Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
LSU Assembly Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 2, 1984
(Recorder 2 - 2nd Generation)

Transfer: 1980's 2nd Generation Tape Trade > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Audacity > Peak Pro XT (pitch adjusted / subtle tweak / patch / edit / index) > xACT 2.37 > FLAC

01 Born In The USA
02 Badlands
03 Darlington County
04 Atlantic City
05 The River
06 Johnny 99
07 Reason To Believe
08 Johnny Bye-Bye
09 Out In The Street
10 Glory Days
11 The Promised Land
12 My Hometown
13 Prove It All Night
14 Thunder Road
15 Cover Me
16 Dancing In The Dark
17 Hungry Heart
18 Cadillac Ranch
19 No Surrender
20 I'm On Fire
21 Pink Cadillac
22 Bobby Jean
23 Racing In The Street
24 Jungleland
25 Born To Run
26 Detroit Medley
27 Travelin' Band
28 New Orleans
29 Twist And Shout
30 Do You Love Me
31 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town


-Prove It All Night: 2 seconds patched at start with Recorder 1

-Cover Me: First few seconds cut on both sources


IÕve spent some time diving into my own archives focusing on the end of the first leg of the ÔBorn In The USAÕ tour and weÕve had a bit of a mini-series with a handful of upgrades and alternate sources. Previously, weÕve re-visited Murfreesboro, Lexington and Memphis. With this release comes both an alternate capture and upgrade to the wonderful December 2nd Baton Rouge show.

It appears the only circulating version for mass consumption was released on CDR as ÒBoss On The BayouÓ. That release is a very good capture with the main drawback being itÕs missing ÒThe RiverÓ completely. This has created some question on whether it was actually played or not, there is a clear cut on that release and it has been assumed it was played but not included due to technical difficulties.
With this release of an alternate second source, we get confirmation that it was indeed played and that it is played beautifully. 

The recording is excellent and should be considered an upgrade with a strong vocal presence and good instrument separation throughout. There also very little audience noise surrounding the taper. Only faults being a two second patch from recorder 1 needed on the opening notes of ÒProve It All NightÓ, a small cut to the opening notes of ÒCover MeÓ (unfortunately the recorder 1 source suffers from the same cut) and a very small amount of second generation hiss during the slower passages. None of the faults, in my opinion, bring the show down a notch. 

The show itself continues along the same basic set structure of the end of the first leg of the tour with Bruce and Co. interchanging a couple of songs from the previous night. The previously noted ÒThe RiverÓ makes a rare first leg appearance, the beautiful solo version of "No Surrender" and Bruce continues giving each of these southeast shows a local flavor by including a regional hit during ÒDetroit MedleyÓ. In Tallahassee it was ÒTallahassee LassieÓ, in Murfreesboro it was ÒWabash CannonballÓ, in Lexington it was ÒMy Old Kentucky HomeÓ and in Memphis it was ÒMemphis, TennesseeÓ. Tonight we get a foot stomping crowd pleasing version of the classic ÒNew OrleansÓ. 
IÕm pleased to offer up this show, now complete and upgraded, filling in another gap for your listening pleasure.

mjk5510