Bruce Springsteen Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri August 24, 2008 Source: Audio Technica AT-899 omnis => Edirol R-09 Transfer: R-09 => WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC (level 8) Location: Behind stage, front of upper level, left (Garry's) side Contrast clause: This is a different recording -- using different equipment and in different location -- than the torrents located here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=211822 http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=211774 http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=211411 Track listing: Disc one (68:04): (1) Calliope Intro (1:23) (2) Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own (3:27) (3) Cynthia (4:43) (4) Radio Nowhere (3:58) (5) No Surrender (4:53) (6) Out in the Street (6:03) (7) Hungry Heart (3:38) (8) Spirits in the Night (7:54) (9) Sign collection (3:25) (10) Boys (2:27) * (11) Cadillac Ranch (4:04) (12) Working on the Highway (5:30) (13) Banter/Soozie Tyrell intro (1:01) (14) It's All Over Now (4:48) ** (15) Candy's Room (3:16) (16) Gypsy Biker (7:25) * Max Weinberg - vocals ** Soozie Tyrell - vocals Disc two (65:09): (1) Youngstown (6:01) (2) The Promised Land (5:55) (3) Livin' in the Future (6:50) (4) Mary's Place (14:58) (5) Devils and Dust (5:49) (6) The Rising (5:16) (7) Last To Die (4:28) (8) Long Walk Home (6:32) (9) Badlands (7:21) (10) Encore break (1:54) Disc three (53:36): (1) Banter (2:08) (2) 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (6:39) (3) Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (6:23) (4) Born To Run (6:08) (5) Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (8:19) (6) American Land (9:25) (7) Save The Last Dance For Me (2:18) => (8) Dancing in the Dark (6:17) (9) Rockin' All Over The World (5:56) Checksum file is included. Comments: I didn't even bother to download this recording off my R-09 for a couple of weeks, given the number of sources torrented so quickly after the show. I think that fidelity-wise, it's most similar to the Bakerstuff version; it can't compete with the range of the Schoeps source though I found that one to have more crowd interference than would be ideal. Once I took the time to check out my master, I was really pleased with the sound -- the balance is great (though the first few tracks have a little too much bass, which was taken care of at the beginning of "Hungry Heart") and the vocals are right up front. I relocated myself to the section immediately behind the stage which hadn't been sold; I was right in line with the overhead speakers and there was nobody sitting within two rows of me -- there is absolutely no crowd interference with the exception of very light distant clapping between songs. (In fact, it's a little unsettling during crowd participation songs like "Hungry Heart" because it sounds like Bruce is playing to an empty room.) If you haven't grabbed any of the other sources and are a Springsteen fan, you will definitely like this; otherwise you may find it worthwhile because it has a different sound with no crowd. Performance-wise, this one was very interesting. As the last "official" night of the tour, the band was in great, loose form with a few world premieres ("Ricky Wants a Man," Soozie's star turn on a Stones cover, Max's first-ever turn at lead vocals on a Beatles cover, etc.) and a few rarities (the first E-Street "Devils and Dust," "Rockin' All Over The World," etc.). For a hard-core fan, this one was not to be missed. On the other hand, I have not seen or heard the band so sloppy since the famous Bomb Scare show in Milwaukee in 1975. The band continually missed cues (Max blew the transition to "Youngstown" and "Gypsy Biker," and the whole band blew up the first section of "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out"). Garry's bass slipped out of tune during the entirety of "Dancing in the Dark," which turns the song into a dark and cacophonic mess instead of the celebratory anthem it's meant to be. None of these misfires impede one's enjoyment of the show; on the contrary, one is so accustomed to hearing the band letter-perfect that it's kind of fun to hear them make the mistakes the rest of us make every minute of the day. This show is a great capper to a great couple of months for the band; it was missing the intensity of the show in St. Louis the night before, but the spontaneity and varied setlist make this one a keeper. Mp3 samples are attached to help you decide whether you want to devote the bandwidth to yet another version. The Bakerstuff and Travitz recordings are both excellent (I didn't download the third source), and this version can complement those sources well.