Don't ask me, I don't know for sure.
Maybe Bruce will be singing lead vocals.
It's been a while since I spent a few hours cruising the Archive Series, playing random tracks as they strike my fancy.
How in hell did it slip my mind that we had Vigilante Man from 88?
Ok, not strictly Archive as such, although it does use the Nugs audio of the show concerned.
Brisbane 2017... the video isn't the greatest, but it's more than watchable, but the audio is official.
I was going to say get it while it's hot in case the You Tube police take it down, but it appears this has survived on line since February this year.
Okay, Bruce and Nugs, you've got all of 2022 to deliver a live version of The Long Goodbye.
So, it's 5 pm New Years Eve here, beer number 2 is open and I was thinking 'hey, why not try to list the 2021 Archive releases in order of preference ?'
(Hopefully this is fairly innocent and won't step on ground @Mario Brega will cover in his blog).
Except... I can't. What a ridiculous year for the Archive series... an absolute embarrassment of magical riches.
So I need to ponder further, maybe sink another beer or two and come back to it. (The only thing I know for sure is that there is a certain 2012 show from Boston that I will annoy all the '1975 to 1985 or bust' crowd by ranking above at least a couple of classic era shows).
Gee whiz, anyone else want to have a crack at this?
September 14th....40 years since the end of the River tour 1980/81. Another Backstreets feature set. This one covering the highlights of Oct to Dec '80.
OMG. shoot me now.
So I'm going to go way out on a limb and say nothing today. But I surely will be extremely happy with another 2005 show. Absolutely love that tour. I also would not complain in the slightest about a 1996 show. No I would not.
The silence has lead me to think a bit too much.
2005 seems most likely to me, it's been a long time between devilled and dusty drinks.
I'd take anything that gives us an actual Archive debut. (And, if you were going to pick a tour where a random show is most likely to give us an Archive debut, the D&D tour is it).
I predict a 2005 show, just to be safe. Obviously, my dream is 1981 either NJ or London....
No annoucement of a delay. It must be happening.
I noticed it's September this morning when the boys went back to school...
I have no idea what will be released (if anything) but would love something non E Street.
Any rumours floating around?
Are we alive out there?
Sorry I've been a bit inactive here, I'm focused on these 2016 reviews lately. Hoping to publish the opening show of the tour from Pittsburgh next week, providing Archive #71 is released on Friday.
Are we expecting 2005? If so, what show? Any songs we're craving?
Just noticed that as "Frankie" ends on the Fenway 2012 release, you can hear a lad in the audience shout ""Loose Ends!"".
I'm pretty sure it's the same lad we can hear ecstatically shouting "'78! IT'S "PROVE IT '78"!" seconds later.
New "Darkness" show from Berkeley, Ca airing on SiriusXM at noon!
It's all very Promising.
The general consensus I've seen suggests we get excited.
It's gonna be released today.
So can you well-informed people of various Bruce universes tell me what's supposed to happen tonight?
Oh Bruce, hallowed be thy name
Give us tomorrow our monthly download...
Well, I mean, I, for one, am prepared to go out on a limb and say that indeed, the sun'll come out tomorrow--bet your bottom dollar that, tomorrow? There'll be sun.
Are we optimistic about tomorrow?
God this delay makes me angry....
So I've woken on this Saturday morning and eagerly logged on to see what's dropped overnight....
Errr, nothing it seems. What a bummer.
Looks like I'm going to have to do something else, such as interacting with other members of my household, on this Queen's Birthday long weekend.
Jim just said on E Street radio, the 4/28/88 show will be on the radio at the top of the hour....usually new releases are played upon release.
Oh well....
They are apparently playing LA 28/4 on E Street Radio. So it's looking unlikely for a release today.
Something we didnt know we had in exceptional quality would be amazing. I spent the last two days trying to confirm and I got nothing, so something big could be coming.
Was Rochester December 2nd 1980 RJM's first show?
The Euros kick off tomorrow night, Turkey vs Italy, and I fancy watching it so will not be too crushed if it's delayed an extra week. I'll be posting a blog review (Tampa 2014) anyway.
I am still betting on Wembley #5 from '81, or the mysterious fall '80 NE show.
Seems like it may happen tomorrow...no delays annouced yet today. Most delays in the past two years have only been a week.
I am so ready for Friday.
I have new headphones. I have been listening to 'test your headphones' playlist on Spotify, so I think I'm ready for what's next. 🤓
I am more convinced than ever that we will get a London '81 archive release. June 2, 4, and 5 were recorded. The last night was released in August 2018. We then got Uniondale in July 2019. Then E Rutherford in May 2020. We are due.
Then add to that the hype machine at Backstreets has been publishing stories about the UK tour. Part two was published today.
http://www.backstreets.com/hwy81pt2.html
Part three should come out around the time of the 40th anniversary of the June 4th show, the same day the archive is set to drop. Back in July 2018 when the Roxy '78 was released we had similar coverage that week.
I hope I am right. I need a good show next week.
Listened to the Helsinki show from 2003 this week, which I hadn't played in ages. I must say, given it was apparently exhumed from some dark pit of purgatory from which nothing else can escape, it is a great sounding show. Listening on headphones, superb instrument separation and lots of great subtle nuances. The Rising album material had evolved enough by 2003 that those songs as played in Helsinki differed enough to the versions on the Barcelona DVD to be noticeable. It's a shame it seems unlikely any more Rising shows are forthcoming anytime soon... but Helsinki is well worth a revisit for anyone thinking it's too similar to the Barcelona DVD to be bothered with.
Listening to Tampa - May 1st, 2014, making notes and "We Are Alive" is making me really wistful for this era. I want to say I'd like another 2012-13 release featuring the song soon enough, but that might end up making it the nostalgia even worse! 😂
Nah but seriously, let them give us as many 2012-13 shows as they can, starting with 21/6/12...
So, "Dancing in the Dark" from the newly released 28/4/88, at 3:53 into the song Bruce sings "sometimes I feel, so very lonely."
I've been thinking this with every listen, he sounds virtually identical to Tuco from 1:29 into this fantastic scene (one of my many favourites) from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
What do you think? 😁
I personally find the studio recordings of TOL and Human Touch to be two of my favourite Springsteen songs. Great stand alone tracks I think.
'Tunnel Of Love' from Stockholm 1988 release is so, so good.
Listened to the final three tracks from Helsinki 2012. During the "Twist and Shout" to break the longest show record, Bruce shouts "Somebody pulled the plug! I'm tellin' ya somebody pulled the plug!" and it got me thinking of a world where pulling the plug causes a reboot of sorts and rather than playing their longest show ever, Bruce and the Band ended up playing their shortest of 6mins20secs.
Sorry you had to read this nonsense! 😂
^ Adding to that, listening to "Light of Day" from Charlotte 2014 as I make notes for the review and alongside the new MSG 2000 and LA 1988 versions, I think I now like the song in 2021 as much as I did way back in 2013.
"Point Blank" from Nashville 2014, seek it out. Absolutely tremendous.
Boom!!!!!!
Wow, Tunnel. Great. Perfect, actually.
Word on the street is 28/4/88.
Forgot that the show usually drops between 4 and 5pm and get really excited for the next couple of minutes 😂
I'm HYPE!!
https://twitter.com/backstreetsmag/status/1377991366265999361
I love first Fridays. I am ready for whatever today brings...
As for the above posts, I too have regrets. I wish I was at The Roxy in '78. I wish I was in Uniondale for New Years '80. I wish I could have gone to more shows in 92...I also wish the Autumn tour of '88 happened. I was geared up to head to San Diego or Phoenix for the Stadium version of the tour. I wish he would have played more shows on the west coast in 93 as well as 97 after the Euro tour to support Joad. I wish it was possible to record more shows in Los Angeles in 1981.
I could go on....Every 1st friday I open the hard drive that contains my Archive folder. I look at this incredible list of performances. I am in awe that we have what we have in the incredible quality we have come to appreciate in the archive series. In 2021, it is wonderful to be a Springsteen fan. I love sharing this obsession with all of you. May our good times continue.
In the past I'd theorise like mad about footage like this. Now I have no idea/lean towards the negative side.
Funny thing is if it's happening tomorrow there will be no information until it's posted. If delayed, they may tell us that up to the last moment tomorrow. They have made strides in the past 6 months to communicate better. The lack of a delay announcement leads to believe it's happening.
In other news, the Darkness box has been delayed until the "end of March, with expedited shipping..." Now the order doesnt even show in our order history. I am tired of waiting.
I know the rule is to always be patient, but I'm pretty desperate for some sort of hint or news today. Good or bad.
A random random one, but "Atlantic City" from Christic could be on the Sons of Anarchy soundtrack, "Atlantic City" from June 24th, 1993 could be on Stranger Things.
I'm expecting an April Fools type tweet from Backstreets today. Nothing wrong with that as it's the name of the game.
Hopefully it'll just be a simple "delayed tomorrow 😉" rather than a dickish "VETS/RISING SHOW TOMORROW BOIIIIS!!!!", but then again, if I'm to be fooled by such a tweet, I deserve it as nothing more than a fool.
I totally forgot it's April tomorrow.
Wouldn't there have been a delay annoucement by now????
In my humble opinion, there is a bunch of connective tissue between Devils and Dust and Seeger and then Magic. In those days, the Bush admin was a monolith of evil, manufacturing evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to justify a war for oil rights for the VP's company Haliburton, while disenfranchising voters in Ohio to secure reelection. Then to allow the federal response to Katrina to be so useless was the last straw. To this day GWB will never be able to visit Europe due to his conviction of crimes against humanity...Bruce was incensed to be sure. Devils is a meditation on the effects of a society to be so craven to leave a whole generation behind. This idea is reestablished in Black Cowboys. A mother has left her son abandoned in Silver Palomino. My favorite track, Jesus was an Only Son is about god leaving us to die....Seeger was a celebration of the resistance movement and the songs that inspired it. Then Magic was the most overtly political statement this artist will produce. Isolation, a society adrift in wartime, lead by a feckless leader hell-bent on profit. To be sure, there are spirituals amidst the politics, the gospel being his favorite chorus. To be sure nobody expected the events of the last 4 years.
We will rise, one day we will. The arc of history bends toward justice...do yourself a favor today. Set a timer for 8 minutes and forty-six seconds. Be quiet and mindful during that time. Think about your world and what you can do to make it better. Think of those we have lost.
I've seen people talk about this one before, but I don't think I've ever listened to it.
I like it.
I could be wrong, but that melody is the one they walk onstage to on the St Louis, 2008 Archive, yes?
I never rank the shows as 'E Street' vs. 'all other alternatives'. One of the reasons I think I love Bruce so much is the variety of different approaches. I don't feel the need to compare and evaluate, I just love the abundance of choices and being able to grab what I feel like listening to at the moment. I'm a firm believer in inclusion and a freak for completeness, so this tour is always welcome. As are all the others.
Has Bruce tried too hard to prove he can make it without E Street? Maybe, but all I had before were the lousy cassettes and scarce CDs. And suddenly he stood in front of me, flesh & blood, it was my first show and they rocked hard and the back vocals were magnificent and as absurd as it sounds, I don't remember much about it anymore, but I remember feeling fundamentally altered as we were driving back home. I'll always defend this tour, it was fundamental for me at that very moment in time.
That was a good band he took out on tour in 92/93, they played some good shows I saw. Another set of nights at the Sports Arena...Gloria's Eyes opened the 2nd set...a memory bursts forth of Bruce in "Rock Star" mode. Then Souls of The Departed moving into Born in the USA. In my country, the violence is always here just around the corner, it's just a kiss away as The Stones beautifully observed.....but I digress, time is a flat circle am I right????
But yes, we need a good fall 92 show.
Forgive me, I am up at 415am a day after getting my 2nd dose of the vaccine. I have what feels like a bad cold with a fever. I hate feeling like this.
I think with a few more really strong 92/93 releases, the Archive series could end up really redeeming that tour's reputation. Sure, it ain't E Street, but it's a bloody entertaining alternate listen from what we've got so far. It's certainly becoming clear that MTV Plugged as the only official live representation of that period for so long never came close to doing it justice. (And I quite like the Plugged DVD).
I think the Archive series has done a similar job for the TOL tour. I may be wrong, but my feeling always was that across the wider fan base that tour was considered the slightly faded post script to the classic era. But I think some of the best live music the classic period E Street Band ever produced is on the TOL shows so far released.
The Archive Series is sorely lacking a full band Soul Driver, Real World and The Long Goodbye.
They suck over there.
Not at me mind! Not this week...
I don't know if any of you guys caught the uproar on the other forum today, but it really made me appreciate how chill we all are over here even more.
There I was, standing in the lower section on the side of the stage, on 23rd of April 1988. Having sat in the drop line all night after the show on the 22nd. I was fueled by cheeseburgers and the fast friends I made as we talked about our Bruce obsession. I got in and during the 2nd set I saw Julie on the side of the stage watching her husband and Patti look at eachother with fire and lust. I thought to myself, she had to know it was over. You can hear the venom filled vocals on the bootleg of that night. That tour means the world to me. The shows were so good and thought provoking. I cannot think of a better crafted set of music than the first set as performed in L.A., Detroit, NY, and then Stockholm. A set about love and love lost in the end is about the author himself and the issues that came to bear during his relationships. Isolation, fear, and destruction...I was 19 years old and I had been through some stuff by that point: abandonment, loss of self worth, the beginnings of addiction as a response. That set set up questions and provided some answers that I have been seeking for the past 30 years or so. God I love that music.
Love how boyfriends grew into men later on.
I have to say that I'm confused to this day in regards to the timeline of the illicit affair (I'm stealing the term from Taylor Swift's song, which I think is a great song).
If I recall correctly the Carlin book states that Bruce and Patti were an item during the BITUSA tour, and it seems to me that something must have gone wrong at the time, and then he met Julie. He might have envisioned an ordinary marriage, and didn't think Patti fitted into his picture..
I also recall Patti's facial expression on the wedding photo, she looked so sad. You don't look that way on a wedding... Normally.
Anyway, Julie must have known.
Great song, Tougher. Love it. There's another dance, all you gotta do is say yes...
I just watched the official "Tougher than the Rest" clip for the first time in a long time a few days ago, and what a quietly bold move on his part to include same-sex couples back in 1989.
I reckon I could look it up, but as I watching it, I had to wonder if Juli already knew they were over. Because one cursory viewing of the eye-fucking Bruce and Patti do in that clip makes it crystal clear what's going on. And no one's so good an actor that you can claim they were just doing it for effect. It's so blatant that I'm surprised the clip didn't get an NC-17 rating.
He was a wounded beast... We need another 88 show.
"Spare Parts" from May 23rd, 1988. Does a more venomous vocal exist? Holy shit.
I find New Jersey '93 (or at least some of it) an easier and, to a degree, more enjoyable listen than Passaic 19/9/78.
There. I said it.
To be sure, the archive series is amazing. 2020 may have been the best year yet.
I came across this. I screenshotted it in April 2017 (only 4 years ago), which *checks sources* was just after St. Louis 2008 was released and four months before First Friday began.
Mouth was agape.
In comparison - fwiw this isn't as much of a "look at my live shows" at it is a "HOLY SHIT LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE'VE GOTTEN IN FOUR YEARS".
And there's at least nine rows before the 2016 releases start to appear.
I've been listening to Tempe '80 and am amazed at the way the setlist moves from thing to thing and how brave it was to play Ties That Bind/Stolen Car/Wreck on the Highway/Point Blank in the heart of the 2nd set. What a chalenging set of songs to play late in the evening. The themes of them jumble together in a menagierie of feelings. These people on thier way, how he's reaching out in Ties, running away in Stolen Car, seeing the death in Wreck and how it moves him about what the running away does. Love is fleeting but requires work. How hard the work is at times. Then she's gone in Point Blank, lost to the impulses of addiction. Brave work indeed. 430am headphone time with my friend Bruce is the best time, before the day begins. Love how the audience reacts to the ride Bruce is taking them on. This dark ride is scary, but then before you know it they are vamping it up on Crush on you!!!
I've been listening to various Joad shows for over a week now, and they all make me feel like I'm having a sophisticated conversation with a good friend.
The complexity of this tour still amazes me. It's so intimate, intense, moving, and yet so entertaining. So many life lessons to soak in and to work on...
Newest one: A love that's real is a love that's hard
like a pit bull on your ass in a very small backyard. 😂
I have big news. I just upgraded my headphones from the Beats Studio 3's to the new Apple Airpod Max. These are the best wireless headphones out there, I have tried the Sony WH 1000 XM4 as well as the Bose 700. These blow those away. The soundstage is more pronounced and instruments are better separated. The low end is strong, without compromising the mids and the highs. In real-world terms, they sound super clear and the words that come to mind is clean and real without being shrill. I played Roxy 78 on them last night after burning them in with random tracks for two hours...that sounded amazing to me, a real upgrade. Through the Beats, I'd need to turn it down due to the mastering being loud and compression being somewhat intense. Through my new ones, it sounded more fresh and open. SUPERCLEAR and awesome. I listened to the whole show and felt I was in the room. Headphones are my happy place and these cans are perfect for my preferred listening. Lossless through my iPhone. I am amazed. They retail for $549 and once you get past the price tag, they may be the best wireless headphones ever. Thanks for reading.
I'm actually really looking forward to posting that Brisbane. So much so that I'm half hoping there's no Archive this Friday just so I can post it then. Obviously, though, either way I get to publish something new this weekend 😊
I don't listen to Brisbane very often. I think the show lacks some spirituality. The intros, even if they are indeed funny, don't create the proper setting. They are too unsophisticated, very not Bruce like.
That said, some songs performed that night are indeed lovely. Save My Love and Fade Away are a nice pair, HH into Just Like Fire Would also.
Sandy is soft, a bit gentler...
BTX is fun in small doses.
Listening to Brisbane 2014 again for the first time in a while, and making notes for the review. "Steve says it's a helluva show we oughta keep goin'!" might be the understatement of the century. My God, this show. It's exhausting trying to keep up with everything going on. 😄
Major snowball effect report. RHW debate motivated me to listen to the whole Christic I show earlier and has now taken me to Detroit 88.
We have to acknowledge that short & alluring Roy's section directly after "if it's you I don't' trust" and immediately add it to the essential moments.
I never randomly start singing "The Hitter", and I never have the urge to listen to it. So today/tonight was a first, and you can bet I'm feeling grateful right now for those 2005 shows.
"Just open the door and let me lie down for a while."
Listened to the newest None But The Brave pod episode yesterday about the Working on a Dream Tour and have been listening to the Philly Archive loads since. In particular that version of "Higher and Higher". It's a fun show, no doubt about it.
I think a D&D would be good, but in truth the Leipzig '13 one has always looked really good to me. The video on youtube is great.
https://youtu.be/L-Ds-FXGGQg
I misread "back in your ears" and thought maybe a D&D show with Reno.
The optimist in me is taking "Back in Your Ears" as a hint and surmising Shea Stadium 2003 from it.
And this was a show that at one time was stated by Nugs as not being available due to either lost or damaged tapes. (I note the credits state parts of Lonesome Day and The Rising have been patched from a two track source). So, aside from this being a cracker true surprise release, maybe it opens the possibility of other shows we thought we'd never see (such as a little thing from LA in 1981) suddenly appearing like magic in the future...