Collectors Music Reviews

Innocent And Glory Days (Social Graces 006/007) Disc 1: Madison Square Garden, New York. NY, USA – 7 November, 2009: Intro, The E Street Shuffle, 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy), Kitty’s Back, Wild Billy’s Circus Story, Incident On 57th Street, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), New York City Serenade Bonus Tracks: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, [...]

The Definitive Atlanta (Masterpiece GA93078 A/B/C) Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA – September 30th, 1978 Disc 1 (72:30): Good Rocking Tonight, Badlands, Spirit In The Night, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Independence Day, The Promised Land, Prove It All Night, Racing In The Street, Thunder Road, Jungleland Disc 2 (71:38): Santa Claus Is Coming To [...]

  New York City Dream Box (Crystal Cat Records CC 959-64) Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA – 7/8 November, 2009 This is the second of three Crystal Cat boxed sets of shows from The Working On A Dream Tour.  (I have reviewed the first, The Italian Dream Box, and I hope to review the [...]

Early Darkness (Masterpiece MA 78531A/B) Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA – 31 May, 1978 Disc 1: Badlands, Night, Spirit In The Night, Something In The Night, For You, The Promised Land, Prove It All Night, Racing In The Street, Thunder Road, Paradise By The “C,” Fire, Adam Raised A Cain Disc 2: [Mona/]She’s The One, [...]

Live At Joe’s Place (Godfatherecords G.R. 672) Joe’s Place, Cambridge, MA, USA – 6 January, 1974 You Mean So Much To Me, Growin’ Up, Let The Four Winds Blow, Intro, Zero And Blind Terry, Blinded By The Light, Intro, For You, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)[/Shotgun], Joe Spadafora Talks/Intro, Twist And Shout This show was the [...]

Somerville Story (no label) Somerville Theater, Somerville, MA, USA – 19 February, 2003 Disc 1: Introduction, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Adam Raised A Cain, My Father’s House, Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?, Growin’ Up, [Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?], Freehold, Thunder Road, Nebraska, The River, Sherry Darling, Born In The [...]

 Down In The Gothenburg (Social Graces 012/013/014) Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden – June 22nd, 2003 Disc 1 (52:18):  Promised Land, The Rising, Lonesome Day, Jackson Cage, My Love Will Not Let You Down, Atlantic City, Empty Sky, The River, Waiting On A Sunny Day Disc 2 (70:25):  Darlington County, Growing Up, Worlds Apart, Badlands, She’s [...]

 Philadelphia Special (PA 081280A/B/C) The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA – December 8th, 1980 Disc 1 (75:26):  Born To Run, Prove It All Night, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Factory, Independence Day, Jackson Cage, Two Hearts, The Promised Land, Out In The Street, The Price You Pay, The River, Badlands, Thunder Road Disc [...]

  Paid The Cost To Be The Boss (no label) The Palladium, New York, NY, USA – 4 November, 1976 Disc 1: Murray The K Introduction, Night, Rendezvous, Spirit In The Night, It’s My Life, Thunder Road, Mona/She’s The One, Something In The Night, Backstreets, Growin’ Up Disc 2: Bomb Scare Announcement, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, [...]

  History Is Made At Night: Madison Square Garden 1978 (Godfatherecords G.R. BOX 03) Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA – 21-23 August, 1978 In 1973 the band Chicago played a string of dates culminating in two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden on 14 and 15 June.  The support act was Bruce [...]

  Loose As A Goose (Tarantura TCDBoss-1) Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA – 29 October, 1974 Disc 1: Incident On 57th Street, Spirit In The Night, Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?, The E Street Shuffle, Cupid, It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City, Jungleland, She’s The One Disc 2: Kitty’s [...]

  How Nebraska Was Born… (Godfatherecords G.R. 86/87) Disc 1: Demos #1 – March-May, 1981: Fist Full Of Dollars #1. Fist Full Of Dollars #2, Bye Bye Johnny, Riding Horse, Party Lights, Summer Nights, My Heart Is An Open Book, Robert Ford And Jesse James, Danger Zone, Daniel In The Lion’s Den, Open All Night [...]

  Greetings From Liberty Hall TX. (Wonderland Records WLR-2100) Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA – 9 March, 1974 (discs 1 and 2) and 10 March, 1974 (discs 3 and 4) Disc 1: Wild Billy’s Circus Story, New York City Serenade, Spirit In The Night, Walking The Dog, It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The [...]

  The Giants Game (Godfatherecords G.R. 622/623/624) Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, USA – 31 August, 2003 Disc 1: Intro, Cynthia, The Rising, Lonesome Day, Night, Lucky Town, Empty Sky, Waitin’ On A Sunny Day, Spirit In The Night, Because The Night, Badlands, Two Hearts, No Surrender, Mary’s Place [/I Don't Want To Go Home] [...]

No Nukes (Godfatherecords G.R. 615/616) Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA – 22 September, 1979  Disc 1: Prove It All Night, Badlands, The Promised Land, The River, Sherry Darling, Thunder Road Disc 2: Jungleland, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), Born To Run, Stay, Quarter To Three   Bonus track: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA [...]

  Looking For The Temple Of Love: The Pilgrim Years 92/93 (Apocalypse Sound AS 198) MTV Rockumentary 1992: Interviews and live footage; Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios, New York, NY, USA – 9 May, 1992: Lucky Town, 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On), Living Proof; MTV Special, “Tougher Than The Rest,” 1992: Interviews and live footage [...]

  Count Basie Theatre Magic Night (Crystal Cat Records CC 882-83) Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ, USA – 7 May, 2008 Disc 1: Badlands, Adam Raised A Cain, Something In The Night, Candy’s Room, Racing In The Street, The Promised Land, Factory, Streets Of Fire, Prove It All Night, Darkness On The Edge Of [...]

  Born Again (Social Graces 005) The Palace Of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI, USA – 13 November, 2009 Intro, Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Night, Backstreets, Born To Run, She’s The One, Meeting Across The River, Jungleland Bonus Tracks: Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden – 22 June, 2003: Atlantic City, My City Of Ruins; Convention [...]

 The Unbroken Promise: Lighting Up The Darkness Sessions (Godfatherecords G.R. BOX 01) On 28 May 1977, Bruce Springsteen’s long drawn out litigation with former manager Mike Appel was eventually settled, finally allowing him to enter a recording studio with new manager and producer Jon Landau and therefore to record his fourth album and masterpiece, Darkness On The [...]

  Ready For The World (Godfatherecords G.R. 585/586/587) The Civic Center, St. Paul, MN, USA – 29 June, 1984 Disc 1: Thunder Road, Prove It All Night, Out In The Street, “Only Took Me Three Years,”  Johnny 99, Atlantic City, Intro/”The Man Inside,” Mansion On The Hill, The River, No Surrender, Glory Days, The Promised [...]