Random Archive Series Thoughts

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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.

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.

The silence has lead me to think a bit too much.

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?

So can you well-informed people of various Bruce universes tell me what's supposed to happen tonight?

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.

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.

Seems like it may happen tomorrow...no delays annouced yet today. Most delays in the past two years have only been a week.

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 personally find the studio recordings of TOL and Human Touch to be two of my favourite Springsteen songs. Great stand alone tracks I think.

^ 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.

Forgot that the show usually drops between 4 and 5pm and get really excited for the next couple of minutes 😂

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.

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.

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.

The Archive Series is sorely lacking a full band Soul Driver, Real World and The Long Goodbye.

Not at me mind! Not this week...

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.

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...

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.

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 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."

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.