Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live July 7, 1978 West Hollywood, CA (Full Radio Broadcast)

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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performing live July 7, 1978 at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. The remarkable setlist includes no less than six premieres: "Rave On," "Point Blank," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Independence Day," "Raise Your Hand," and "Twist And Shout." This show and others on the Darkness tour in 1978 are considered some of the best shows Bruce will ever do. The new song "Independence Day" is performed for the first time and on the piano by Bruce. This is the only known time Bruce did this on the tour. "Point Blank" features different lyrics to later versions and the arrangement is slightly different. Also includes the first known tour performances of both "Raise Your Hand" and "Twist And Shout." All this and he skipped "Jungleland?" Very few tickets to this concert ever made it into public, and right before the show Bruce learned that over half of the 500 seats in the Theatre were filled with people from the press and CBS, he asked half of them to leave as politely as he could, and give their tickets to fans waiting outside. This show was also one of the main sources for the official Live 1975-85 box set, which includes eight songs from this show - “Spirit In The Night,” “Paradise By The ''C,''" “Adam Raised A Cain,” “Growin’ Up” (with a few cuts during the story), “It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City,” a heavily edited “Backstreets” with the "Sad Eyes" sequence removed and part of the third verse switched with a different performance, “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),” and “Raise Your Hand.” They sure picked the right show to do it, but they edited "Backstreets!" Originally broadcast on KMET FM Radio, this show unfortunately circulates as recordings from the radio broadcast unlike the other radio broadcasts from the 1978 which have pre-FM sources available. Recordings of this show have circulated on many unofficial LPs and on CDs since about 1980. In the U.K., a legal loophole provides companies to release unofficial bootlegs (surprising that Bruce has not sued them yet?). Recently, a first generation 7-1/2 IPS (inches per second) reel was found and transferred. The result is a substantial upgrade from all previous releases, with a more clearer sound and no pitch issues. But a new recording was given to a U.K. company from someone who recorded the broadcast on a perfectly new stereo equipment set. The result is here, clear with the quality it should have had in the first place. But still, since the theatre was small, you can still hear the audience yelling and shouting even though it is right from the board. This is for G Money who requested this. This audio was released on the CD bootleg "Roxy Night 1978" (Leftfield Media). The setlist is below. ENJOY! FIRST SET: Rave On Badlands Spirit In The Night Darkness On The Edge Of Town Candy's Room For You Point Blank The Promised Land Prove It All Night Racing In The Street Thunder Road SECOND SET: Paradise By The C Fire Adam Raised A Cain Mona She's The One Growin' Up It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City Backstreets (w/ Sad Eyes) Heartbreak Hotel Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) ENCORES: Independence Day (solo piano) Born To Run Because The Night Raise Your Hand Twist And Shout PLEASE SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE FULL BRUCE CONCERTS! COMMENT ON ONE OF MY VIDEOS FOR A UPLOAD REQUEST!