BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - LIVE 1975-1988
Label: ORANGE 010/011/012/013
Location: Various locations
Date: Various dates from 1975 to 1988
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Description:
Label : Orange - 010/011/012/013 (4CD)
Date of the show : Various dates from 1975 to 1988
Orange is a new CD-R label. In 2000 they released this cd set, which is said to be the best release from that year. It is based on the officially released box set Live 1975-85. All four cd's contain soundboard recordings. Some of them have never before been released in this quality. Some of them were even unknown to exist until they were released on this cd set.
The fist cd starts with two songs from the Hammersmith Odeon in London, recorded on
18-11-1975. (Bruce's first show in Europe ever). They are It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City and The E Street Shuffle in the slow arrangement. These two songs were previously uncirculated in this quality. Next is Prove It All Night with a great long guitar intro. The last three songs from this disc are Thunder Road, Jungleland and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Those three songs were taken from the concert at
the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco the day after the famous concert on 15-12-1978. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town has one of the longest intro story ever used on this song.
The second disc covers the period from 1980 to 1985. The highlights on this disc are Glory Days (recorded at the Brendan Byrne Arena in NJ), a previously uncirculated Man At The Top from 1985 and a very thrilling version of Stolen Car, also from 1985. The last two songs on this cd are Stand On It and Janey Don't You Lose Heart.
Disc Three contains recordings all made during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour.
Eight of the nine songs on this disc are taken from the show in Copenhagen on 25-7-1988. They include Chimes Of Freedom, Paradise By The "C", Who Do You Love/She's The One and I'm A Coward. It also contains the rockabilly version of You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch).
Disc Four opens with the introduction to Follow That Dream. Other songs featured are Sweet Soul Music, Raise Your Hand and Twist And Shout. All songs on this disc were taken from the concert in Basel, Switserland on 14-7-1988.
With this cd set comes a great booklet with information about the shows where the songs were played and some nice pictures of Bruce and the E Street Band.
The sound quality varies from good to very good. The last two discs sounds pretty flat with not much audience sound.
My Rating:
Sound 8 / 10
Tracklist 9 / 10
Performance 8 / 10
Disc 1:
01. Introduction
02. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
03. The E Street Shuffle
04. Prove It All Night
05. Fire
06. Candy's Room
07. Because The Night
08. Point Blank
09. Thunder Road
10. Jungleland
11. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Disc 2:
01. Night
02. Out In The Street
03. Who'll Stop The Rain
04. Glory Days
05. Man At The Top
06. Dancing In The Dark
07. Hungry Heart
08. Stolen Car
09. Born To Run
10. Two Hearts
11. Ramrod
12. Stand On It
13. Janey Don't You Lose Heart
Disc 3:
01. Be True
02. Spare Parts
03. War
04. Born In The USA
05. Chimes Of Freedom
06. Paradise By The 'C'
07. Who Do You Love / She's The One
08. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
09. I'm A Coward
Disc 4:
01. Introduction
02. Follow That Dream
03. Bobby Jean
04. Cadillac Ranch
05. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
06. Sweet Soul Music
07. Raise Your Hand
08. Twist And Shout
Bruce Springsteen是美國70年代以來大紅大紫的搖滾樂巨星之一。到了90年代,他依然光彩照人,餘音裊裊。
1949年9月23日,Bruce Springsteen出生於美國新澤西洲(New Jersey)的費裡霍爾德(Freehold)。1963年開始學彈吉它。1965年他加入了凱斯泰爾樂隊,參與了專輯《那是你將要得到了》。凱斯泰爾 樂隊宣佈解散後,Bruce Springsteen在其它幾個樂隊裡又陸續幹了3年。
1971年組建了經自己名字命名的樂隊。它在1973年發展成為著名的東大街樂隊 (the E.Street Band),主要成員包括鍵盤手大衛.山休斯(David Sancious)、電貝斯手加利.泰倫特(Gary Tallent)、風琴手丹尼.費德里奇(Danny Fedrici)、架子鼓手維尼.洛佩茲(Vivi Lopez)、薩克斯風演奏手克萊倫斯.克萊蒙斯(Clarence Clemmons)等人。
1973年1月,Bruce Springsteen的首張專輯《來自阿斯貝里公園的祝福》(Greeting from Asbary Park)面世。但是這些源於民謠的歌曲並未引起樂迷的興趣,唱片僅銷售出5萬多張。同年,11月的專輯《野蠻.無知和東大街的混亂》(The Wild,The Inncocent And The E.Steet Shuffle)仍然沒有達到預期的結果。
1974年,東大街樂隊組成了更理想的陣容,實力大大加強,新加盟的有鋼琴家洛易.比坦、鼓手馬克斯威伯和鍵盤手丹尼.費德里西。1975年又增加了吉它手斯坦福.范.扎德特,原有的鍵盤師和鼓手也都換了人。
1975年9月,Bruce Springsteen在新專輯《為跑而生》(Born to Run)終於沖上了排行榜的第三位,他本人則成為舉世公認的搖滾樂明星。10月,Bruce Springsteen的照片同時在《時代》(Time)和《新星期》(Newweek)兩家雜誌上刊出,名氣大振。就在這一年,為擴大影響,Bruce Springsteen和他的樂隊不失時機地在美國的各地不斷地舉行巡迴演出。
接著,他們又創造了令人驚奇的成績:
1978年,《城鎮邊緣的黑暗》(Darkness on the Edge of Town)進入排行榜的第5位。獲金唱片獎和白金唱片獎。該專輯主要是反映以往的問題,是一張充滿憂鬱的專輯。15年後,該作品仍在樂壇上佔有一席之位。
1979年,現場演出專輯《不要原子能》問世。
1980年,《河流》(the River)高踞排行榜首,銷售極為火爆。
1982年,《內布拉斯加》(Nebraka)排行榜第三,《飢渴的心》(Hungry Heart)也進入了前十名。
1984年,《誕生在美國》(Born in the U.S.A)在美國排行榜榜首停留了7周,銷量超過了1,200萬張。而在英國排行榜上停留了兩年半之久。
Springsteen是「拯救非洲難民」(USA for Africa)活動的參與者之一,他與邁克.傑克遜等明星一齊演唱了We Are the World。
1986年,從10年來的曲目中,Bruce Springsteen挑選了一些精品,推出了一張精選集(Live 1975-1985)。它又穩居排行榜首達7周之久。Bruce Springsteen的藝術生涯如日中天。
1985年,Bruce Springsteen和女演員朱莉安.菲利浦(Julianne Philips)結婚後,漸漸失去了往日的狂熱,他想多享受一些私人生活的快樂。當然,他的藝術生涯仍在繼續,並參與了大量的公益演出活動。這期間發行了 專輯以1987年的《愛的通道》(Tunnel of Love)最為成功,專輯對其愛情的失敗進行了反思。這部柔和優美專輯由於預先的訂購一發行就在英美兩地進入了排行榜榜首。
1989年,Bruce Springsteen和朱莉安結束了僅5年的婚姻。隨後,他和在巡迴演出中合作過的女歌手帕蒂.莎爾法(Patti Scialfa)確立了戀愛關係。同年,東大街樂隊在其建議下解散了。
1992年,Bruce Springsteen在解散東大街樂隊的同時,推出了專輯《幸運之鎮》(Lucky Town)和《人類的接觸》(Human Touch)。由於樂迷的支持,兩專輯雖然沒有以往那麼火熱,但還是如期所料登上排行榜。
1994年,他為電影《費城故事》(Philadelphia)創作了Street of Philadelphia。
1995年,據說他又重新與大東街樂隊的隊員合作。當他率領人員精簡的新樂隊作巡迴演出時,Bruce Springsteen自己同時操作幾種樂器,其令人眼花繚亂的動作在樂迷中引起了轟動。
1995年,其推出了一張對越南戰爭感想的專輯《湯姆.周的靈魂》(The Ghost of Tom Joad),這張專輯是不再是像以往那樣的狂熱,充滿激情的作品,而是單純的哲理性的沉思。該專輯可以說是他多年來最成功的作品,但也是商業上最失敗的專輯之一。
專輯作品:Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.(1973) ,The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle(1973),Asbury Park (Sandy),Born to Run(1975),Darkness on the Edge of Town(1978),The River(1980),Nebraska Columbia(1982),Born in the U.S.A.(1984),Tunnel of Love(1987),Human Touch(1992),Lucky Town Live(1993),In Concert/MTV Plugged [live](1993),The Ghost of Tom Joad(1995),Live in New York City(2001),The Rising(2002),Devils & Dust(2005),Hammersmith Odeon(2006)
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