Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band

Title: N/A
Label: N/A
Catalog #: N/A
Format: flac from Master Tape
Source: Audience
Bruce Base: http://brucebase.wikidot.com/1984#021184
Story Teller: http://brucebase.wikidot.com/gig:1984-11-02-memorial-sports-arena-los-angeles-ca
Total Time: 2 hours 19 minutes 33.36 seconds
Date: November 02, 1984
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA
Taper: JimCT

Transfer/Trade and Generation Info: Sony D-6 Walkman Pro with a hand-held condenser mic -> Master Tapes maxell XLII-S 90 Position CrO2 -> Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 -> Sony PCM-M10 24bit / 96kHz -> wav 24bit / 96kHz -> Audacity 2.0.5 audio channels balance -> wav -> 24bit / 96kHz -> Nero Wav Editor -> EQ, Split, downsampled to 16bit / 44.1kHz -> TLH -> Flac (Level 8) (Align On Sector Boundaries).

Include: md5 (wav/flac), ffp, m3u (wav/flac), Frequency-Spectral Analysis, shntool_info/len, Artwork, Info file and Par2 recovery files to 10%.


Setlist:

Disc 1: (64:46.13)

01 The Promised Land (start cut) (3:26.17)
02 Shut Out The Light (4:56.61)
03 My Hometown (6:33.27)
04 Badlands (5:35.31)
05 Thunder Road (7:11.25)
06 Cover Me (6:06.11)
07 Dancing In The Dark (6:04.67)
08 Hungry Heart (4:24.06)
09 Cadillac Ranch (7:18.72)
10 Downbound Train (4:18.72)
11 I'm On Fire (4:01.06)
12 Stolen Car (4:48.68)


Disc 2: (74:47.23)

01 Pink Cadillac (8:53.40)
02 Bobby Jean (4:26.32)
03 Racing In The Street (11:07.56)
04 Jungleland (11:44.09)
05 Born To Run (5:46.63)
06 Detroit Medley (w/ Travelin' Band - Shake - Sweet Soul Music) (14:15.70)
07 Twist And Shout - Do You Love Me? (13:43.19)
08 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (4:49.34)


Notes:
Impressive recording, extremely clear and limpid, recorded exactly in the center of the arena.
Missing the initial part of the show.

I bought my first tapedeck, a Sony D-6 Walkman Pro, with a hand-held condenser mic, at the eponymously named E. 33rd St Electronics when they opened in the morning. I had never owned a deck, or recorded anything, anywhere, in any manner. I had played cassettes of Grateful Dead recordings on friends machines, and seen the taping sections at Dead shows. That's it.
My scalper had procured tickets to the last 2 shows in LA for me, so I hopped the noon or 1p flight to LA, got my rental car and checked into the (then) Hyatt downtown at 711 S. Hope Street (if they ever legalize gambling, that's the address to have ;)) Took a nap, and got to the show LATE. Parked and went running into the arena literally wearing the WM pro. Security didn't pay any attention - hide in plain sight :) Got to my seat in the middle of the floor, got the mic plugged in and turned on, set the recording level, and prayed. Standing on my chair like everyone else, holding the mic out. The woman in front of me turned around at some point and saw me. She scribbled something and handed me her card, for a boutique she ran on Venice Beach called "She's the One". Dari. I remember buying tickets in LA in 1999 from a guy who also knew her. Small world.

On the back she had written, "Do you trade tapes?" That was my introduction to other Bruce collectors. She later supplied a copy of what I had missed. This was the start of my taping journey. I hope this and the others bring back memories for those of you who were there, or manage to concur up the atmosphere of the show for those of you only experiencing it through the recording.

JimCT


Recorded by JimCT.
Transferred by hobbes4444.
Edited by hrubesh.


Edited on 2021-05-08


Hope you Enjoy!
hrubesh