Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Live August 11, 1981
Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, Michigan


This is a tape transfer I did recently and just finished. The quality is not very good but still listenable. 
Fair amount of crowd noise and a little distant. The other problem with the tape is that the low end was all distorted, 
especially the bass drum. I have attempted to fix it, and it sounds somewhat better. This probably happened because the 
particular cassette I transferred this from has an extended high end and output. I am pretty sure this is a different 
source than the JEMS release, or a very bad copy of it. If it is a different source, it has not been circulated. I only 
had this one cassette of the show, I am not sure if the taper did record the whole show. Though after "Trapped" you can 
hear the very beginning of "Two Hearts" but it cuts out. It runs from the beginning to near the end of the first set. 
"Thunder Road" gets off to a rough start with a few skips during the harmonica intro and one pitch issue. I fixed it up 
the best I could and it is better than it was. The taper eventually settles in and those problems disappear very quickly. 
I did some light editing to minimize the distortion (it's still there) and increase the volume. Anyways, this is one for 
the completists. There is a much better source for the show that was released by JEMS and covers the whole show. So don't 
download this looking for fantastic sound. 

Source: Unknown Generation TDK AD-C90 Cassette 


01 Thunder Road 
02 Prove It All Night
03 Out In The Street
04 Summertime Blues
05 Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06 Factory
07 Independence Day
08 Jackson Cage
09 Trapped

Notes: 
Track 1: a few skips and a pitch jump during harmonica intro