Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
Date: 1984-08-05
Venue: BRENDAN BYRNE ARENA
Location: EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ
Source: Tape Man Joe Master Via G
Title: Tape Man Joe Master Volume 31

Sony WM D6C deck> Sony 929 or 939 Mics> TDK MA 90 min tapes> Master Tapes> Tascam 202MkVII> TDK-DA3826 standalone 
CD burner> EAC (Secure Mode)> CD Wave Editor (remove cuts)> Goldwave (fades, patching & file merging)> MAGIX audio cleaning lab> 
CD Wave Editor (track splits)> Trader's Little Helper (Flac Level 8, Align, Verify)

Welcome back to the series of probably uncirculated audience recordings. So the story goes, Tape Man Joe attended many concerts. 
Joe used a Sony D6 with either a Sony 929 or 939 microphone (memories have faded on which exact mic) and TDK metal tapes. Joe 
made a few copies and gave them to friends but never actively traded his recordings. Recently Joe lent a few of his masters to 
his friend, Jungleland user G (a generous collector himself who has lent tapes from his collection to help upgrade many shows). 
G asked me to finish off the transfers and post them. 

Most folks were surprised that Bruce's first complete official release from the Born In The U.S.A tour come from the opening 
night of his ten night stand at the Brendan Byrne Arena in 1984. Almost four years later, fans have come to the sad realization 
of just how unimportant documenting the shows were back in the day.

Joe's master now gives us three known recordings from this show, all of them pretty darn good. Recorder One can be found on the 
IvanF transfer of the G tape. Recorder Two was made available from the Vittorio Tapes Collection. There isn't much need to go 
into great detail about this particular show. Joe runs into some technical issues at the conclusion of The Promised Land. These 
issues aren't resolved until about a minute into My Hometown. It’s sounds as if his microphone becomes partially unplugged and 
then completely unplugged later on.

For obvious reasons, this cannot be uploaded to Dime-A-Dozen.

Thanks to Tape Man Joe for recording and sharing his tapes and G for transferring the files.

01.BORN IN THE U.S.A. 
02.OUT IN THE STREET
03.TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
04.ATLANTIC CITY
05.JOHNNY 99
06.HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
07.PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
08.GLORY DAYS
09.THE PROMISED LAND 
10.USED CARS
11.MY HOMETOWN
12.BADLANDS
13.THUNDER ROAD
14.HUNGRY HEART 
15.DANCING IN THE DARK
16.CADILLAC RANCH 
17.SHERRY DARLING
18.NO SURRENDER
19.PINK CADILLAC
20.GROWIN' UP 
21.BOBBY JEAN
22.BACKSTREETS
23.ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT)
24.JERSEY GIRL 
25.JUNGLELAND 
26.BORN TO RUN 
27.DETROIT MEDLEY
28.TWIST AND SHOUT



Known faults:

Tape Flip During Glory Days. Patched with 18 seconds from Recorder Two.
Microphone detachment during My Hometown. Patched with 39 seconds seconds from Recorder Two.
Tape flip between Growin' Up and Bobby Jean. Patched with 4 seconds from Recorder Two.

From Brucbase WikiDot:
First night of a ten show stand at the Meadowlands Arena. Encores include the first "Jersey Girl" of the tour. "Growin' Up" 
includes the wild animals story. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" includes a snippet of "Hail To The Chief" during the band 
introductions. "Detroit Medley" includes "Travelin' Band".