Bruce Springsteen The Best Of 2012

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Anno nuovo, indirizzo nuovo.
Mi scuso per il disordine, ma sto ancora sistemando il blog.
Detto questo, come da tradizione, ecco una selezione dei post più letti dell’anno appena concluso.

Per quanto riguarda i concerti visti nel 2012, quello di Helsinki è ovviamente al primo posto, seguito da quelli di Vienna (dove ha preso la mia richiesta) e Praga. Al quarto posto metto Trieste, e al quinto – ed ultimo, per me – Colonia.

Mi dispiace solo di  non aver visto dal vivo Drive All Night e  la prima esecuzione di Jungleland dopo la morte di Clarence Clemons.

 

We Don’t Play This One Much: Rare Originals 1999-2009

La compilation a marchio Flynn è composta da 6 bootleg audio con tutte le rarità suonate da Bruce Springsteen e la E-Street Band dal 1999 al 2009.

La raccolta include quindi i seguenti quattro tour:

  • Reunion
  • The Rising
  • Magic
  • Working On A Dream
Sono stati esclusi i tour di Devils & Dust (2005) e quello con la Seeger Sessions Band (2006).
Qualche nota dai realizzatori di questa raccolta bootleg:
There are many things to love about the ten years of touring Bruce and the band did since reuniting on stage in 1999, but high on the list is the staggering amount of material assailed. By the end of the WOAD tour, Springsteen had tackled some 280 songs, a number boosted considerably by the sign requests of the last two tours, especially given how many of those yielded one-off covers.
But even more compelling than live versions of other peoples songs are airings of little-performed material from Bruce ís own canon. It ís easy to forget that the 1999 tour was mounted in support of Tracks and rarities from the box did work their way into setlists to varying degrees, especially early on when such uber obscurities as  Car Wash î and ìBrothers Under the Bridgesî received their first and, to date, last airings.
Fast-forward to the end of the 2009 WOAD tour in Buffalo, and again Bruce pulls out first/only readings of several songs including the stunning River outtake (included on Tracks) ìRestless Nights.î Steve might have been right all these years year, indeed.
For the hardcores, folks who saw dozens of shows over the last 12 years, these uncommon performances provided some of the greatest moments we experienced in those arenas. The genuine surprise delivered by a song you never thought you’d ever hear or hear again is one of the sublime pleasures of being a fan of an artist who has both an enormous back catalog and who isn’t afraid to mix up his set lists to revisit it. For us, there’s nothing more exciting than when Bruce steps to the microphone and says something to the effect of, ìWe don’t play this one much…

Those words provide the title to our comprehensive 6-CD anthology. “We Don’t Play This One Much” gathers ten years of rarities from the once-played to the infrequently-played, all in one place. This set is all about the songs you haven’t heard that often and haven’t grown tired of, culled to create a listening experience that should be quite refreshing to anyone who has listened primarily to complete shows from any of the four tours.
You may wonder where we drew the line. The answer is somewhere around a dozen performances, any more than that and the song didn’t feel so rare any more, with just a couple of exceptions that felt like they would have been conspicuous by their absence given the other material included (like ìCode of Silence.î)  We’ve also included songs performed slightly more but new to the Springsteen live canon over the course of the decade.
–Butterking for JEMS

SCALETTA

We Don’t Play This One Much: Rare Originals of the Reunion Era 1999-2009

Disc 1
1. Ricki Wants a Man of Her Own (Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, 2008-08-24)
2. Seaside Bar Song (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-13)
3. Trouble River (Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 1999-08-01)
4. The Price You Pay (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-20)
5. You’ll Be Coming Down (Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, 2008-03-24)
6. Intro (to County Fair) (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, 2003-09-20)
7. County Fair (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, 2003-09-20)
8. I Wish I Were Blind (Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY, 2003-10-04)
9. Intro (to Wild Billy’s Circus Story) (Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, NC, 2008-04-27)
10. Wild Billy’s Circus Story (Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, NC, 2008-04-27)
11. Queen of the Supermarket (Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009-06-05)
12. Intro (to I Wanna Marry You) (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-19)
13. I Wanna Marry You (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-19)
14. Intro (to Devils and Dust) (Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, 2008-08-24)
15. Devils and Dust (Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, 2008-08-24)
16. Brothers Under the Bridge ’95 (Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, 1999-04-11)
17. Crush On You (Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA, 2008-08-18)
18. State Trooper (with Win and Regine Butler of Arcade Fire) (ScotiaBank Place, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2007-10-14)

Disc 2
1. Blood Brothers (rock) (Amway Arena, Orlando, FL, 2008-04-23)
2. What Love Can Do (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-14)
3. Local Hero (Comerica Park, Detroit, MI, 2003-09-21)
4. Dollhouse (Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria, 1999-04-24)
5. All or Nothing At All (Ford Amphitheater, Tampa, FL, 2009-09-12)
6. Fade Away (Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009-06-07)
7. Secret Garden (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-22)
8. Part Man, Part Monkey (Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, PA, 2008-08-19)
9. Man’s Job (Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY, 2003-10-01)
10. Car Wash (Bruno-Platche Stadion, Leipzig, Germany, 1999-06-13)
11. Sinaloa Cowboys (Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA, 1999-10-28)
12. Intro (to Let’s Be Friends) (Rentschler Stadium, Hartford, CT, 2003-09-16)
13. Let’s Be Friends (Rentschler Stadium, Hartford, CT, 2003-09-16)
14. Intro (to Terry’s Song) (Toyota Center, Houston, TX, 2008-04-14)
15. Terry’s Song (Toyota Center, Houston, TX, 2008-04-14)
16. My Beautiful Reward (Comerica Park, Detroit, MI, 2003-09-21)
17. Intro (to Restless Nights) (HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 2009-11-22)
18. Restless Nights (HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 2009-11-22)

Disc 3
1. Intro (to Lionís Den) (Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA, 2000-02-28)
2. Lion’s Den (Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA, 2000-02-28)
3. Take ‘Em As They Come (Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1999-10-23)
4. Cover Me (Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria, 2009-07-05)
5. Streets of Fire (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-07-24)
6. Good Eye (HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA, 2009-04-01)
7. Jackson Cage (Wembley Arena, London, England, 2002-10-27)
8. Loose Ends (Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999-06-24)
9. Paradise (Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, 2002-07-30)
10. Souls of the Departed (Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY, 2003-10-01)
11. Lucky Town (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-31)
12. Lost in the Flood (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-31)
13. Intro (to Across the Border) (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-30)
14. Across the Border (with Emmylou Harris) (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-30)
15. This Life (Monte Do Gozo, Santiago, Spain, 2009-08-02)
16. Surprise Surprise (HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 2009-11-22)
17. Follow That Dream (Pyramid Arena, Memphis, TN, 2000-03-18)

Disc 4
1. Code of Silence (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-07-01)
2. Don’t Look Back (Civic Center, Hartford, CT, 2000-05-07)
3. Tunnel of Love  (Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH, 2007-11-04)
4. Be True (Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy, 2009-07-23)
5. Downbound Train (Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, 1999-11-17)
6. Intro (to Streets of Philadelphia) (Fleet Center, Boston, MA, 1999-08-22)
7. Streets of Philadelphia (Fleet Center, Boston, MA, 1999-08-22)
8. Nothing Man (Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY, 2003-03-11)
9. Living Proof (Rentschler Stadium, Hartford, CT, 2003-09-18)
10. Pink Cadillac (Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy, 2009-07-19)
11. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-30)
12. Held Up Without a Gun (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2008-07-28)
13. Another Thin Line (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-26)
14. Drive All Night (Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2008-07-05)
15. Human Touch (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2009-11-07)
16. Roll of the Dice (Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ, 2003-03-07)

Disc 5
1. From Small Things (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-08-11)
2. Cynthia (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-31)
3. Roulette (Civic Center, Hartford, CT, 2000-05-08)
4. None But the Brave (GM Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2008-03-31)
5. The Fever (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-13)
6. Back in Your Arms (Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH, 2009-11-10)
7. Your Own Worst Enemy (Key Arena, Seattle, WA, 2008-03-29)
8. New York City Serenade (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-20)
9. Where the Bands Are (Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1999-10-18)
10. Better Days (Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL, 2003-03-04)
11. I’m a Rocker (US Bank Arena, Cincinatti, OH, 2002-11-12)
12. Intro (to Freehold) (Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 1999-07-18)
13. Freehold (Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 1999-07-18)
14. Stand On It (Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999-06-24)

Disc 6
1. I Wanna Be With You (Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999-06-24)
2. So Young and in Love (Civic Center, Hartford, CT, 2008-02-28)
3. Leap of Faith (Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO, 2003-09-25)
4. Red Headed Woman (Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH, 2009-11-10)
5. Tougher Than the Rest (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2007-10-18)
6. Intro (to Mary Queen of Arkansas) (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-27)
7. Mary Queen of Arkansas (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-27)
8. Intro (to Dead Man Walkin’) (Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, 2000-04-21)
9. Dead Man Walkin’ (Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, 2000-04-21)
10. Intro (to Fire) (HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA, 2008-04-05)
12. Fire (HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA, 2008-04-05)
12. Thundercrack (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2009-11-07)
13. Give the Girl a Kiss (Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 1999-07-29)
14. Intro & False Start (to Frankie) (Fenway Park, Boston, MA, 2003-09-07)
15. Frankie (Fenway Park, Boston, MA, 2003-09-07)
16. Blinded by the Light (Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1999-10-23)
17. Further On Up the Road (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-07-01)
18. Intro (to Blood Brothers) (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-07-01)
19. Blood Brothers (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-07-01)

Come tutti i precedenti anche questo è un ottimo lavoro, ottimo.

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Springfield 22.08.1976

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springsteen-springfield

Bootleg vecchissimo quello che ho recuperato oggi, il tour è infatti quello di Born to Run (secondo leg) e il concerto è quello del 22 agosto 1976 a Springfield.

Non riesco a trovare la copertina giusta per questo bootleg, la suddivisione delle tracce è infatti leggermente diversa.

Springsteen e la E-Street Band suonarono:

  1. (Sirius – intro)
  2. Night
  3. Rendezvous
  4. Spirit In The Night
  5. It’s My Life
  6. Thunder Road
  7. She’s The One
  8. Born to Run (cut)
  9. Something In The Night
  10. Backstreets
  11. Miami Horns – intro
  12. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
  13. Jungleland
  14. Rosalita (cut)

Il bootleg è di buona qualità ed è stato registrato dalla radio come si può sentire dalla prima traccia.

Al primo che indovina cosa sta suonando Roy durante la presentazione della band su Rosalita mando una copia del CD.

Commentate!

Domani! 21.12.2012

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The Firecracker Show 31.12.1978

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Springsteen 31.12.1978
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Springsteen 31.12.1978

Uno dei concerti storici di Bruce Springsteen e la E-Street di cui esistono svariate versioni.

Il nome della registrazione deriva dal fatto che qualcuno aveva lanciato sul palco un petardo colpendo Bruce.

SCALETTA

Artist: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 
Location: Cleveland Coliseum 
Date: 1978-12-31 
Label: Moonlight Records ML 9627/28/29 
Title: The Firecracker Show 
Sound: Soundboard / Audience 
Disc 1: 
01. Badlands 
02. Streets Of Fire 
03. Rendezvous 
04. Spirit In The Night 
05. Darkness On The Edge Of Town 
06. Independence Day 
07. The Promised Land 
08. Prove It All Night 
09. Pretty Flamingo 


Disc 2: 

01. Thunder Road 
03. The Ties That Bind 
04. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town 
05. The Fever 
06. Fire 
07. Candy’s Room 
08. Because The Night 
09. Rave On 
10. Auld Lang Syne 
11. Good Rockin’ Tonigh 

Disc 3: 
01. Firecracker Incident 
02. Point Blank 
03. Not Fade Away / She’s The One 
04. Backstreets 
05. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 
06. Adam Raised A Cain * 
07. Heartbreak Hotel ** 
08. Sweet Little Sixteen ** 
* 1978-06-16 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City 
** 1978-08-19 The Spectrum, Philadelphia 
Bellissima versione di Jungleland.

Il bootleg rappresenta anche la penultima data del tour di Darkness On The Edge Of Town che si chiuderà con il concerto della sera successiva sempre a Clevenand.

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Bruce Springsteen Sandy Relief Concert 121212

La parte del concerto benefico di ieri sera dopo è comparso anche Bruce
Springsteen che ha suonato quattro canzoni:

  1. Land Of Hope And Dream
  2. Wrecking Ball 
  3. My City Of Ruins (plus a small part of Jersey Girl)
  4. Born to Run con Bon Jovi
Non male nemmeno questa versione di Comfortably Numb con Eddie
Vedder, cosa ne dite?

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Springsteen in Trieste 11.06.2012

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Springsteen Trieste 11.06.2012

Del concerto di Bruce Springsteen a Trieste dello scorso 11 giugno 2012 esiste solo un bootleg audio estratto da un DVD che ancora non ho.

Come testimonianza video di quel concerto di ormai sei mesi fa, oltre che a spezzoni su youtube, ho trovato solo la copertina di questo bootleg DVD marchiato FedeUD.

Esiste? Qualcuno lo ha?  Facciamo uno scambio?

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Mexico City Scaletta Springsteen 10.12.2012

Ultima tappa del tour di Wrecking Ball per il 2012!

Il concerto di Bruce Springsteen e la E-Street Band a Mexico City è appena finito, la scaletta è la seguente:

1. Badlands
2. Out In The Street
3. Hungry Heart
4. We Take Care Of Our Own
5. Wrecking Ball
6. Death To My Hometown
7. My City Of Ruins
8. Spirit In The Night
9. E Street Shuffle
10. Promised Land
11. The River
12. Because The Night
13. She’s The One
14. Darlington County
15. Shackled And Drawn
16. Waiting On A Sunny Day
17. The Rising
18. Land Of Hope And Dreams
19. Thunder Road
20. Born In The USA
21. Born To Run
22. Glory Days
23. Dancing In The Dark
24. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
25. 10th Avenue Freeze-Out 

Il tour riprenderà a marzo dall’ Australia, a questo link potete trovare tutte le date dei concerti del 2013 con la data di messa in vendita dei biglietti.

In questi mesi di pausa vedrò di sistemare i bootleg che si stanno accumulando.

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The Italian Recordings – Amazon Edition

Intanto un grazie a tutti quelli che hanno già acquistato The Italian Recordings nella precedente versione in formato pdf.

L’ e-book, adesso in vendita su Amazon, sarà scaricabile gratuitamente per 48 ore a partire dal lunedì prossimo 10 dicembre.

Vi chiedo, dopo averlo letto, di fare recensione direttamente sul sito di Amazon.

Per leggerlo non è necessario possedere un Kindle ma basta scaricare l’apposita applicazione gratuita sia per Mac che per Windows.

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Grazie e buona lettura!

Glendale Scaletta Springsteen 06.12.2012

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Springsteen Setlist Glendale

Che apertura a sorpresa per la penultima data del 2012.

Ieri sera, a Glendale, Bruce Springsteen, ha aperto con una versione acustica di Surprise, Surprise!

Immagino la faccia di quelli nelle prime file.

SCALETTA:

1. SURPRISE SURPRISE (solo acoustic)

2. No Surrender
3. I’m A Rocker
4. Hungry Heart
5. Prove It All Night ’78
6. Trapped
7. Lost In The Flood
8. We Take Care Of Our Own
9. Wrecking Ball
10. Death To My Hometown
11. My City Of Ruins
12. Be True
13. Light Of Day
14. Darlington County
15. Shackled And Drawn
16. Waitin’ On A Sunny Day
17. Apollo Medley
18. The Rising
19. Badlands
20. Thunder Road
21. Incident On 57th Street (solo piano)
22. Born To Run
23. Dancing In The Dark
24. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
25. 10th Avenue Freeze-Out (w/Jared Clemons, Clarence’s son, on percussion)

Buona fortuna per i biglietti di Padova!

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Anaheim Scaletta Springsteen 04.12.2012

Se va avanti così il bootleg del concerto di Bruce Springsteen e la E-Street Band in corso di svolgimento a Anaheim rientra fra quelli che è obbligatorio avere.

La scaletta (da Greasy Lake), causa differenza di fuso orario, è parziale.

Tom Morello è salito sul palco per diverse canzoni fra cui Land Of Hope And Dreams, Death To My Home Town e This Depression.

Da segnalare la presenza in scaletta di Long Time Coming acustica e Reason to Believe stile Magic Tour.

Come dicevo proprio un gran bel bootleg!

SCALETTA

1. Land of Hope and Dreams (With Tom Morello)
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Streets of Fire
4. Hungry Heart
5. We Take Care of Our Own
6. Wrecking Ball
7. Death to My Hometown (With Tom Morello)
8. My City of Ruins
9. Spirit in the Night
10. E Street Shuffle
11. LONG TIME COMING (SOLO ACOUSTIC) (Sign)
12. Reason To Believe (Magic Style)
13. This Depression (With Tom Morello)
14. Darkness on the Edge of Town
15. BAD LUCK (With Tom Morello and Mike Ness)
16. Because the Night
17. Darlington County
18. Shackled and Drawn 

Prossima tappa giovedì a Glendale.

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