Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – 1981-07-09 East Rutherford, NJ (2020) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – 1981-07-09 East Rutherford, NJ (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:54:10 minutes | 5,72 GB | Genre: Rock
Official Digital Download – Source: live.brucespringsteen.net | Front Cover | © Live Bruce Springsteen
Recorded: 1981-07-09 East Rutherford, NJ

The newest chapter in Bruce Springsteen’s monthly live concert download series is a show he played at New Jersey’s Brendan Byrne Arena on July 9th, 1981. The show can be downloaded on MP3 for $9.95 ($12.95 for lossless) and all net proceeds will be given to the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund.

The concert took place at the beginning of the third and final U.S. leg of The River tour when Springsteen and the E Street Band played six consecutive nights at the newly-opened Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (In later years, it would be known as the Continental Airlines Arena and the Izod Center.) Every night was professionally recorded and select songs from the stand appeared five years later on the Live 1975–85 box set, but only “Jersey Girl” from the July 9th show made the cut. The rest of the recording has never been heard anywhere, though audience tapes from the show have circulated.

The concert is noteworthy for a guest appearance by singer Gary U.S. Bonds on “Jolé Blon” and “This Little Girl.” It also boasts an epic “The Detroit Medley” containing snippets of “I Hear a Train,” “Sock It To Me, Baby!” and “Sweet Soul Music,” while Clarence Clemons sings a bit of “Stagger Lee” prior to “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight.)” There’s also a performance of the rarity “Johnny Bye-Bye,” which was released three years later as the b-side to “I’m on Fire.” You can hear a preview of that right here.

Tracklist

1. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Thunder Road
2. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Prove It All Night
3. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – The Ties That Bind
4. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Darkness on the Edge of Town
5. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Follow That Dream
6. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Independence Day
7. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Who’ll Stop The Rain?
8. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Two Hearts
9. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – The Promised Land
10. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – This Land is Your Land
11. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – The River
12. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Trapped
13. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Out in the Street
14. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Badlands
1. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
2. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Cadillac Ranch
3. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Sherry Darling
4. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hungry Heart
5. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Jole Blon
6. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – This Little Girl
7. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Johnny Bye-Bye
8. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Racing in the Street
9. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Ramrod
10. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
1. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Jersey Girl
2. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Jungleland
3. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Born to Run
4. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Detroit Medley