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Bathgate66 · July 2007

Bruce On The Boards

Take a stroll along the boardwalk with Bruce Springsteen and Jon Lewis on "The Boss Hour" 11 a.m. Saturday on WNTI-FM (91.9). Each week, Lewis digs deep, deep, deep into the Springsteen catalog to play obscure and live Boss as well as a dose of favorites. This week, Lewis talks about Springsteen's rumored new album.

Bathgate66 · July 2007

Bruce Springsteen
and the E Street Band
July 1, 2000
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY

Uber Series Vol 38: A Good Night for a Ride

Source: IEM/Aud Mix

2 IEM Frequencies mixed with Legendary Night and The Promise Delivered audience
sources.

CDR --> EAC --> Adobe Audition Multi-Track --> Mixdowns --> FLAC Frontend

Disc 1
1. Code of Silence
2. My Love Will Not Let You Down
3. Prove It All Night
4. Two Hearts
5. Atlantic City
6. Mansion on the Hill
7. The River
8. American Skin (41 Shots)
9. Promised Land

Disc 2
1. Youngstown
2. Murder Incorporated
3. Badlands
4. Out in the Street
5. Tenth Avenue Freezeout
6. E Street Shuffle
7. Lost in the Flood
8. Born in the USA
9. Backstreets

Disc 3
1. Light of Day
2. The Promise
3. Ramrod
4. Bobby Jean
5. Born to Run
6. Further On Up The Road
7. Thunder Road
8. If I Should Fall Behind
9. Thanks
10. Land of Hope and Dreams
11. Blood Brothers

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About the Show

July 1, 2000, was the closing night of the 1999-2000 Bruce Springsteen and the E
Street Band "Reunion" tour, their first tour together in over ten years. Not
only was it the final show of the tour, it was also the final show of a
ten-night stand at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Fans had travelled
from all across the globe to be at these shows, many of whom had been to
multiple shows over the course of the tour, and a film crew with high-definition
cameras was on-hand to capture the last three shows.

Expectations of closing night were high. The show two nights earlier was a very
strong performance of a mostly standard set list, while the show four nights
prior included several underplayed nuggets, including the outstanding "Tracks"
tracks "Loose Ends" and "Back in Your Arms," in another solid performance.
(Well, let's be honest here -- the E Street Band had never played better than
they did those last two months of the tour.)

Many fans were wondering if the cameras caused Bruce to play it more cautiously
than he normally would at the penultimate show and were concerned that a similar
fate would affect the finale. However, everyone knew that Bruce would pull
something special out for the last night; the only question was what.

Springsteen took the stage later than usual that night, as the house lights
didn't go down until nearly 8:45, which only raised tensions, and expectations,
in the room.

The opener was a song that Bruce had debuted just three weeks earlier, at
opening night of the Garden stand, "Code of Silence," a song he and Joe
Grushecky co-wrote.

The next four songs were very familiar to those who had followed the tour, but
closing night brought an added intensity, as well as a bit of bittersweetness in
some instances. One couldn't help but to smile wistfully when Bruce yelled,
"C'mon, Steve, once more," before counting off into "Two Hearts."

It was during the last chorus of "Atlantic City," though, when fans realized
this night was going to be special. The call and response on "Meet me tonight
in Atlantic City" between Bruce and the crowd went longer than usual, with the
fans getting louder with each repitition. Bruce was truly "in concert" with
this crowd.

In retrospect, the standard set list worked perfectly on this night. The show
served as a summary of the tour: the opening five rocking the house, the quiet
song duo, the Five Pack, the post-"10th" "wild card" (two on this particular
night!), the quiet political song, the epic, the rockin' set closer, the rockin'
first encore, and the communal final encore. Plus, the Garden stand saw the
addition of the combination of "American Skin" and "The Promised Land," between
the quiet song duo and the Five Pack. "American Skin" showed that Bruce could
still write a relavant rock song, one that could shine a new light on a
Springsteen classic.

Legendary Springsteen shows always feature intensity and goofiness, and the
post-"10th" spots delivered each. The fun "E Street Shuffle," complete with a
"Let's continue to be silly now" intro, let everyone show off their moves. The
first tour debut of the night was "Lost in the Flood," which had topped many
fans' wish lists. With Danny's slow organ fade in and Roy's piano building the
tension before the song exploded, "Lost in the Flood" stood out on a night when
almost every other song was nailed perfectly by the E Street Band.

Bruce started the encores with a solo piano performance of "The Promise," the
fourth time on the tour he had played the song. Since Bruce played "The
Promise" two nights earlier, its inclusion wasn't a total surprise. After a
roadhousin' "Ramrod" that saw his goofy side re-emerge, Bruce counted in "Bobby
Jean," a song that normally would bring groans from many die-hards, but felt
very appropriate on the last night of the tour. An all-house-lights-on "Born to
Run" closed out the first encore. As the tour wound down, Bruce integrated a
little schtick into "Born to Run," pointing at each side of the arena as Max
pounded the drums just before the last verse, resulting in a thunderous response
from the crowd. On July 1, the audience nearly drowned out the most powerful
rock band in the land.

Another new song, "Further On Up the Road," opened the second set of encores
with many fans hoping the song's chorus -- "I'll meet you further on up the
road" -- to be prophetic. With a small handful of exceptions, every show of the
tour, including this one, featured the same second encore: the classic "Thunder
Road," the spotlight-sharing "If I Should Fall Behind," and the anthemic "Land
of Hope and Dreams."

Before "Land Of Hopes And Dreams," Bruce thanked his managers, Jon Landau and
Barbara Carr, the "mighty men and women" of the crew, the band, and the crowds
in New York and around the world. When Bruce thanked the band, the crowd broke
into a chant of "E Street Band! E Street Band!" Starting in the "pit area" in
front of the stage as a result of the stage rush, the chant gradually took over
the entire building, surprising and moving the Band. Bruce finally told the
lighting guys to "Put some damn lights on 'em," as the stage had been mostly
dark, apart from Bruce's spotlight, up to that point.

As "Land of Hope and Dreams" wrapped up, more than a couple of eyes in the crowd
had gotten a little misty. It was hard not to think about the previous 15
months of roadtrips, late night diners, and the evolution of many a relationship
as Bruce sang about grabbing "your ticket and your suitcase" and laying "your
head upon my chest."

When Bruce and the Band made no indication they were leaving the stage after
"Hope and Dreams," the big question was, what song would they do? They've
already done "Ramrod," a popular "extra" throughout the tour. Would they go
nostaligic with "Rosie," which some in the crowd were yelling for? A new song?
Minds raced.

After Bruce gave a short plug for "Food for Survival," a New York City foodbank,
he said, "We got one more we wanna do for ya, but we're gonna need a little bit
of quiet. Come on, my friends." A single keyboard chord began, joined shortly by
Max's high hat keeping a slow but steady beat. The crowd started clapping
along, but was quickly quieted with a hand gesture from Bruce. The keyboard
chord changed, and the progression made the song obvious: "Blood Brothers."

The last verse of the "Greatest Hits" version of "Blood Brothers" closed the
song on a very ambivalent note, but nothing about the "Reunion" tour was
ambvialent. There was no way Bruce could sing that verse after this tour.

He didn't.

As the music settled after the "houses of the dead" verse, Bruce paused and
motioned for everyone not behind a drum kit or keyboard to come to the front of
the stage, where they joined hands to form a line, facing the crowd. With a
slight twinge of uncertainty and more than a hint of emotion, he sang an
entirely new closing verse:

Now I'm out here on this road
Alone on this road tonight
I close my eyes and feel so many friends around me
In the early evening light
And the miles we have come
And the battles won and lost
Are just so many roads traveled
So many rivers crossed
And I ask God for the strength
And faith in one another
'Cause it's a good night for a ride
'Cross this river to the other side
My blood brothers

The music built back up and the band soared, led by Bruce's harmonica and
Clarence's saxophone, before gently ending.

This new verse surprised everyone, many were moved to tears. Bruce ended
everything -- the song, the show, the stand, and the tour -- in an absolutely
perfect way.
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It has literally been a dream come true for me to be able to mix this show. Ever
since I realized that those incredibly clear but frustratingly flat IEMs could
be mixed with an audience recording to get something considerably better than
either one individually, this was *the* show I wanted to do. I was lucky enough
to mix some pretty cool shows, such as the second Cleveland show from Nov '99,
the first Hartford show from May 2000, and the second Atlanta show from early
June 2000, and I put together a couple of compilations of some IEM/audience
mixes that I listened to far more often than the official "Live in New York
City" releases. But that last show -- with the mix of new material, tour
standards, tour debuts, and the very emotional ending -- was always the one show
I wanted to do, but never got the opportunity.

Until earlier this year.

Spurred in part by TattooDad's "Uber" campaign, one of the IEM tapers offered me
the chance to mix the IEMs with the audience sources. I jumped at the chance,
but I knew that I would have to kick it up a notch to do the show justice.

Several mixes later, this is the result. Between mixing and listening, I've
listened to this show dozens of times over the past three or so months, and I
still can't get enough of it. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I've
enjoyed working on it.

Thanks to TattooDad and the Uber. I owe you guys a big one!

Flynn
7/1/2007

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Bathgate66 · July 2007

TREATED AS: TOP SECRET/SCI
More signs of life for Rocktober
Patti Scialfa has been in Europe the past week, doing press for her upcoming Play It as It Lays LP (her album doesn't drop until September 4, but when everybody's on vacation in August, you've gotta get this stuff done in July). Yesterday in Rome she spoke with journalist Niccolo Borella for Agr, who tells us that she confirmed an E Street album in the works. Borello asked if, in addition to her own album, she was also working in the studio with her husband and the E Street Band, and she replied: "Mm-hmm. Bruce is just finishing the record now... working on a record, and of course I still work with that, I still work with him. The best of both worlds!" Borello thought he'd push his luck and ask for a release date, but Patti got wise: "Ohhhhh -- top, top secret information!" she said, laughing. See the Corriere Della Sera story here.

Here in the States, the Boston Globe adds to the tour chatter: "The Boss's reps couldn't be reached, but the buzz is that Bruce and the E Street Band are in discussions to play the Garden for a couple of nights in mid-November."

We'll keep you posted -- in the meantime, of course, please keep all this in your man-sized vault.
-July 21, 2007

stonesgstring · July 2007

daanarts wrote:

i got the Dublin CD.. thats just great stuff! brings back the great memories of the Rotterdam concert. Good qualitiy cd. Although i suspect them of playing the with volume button on the crowd alot when the producers want us to hear them. That makes the recording sound a little fake..

That CD and DVD is amazing. I really love the sound and the band are just on fire.

Bathgate66 · July 2007

There's a local (Canadian) arts magazine that I read today, which had an in-depth interview with Brendan Obrien. According to Obrien, the new record will be released as "Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band." No mention as to a specific title for the album.

The album apparently takes a cue from Jackson Browne's Running On Empty. The songs were recorded mostly in one take with Bruce AND the band. Forget all the talk of the different members only coming in to do their specific parts. Also, they recorded material for it everywhere- Obrien specifically mentions Bruce recording with Clarence and Steve backstage during the Devils tour. Apparently they recorded a lot of material at Bruce's house with Landau overseeing the sessions.

Musically, Obrien compared it to Blonde on Blonde. Three song titles were given when Obrien described some of the songs as resembling the Stones' Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street material, as well as resembling some early Faces records. The titles he named were "The Blind Spot," "Taxi Cab Alley," and "One Dead Ringer."

Nothing else was mentioned in regards to the new album. Obrien did talk about Bruce some more and their working relationship. Nothing interesting.

The magazine doesn't have an internet link to the article, but I can try to scan it later if you guys want. It's a small paper, but the music editor has had some great interviews recently with the Chili Peppers and Bob Mould, so I'd say this is as good as gold.

So it goes.

Bathgate66 · July 2007

stonesgstring wrote:

That CD and DVD is amazing. I really love the sound and the band are just on fire.

i was enjoying this at work today

i especially like the reworked " Open All Night "

big band style:eek: :eek:

Bathgate66 · August 2007

on the boardwalk in asbury park, in front of convention hall:

Asbury Park New Jersey

DOSW · August 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

There's a local (Canadian) arts magazine that I read today, which had an in-depth interview with Brendan Obrien. According to Obrien, the new record will be released as "Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band." No mention as to a specific title for the album.

The album apparently takes a cue from Jackson Browne's Running On Empty. The songs were recorded mostly in one take with Bruce AND the band. Forget all the talk of the different members only coming in to do their specific parts. Also, they recorded material for it everywhere- Obrien specifically mentions Bruce recording with Clarence and Steve backstage during the Devils tour. Apparently they recorded a lot of material at Bruce's house with Landau overseeing the sessions.

Musically, Obrien compared it to Blonde on Blonde. Three song titles were given when Obrien described some of the songs as resembling the Stones' Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street material, as well as resembling some early Faces records. The titles he named were "The Blind Spot," "Taxi Cab Alley," and "One Dead Ringer."

Nothing else was mentioned in regards to the new album. Obrien did talk about Bruce some more and their working relationship. Nothing interesting.

The magazine doesn't have an internet link to the article, but I can try to scan it later if you guys want. It's a small paper, but the music editor has had some great interviews recently with the Chili Peppers and Bob Mould, so I'd say this is as good as gold.

So it goes.

Damn, they need to release some concrete details already. This is gonna be huge.

Bathgate66 · August 2007

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

this song was written for eddies voice.

Bathgate66 · August 2007

News updated August 8, 2007

NEW AND IMPROVED -- NOW WITH MORE BRUCE!
There's a brand new cut of the Danny Clinch-directed video for "Broken Radio," with the focus exclusively on Springsteen and Jesse at the mic. Check it out on YouTube.
-August 8, 2007

fragileblake · August 2007

I have a feeling we'll be getting an exciting press release in the next few weeks.......

gabers · August 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

this song was written for eddies voice.

Badass! Thanks for that post!

Bathgate66 · August 2007

todays edition of the London Paper

has the headlines about SPRINGSTEEN DATES

Looks like Bruce and the ESB will be playing multiple nights in London in December.

oh baby .

i can feel it in the air,.....

jeaubong · August 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

todays edition of the London Paper

has the headlines about SPRINGSTEEN DATES

Looks like Bruce and the ESB will be playing multiple nights in London in December.

oh baby .

i can feel it in the air,.....

what are the exact dates? not on his official site.

Bathgate66 · August 2007

jeaubong wrote:

what are the exact dates? not on his official site.

No dates , only says that Oz Arena sometime in December .

Bathgate66 · August 2007

NY Daily News

http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Photo_Op.aspx?ci=551434

Bruce Springsteen, one of the greatest "Jersey Boys" of them all, slipped backstage at the August Wilson Theater after taking in the musical Wednesday night and met up with Daniel Reichard, Christian Hoff, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young. Meanwhile, Bruce fans who have a few extra bucks can own a piece of rock 'n' roll history. An acoustic piano once owned by Lynn Goldsmith - a paramour of Springsteen in the '70s - is up for grabs on eBay for $10,000. Goldsmith, a rock photographer, says the Boss used the piano to write some of his tunes, and legends like Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, Rick James and Patti Smith also tickled its ivories.

Bathgate66 · August 2007

alltho this has not been officially announced,its interesting nonetheless.
here is the thread about this speculation,.......

According to this link, the first round of auditions in Omaha for American Idol 2008 just took place and the producers filmed all (10,000) contestants singing "Born in the USA" together. Apparently, it's the "official" theme song of the Omaha auditions. Does Bruce have to give his permission for that?

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2620&u_sid=10104587

if this is indeed true, i think it wouldve been more appropriate to do this in the New Jersey area-however, i can understand the connection with " Nebraska " .

Bathgate66 · August 2007

Bruce guested at Jones Beach at a Neil Young concert on 6/14/89 on Down by the River. Enjoy the video

fragileblake · August 2007

Springsteen album, tour details expected Thursday
By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 16, 2007

Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
click to enlarge
Details of a new Bruce Springsteen album will be announced Thursday morning, and presumably there will be some information about a fall tour as well.

Word from the Springsteen world is that fans can expect an album that reunites him with the E Street Band following his most recent projects with the Sessions Band exploring vintage American folk and blues songs and his more introspective "Devils & Dust" solo album in 2005. If the participation of the E Streeters turns out to be true, it will be their first album together since 2002's "The Rising."

The Springsteen-centric website Backstreets.com also has been fielding reports of a fall tour for several weeks, and reliable reports suggest he may play at least a couple of shows in October at the Inglewood Forum, the site of some of his high watermark shows of the '70s and '80s. But it also would place fans of this champion of the blue-collar worker in the dilemma of whether to cross a picket line to see him. Workers from IATSE Local 33, the stage employees' union, have been involved in a labor dispute with the Forum's operators since mid-2006.

randy.lewis@latimes.com

Bathgate66 · August 2007

fragileblake wrote:

Springsteen album, tour details expected Thursday
By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 16, 2007

Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
click to enlarge
Details of a new Bruce Springsteen album will be announced Thursday morning, and presumably there will be some information about a fall tour as well.

Word from the Springsteen world is that fans can expect an album that reunites him with the E Street Band following his most recent projects with the Sessions Band exploring vintage American folk and blues songs and his more introspective "Devils & Dust" solo album in 2005. If the participation of the E Streeters turns out to be true, it will be their first album together since 2002's "The Rising."

The Springsteen-centric website Backstreets.com also has been fielding reports of a fall tour for several weeks, and reliable reports suggest he may play at least a couple of shows in October at the Inglewood Forum, the site of some of his high watermark shows of the '70s and '80s. But it also would place fans of this champion of the blue-collar worker in the dilemma of whether to cross a picket line to see him. Workers from IATSE Local 33, the stage employees' union, have been involved in a labor dispute with the Forum's operators since mid-2006.

randy.lewis@latimes.com

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