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00/03/78 - THE RECORD PLANT, NEW YORK, NY
FASTER AND LOUDER
Springsteen, in the final stages of mixing his Darkness LP, drops by an adjoining studio where New York proto-punk band The Dictators are busy on a work-in-progress 3rd album. Bruce, a fan of the band’s first two albums, winds up contributing the brief count-in vocals for the song “Faster And Louder”. The recording was first released in July 1978 on The Dictators LP “Bloodbrothers”.
WEREWOLVES OF LONDON
Springsteen, along with James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, JD Souther, Dickey Betts (of the Allman Brothers Band) and legendary promoter Bill Graham attend a performance by WARREN ZEVON at this tiny club then-located at 100 West 72nd Street. Zevon had just begun his ‘Excitable Boy’ Tour and this show (which didn’t start until 3am and lasted for nearly 2 hours) may have been of an invitation-only or promotional nature. At some point during the show some of the above-noted musicians/celebrities took the stage as a troupe to perform the “werewolf howls” background vocals on “Werewolves Of London”. Springsteen was definitely present but there are conflicting accounts if Bruce was part of the onstage troupe or not. Note: Springsteen performed at another Zevon concert three months later (see Brucebase listing for 23/06/78).
19/05/78 - PARAMOUNT THEATRE, ASBURY PARK, NJ
ADAM RAISED A CAIN (4.46) / FIRE (1.59) / SPANISH EYES (3.38) / BROKEN HEARTED (5.24) / THE WAY (3.55) / CANDYS ROOM (2.39) / PARADISE BY THE C (2.47) / TALK TO ME (3.35) / HEARTS OF STONE (4.24) / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (6.27) / RACING IN THE STREET (6.59) / THE PROMISED LAND (4.45) / PARADISE BY THE C (1:08 + 3.03) / KING TUT (0.48) / BADLANDS (4.24) / NIGHT (2.58) / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (4.54) / THE PROMISE (6.07) / ITS MY LIFE (cut, 4.22) / PARADISE BY THE C (3.20) / BADLANDS (5.11) / NIGHT (3.22) / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (5.31) / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.59) / FOR YOU (5.34) / THUNDER ROAD (6.35) / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (4.42) / THE PROMISED LAND (4.04) / RACING IN THE STREET (8.28) / SATISFACTION (inst,1.55) / HEART FULL OF SOUL (2.03) / WHOLE LOTTA LOVE (inst, 1:19) / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (5.09) / ADAM RAISED A CAIN (6:18) / FIRE (2.30) / MONA - SHES THE ONE (6.59) / BACKSTREETS (cut,)
Audience tape. Darkness Tour rehearsals, with no members of the public present. These are predominantly full versions with some minor stylistic differences. “The Promise” is the full E St Band arrangement only played like this on the opening night of the Darkness Tour. A brief rendition of the song “King Tut” is performed (often mistakenly identified as “Wooly Bully”) (Apparently, the performance of "King Tut" results from an episode they saw of "Saturday Night Live" with comedian Steve Martin on April 22, 1978. Martin opened the show with the song, in an elaborate production number. The response to the song was so great Martin released a single in July that made the top ten). The performances of “The Way”, “Spanish Eyes” and “Broken Hearted” may indicate these unreleased songs had received some consideration for the Darkness LP (they were not performed on the subsequent Tour). Southside Johnny’s work-in-progress 3rd album sessions were ongoing at the time and versions of the Springsteen-composed “Talk To Me” and “Hearts Of Stone” heard on this tape appear (for some unknown reason) to be playbacks of studio takes featuring Southside on lead vocals. Quality varies quite a lot but there are some real gems in here. Released on CDR ‘ON YER MARK’ 
23/05/78 - SHEA THEATRE, BUFFALO, NY
SOUNDCHECK:
IS THAT ALL TO THE BALL MR HALL / THUNDER ROAD / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / IS THAT ALL TO THE BALL MR HALL (15.43 TOTAL TIME) FIRE / SHE'S THE ONE
CONCERT:
BADLANDS (4.38)/ NIGHT (3.04)/ SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (5.34)/ FOR YOU (4.54)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.56)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.42)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (6.44)/ RACING IN THE STREET (start cut)(6.03)/ CANDYS ROOM (2.56)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.57)/ PARADISE BY THE C (2.56)/ FIRE (2.31)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.26)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.11)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (11.27)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (cut)(6.54)/ BACKSTREETS (11.24)/ ROSALITA (9.22)/ THE PROMISE (6.04)/ BORN TO RUN (4.35)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (cut)(3.58)/ YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN (cut)(3.57)
Audience tape - Opening night of the Darkness tour. Includes the ONLY ever
live performance of The Promise with the full E St Band. This concert was the
live debut of 8 songs from Darkness...everything except Factory and Something In The Night (which had made its debut in 1976), and also features
the full band version of For You. Backstreets has continued to evolve and the
middle section contains the Sad Eyes rendition for the first time. Paradise
By The C premieres as the start of the second set which also includes another
premiere - Fire. Released on CDR "Opening Night In The Darkness" -
covers the soundcheck as well, and "Go" (B Street) 
"Bruce onstage in Buffalo for the opening night of the Darkness Tour. Photo
by Aaron Morley"
24/05/78 - PALACE THEATRE, ALBANY, NY
BADLANDS (4.43)/ NIGHT (3.11)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.41)/ SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (5.58)/ FOR YOU (5.09)/ THUNDER ROAD (6.54)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (7.02)/ RACING IN THE STREET (7.27)/ CANDYS ROOM (2.54)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.04)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.05)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.28)/ FIRE (2.34)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.19)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (13.07)/ BACKSTREETS (11.39)/ ROSALITA (11.13)/ THE PROMISE (6.13)/ BORN TO RUN (4.57)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (4.40)
Audience tape, good quality with no cuts.
Above right - Onstage in Albany May 24th 1978 - photo by Martin Benjamin.
26/05/78 - THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA
S/C: THUNDER ROAD / BADLANDS / NIGHT / PARADISE BY THE C / THE PROMISED LAND / SHE'S THE ONE / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT / FOR YOU / CANDY'S ROOM / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / THE PROMISED LAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN
Audience tape - (runs slow) First Growin' Up and Saint In The City of the tour. See the storyteller link for more of Peter Howes/AsburyBrucePhotos
great pictures. 
27/05/78 - THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA
S/C: JUNGLELAND / LUCILLE / FIRE / LUCILLE / BADLANDS
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN
Audience tape - First Jungleland of the '78 tour. Available on CDR "Philadelphia
78"
29/05/78 - BOSTON MUSIC HALL, BOSTON, MA
PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN
Audience tape - Incomplete setlist - Racing In The Street segues directly
into Thunder Road from this show onwards. 
Opening night in Boston - photos from the first and second sets by Stan Grossfeld. Thanks to Q2 for the ticket stub scan.
30/05/78 - BOSTON MUSIC HALL, BOSTON, MA
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / CANDY'S ROOM / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
Audience tape - Premiere of Because The Night. Released on CDR "Defining
The Million Dollar Sound"
31/05/78 - BOSTON MUSIC HALL, BOSTON, MA
BADLANDS (4.36)/ NIGHT (3.03)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.42)/ SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (5.52)/ FOR YOU (4.59)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.06)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (7.22)/ RACIN' IN THE STREET (8.11)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.35)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.13)/ FIRE (2.41)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.25)/ MONA - SHE'S THE ONE (10.36)/ GROWIN' UP (7.51)/ SAINT IN THE CITY (4.17)/ BACKSTREETS (12.17)/ ROSALITA (8.52)/ THE PROMISE (6.04)/ BORN TO RUN (4.31)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (4.35)/ QUARTER TO THREE (8.51)
Audience tape - features the first Quarter to Three of the tour. Released
on CD "Looking For That Million Dollar Sound" (BM).
02/06/78 - US NAVAL ACADAMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD
NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / SEA CRUISE / 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT
Near-complete setlist is known, perhaps with 1 or 2 songs missing. This was Springsteen’s 2nd appearance at the Academy (he’d played here on May 28, 1976). Unfortunately the only known audio source is incomplete (it includes the above-noted setlist up to and including “Backstreets”. The last three tracks noted in the above setlist were apparently also played, including a repeat performance of “Sea Cruise” that is unique to the 1976 and 1978 Naval Academy shows. A Mid-shipman threw his hat on stage during “Sea Cruise” - Bruce grabbed it and wore it during the song. Thanks to Tom McCafferty for the info.
Thanks also to Tom for his signed ticket scan - upper right.
03/06/78 - NASSAU COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY
BADLANDS (4.34)/ NIGHT (2.58)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.25)/ SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (5.18)/ FOR YOU (4.51)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.49)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (7.45)/ RACING IN THE STREET (7.06)/ THUNDER ROAD (cuts to diff source)(6.02)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.11)/ FIRE (2.34)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.22)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (10.58)/ GROWING UP (8.33)/ SAINT IN THE CITY (4.24)/ BACKSTREETS (11.56)/ ROSALITA (9.48)/ THE PROMISE (5.44)/ BORN TO RUN (cut at start)(4.25)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (cuts to diff source)(4.07)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.31)/ QUARTER TO THREE (end cut)(6.24)
Audience tape - First appearence of Sandy for the 1978 tour. "Rosalita"
includes a snippet of "Mickey's Monkey" Two new audience sources are now available that represent considerable upgrades. Released on CDR "Sandy Night". The 3 DC set from Fanatic Records, "Nassau Night in 78" is the one to aquire.
Thanks to Carlo for the ticket image.
05/06/78 - SPORTS ARENA, TOLEDO, OH
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Incomplete set. Released on CDR "Talk About A Dream"
06/06/78 - CONVENTION CENTRE, INDIANAPOLIS, IN
No set details or audio known. Information is sketchy but apparently some female dancers from a nearby strip club called ‘The Red Garter’ joined Bruce and the ESB onstage during this show’s encore – an incident that Springsteen alluded to years later - during a Nov 21, 1996 solo gig in Indianapolis.
08/06/78 - DANE COUNTY COLISEUM, MADISON, WI
BADLANDS (4.37)/ NIGHT (3.09)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.55)/ SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (6.05)/ FOR YOU (5.05)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.00)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (6.56)/ RACING IN THE STREET (speed fluctuations and edits)(8.10)/ THUNDER ROAD (speed fluctuations)(6.13)/ JUNGLELAND (9.43)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.12)/ FIRE (2.43)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (edit)(5.37)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (10.46)/ GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS (11.31)/ ROSALITA (edits)(8.31)/ BORN TO RUN (4.27)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (4.13)/QUARTER TO THREE (9.11)
Audience tape
Poster image courtesy of It's Only Rock'n'Roll Thanks to Kirk for the ticket and news ad scans.
09/06/78 - ARENA, MILWAUKEE, WI
BADLANDS (4.24)/ NIGHT (2.59)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.28)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.21)/ FOR YOU (5.05)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.01)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (7.24)/ RACING IN THE STREET (6.39)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.39)/ JUNGLELAND (9.36)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.10)/ FIRE (2.38)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.39)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (edit)(11.14)/ GROWING UP (6.39)/ BACKSTREETS (11.14)/ ROSALITA (9.20)/ BORN TO RUN (4.32)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (4.14)/ QUARTER TO THREE (8.53)
Audience tape of very high quality - excellent sound and atmosphere. Released
on CDR "No Bombs Tonight"
10/06/78 - MET SPORTS CENTER, BLOOMINGTON, MN
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE OUT / QUARTER TO THREE
The above-noted 20-song setlist (likely to represent the entire show) is taken from an incomplete audience tape of the show combined with an attendee recollection that’s deemed reliable. Allegedly this audience tape exists in complete form but it’s not in collector circulation – our understanding is the non-circulating segments suffer from technical problems. Just over 10 minutes of Super-8, color film footage of this show is in circulation (sometimes incorrectly noted as being from 29/11/78). This footage encompasses excerpts of 5 songs - “Badlands” and “Night” (both originally without sound), as well as excerpts of “Spirit In The Night”, She’s The One” and “Rosalita” (all with sound). The two songs with no audio have recently been ‘married’ to this show’s previously circulating audio and the complete footage with audio is now available on the DVD ‘BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: 8MM’ (Brucevideos Productions). 
13/06/78 - UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY
No firm details known but fan present Jeff writes "best of recollection - set list very simliar to K.C. later in month. Only concert I have still ever attended where NOBODY was selling tickets outside, all people outside were trying to buy!"
14/06/78 - MUSIC HALL, OMAHA, NEBRASKA
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - poor quality
16/06/78 - MEMORIAL HALL, KANSAS CITY, KS
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.24)/ FOR YOU (5.01)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.55)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (7.28)/ RACING IN THE STREET (7.48)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.18)/ JUNGLELAND (9.23)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.13)/ FIRE (2.33)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.26)/ MONA - SHE'S THE ONE (11.36)/ GROWIN' UP (8.53)/ BACKSTREETS (10.00)/ ROSALITA (fades in)(9.26)/ THE PROMISE (5.59)/ BORN TO RUN (4.27)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (4.16)/ QUARTER TO THREE (9.56)
Soundboard source - Incomplete tape. Great versions of Adam Raised a Cain
and Quarter To Three. Audience Tape exists which includes the first three songs
in good quality. Released on CD "Kansas City Carboy" (BTS1) - soundboard
only.
17/06/78 - KIEL AUDITORIUM, ST LOUIS, MISSOURI
No set details known. Held in the 10,000-seat Kiel Auditorium, and one of the few gigs on the Darkness Tour with a disappointing turnout – about 3,500 tickets remained unsold. A Brucebase reader comments: “I remember when the lights came up at the encores that I was stunned that there were only a few rows of the upper level filled - for what was the most amazing show I'd ever seen”. In a 1978 magazine interview Clarence Clemons mentioned this gig as one of his favourites of the tour. Note: when Springsteen & The E Street Band returned to St Louis on 25/11/78 they performed in the much more intimate 3,500-seat Kiel Opera House. Thanks to Neal for the information.
20/06/78 - RED ROCKS, DENVER, CO
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA/NOT FADE AWAY/SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / I FOUGHT THE LAW / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Outdoor performance - First known version of I Fought The
Law.
23/06/78 - PARAMOUNT THEATRE, PORTLAND, OR
I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD
No known audio. As he had done a couple of months earlier in New York City, Springsteen makes an unannounced guest appearance at a WARREN ZEVON gig – this time playing guitar, harmonica and sharing vocals on a wild, extended version of “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”, Warren’s final encore of the evening.
24/06/78 - PARAMOUNT THEATRE, PORTLAND, OR
BADLANDS (4.24)/ NIGHT (2.59)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.51)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.12)/ FOR YOU (4.55)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.51)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (8.37)/ RACING IN THE STREET (7.52)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.22)/ JUNGLELAND (9.10)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.06)/ FIRE (2.34)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.02)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (11.06)/ GROWIN' UP (11.14)/ BACKSTREETS (cut)(9.05)/ ROSALITA (9.44)/ THE PROMISE (5.42)/ BORN TO RUN (4.15)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (4.03)/ QUARTER TO THREE (10.19)
Complete Show - Soundboard source. Promised Land features a completely out
of tune guitar solo. Another great version of Adam Raised a Cain. Released on
CD "Raising Cain" (E St Records)
25/06/78 - PARAMOUNT NORTHWEST THEATRE, SEATTLE, WA
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA - NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / I FOUGHT THE LAW / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape. Released on CDR "Darkness On The Edge Of Seattle"
- covers the second set only. Three tracks were also included on the CD "Winterland
Night" (CC) Also available on CDR "Shut Down Strangers And Hot Rod
Angels".
26/06/78 - QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE, VANCOUVER
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREETS / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / QUARTER TO THREE
Setlist from a newspaper review of the concert - Thanks Rich!
29/06/78 - PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, SAN JOSE, CA
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND
Audience tape - Incomplete setlist.
Thanks to Steven www.eyecandypromo.com
for the ticket and to Jack Bogdanski (left) & Karl Buhler (right) for the magnificent photos.
30/06/78 - COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM, BERKELEY, CA
BADLANDS (start cut) (3.22)/ NIGHT (2.49)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.26)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.00)/ FOR YOU (4.37)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.38)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (8.45)/ RACING IN THE STREET (7.58)/ THUNDER ROAD (4.51)/ JUNGLELAND (cut) (8.21)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.05)/ FIRE (2.30)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (4.51)/ MONA-SHE'S THE ONE (9.37)/ GROWIN UP (7.49)/ BACKSTREETS (9.44)/ THE PROMISE (5.34)/ ROSALITA (10.45)/ BORN TO RUN (4.20)/ 10TH AVE FREEZE OUT (3.53)/ QUARTER TO THREE (6.02)
Audience Tape. Prove It All Night features Bruce's cab driver story. For You
is the fast version. Available on CDR "Community Spirit"
01/07/78 - COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM, BERKELEY, CA
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / PARADISE BY THE C / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Incomplete - soundboard tape - Paradise By The C and Prove It All Night were
used as promo cuts for radio play from this board tape.
Thanks to Karl Buhler for the ticket scan and photo (from SF 15/12/78).
04/07/78 - RADIO STATION KMET-FM, LOS ANGELES, CA
Bruce, Jon Landau and Dave Marsh turn up together at the studios of KMET – resulting in a lengthy, live on-air Springsteen show hosted by DJ Mary Turner. Springsteen-Landau arrived bearing audio treats – the show is highlighted by the debut public airing of two live recordings (“Prove It All Night” and “Paradise By The Sea”) fresh from the gig in Berkeley (July 1st). The complete event (interview + songs) can be found on the 2cd set “DARKNESS ON THE AIR” (Mystic). Note: immediately following this show certain naughty rascals climb the fire escape of a nearby building and spray paint the large billboard AD promoting the Darkness LP.
05/07/78 - THE FORUM, INGLEWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CA
S/C: RAVE ON
BADLANDS (4.27)/ NIGHT (2.59)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.47)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.13)/ FOR YOU (4.56)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.00)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (cut)(6.25)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.25)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.30)/ JUNGLELAND (9.19)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.17)/ FIRE (2.39)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.21)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (10.58)/ GROWING UP (12.17)/ BACKSTREETS (11.58)/ ROSALITA (9.47)/ THE PROMISE (5.53)/ BORN TO RUN (4.39)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.17)/ QUARTER TO THREE (10.54)
Audience Tape - excellent quality. Report from the tour at this time from
Dave Marsh had Bruce soundchecking Rave On which appeared in the main set on
the next date. Apparently there is another source tape with Prove It All Night
uncut, but with Backstreets cut. Released on CDR "Forum Heat" (Smokey
Joe). The show was filmed in part by KABC TV (see the footage on the "This
Is Your Life" DVD release) there is also some silent super8 footage that also shows Bruce playing a Fender strat instead of the usual telecaster - An interview was carried out for "Eye
Witness News" J J Jackson reporter - with Bruce backstage after the show,
ten minutes of this were broadcast on 07/07/78.
06/07/78 - SUNDANCE CLUB, LOS ANGELES, CA
CAROL
Springsteen and actor Gary Busey (of Buddy Holly Story fame) join obscure Oklahoma-based
country rock outfit THE OLD DOG BAND for a song. One of the band members was
Gary Busey’s brother.
07/07/78 - THE ROXY, LOS ANGELES, CA
INTRO / RAVE ON (2.49)/ BADLANDS (4.33)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.35)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.16)/ CANDYS ROOM (3.13)/ FOR YOU (5.04)/ POINT BLANK (6.31)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.10)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (8.47)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.22)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.44)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.20)/ FIRE (2.40)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.36)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (13.27)/ GROWING UP (9.14)/ SAINT IN THE CITY (4.39)/ BACKSTREETS (12.41)/ HEARTBREAK HOTEL (2.15)/ ROSALITA (9.57)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.12)/ BORN TO RUN (4.32)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (5.45)/ RAISE YOUR HAND (4.50)/ TWIST AND SHOUT (7.18)
FM broadcast - Premiere of Point Blank, Rave On and Independence Day is performed
solo on piano for only time on the tour. Point Blank features different lyrics
to later versions and is played slightly differently. Originally broadcast on
KMET FM Radio. Point Blank and Thunder Road have been edited where the original
broadcast had problems. Probably one of the best shows Bruce will ever do. Available
on many unofficial LP's and on CD's "Roxy Night" (CC), "Hands Towards The Sky"
(LOB) and most recently on "No Private Parties" (Ev2). This show was one of the main source concerts for the official “Live/1975-85”
box set, which includes no less than eight recordings from this show (“Spirit
In The Night”, “Paradise By The ‘C’, “Adam Raised
A Cain”, “Growin’ Up” [with a few cuts in the middle-part
“lawyer” story], “Saint In The City”, a heavily edited
“Backstreets”, “Rosalita” and “Raise Your Hand”).
Another performance recorded that night, “For You”, was later released
as a B-side/bonus track on 7”/12” vinyl worldwide, and on CD in
Japan only (“Live Collection” EP). In addition, a short live excerpt
from this show (Bruce’s speech given after “Badlands” about
a photo recently taken of him) was officially - and exclusively - released on
a promotion-only 7” flexidisc issued to subscribers of Austrian pop magazine
"Rennbahn Express" in June 1981.Thanks to Lost
in the flood for the
update.
And for a change of perspective - above center - outside the Roxy in 1978 - pictured are (in
no particular order) Lou Cohan, Steve Pond and
Pete Howard - photo courtesy of Dari. Above right - tickets for the gig were simple stamped card.
08/07/78 - VETS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, PHOENIX, AZ
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / RAISE YOUR HAND / QUARTER TO THREE
Complete audience tape exists in addition to soundboard audio for those songs that are circulating on film. Some, very possibly all, of this show was filmed (in 35mm) by director Arnold Levine. Film of “Rosalita”, “Prove It All Night” and “Badlands” were originally released promotionally – with the most widely distributed promo, “Rosalita”, later issued commercially (in edited form) on Springsteen’s Video Anthology series. The two other verified Levine film recordings from this show currently circulating are “Promised Land” and “Born To Run”. All 5 have surfaced as bonus material on Watchdog’s DVD ‘Live On The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour’ in outstanding quality; obviously taken a very low-generation copy of the master. A circulating film clip of “Raise Your Hand” may also be from this show, although there remains some uncertainty over its true source. Thanks to Jeff for setlist update.
09/07/78 - RADIO STATION KBFH-FM, SAN DIEGO, CA
Springsteen and Landau visit KBFH-FM and Bruce takes part in an interview + music program hosted by DJ Dave Herman. Again, as was done a few days earlier at KMET-FM in Los Angeles, live recordings of “Prove It All Night” and “Paradise By The Sea” from the July 1st Berkeley gig are broadcast as part of Bruce’s interview appearance at the station. The entire Herman program (interview +music) is available on a bonus CD with Crystal Cat’s "Agora Night" package. Thanks to Lost In The Flood for the update.
09/07/78 - SPORTS ARENA, SAN DIEGO, CA
BADLANDS (4.22)/ I FOUGHT THE LAW (2.26)/ NIGHT (2.48)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.24)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (cut)(3.57)/ CANDY'S ROOM (2.50)/ FOR YOU (4.42)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.49)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (cut)(7.10)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.46)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.27)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.15)/ FIRE (2.37)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.23)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.33)/ NOT FADE AWAY - GLORIA - SHE'S THE ONE (11.15)/ GROWIN' UP (9.40)/ BACKSTREETS (10.59)/ ROSALITA (9.11)/ BORN TO RUN (4.24)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (5.57)/ QUARTER TO THREE (8.27)
Audience tape - First appearence of Streets of Fire since the first show.
Released on CDR "Not Fade Away"
12/07/78 - CONVENTION CENTRE (THEATRE), DALLAS, TX
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT
As had been the case during every Texas tour since 1974, Springsteen proved very popular in Houston and Austin - but for some strange reason had trouble selling seats in Dallas. This show had originally been scheduled for the main 10,000-seat Convention Centre but due to poor advanced ticket sales it was shifted to its 1,700-seat Theatre. A Brucebase reader who attended comments: “Concert-goers had to exchange their tickets, so there was a delay in starting the show. People were starting to get impatient and began rhythmic hand clapping and foot stomping. The MC made one announcement, but it didn't let up. All of a sudden out comes Bruce, who said something like "O.K. you guys! Hang on for a little longer until we get everyone in. We have a long show ahead of us tonight”! The above-mentioned, slightly incomplete setlist is taken from an audience tape, as released on CDR "Get Outta My Face”.
Photo from the Dallas News - thanks to John.
14/07/78 - MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, SAN ANTONIO, TX
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / CANDY'S ROOM / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / THE FEVER / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - First known version of The Fever since 1974.
15/07/78 - RADIO STATION KILT-FM, HOUSTON, TX
Springsteen drops into KILT in the afternoon for a 30-minute chat that was broadcast live. This interview (which isn’t widely circulating) includes a confirmation by Bruce that his performance of “The Fever” the previous night in San Antonio was his first since the Liberty Hall show of March 10, 1974.
15/07/78 - COLISEUM, HOUSTON, TX
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE FEVER / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / THE PROMISE / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Last known version of The Promise on this tour and until 1999.
There was a 15 minute radio interview with DJ Ed Beauchamp recorded after the
show and broadcast by KILT Radio. 
16/07/78 - MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, NEW ORLEANS, LA
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / HONKY TONK (inst)/ THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FEVER / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape, released on CDR's ‘New Orleans Night’ and ‘Louisiana Fever’. Show includes an instrumental version of the song "Honky Tonk" which was originally a #2 record for Bill Doggett in 1956. According to historian Priore, his was the first rock'n'roll instrumental hit, and the Beach Boys were the first, and one of the only, surf bands to cover it. Thanks to Jean-Claude for the corrections and research on "Honky Tonk".
18/07/78 - MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, JACKSON, MS
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FOR YOU / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape
19/07/78 - ELLIS AUDITORIUM, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
No details known.
Thanks to Will for the ticket scan.
21/07/78 - AUDITORIUM, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT
Audience tape which is incomplete - Live premiere of Factory, the last song
from the Darkness album to be played live.
23/07/78 - FOX THEATER, ATLANTA, GA
POSTPONED show (due to illness), re-scheduled and played on 30/09/78
"Same day promotion for the postponed July 23rd show - people arrived but
were told Bruce had a throat infection. Bruce made up for it with a killer show
on Sept 30th"
25/07/78 - CIVIC AUDITORIUM, JACKSONVILLE, FL
CANCELLED show, never re-scheduled. Although noted in a pre-tour itinerary in ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine, no contract for this show was signed, no local newspaper ADs were placed and no tickets ever went on sale. The early abandonment of this proposed gig had nothing to do with Springsteen’s throat infection and postponement-rescheduling of the concert in Atlanta two nights earlier (see above listing).
26/07/78 - CIVIC CENTER, LAKELAND, FL
CANCELLED show, never re-scheduled. Although noted in a pre-tour itinerary in ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine, no contract for this show was signed, no local newspaper ADs were placed and no tickets ever went on sale. The early abandonment of this proposed gig had nothing to do with Springsteen’s throat infection and postponement-rescheduling of the concert in Atlanta three nights earlier.
28/07/78 - JAI ALAI FRONTON, MIAMI, FL
SUMMERTIME BLUES / BADLANDS / NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / I FOUGHT THE LAW / FOR YOU / NOT FADE AWAY - GLORIA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - First known version of Summertime Blues, and the last appearence
in 1978 of Night.
29/07/78 - BAY FRONT CENTRE, ST PETERSBURG, FL
OH BOY / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / AROUND AND AROUND / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Debut of Oh Boy to open the show. Around And Around is unique
to this show. Newspaper reviews talk of 2000 unsold tickets for this show. Thanks
to Pekka for updated set info, and to Chris for the pressclippingsincluding
the full annoted setlist below.
Thanks to Chris for the newspaper clips. - Click the image to see the larger
print version in Storyteller.
31/07/78 - TOWNSHIP AUDITORIUM, COLUMBIA, SC
No details known
01/08/78 - GAILLARD MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, CHARLESTON, SC
SUMMERTIME BLUES / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THUNDER ROAD / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / 4TH OF JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / I FOUGHT THE LAW
Complete setlist is not known but the above-mentioned songs were definitely performed. Bruce opened the show with the “Summertime Blues” – “Badlands” combination. THERE IS NO CIRCULATING AUDIO.
02/08/78 - COLISEUM, CHARLOTTE, NC
LUCILLE / BADLANDS
Possible audience tape - No full details known but the show opened with Lucille sequed into Badlands. Thanks to Diana via Killing Floor and Wayne for confirmation on that.
04/08/78 - CIVIC CENTRE, CHARLESTON, V.W.
OH BOY (1.52)/ BADLANDS (4.24)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (7.00)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.13)/ FACTORY (2.21)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.25)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (CUT) (2.41)/ RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD (5.24)/ JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C (3.10)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.36)/ SHERRY DARLIN' (4.11)/ NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE (12.21)/ GROWIN' UP (11.18)/ BACKSTREETS - DRIVE ALL NIGHT (cut) (11.51)/ ROSALITA (11.41)/ BORN TO RUN (4.41)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.30)/ QUARTER TO THREE (cut) (3.50)
Soundboard recording - last known version of Oh Boy and premiere of Sherry
Darling with some different lyrics. Released on CD "Oh Boy" (BS) and more recently
in a remastered version with the same name (E ST).
05/08/78 - LOUISVILLE GARDENS, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
BADLANDS (4.17) / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.41) / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (2.56) / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (3.40) / FACTORY (2.42) / THE PROMISED LAND (5.07) / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (9.41) / RACING IN THE STREET (7.54) / THUNDER ROAD (5.01) / JUNGLELAND (8.43) / PARADISE BY THE C (3.18) / SANDY (6.11) / SHERRY DARLING (3.42) / MONA - SHES THE ONE (12.14) / GROWING UP (9.58) / BACKSTREETS (start cut, 11.22) / ROSALITA (11.31) / BORN TO RUN (4.06) / BECAUSE THE NIGHT (end cut, 5.41) + backstage interview
Soundboard sourced - flat sound with some hiss but good instrument separation. This circulating audio is only missing the (1 or 2) encore songs that followed “Because The Night”. To start the show the MC announces "They're Off!" in recognition of the Kentucky Derby. Show includes the first known ESB performance of “Sweet Little Sixteen” since 1973. Bruce loses his place during “Rosalita”, which results in an unusual instrumental break until Bruce picks up the song again. Note: Following this show Springsteen gives a backstage interview to journalist David White, which was first broadcast on Sept 3, 1978 on Radio Station 2SM in Sydney, Australia as part of an in-house produced “Bruce Springsteen Story” history-music-interview Special (it included the live “Prove It All Night” promo audio from the July 1st Berkeley show). Thanks to Wessley for the info.
07/08/78 - WINGS AUDITORIUM, KALAMAZOO, MI
GROWIN’ UP
Nearly every gig on the Darkness Tour was a sellout or a virtual sellout. There
were only three or four exceptions and this show was the most glaring one -
with just 3,000 of the 6,500 tickets sold. A brief review, which incorporates
an interesting post-concert backstage chat with Bruce, mentions “Growin’
Up” (with its ‘Let It Rock’ story) as having been performed.
No other titles are articulated. Bruce was on a guaranteed performance fee but
mentions in the interview that he is going to compensate the show’s promoter
for the financial loss sustained. Collectors Note: THERE IS NO KNOWN AUDIO FROM
THIS SHOW. Setlists and/or audio long-circulating and alleged to be from this
gig are in fact slight permutations of the audio from the 25/11/78 show in St
Louis. Consequently Kalamazoo’s seemingly strange setlist (for the mid-tour
period) is incorrect and “The Ties That Bind” did NOT make its world
debut at this August 7th show. 
08/08/78 - RYERSON UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, CANADA
CANCELLED concert (probably prior to any public announcement of its booking), never re-scheduled. In Aug 1978 Ryerson University was known as Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and this gig, noted in some in-house CBS Tour Itinerary documentation, was planned for the school’s 1,200-seat Ryerson Theatre. Reason for the cancellation is unknown.
09/08/78 - THE AGORA, CLEVELAND, OH
SUMMERTIME BLUES (2.28)/ BADLANDS (4.12)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.35)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.00)/ FACTORY (2.13)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.18)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (9.32)/ RACING IN THE STREET (9.05)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.17)/ JUNGLELAND (9.00)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.10)/ FIRE (2.26)/ SHERRY DARLIN' (3.45)/ NOT FADE AWAY-GLORIA-SHE'S THE ONE (13.05)/ GROWIN' UP (12.10)/ BACKSTREETS (11.53)/ ROSALITA (11.29)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.28)/ BORN TO RUN (4.23)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (7.07)/ RAISE YOUR HAND (4.25)/ TWIST AND SHOUT (6.32)
Soundboard and radio broadcast tapes (WMMS) available - good show. It's interesting
to note that this show was remastered by Bruce's management and given to KSAN
in San Fransico who broadcast it as a replacement for a scheduled Winterland
rebroadcast. This must have happened in 1979 sometime. The remastered show has
fantastic stereo seperation and coupled with the fact that this is a good show
in the first place, it has to rank as one of the best of the available shows
in 1978. - Released on LP and CD. The most recent (and best quality) CD releases
of this show are"Agora Night" by Crystal Cat and "Just In Time
For Summer"
10/08/78 - MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, ROCHESTER, NY
SUMMERTIME BLUES / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN / PARADISE BY THE C / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / SHERRY DARLING / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape.
12/08/78 AUGUSTA CIVIC CENTER, AUGUSTA, ME
SUMMETIME BLUES / BADLANDS / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / SHERRY DARLIN' / NOT FADE AWAY - GLORIA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN
Complete set details not known and THERE IS NO KNOWN AUDIO. Above songs are culled from attendee recollections of the show, and also that during a great version of ROSALITA, Bruce was acting up running around etc.then he runs to the mic and announces "someone stop me....before I hurt myself"....then he collapses to the stage ....Clarence rushes over to play sax ofer him and a few girls rush the stage and huddle around him til he revives and they are wisked away and then he continues again. GROWIN' UP features a mid song story variation of being chased by armed forces of all types etc. and BACKSTREETS features Bruce referencing the singer Stevie Lawrence and he sang a Lawrence song "Little Blue Eyes"....before going back to "....hiding in the backstreets" Thanks to Andy for all these recollections. The back of the stage area of this 8,700-seat venue was curtained off. Consequently the seating was reduced to 6,000 for this show.
14/08/78 - COLISEUM, HAMPTON, VA
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FOR YOU / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN / NOT FADE AWAY - GLORIA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - First known High School Confidential to start off the show.
Setlist updated - thanks Grethe.
15/08/78 - CAPITOL CENTRE, LARGO, MD
SUMMERTIME BLUES ( )/ BADLANDS (4.17)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (7.09)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.05)/ FACTORY (2.40)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.24)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (11.02)/ RACING IN THE STREET (cut)(9.30)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.25)/ JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C (3.33)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.30)/ SHERRY DARLIN' (3.49)/ SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (3.08)/ GLORIA - NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE (12.21)/ GROWING UP (11.04)/ BACKSTREETS (edits)(11.30)/ ROSALITA (cut)(12.27)/ BORN TO RUN (4.39)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (7.01)/ QUARTER TO THREE (13.44)
Audience tape - A concert perhaphs best known for the outstanding video footage
available. Backstreets has some lines from Pretty Flamingo in the Sad Eyes section.
Tremendous version of Quarter To Three - particularly the video. The video now
circulates in very high quality on DVD or SVCD "I F*cked Everything Up".
Available on CDR "From Town To town". The video footage recently was
released (in upgraded quality) as a factory-pressed 2-DVD bootleg called "Live
On The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour" on the Watchdog label.
18/08/78 - THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA
S/C: THE FEVER (several takes and chatter) (11.35)/ THE HARDER THEY COME (several takes) (12.17)/ SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME (5.13)
Likely taped outside the arena, with lots of audible arguing and traffic noise. Tracks are reasonably clear thoughout. Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come" is an astounding, majestic rearrangement of the reggae classic. A high quality recording of this would be a stunner.
SUMMERTIME BLUES (2.16)/ BADLANDS (4.11)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.27)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.15)/ FACTORY (3.31)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.15)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (9.26)/ RACING IN THE STREET (7.57)/ THUNDER ROAD (6.14)/ JUNGLELAND (9.04)/ PARADISE BY THE "C" (3.23)/ THE FEVER (6.52)/ SHERRY DARLING (4.53)/ 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)/ NOT FADE AWAY-GLORIA-SHE'S THE ONE (10.31)/ GROWIN' UP (10.16)/ ROSALITA (9.10)/ BORN TO RUN (4.17)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.02)/ RAVE ON (3.04)/ QUARTER TO THREE (9.22)
Audience tape - Gary Busey guests on "Rave On" and "Quarter to Three." WIOQ Radio DJ Ed Sciaky interviews Bruce backstage after the show - this is broadcast the very next day, on 19/08/78. Thanks to Johnny Savage for the S/C review.
19/08/78 - THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA
GOOD ROCKIN TONIGHT (2.46)/ BADLANDS (4.16)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.46)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (3.47)/ HEARTBREAK HOTEL (2.09)/ FACTORY (2.13)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.47)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (9.56)/ THUNDER ROAD (4.41)/ JUNGLELAND (8.57)/ RAVE ON (1.49)/ FEVER (7.33)/ SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (3.33)/ SHERRY DARLIN' (3.25)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (5.55)/ MONA - SHE'S THE ONE (11.40)/ GROWIN' UP (3.30)/ BACKSTREETS (10.27)/ ROSALITA (8.30)/ BORN TO RUN (4.28)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.16)/ QUARTER TO THREE (4.26)
Soundboard recording (Incomplete) and audience tape - Good Rockin' Tonight
is played for the first time as well as The Fever once again. Backstreets includes
'Sad Eyes'. Incomplete show as Racin' in The Street is missing. Gary Busey guests
again on Rave On. Released on CD "The Jersey Devil" (GS).
21/08/78 - MADISON SQUARE GARDENS, NEW YORK
SUMMERTIME BLUES (2.19)/ BADLANDS (4.29)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.59)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.10)/ HEARTBREAK HOTEL (2.02)/ FACTORY (3.25)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.28)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (9.55)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.26)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.38)/ JUNGLELAND (9.44)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.26)/ THE FEVER (8.35)/ SHERRY DARLIN' (3.57)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.23)/ SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (3.08)/ NOT FADE AWAY - GLORIA - SHES THE ONE (11.46)/ GROWING UP (9.55)/ BACKSTREETS (11.48)/ ROSALITA (10.13)/ BORN TO RUN (4.42)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.54)/ QUARTER TO THREE (9.58)
Audience tape - great quality marred only by sound glitches in Summertime
Blues and Sandy. Great version of Heartbreak Hotel - Bruce dedicates Sweet Little
Sixteen to his sister who appears on stage the next night. Released on CDR "MSG
Night 1" & "New York City Darkness" Bruce is interviewed
on WABC TV for 10 minutes with J Siegal before the show.
Upper left "Bruce backstage after the Aug 21st show with former Castiles Manager Gordon "Tex" Vinyard Tex's wife Marion Vinyard and the older of Bruce's two sisters, Virginia "Ginny" Springsteen Stark. Bruce youngest sister Pamela came to the following night's show and actually took the stage with Bruce". Thanks to Cliff for the ticket image.
22/08/78 - MADISON SQUARE GARDENS, NEW YORK
GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT (3.08)/ BADLANDS (4.04)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.13)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.20)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (3.52)/ FACTORY (3.01)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.00)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (cut)(9.41)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.16)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.04)/ JUNGLELAND (8.47)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.06)/ FOR YOU (4.34)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (5.58)/ CANDYS ROOM (2.31)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (11.11)/ GROWING UP (10.59)/ BACKSTREETS (10.52)/ ROSALITA (8.36)/ BORN TO RUN (4.18)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.17)/ QUARTER TO THREE (11.11)
Audience tape - features Bruce's sister coming on stage in the last song.
Released on CDR "MSG Night 2" & "Edge Of Darkness"
23/08/78 - MADISON SQUARE GARDENS, NEW YORK
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (3.10)/ BADLANDS (4.25)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.21)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (7.38)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.13)/ HEARTBREAK HOTEL (2.08)/ FACTORY (4.11)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.30)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (11.00)/ RACING IN THE STREET (9.35)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.29)/ JUNGLELAND (9.40)/ FOR YOU (5.00)/ CANDY'S ROOM (3.09)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (5.01)/ FIRE (2.42)/ SHERRY DARLIN' (3.48)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.27)/ NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE (14.54)/ SAINT IN THE CITY (5.20)/ BACKSTREETS - SAD EYES (13.24)/ ROSALITA (10.53)/ BORN TO RUN (4.36)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.43)/ QUARTER TO THREE (10.34)
Audience tape. Released on CDR "MSG Night 3" & "For New
York City"
25/08/78 - VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, NEW HAVEN, CN
S/C: HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FOR YOU / IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / SHERRY DARLIN' / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Only known '78 tour version of It's Gonna Work Out Fine in
the second set - this song was last played in 1975 and is never played again
with the E St Band - to date anyway. Released on CDR "Veteran's Memorial"
Following the show, Bruce is interviewed by Bob Harris of the Old Grey Whistle
Test UK TV show. The interview along with a live clip of Rosalita from the show
of 08/07/78 is broadcast on 27/03/79.
25/08/78 - TOAD'S PLACE, NEW HAVEN, CN
ROSALITA / DOUBLE SHOT OF MY BABY'S LOVE / YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN
Bruce and Clarence join Beaver Brown. Apparently, the whole band were at the club but they didn't all play. Brucebase reader Phil recalls " Beaver Brown played Rosalita at every show back then, so they knew it cold. Bruce was psyched and he and John Cafferty kept huddling after each song to figure out what to play next. I think I remember them playing Midnight Hour, Double Shot, and You Can't Sit Down, but it was crazy and we may have had a few beers, there could have been more (or fewer) songs."
Above left: Clarence and Bruce with Mike Antunes - Toad's Place - All photo's courtesy of Phil Tighe.
26/08/78 - CIVIC CENTRE, PROVIDENCE, RI
SUMMERTIME BLUES / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FOR YOU / SHERRY DARLING / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / CANDY'S ROOM / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE / 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT
Audience tape. According to sources present at the show - 10 minutes after
the show closer, "Quarter To Three", Bruce and the band returned to
the stage and played a 15 minute version of 10th Avenue. This was not captured
on the surviving tape circulating. A 15 minute interview with Robin Young is
recorded by WBZ TV prior to the show.
Upper left - during "Rosalita", and right - Bruce giving it all at the end of "Jungleland" - Photo's courtesy of Peter Howes/AsburyBrucePhotos. See more in Storyteller.
28/08/78 - STANLEY THEATRE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / STREETS OF FIRE / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / LOST IN THE FLOOD / QUARTER TO THREE
THERE IS NO CIRCULATING AUDIO FROM THIS SHOW. The setlist above is partial but near complete, with just 3 or 4 titles missing. Culled from reports in the Pittsburgh papers and attendee recollections. One Pittsburgh newspaper mentions “Something In Night,” returning for the first time in a couple of months. The Pittsburgh Press mentions a stunning piano solo rendition of “Lost In The Flood” that Bruce plays as a special request – and he utilizes his lyrics notebook to ensure he doesn’t mess it up.
29/08/78 - STANLEY THEATRE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
BADLANDS / CANDY'S ROOM / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / IT'S MY LIFE / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FEVER / SAINT IN THE CITY / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / SHERRY DARLING / MONA - SHES THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Only known version of I Heard That Lonesome Whistle and the
first It's My Life for the tour.
30/08/78 - RICHFIELD COLISEUM, CLEVELAND, OH
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / STREETS OF FIRE /
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / CANDY’S
ROOM / THE FEVER / LOST IN THE FLOOD / GROWIN' UP / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY)/
NOT FADE AWAY - SHES THE ONE / BORN TO RUN / RUNAROUND SUE
Complete setlist is not known but five songs are mentioned as having been played
in a review of the show in the Cleveland Plain dealer. “Lost In The Flood”
makes another rare appearance in its piano-solo incarnation. One reader present
comments "I can tell you he opened with Elvis's Good Rockin' Tonight, and
played almost the same show as the Detroit show right after -- Badlands, Spirits
in the Night, Streets of Fire, Darkness on the Edge of Town, the "life
story" version of Growin' Up, et al. He did that incredible solo piano
version of Lost in the Flood, a killer Born to Run. He also played 4th of July,
Asbury Park (Sandy) and encored with Runaround Sue with all of the house lights
on. What a night!" Thanks to Mark Kuhar for the report.
Following the show WNEW-TV filmed an interview with Bruce for its PM Magazine
programme.
Thanks to Mark Kuhar for the upper right ticket scan.
31/08/78 - THE AGORA, CLEVELAND, OH
THE FEVER / I DON'T WANNA GO HOME / HAVIN' A PARTY
With Southside Johnny. A fan present writes, "We were at the Agora on
8/30 or 31/1978. We had tried desperately to get tickets for Bruce that night
at the Coleseum but it got sold out. The Agora Gig was actually a Southside
Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Gig that started about 3 Hours late because, as
Southside stated, they had to wait for their lead guitarist (Miami Steve) to
get done with another gig across town. Bruce joined the band in the second set
and they rocked into the wee hours of the night neither the band nor the crowd
wanted to leave.. it was about 4am when we finally got home (with little, or
no voice) I think Patti Smith was the opening act for Southside but I'm not
real sure!! Great intimate concert with Bruce and Southside." Soundboard
tape and pro shot film. Available on DVD.
01/09/78 - MASONIC TEMPLE, DETROIT, MI
GOOD ROCKIN TONIGHT (2.58)/ BADLANDS (4.26)/ STREETS OF FIRE (6.41)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (4.07)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.03)/ HEARTBREAK HOTEL (2.01)/ FACTORY (4.07)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.17)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (10.00)/ RACING IN THE STREET (9.23)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.15)/ JUNGLELAND (9.20)/ LOST IN THE FLOOD (5.40)/ CANDYS ROOM (3.01)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (4.43)/ CHIMES OF FREEDOM (5.03)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (14.26)/ GROWIN' UP (12.19)/ BACKSTREETS (11.41)/ ROSALITA (11.39)/ BORN TO RUN (4.46)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (7.01)/ QUARTER TO THREE (cut)(5.48)
Audience Tape - includes the solo piano version of Lost In The Flood, which
was only played three times on the '78 tour. This was the last known version
of the song (until the final show of the 2000 stand), and the premiere of Chimes
Of Freedom which will be resurrected on later tours. Released on CD "Darkness
At The Heartbreak Hotel" and 4 tracks were included on CD "Winterland Night"
(CC)
02/09/78 – PINE KNOB MUSIC THEATRE, CLARKSTON, MI
Springsteen, Ken Calvert (area Promotions Manager for Columbia), as well several others in the Springsteen entourage take the Darkness Tour bus to Pine Knob to catch a Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band concert. Bruce had mentioned to Calvert (who knew Seger) that he wanted to see Michigan’s favorite son in action. This was the first time Seger and Springsteen (mutual admirers of each others work) had ever met. Seger was aware Springsteen was coming and delivered an extraordinary performance. Following the show Springsteen and Seger spent a considerable amount of time backstage chatting, talking shop and singing some impromptu oldies. It has been speculated that Springsteen’s exceptional show and one-off performance of “I Don’t Want To Hang Up My Rock ‘n Roll Shoes” the following night in Saginaw was inspired by this night’s events. Note: Bob Seger joined Springsteen onstage for a memorable guest appearance on Oct 3, 1980 at the University Of Michigan.
“Springsteen and Bob Seger backstage on September 2, 1978 (photo by Michael Putland). Also a photo of Bruce, Ken Calvert and Seger from the same night (photo by Thomas Weschler)”
03/09/78 - CIVIC CENTRE, SAGINAW, MI
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT (3.02)/ BADLANDS (4.50)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.15)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (7.10)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.04)/ IT'S MY LIFE (4.51)/ FACTORY (4.48)/ HEARTBREAK HOTEL (2.06)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.31)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (10.33)/ RACING IN THE STREET (9.33)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.22)/ JUNGLELAND (9.21)/ PARADISE BY THE C (3.20)/ FIRE (2.33)/ SHERRY DARLIN' (3.39)/ ROCK'N'ROLL SHOES (3.27)/ CANDY'S ROOM (3.03)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (4.42)/ MONA-SHE'S THE ONE (cut) (11.30)/ GROWIN UP (12.24)/ BACKSTREETS (11.00)/ ROSALITA (cut) (9.54)/ BORN TO RUN (4.39)/ QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Only known performance of Rock'n'Roll Shoes. One of
the last 'Growin' Up on the tour - and a great version. This show is said to be one of the
finest on the tour. Released on CD "Killers In The Sun" (WW) and several tracke
were included on "Roxy Night" (CC). An interview with Bruce recorded
06/08/1978 is aired on 2SM Sydney, Australia.
05/09/78 - VETERANS AUDITORIUM, COLUMBUS, OH
SUMMERTIME BLUES / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / IT'S MY LIFE / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / SHERRY DARLING / CANDY'S ROOM / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Incomplete setlist - Last Summertime Blues for the tour. Review in local paper has Quarter To Three as last song. This concert was originally scheduled to be April 24th, but the tour was put back a month or so.
06/09/78 - UPTOWN TEATRE, CHICAGO, IL
GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / ADAM RAISED A CAIN / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / GROWIN' UP / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape.
09/09/78 - NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY, SOUTH BEND, IN
BADLANDS (4.59)/ CANDYS ROOM (3.08)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (7.07)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.10)/ ITS MY LIFE (4.47)/ FACTORY (3.37)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.30)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (cut)(???)/ PARADISE BY THE SEA (3.21)/ DOUBLE SHOT OF MY BABYS LOVE (4.29)/ LOUIE LOUIE (2.09)/ FIRE (2.38)/ FOR YOU (4.55)/ 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.37)/ NOT FADE AWAY - SHES THE ONE (13.16)/ BACKSTREETS (11.20)/ ROSALITA (10.40)/ BORN TO RUN (4.31)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.08)/ QUARTER TO THREE (10.22)/ TWIST AND SHOUT (6.17)
Audience tape - Premiere of Double Shot which is excellent, followed by the
first Louie Louie. Released on CDR "The Hunchback Of E Street" &
"South Bend 78" The tape is incomplete cutting during Prove It All Night - it's likely that the usual 3 songs (Racing..., Thunder Road, Jungleland) followed to close out the first set.
10/09/78 - RIVERFRONT COLISEUM, CINCINNATTI, OH
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / GLORIA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Full setlist now known - thanks to Terry via Killing Floor, but another reader contributed his memory of the night and states that he recalls FEVER as part of the set. Another fan pointed out that the boot LP "Lip Sync In Cincinnati" is from this show but it turns out that the boot is actually a selection of tracks from 19/09/78 so there is NO KNOWN audio circulating from this show.
This particular night was the special broadcast of a 2 hour special radio show on King Buscuit (KBFH) which was a series of interviews and mostly album tracks but also included two live cuts from 01/07/78.
12/09/78 - WAR MEMORIAL, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / RAVE ON / NOT FADE AWAY - GLORIA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape.
13/09/78 - CIVIC CENTRE, SPRINGFIELD, MASS
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / NOT FADE AWAY - GLORIA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape.
15/09/78 - PALLADIUM, NEW YORK
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (start cut)(3.44) / BADLANDS (4.12) / ADAM RAISED A CAIN (4.22) / SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (4.56) / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (5.54) / I FOUGHT THE LAW (2.10) / FACTORY (2.49) / THE PROMISED LAND (4.52) / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (9.14) / RACING IN THE STREET (9.28) / THUNDER ROAD (4.51) / JUNGLELAND (8.37) / KITTY'S BACK (cut at start)(10.57) / FIRE (2.28) / CANDY'S ROOM (2.36) / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY (4.22) / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.03) / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE (11.32) / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
Audience tape - show opens with Darkness..., the only time this happened,
and the song was dedicated to Mohammed Ali who had just won the Heavyweight
Championship fight. The last Adam Raised a Cain of the tour was played. Last
known version of Something in the Night, until 1999/2000, and the first known
version of Kittys Back since 1975, played because someone in the crowd was yelling
for it so much that Bruce asked the crowd to shut him up. Thanks to Jerry for
the extra insight. WPLJ Radio interview Bruce backsatage after the show - DJ
Carol Miller.
16/09/78 - PALLADIUM, NEW YORK
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.58) / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.10) / INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.29) / FACTORY (3.43) / THE PROMISED LAND (5.35) / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (10.10) / RACING IN THE STREET (10.00) / THUNDER ROAD (5.20) / JUNGLELAND (9.31) / KITTYS BACK (edits,12.11) / FIRE (2.43) / CANDY’S ROOM (cut, 2.34) / BECAUSE THE NIGHT (5.58) / POINT BLANK (6.43) / MONA - NOT FADE AWAY - SHE’S THE ONE (12.38) / INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET (9.28) / ROSALITA (cut, 8.22) / BORN TO RUN (4.22) / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (4.04) / DETROIT MEDLEY (9.00) / YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN (4.29)
Complete setlist (above). Audience tape – but it’s missing the first two songs performed. The audio, which sounds like it has emanated from two separate sources, is of varying quality. Set includes the first “Point Blank” (with a still-evolving lyrics/arrangement) since July 7th. “Backstreets” is dropped from the show for the first time on this tour but is replaced by the tour debut “Incident on 57th Street”. Following the show DJ Vin Scelsa from New York radio station WNEW-FM records a 15 minute interview with the E St Band, which is broadcast on 19/09/78 along with the live broadcast of that show.
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17/09/78 - PALLADIUM, NEW YORK
BADLANDS (5.06)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.42)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.50)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.10)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.32)/ FACTORY (2.56)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.31)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (7.37)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.44)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.40)/ MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER (3.43)/ JUNGLELAND (9.46)/ KITTY'S BACK (12.13)/ FIRE (2.40)/ CANDY'S ROOM (3.04)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (7.16)/ POINT BLANK (6.40)/ NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE (12.35)/ INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET (9.58)/ ROSALITA (11.08)/ BORN TO RUN (4.40)/ TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (4.08)/ DETROIT MEDLEY (9.47)/ QUARTER TO THREE
Soundboard sourced - lacks Quarter To Three?. Includes the first version of
Meeting Across The River since 1976 and an excellent version of Incident On
57th Street.. Released on CDR "Someday We'll Look Back On This" (BTS7)
and more recently on "THE LOST SOUNDBOARD TAPE" from Asbury records
AR16/17/18.
19/09/78 - CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ
S/C: WEDDING BELLS (several takes) (7.45)/ THE TIES THAT BIND (instrumental warm up + full take) (5:44)/ GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT (1.05)/ (piano instrumental) (1.29)/ THUNDER ROAD (instrumental) (2.02)/ I'M ALIVE (2.46)/ (guitar instrumental) (1.14)/ WHOLE LOTTA LOVE (instrumental) (1:06)/ DON'T BE CRUEL (vocal ad-lib) (0.23)/ I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) (1.32)/ GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY (two takes) (1.46)/ HEY PORTER (vocal ad-lib) (0.02)/ I WALK THE LINE (0.54)/ I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE (0.33)/ (piano instrumental) (0.32)/ GO AWAY (COME CLOSE) (several takes) (7.42)/ HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (0.28)/ GO AWAY(COME CLOSE) (1.09)
Super-fascinating soundcheck, another taped from outside the venue. Gearing up for a three-night stand at the Capitol, Bruce works through several Hank Williams-Johnny Cash classics, tackles the 1964 Hollies single "I'm Alive," Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" and addresses new material as well.
"Go Away (Come Close)" is a moody, minor key ballad, either newly written or from the Darkness album sessions. Another one that got away. Meanwhile, "The Ties That Bind" may well be a band debut, as Bruce carefully reviews chord changes before they try it out. The raw, edgy arrangement is VERY different from the Searchers-styled rendition Springsteen would debut in concert in November, being more like Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds, a la "You're A Better Man Than I." The careful arrangement of "Wedding Bells" is stark and moving, with slower versions approaching the mood Bruce would later achieve with "Used Cars" on 1982's Nebraska.
These recordings all likely derive from this one soundcheck. With Bruce carrying his own sound crew, and the venue remaining the same for three consecutive evenings, there would be no need to do another on the 20th or 21st. The first three songs, plus bits of "Point Blank" and "Kitty's Back," circulate on DVD from an excellent in-line source. The 1990s Great Dane CD, Capitol Soundcheck, used this source for their three-track disc. Thanks to Johnny Savage for the review.
BADLANDS (4.58)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.49)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.52)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.12)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.27)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.23)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (9.27)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.03)/ THUNDER ROAD (6.28)/ MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER (3.16)/ JUNGLELAND (9.39)/ KITTY'S BACK (12.41)/ FIRE (2.52)/ CANDY'S ROOM (3.02)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.34)/ POINT BLANK (6.33)/ NOT FADE AWAY-SHE'S THE ONE (11.27)/ BACKSTREETS (11.30)/ ROSALITA (10.17)/ 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) (6.36)/ BORN TO RUN (4.27)/ TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (3.54)/ DETROIT MEDLEY (7.22)/ RAISE YOUR HAND (4.22)
Radio broadcast and soundboard tapes - Probably one of the best all-time concert recordings. Great versions of "Because The Night" and "Fire," and also includes what many consider to be the best examples of "Racing In The Street" and "Thunder Road" ever! - Essential. Also, video footage is available. A short live excerpt from this show (Bruce's band introduction during "Rosalita") was officially - and exclusively - released on a promotion-only 7" flexidisc issued to subscribers of Austrian pop magazine "Rennbahn Express" in June 1981. Thanks to Lost in the Flood for that info. Following the show, WBCN-TV news reporter Felipe Luciano interviews Bruce. Released on CD "Piece De Resistance" (GDR) & "Southside Bruce And The E Street Jukes" (SEA) and most recently as "Passaic Night" (CC)
Part of the soundcheck and all of the concert now circulate on an average-to-poor quality DVD, although a recently enhanced 2 DVD version has been released, which is worth getting. That TV report by New York's "Channel 4 News," which includes partial, pro-shot colour footage of three songs from this show ("Badlands," "Spirit In The Night" and "Born To Run") and a short backstage interview, is circulating on fan-made DVDs. A full copy of the programme can be downloaded HERE. (right click...save as )(6mb) Thanks Peter.
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20/09/78 - CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT (3.35)/ BADLANDS (4.29)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.58)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.11)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.39)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.26)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (10.08)/ IT'S MY LIFE (5.21)/ THUNDER ROAD (cut)(5.28)/ JUNGLELAND (start cut)(9.26) / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (3.53)/ FIRE (2.50)/ CANDY'S ROOM (3.12)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.53)/ POINT BLANK (8.14)/ KITTY'S BACK (13.09)/ INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET (cut)(10.09)/ ROSALITA (10.17)/ BORN TO RUN (4.45)/ TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (4.05)/ DETROIT MEDLEY (9.45)/ TWIST AND SHOUT (8.56)
Complete show - soundboard source. Listen after "It's My Life" for Roy starting the intro to "Racing In The Street," but Bruce deciding to skip it and go right into "Thunder Road." Released on CD "2nd Night At The Capitol Theatre" (WW). Video footage is available on DVD.
21/09/78 - CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (3.16) / BADLANDS (4.40) / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (7.14) / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.16) / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (3.14) / INDEPENDENCE DAY (6.12) / THE PROMISED LAND (5.29) / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (10.42) / RACING IN THE STREET (9.16) / THUNDER ROAD (5.36) / MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER (3.33) / JUNGLELAND (9.46) / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (4.10) / FIRE (3.00) / CANDY'S ROOM (3.14) / BECAUSE THE NIGHT (7.36) / POINT BLANK (8.12) / KITTY'S BACK (14.33) / FEVER (8.40) / INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET (11.43) / ROSALITA (10.34) / BORN TO RUN (4.55) / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (cut, 2.00) / QUARTER TO THREE
Soundboard tape. Final performance of "Kitty's Back" on this tour. Bruce messes up "Racing In The Street" There was no scheduled show for Springsteen’s birthday on the 23rd so they celebrated it at this gig – and, to his amazement, Bruce receives a very unique birthday cake onstage, courtesy of the band & crew. Released on CD ‘THE BOSSES BIRTHDAY PARTY" (BS) and re-issued in 2004 as ‘SINGIN’ OUR BIRTHDAY SONGS’ (Godfather).
25/09/78 - BOSTON GARDENS, BOSTON, MASS
GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / FIRE / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / NOT FADE AWAY-SHE’S THE ONE / INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / QUARTER TO THREE
Surprisingly, given that Boston contained some of Bruce’s most rabid
fan base, THERE IS NO KNOWN AUDIO FROM THIS SHOW. The above-mentioned setlist
is culled from critic Steve Morse’s review in the Boston Globe. The track
listing for the 1st set is complete and in the correct performance order. Springsteen
opened the 2nd set with “Santa Claus”. There are likely two songs
from the second set not listed above, as they were not articulated in Morse’s
review. Morse notes the rarely utilized “New York City Serenade”
as being performed at the tail end of the show, although fans present state
that it was in fact Incident that was played.. Santa Claus was played because
Bruce said he didn't think they would make it back before Christmas time, and
Not Fade Away - She's The One was the choice of the crowd over Kitty's Back!!!
- thanks Richard. 
"Sept 25th, 1978 in Boston. Photo by Rachael Ritchie"
26/09/78 - RADIO STATION WBCN-FM, BOSTON, MASS
From his Boston hotel room Springsteen telephones WBCN DJ Mark Parenteau and takes part in a 40-minute live interview.
29/09/78 - BOUTWELL AUDITORIUM, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / PARADISE BY THE C / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / THE FEVER / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / DETROIT MEDLEY
Audience tape - last version of Paradise By The C for the tour. Released on
CDR "The Alabama Slammer"
30/09/78 - FOX THEATRE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT (END) (0.46)/ BADLANDS (4.30)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.39)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.01)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.18)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.20)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (10.50)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.04)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.18)/ JUNGLELAND (9.23)/ SANTA CLAUS (3.51)/ NIGHT TRAIN (2.42)/ FIRE (2.40)/ CANDY'S ROOM (fades) (2.52)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.57)/ POINT BLANK (7.37)/ NOT FADE AWAY-GLORIA-SHE'S THE ONE (11.55)/ BACKSTREETS (start cut) (11.12)/ ROSALITA (cut) (9.50)/ BORN TO RUN (4.54)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (4.06)/ DETROIT MEDLEY (9.10)/ RAISE YOUR HAND (5.35)
Regional live FM broadcast simulcast by about 20 radio stations throughout
the southeastern USA. This was a make-up show that had originally been slated
for 23/07/78 but which had been postponed (along with three others) due to Bruce
coming down with a throat infection. On the audio Bruce can be heard apologizing
for being sick and missing the original date. Released on CD "Fox Theatre
Presents The Boss" (PPL) and "Here's To Ya, Pts 1, 2 & 3"
(Turtle Records). The gig contains the only known performance of “Night
Train”. Thanks to Robert for details. 
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01/10/78 - FOX THEATRE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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 / INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET / NEW YORK CITY SERENADE / ROSALITA / QUARTER TO THREE
Incomplete audience tape - Premiere of The Last Time, one of only two versions and the last known It's My Life. A fan present recalls "The second night was added after the re-scheduling and so has the correct date. That's the 2nd 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 segueing into Rosalita, as on the Wild, The Innocent, etc. I also have a recollection of New York City Seenade having been played, but I don't know if I can trust my memory on that. A tape would tell! Quarter to 3 returned in place of Raise Your Hand. I remember it being a longer show than the Saturday show" Thanks to Robert for the info. Another fan present confirms that New York City Serenade was in fact played and For You opened the 2nd set - thanks to Chris.
17/10/78 - THE TROUBADOUR, LOS ANGELES, CA
MONA / NOT FADE AWAY
Audience tape. With The Knack. Available on CD "Ultra Rare Trax Vol 1" (MOS) Bruce apparently went on to jam with the band later that night and may have given them the impetus to later record Don't Look Back. Some tape exists of this late night session with Bruce teaching The Knack's drummer Bruce Gary how to play Rendezvous at his hotel room at The Sunset Marquis. Thanks to the Uber seeder for the details and the full signed photo of Bruce and the band below.
“Bruce onstage and backstage at The Troubadour with members of THE KNACK
on Oct 17, 1978”
26/10/78 - SPRINGSTEEN RESIDENCE, HOLMDEL, NJ
THE TIES THAT BIND (4:05) / THE TIES THAT BIND (3:40) / THE TIES THAT BIND (0:46) / TONIGHT (3:47) / TONIGHT (1:24) / TONIGHT (3:11) / TONIGHT (2:57) / TONIGHT (3:33) / TONIGHT (3:51) / WILD KISSES (I’M GONNA TREAT YOU RIGHT) (4:16) / JANEY NEEDS A SHOOTER (6:49, end cut)
After a month’s break in the Darkness Tour, and a few days away from the start of the final tour leg, Bruce convenes a band rehearsal in a converted barn on his farmhouse property on Telegraph Hill Road in Holmdel. This barn, which Bruce had been using for band rehearsals since mid 1976, was nicknamed the “Telegraph Hill Studio”, although in reality it was not a studio - there were no high level room acoustics or recording facilities. The above-mentioned partial setlist (the actual performing order is not known) is culled from very crudely recorded audio that is believed to emanate from this Oct 1978 rehearsal. Unfortunately the sound quality is not good and Springsteen’s vocals are buried beneath the instruments. All this audio has been in circulation since 1984 (originally among only a few people in cassette form). However the audio seems to have quickly been broken up into individual tracks and didn’t circulate complete. This material then soon trickled into the hands of vinyl bootleggers and within 15 months all the material had appeared on various different (vinyl) bootlegs – most of it misidentified.
The 1984 - 1994 history of this rehearsal audio; from cassette tape (just a few collectors) to vinyl (a limited group of collectors) to CD (a very wide group of collectors) warrants elaboration here - “Wild Kisses” first appeared in mid 1985 as a bonus 7” single in the very rare colored vinyl edition of the 10LP box set ‘ALL THOSE YEARS (SC Records). “Janey Needs A Shooter” first appeared in late 1985 on the vinyl LP boot ‘ELECTRIC COLLECTION’ (Rough Stuff). Soon afterwards, in early 1986, both “Wild Kisses” and “Janey Needs A Shooter”, plus one of the takes of “Tonight” appeared on the scarce 4LP set ‘STUDIO COLLECTION’ (Babel Records). In mid 1986 one of the takes of “Ties That Bind” and another take of “Tonight” appeared
on the vinyl LP boot ‘FEVER’ (Backstreets Records). Finally, in early 1987 all of the audio (with the exception of “Janey Needs A Shooter”) appeared on the extremely rare vinyl LP boot “AT HOME’ (Rock Records). However due to the scarcity of these (above noted) vinyl bootleg titles this rehearsal audio was not well known in the collector community until it appeared in the 1990’s on widely distributed CD format bootlegs. This material is often listed as emanating from the Darkness Studio sessions – however the audio dynamics are clearly from a rehearsal location, not a studio environment. All this audio (except “Janey Needs A Shooter”) became widely known when it appeared on the big-selling 1990’s era CD boot "UNSURPASSED SPRINGSTEEN VOL 6" (Yellow Dog). Likewise “Janey Needs A Shooter” became well known when it appeared on the big selling 1990’s CD boots ‘DEFINITIVE DARKNESS OUTTAKES COLLECTION’ (E Street) and ‘THE ICEMAN, VOL 1’ (Scorpio).
The rehearsal itself would’ve lasted much longer, so the known audio likely represents only a part of the session. The audio includes 3 takes of “The Ties That Bind”, 6 takes of “Tonight”, 1 take of the Buddy Holly-ish “I’m Gonna Treat You Right (Wild Kisses)” and 1 take of “Janey Needs A Shooter” (which unfortunately ends abruptly, seemingly because the recorder’s tape ran out, not because the band stopped suddenly). As it turned out “The Ties That Bind” made its public live debut at Princeton a few days later.
01/11/78 - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON, NJ
S/C: THUNDER ROAD / BADLANDS / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / THE PROMISED LAND
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THE TIES THAT BIND / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / THE FEVER / NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Premiere of The Ties That Bind. A reader present comments "I rank this as one of the all-time greatest Bruce concerts (of the 50+ I have attended and I know I’m just a piker on that standard). The audience jumping and dancing caused the gym floor to vibrate and move up and down. The “urban legend” is that this concert caused structural damage to the facility and that this was the last major rock concert to take place in Jadwin gym." Thanks to Michael.
02/11/78 - CAPITOL CENTRE, LARGO, MARYLAND
BADLANDS (4.48)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.31)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.24)/ THE TIES THAT BIND (3.14)/ DARKNESS (3.51)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.01)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.57)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (cut in tape turn) (8.24) / RACING IN THE STREET (tape warp) (7.57)/ THUNDER ROAD (4.51)/ JUNGLELAND (8.27)/ FIRE (2.30)/ CANDY'S ROOM (2.43)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (6.08)/ POINT BLANK (7.05)/ MONA - SHE'S THE ONE (11.29)/ BACKSTREETS (11.42)/ ROSALITA (10.44)/ BORN TO RUN (4.30)/ DETROIT MEDLEY (9.29)/ QUARTER TO THREE (fades out) (6.49)
Soundboard recording. Released on CD "Quarter To Three" (SEA) and more recently
on "It's Dangerous Down There Tonight" (Z004) from a new high quality
lower generation tape. The show is filmed from the screen above the stage.
04/11/78 - UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, BURLINGTON, VT
BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREETS / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / THUNDER ROAD / FIRE / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / THE TIES THAT BIND / INDEPENDENCE DAY / POINT BLANK / SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / BORN TO RUN / ROSALITA / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Springsteen returns to UVM for the first time since 08/12/74 – this time
the show takes place on campus in the Patrick Gym. THERE IS NO KNOWN AUDIO FROM
THIS SHOW. Partial setlist details are culled from a review of the show in the
school newspaper. There is also a review in the Burlington Free Press the following day with more song details- see to read a transcription.
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05/11/78 - UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DURHAM, NH
SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / INDEPENDENCE DAY / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / JUNGLELAND / FIRE / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / NOT FADE WAY – GLORIA - SHE’S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / DETROIT MEDLEY
Sadly THERE IS NO KNOWN AUDIO FROM THIS SHOW because there had been tremendous anticipation on campus, the crowd was completely ecstatic and Bruce responded with a scorching performance. Partial setlist details above (not necessarily in the correct sequence) are known via an insightful review of the show in the school newspaper the following day.
"Upper right - Bruce and Clarence in a sea of hands at UNH show of Nov
5th, 1978. Photo by George Newton, courtesy of UNH Archives Dept."
07/11/78 - CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NY
BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THE TIES THAT BIND / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape. The first-ever rock concert at Cornell with a reserved seating policy. The 20-song setlist (above) is the complete show. “Fire” opened the 2nd set. Confusion reigned on the day of the show when a band of merry pranksters went around campus posting leaflets announcing the concert had been cancelled. It hadn’t.
Thanks to Cathy for the Ad & Lelands
for the poster.
08/11/78 - FORUM, MONTREAL, CANADA
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / TIES THAT BIND / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience Tape. Prior to the show, Bruce conducts a phone interview with a
local station DJ.
10/11/78 - ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY, ST BONAVENTURE, NY
INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / FIRE / SHERRY DARLING / LOUIE LOUIE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Incomplete audience tape with speed fluctuations - rare preformance of Louie Louie and Detroit Medley has a line from Whole Lotta Shakin thrown in.
12/11/78 - RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, TROY, NY
S/C: BADLANDS (start cut)/ HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL / I DON'T WANNA HANG UP MY ROCK & ROLL SHOES / HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL / HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (start only) / POINT BLANK (instrumental only) / APACHE / THE PROMISED LAND (partial) - time 27 min total
Show: HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / RAVE ON / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / SANDY / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape – complete show, released on CD ‘LIVE IN TROY’ (IMT). The soundcheck has very poor sound quality but does feature a complete rendition of British band THE SHADOWS’ 1960 instrumental hit “Apache”, a song which Springsteen and the band had played in concert at a few club shows in 1973 but are not known to have performed since. However they didn’t play it during this night’s actual concert.
14/11/78 - MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, UTICA, NY
RAVE ON / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / NOT FADE AWAY - GLORIA - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / LOUIE LOUIE / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - Last known Louie Louie for the tour.
16/11/78 - MAPLE LEAF GARDENS, TORONTO, CANADA
REDDY TEDDY (1.41)/ BADLANDS (4.54)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.39)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.15)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.05)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.20)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.10)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (cut)(9.39)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.09)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.53)/ JUNGLELAND (9.14)/ THE TIES THAT BIND (3.19)/ FIRE (2.53)/ CANDY'S ROOM (2.45)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (start cut slightly)(6.49)/ POINT BLANK (7.57)/ MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - GLORIA (14.01)/ BACKSTREETS (11.42)/ ROSALITA (cut massively)(4.00) / BORN TO RUN (4.29)/ DETROIT MEDLEY (speed fluctuations)(8.09)/ QUARTER TO THREE (12.02)
Audience tape (runs fast) - very muddy sound. Includes the one and only performance
of Reddy Teddy as the show opener.
Thanks to Dan for the photo.
17/11/78 - MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST LANSING, MI
RAVE ON / PARADISE BY THE C
No full details known - but a reader present comments that the show opener was Rave On and the 2nd set started as usual with Paradise - thanks to Chuck for the details.
18/11/78 - MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, OH
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / FACTORY / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - I GET MAD - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS - SAD EYES / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Full setlist from Terry via Killing Floor - another setlist recollection had HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL as the show opener - thanks to Alan and Wendy Golski via Greasy Lake. There is no known audio in circulation.
20/11/78 - UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHAMPAIGN, IL
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / SAINT IN THE CITY / THE TIES THAT BIND / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - GLORIA / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY
Audience tape
21/11/78 - NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, IL
RAVE ON / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape - I Get Mad is included in the Mona/Shes The One section for
the first time and is featured through-out the rest of the tour.
25/11/78 - KIEL OPREA HOUSE, ST LOUIS, MD
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / FOR YOU / THE TIES THAT BIND / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape. Available on CDR "Open Out On The Turnpike". Note
- recent comparisons with the show trading as 07/08/78 have shown the latter
to be this show with Independence Day missing.
27/11/78 - ARENA, MILWAUKEE, WI
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN
Incomplete audience tape - first appearence of Santa Claus in the set
28/11/78 - DANE COUNTY COLISEUM, MADISON, WI
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND (start cut)/ SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / BACKSTREETS
Incomplete audience tape - sound worsens in second set.
Thanks to David for the ticket scan.
29/11/78 - ARENA, ST PAUL, MINNESOTA
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape.
01/12/78 - UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, NORMAN, OK
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape.
03/12/78 - SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE, IL
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (2.30)/ BADLANDS (4.34)/ STREETS OF FIRE (5.03)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.16)/ I FOUGHT THE LAW (2.31)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.07)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.19)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.11)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (cut)(10.48)/ RACING IN THE STREET (8.13)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.07)/ JUNGLELAND (9.01)/ THE TIES THAT BIND (3.18)/ SANTA CLAUS (4.29)/ FIRE (2.45)/ CANDYS ROOM (2.54)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (7.07)/ POINT BLANK (7.16)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE - I GET MAD (12.20)/ BORN TO RUN (4.20)/ DETROIT MEDLEY - LUCILLE (9.16)/ QUARTER TO THREE (cut)(7.23)
Audience tape - average quality and seems to run a little fast - only inclusion known of Lucille in the Detroit Medley.
05/12/78 - LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BATON ROUGE, LO
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / SANTA CLAUS / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE OUT / QUARTER TO THREE
THERE IS NO KNOWN AUDIO. The above-mentioned setlist is from a fan recollection that is deemed reliable.
07/12/78 - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TX
BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / THE FEVER / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - PREACHERS DAUGHTER - SHE'S THE ONE / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT / DETROIT MEDLEY
Incomplete audience tape - features a new style to Mona with the inclusion of part of another song, The Preachers Daughter for the first time - this is a regular inclusion for the next few shows. Show also includes Saint In The City and The Fever. Setlist pieced together from tape and news article sources. See the news section for the articles and pictures. Many thanks to Wil for the research here.
08/12/78 - THE SUMMIT, HOUSTON, TX
BADLANDS (4.45)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.58)/ SAINT IN THE CITY (4.26)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.04)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.30)/ INDEPENDENCE DAY (5.18)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.07)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (10.52)/ RACING IN THE STREET (9.18)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.14)/ JUNGLELAND (9.24)/ THE TIES THAT BIND (3.20)/ SANTA CLAUS (4.08)/ FEVER (7.42)/ FIRE (3.00)/ CANDYS ROOM (3.12)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (7.57)/ POINT BLANK (7.42)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (cut in tape turn)(11.33)/ BACKSTREETS (8.54)/ ROSALITA (start cut slightly)(11.10)/ BORN TO RUN (4.34)/ DETROIT MEDLEY (9.05)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (slight cut)(3.55)/ YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN (cut)(3.54)
Incomplete audience tape - good versions of Because The Night and Point Blank.
09/12/78 - CONVENTION CENTRE, DALLAS, TX
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREETS / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FEVER / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / RAISE YOUR HAND / QUARTER TO THREE.
Setlist submitted by visitor - it's also possible there is a incomplete audience tape of about half the show. Reviewed by The Dallas Morning News.
11/12/78 - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER, CO
CANCELLED Springsteen show (prior to any local promotion or tickets going on sale), never rescheduled. This gig is noted on CBS’s tour itinerary files - yet the University’s Archives Department has researched the matter for Brucebase and reports that no Springsteen concert took place, or was even pre-advertised.
13/12/78 - COMMUNITY CENTRE, TUSCON, AR
GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT / BADLANDS / STREETS OF FIRE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / RACING IN THE STREET / THUNDER ROAD / JUNGLELAND / THE TIES THAT BIND / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN / THE FEVER / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / MONA - SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD / BACKSTREETS / ROSALITA / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / QUARTER TO THREE
Audience tape. Prior to the show, Bruce conducts a 10 minute interview with
KSAN Radio, which is broadcast in the interval of the 15/12/78 show.
15/12/78 - WINTERLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
BADLANDS (4.43)/ STREETS OF FIRE (5.10)/ SPIRITS IN THE NIGHT (6.39)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.20)/ FACTORY (3.25)/ THE PROMISED LAND (5.25)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (11.30)/ RACING IN THE STREETS (9.05)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.18)/ JUNGLELAND (9.42)/ THE TIES THAT BIND (3.24)/ SANTA CLAUS (7.41)/ FEVER (7.47)/ FIRE (3.03)/ CANDY'S ROOM (3.06)/ BECAUSE THE NIGHT (7.12)/ POINT BLANK (8.24)/ MONA-SHE'S THE ONE - I GET MAD (12.44)/ BACKSTREETS (11.58)/ ROSALITA (10.34)/ BORN TO RUN (4.26)/ DETROIT MEDLEY (9.10)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (4.02)/ RAISE YOUR HAND (4.32)/ TWIST AND SHOUT
FM Broadcast (KSAN radio) and Soundboard tapes - This is a master reel recording and includes three tracks not broadcast. What can you say! The versions of Promised Land and Prove It All Night are exceptional and Backstreets is better than that. Probably the most fa