TITLE: LIVE IN THE PROMISED LAND

DETAILS: Winterland, San Francisco, Ca 15/12/78

V1 - Slipped Disc - Matrix BS2978 - Original release was a box with insert - subtitled THE BOSS IS BACK - 450 copies (numbered) - Skeleton Labels - black vinyl (some copies with picture inside)
V2 - Slipped Disc - Matrix BS - 2nd press was a gatefold Sleeve - custom Skeleton labels - black vinyl
V3 - Piste Disques - B&W cover - no gatefold - custom skelton labels - black vinyl
V3a - Piste Disques - B&W cover - no gatefold - custom fake labels (Cousins or Playhouse Records) - black vinyl
V4 - Piste Disques - insert (yellow tinge) - blank labels - gold vinyl (250 copies) - seen some of these in boxes
V5 - Piste Disques - insert wrap or just insert only - custom fake labels (full tilt) some on red vinyl (limited ed - 400)(some have a sticker) or King Toot (these can be the same or different colours).
V6 - Piste Disques - B&W (or maroon) cover modified (special vinil - no Piste logo) - no gatefold - coloured vinyl (some on black) - blank or custom labels
V7 - Picture disc of sides 5/6 - 450 copies. (Some of these appear to be in sleeves with a wrap insert)
V8 - Raring Records - BS2925 (Matrix of 8880 A/F reported) - insert wrap (yellow or green) - custom RR labels or GLC labels (or a mixture of both commonly) - Black vinyl
V9 - GLC Records - BS2925 - insert copy of original cover (reddish colour - no Piste logo) - custom GLC labels - Black vinyl
V10 - RSR Records - small insert wrap - black vinyl - custom rsr labels
V11 - Box set with yellow/black cover - black vinyl - custom labels (not sure if these were mass produced at this stage)
V12 - Box set - delux laminated cover - different picture - Matrix BS 1-6 - orange vinyl - Skeleton labels - this may be another original press "promo"
V13 - B&W cover - custom picture labels - marbled vinyl (same company also released Fire On The Fingertips in similar vinyl, label and stickered cover format)
V14 - B&W cover - all on different custom faked labels - each LP in the set on different ones

There are also inferior "pirate" versions with cheap xeroxed copied covers of the original cover (no gatefold) - no idea what label produced these but they don't have Slipped Disc labels (The Skeleton). Only V1 is really difficult to find - there really were only 450 of those - the rest were produced in much bigger quantities - the fold out (gatefold) cover is becoming more difficult to locate now as well.

Additional sources:-

Soundboard sound source box set (FOR TRUE ROCKERS Winterland Productions) came out in late 1980
1990 Live in the Promised Land Great Dane/GDR 8906.- master recorded at the wrong speed (3CD)
1998 WINTERLAND NIGHT (CC 471-4) from the Cystal Cat label - right speed - (3CD)
2004 PRODIGAL SON AT THE WINTERLAND (fan produced) - remastered - fantastic quality (3CD)

Side 1: Bandlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory
Side 2: The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road
Side 3: Jungleland/(interview)/The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Comin’To Town
Side 4: Fever/Fire/Candy’s Room/Because The Night/Point Blank
Side 5: Mona/Preacher’s Daughter/She’s The One/Backstreets (with Sad Eye)/Rosalita (continued)
Side 6: Rosalita (concluded)/Born To Run/Devil With The Blue Dress Medley

See also Winterland 1978 which is a copy

One of the commonest sets around - because of the multiple releases - choose with care - early original sets are rare and the gatefolds are very rare now in good condition.