LDB Special Series #330 (RLR collection)

Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here. 

I think I have something really special to share with all Dimers, but first a bit of background. RLR has been a very active
trader back in the early 80´s with very wide musical tastes: he could go from Kiss to Joni Mitchell; from Genesis to Deep
Purple, Queen, Simple Minds, The Who, Springsteen and many more. In the past I could access his enormous collection to get
many U2 tapes some of which I have been sharing with you folks.

RLR had all sorts of tapes in his collection, traded not long after the show happened so most of them are low generation, in
particular tons of shows recorded in Italy which to me are some of the most interesting. Some of them, I had never seen
circulating in the trading circuit. Unfortunately he did not care about generation so this info, except for the shows he
has as masters, is not available.

RLR has kindly given me access once again to his collection. It was like a "kid in a toy shop" situation: it was hard to
select tapes and at the end I came home with some 250 tapes to listen and eventually to transfer in the digital domain. Some
of them will be shared here, possibly the most interesting ones. 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND
Boston, Music Hall
March 25, 1977

01.NIGHT 
02.DON'T LOOK BACK   
03.SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT 
04.INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET 
05.THUNDER ROAD  
06.MONA - SHE'S THE ONE  
07.TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (with The Miami Horns)   
08.ACTION IN THE STREETS (with The Miami Horns)   
09.IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY 
10.BACKSTREETS  
11.JUNGLELAND 
12.ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) - AULD LANG SYNE (with The Miami Horns)  
13.BORN TO RUN 
14.QUARTER TO THREE (with The Miami Horns)   
15.LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU (with The Miami Horns)  
16.YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN (with The Miami Horns)  
17.(YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER (with The Miami Horns) 

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Lineage: Unknown recording device > low generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD >
SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6) 

Bruce Springsteen - guitar, vocals, harmonica
Roy Bittan - piano
Clarence Clemons - saxophone, percussion, background vocals
Danny Federici - organ, electronic glockenspiel, accordion
Garry Tallent - bass guitar
Steven Van Zandt - guitars, background vocals
Max Weinberg - drums

Miami Horns:

John Binkley - trumpet
Ed De Palma - saxophone
Dennis Orlock - trombone
Steve Paraczky - trumpet

I am somehow a Boss integralist: for me Springsteen ends in 1978. Rude, isn´t it. But from The River Bruce´s albums and tours do
not give me that feeling I have for the earlier works. This is the last date of the tour, and the band is on fire! I have seen
Sprinsteen in 1988 during the Amnesty tour but it was not the same. And today´s albums just do not get my attention anymore.

So enjoy a piece of history...

ldb