Title: Winterland 15th December 1978
Location: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
Date: 15th December 1957
Label: Echoes, ECHO3CD2001
Artwork: Complete.

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Disc One:

1. Badlands
2. Streets Of Fire
3. Spirit In The Night
4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Factory
6. The Promised Land
7. Prove It All Night
8. Racing In The Streets
9. Thunder Road
10. Jungleland

Disc Two:

1. Backstreets
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Santa Story
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
5. The Fever
6. Fire
7. Candy's Room
8. Because The Night
9. Point Blank
10. Mona / Preacher's Daughter
11. She's The One

Disc Three:

1. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
2. Born to Run
3. Detroit Medley
4. 10th Avenue Freeze-Out
5. Raise Your Hand
6. Quarter to Three

From Brucebase:

FM Broadcast (KSAN radio) and soundboard tapes - this is a master reel recording and includes three tracks not broadcast. 
What can you say! The versions of "The Promised Land" and "Prove It All Night" are exceptional and "Backstreets" is 
better than that. Probably the most famous show Bruce will ever do. It should be noted that the source tape appears to 
run slightly slow. Released on CD 'Live At Winterland' (Golden Stars), 'Live In The Promised Land' (Great Dane Records), 
'Winterland Night' (Crystal Cat) and most recently (and in best quality) on CDR 'Prodigal Son at Winterland - 25th 
Anniversary Remaster' (Prodigal Son). This is a remaster of 'Winterland Night'. This show (and potentially the next night)
 may have been filmed on the Winterland's in-house video system. However, no concrete evidence has ever emerged that 
indicate this is the case. Certainly there is plenty of video of other artists from around the same time, but the most 
likely scenario is that any film was lost in a fire at Bill Graham's San Francisco warehouse offices in 1985. It's 
possible that a copy may still reside in Springsteen's vaults. A review of the show by Joel Selvin was printed in the San 
Francisco Chronicle - click the above link to read it.

 Current thinking that "Quarter To Three" (previously thought to be from this show) which is included on just about every 
release of this show is from another soundboard yet to be identified. It is not from the following nights performance as 
the audience tape does not match. The identity of the final song has been the topic of heated debate over the years, one 
fan present says "It looked like the show was over. The band was gone. But no one else would leave. The place - I guess 
about 5000 in festival seating, actually standing - was just roaring, going nuts. Bruuuuce, on and on. Finally he came 
back alone, and the band finally trickled out and Bruce said, "We're off the radio now, but I'll do one more for you guys
 This is the first song I ever learned to play on the guitar," and then "Twist and Shout". A great version, too. He was 
standing on speakers ten feet off the floor. I was there and I'd stake my life on it." Thanks to John H for the info. 
However, others are just as insistent that the final song was "Quarter To Three", and other concerts around this time all 
have "Quarter To Three" as the final song, which supports this view. There is an interview with photographer P.J. 
Plutzer in Backstreets magazine #49 (Spring 1995), and he clearly states that "Quarter To Three" was the final encore. 
Plutzer shot some forty shows between 1975-84 including both Winterland gigs. Thanks to HazyDavy for bringing this to our 
attention. Given the evidence, It is feasible (and perhaps most likely) that both "Quarter To Three" and "Twist And 
Shout" were played, as in Seattle five days later. In this case, "Quarter To Three" was the final song of the encore, and 
Bruce returned to the stage some minutes later with "Twist And Shout". The possibility remains that the "Quarter To Three"
 on 'Winterland Night' is actually from this show, but taken from an alternative, unbooted, source. There are no known 
other source tapes for the final song as far as we know.


Joe Roberts