Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
September 6, 1978
Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL
'Relentless as the Rain'

Source - audience

JEMS digital clone of the analogue master > WAV > Sound Forge 9 (eq etc) > CD Wave > FLAC

01. Good Rockin' Tonight
02. Badlands
03. Streets Of Fire
04. Spirit In The Night
05. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06. Heartbreak Hotel
07. Factory
08. The Promised Land
09. Prove It All Night
10. Racing In The Street
11. Thunder Road
12. Jungleland
13. Paradise By The "C"
14. Fire
15. Candy's Room
16. Adam Raised A Cain
17. Not Fade Away - She's The One
18. Growin' Up
19. Backstreets
20. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
21. Born To Run
22. Because The Night
23. Quarter To Three

Known faults - small cut at the start of Backstreets. Left as-is.

I first listened to this tape in detail last year, the old transfer which has circulated for some years. I was surprised at just how good it was. Very clear, nice instrument separation, generally very impressive. However, I soon realised perhaps why it wasn't talked about much - a loud, persistent humming noise over vast swathes of the second set. Not good. So I got in touch with the ever-obliging guys at JEMS - if anyone had a clean version, it would be them, right? Initially the response was no. However, to no-ones surprise it turned out they had a digital clone of the analogue masters - and guess what? This version was as clean as a whistle, and wow, what a tape. Remarkable really, in several ways. Firstly, it's the whole show with almost no edits. Just a tiny one at the end of The Promised Land and another at the start of Backstreets. I've left the latter as it appears on the tape. Secondly, the low-end. I'm not aware of another tape from this era like it. For me, it's up there with the best tapes from the tour, so turn it up loud and enjoy a great show. I don't need to point out the highlights - it's a Darkness Tour show after all. Big thanks to E @ JEMS for giving me the chance to work on this tape.