Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band Frankfurt, Germany Waldstadion 1988-07-12 "minimax CJ Remaster" So, why this remaster? Well, Frankfurt 1988 was my second concert ever and my very first Boss gig. I had listened to some Springsteen bootlegs before but this was nothing compared to a Boss live experience. I was literally blown away by the performance right at the start of the gig, standing in the second row in front of the stage barrier at Waldstadion. Out of the three available Frankfurt 1988 sources I personally prefer the minimax master: Excellent recording, minimax! But there are a few glitches or things that were "not right" in my sense within the minimax master (see Fixes/Changes). Therefore I decided to test my sound mastering skills and create one version out of the available sources that is complete and as glitch free as possible. So here it is. Please let me know what you think about my effort. Your feedback is very welcome! Highlights of this release: - pop free - no unnecessary breaks (resulting from tape flips or CD length limitations) - music should be complete, in between song cheers may be lost for a few seconds - *no* equalizing, normalization or compression was done on the minimax master, only normalization on source B and C to adopt them to the source A level Sources: A: minimax master (http://jungleland.dnsalias.com/torrents-details.php?id=36771) B: Amoschell master (http://jungleland.dnsalias.com/torrents-details.php?id=36757) C: mjk5510 2nd gen. tape transfer (http://jungleland.dnsalias.com/torrents-details.php?id=36770) Lineage: Sources A/B/C -> WaveLab 8.5.20 -> WAV files -> Fission 2.2.4 (FLAC) Fixes/Changes: - removed the second source A track ("Disc 01/02 Spur 2.flac") as it is a duplicate of track "Disc 02/02 Spur 2.flac" - patched gap between "Intro Music" and "Tunnel of Love" in source A with source B (44 sec.) - patched gap between "Seeds" and "Cover Me" in source A with source C (8 sec.) - added crossfade between "Born in the U.S.A." and "Chimes of Freedom" in source A (CD break) - patched gap between "Tougher than the Rest" and "Because the Night" in source A with source B (22 sec.) - added crossfade between "Light of Day" and "Born to Run" in source A (CD break) - added crossfade between "Glory Days" and "Bobby Jean" in source A - added crossfade between "Raise Your Hand" and "Twist & Shout" in source A - removed numerous pops in most of the source A tracks - adjusted track breaks 01 [Show Opening] 02 Tunnel of Love 03 Boom Boom 04 Adam Raised a Cain 05 Downbound Train 06 All That Heaven Will Allow 07 The River 08 Seeds 09 Cover Me 10 Brilliant Disguise 11 Spare Parts 12 War 13 Born in the U.S.A. 14 Chimes of Freedom 15 [2nd Set Cheers] 16 Paradise by the "C" 17 Who Do You Love / She's the One 18 You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) 19 I'm a Coward 20 I'm on Fire 21 Tougher Than the Rest 22 Because the Night 23 Dancing In The Dark 24 Light of Day / Land of 1000 Dances 25 Born to Run 26 Hungry Heart 27 Glory Days 28 Bobby Jean 29 Cadillac Ranch 30 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 31 Sweet Soul Music 32 Raise Your Hand 33 Twist and Shout