Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

Title: In The Midnight Hour
Label: Great Dane Records
Catalog #: GDR CD 9011
Location: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
Date: December 31, 1980
Source: Soundboard

Lineage: Original Silver Discs -> EAC (Secure) -> Wav -> Flac fronted (Level 6)

This upload included: artwork, EAC log files, .md5, spectral/frequency analysis, flac fingerprint.
 
 
Setlist:

101-Night
102-Prove It All Night
103-Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out*
104-Spirit In The Night
105-Darkness On The Edge Of Town
106-Factory*
107-Independence Day
108-Who'll Stop The Rain? (Fogerty)
109-This Land Is Your Land (Guthrie)
110-The Promised Land
111-Out In The Street*

201-Racing In The Street
202-The River
203-Badlands
204-Thunder Road
205-Cadillac Ranchc
206-Sherry Darling
207-Hungry Heart
208-Merry Christmas Baby (Baxter Moore)* 
209-Fire
210-Candy's Room
211-Because The Night

301-4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)*
302-Rendez-Vous*
303-Stolen Car*
304-Fade Away
305-The Price You Pay
306-Wreck On The Highway
307-Two Hearts
308-Point Blank*
309-The Ties That Bind*
310-Ramrod

401-You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
402-Held Up Without A Gun
403-In The Midnight Hour (Pickett, Cropper)
404-Auld Lang Syne (traditional)
405-Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (13:58)
406-Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Coots, Gillespie)
407-Jungleland
408-Born To Run (4:38)
409-Devil With The Blue Dress Medley:
    Devil With The Blue Dress (Long, Stevenson)
    Good Golly Miss Molly (Blackwell, Marascalco)
    Jenny Take A Ride (Johnson, Penniman, Isbell)
410-Twist And Shout (Medley, Russel)
411-Raise Your Hand (Floyd, Guida, Anderson)


Recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale N.Y. on New Year's Eve 1980-81
except * December 29, 1980.


BRUCEBASE:

31/12/80 - NASSAU COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY 

NIGHT / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / INDEPENDENCE DAY / WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN / THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND / THE PROMISED LAND / OUT IN THE STREET / RACING IN THE STREET / THE RIVER / BADLANDS / THUNDER ROAD / CADILLAC RANCH / SHERRY DARLING / HUNGRY HEART / MERRY XMAS BABY / FIRE / CANDYS ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / RENDEZVOUS / FADE AWAY / PRICE YOU PAY / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY / TWO HEARTS / RAMROD / YOU CAN LOOK / HELD UP WITHOUT A GUN / IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR / AULD LANG SYNE / ROSALITA / SANTA CLAUS / JUNGLELAND / BORN TO RUN / DETROIT MEDLEY / TWIST AND SHOUT / RAISE YOUR HAND 

Soundboard - last known version of Rendezvous and the premier live version of Held Up Without A Gun - a tremendous show and one of the longest known. Released on CD "Nassau Night" (Crystal Cat), "Midnight Lightning" (SEA) and on CDR "In The Midnight Hour". Audio recording of “4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” from this show was officially released on the “Live/1975-85” box set. In addition, that night’s performance of “Merry Christmas Baby” was officially released on 7”/12” vinyl in 1986 (as well as on the “Very Special Christmas” Various Artists benefit sampler LP/CD); “Rendezvous” was officially released on “Tracks” in 1998, and “Held Up Without A Gun” was officially released on the “Essential Bruce Springsteen” bonus CD in 2003. About 14 minutes worth of amateur film footage shot from the audience - including the “Midnight Hour” New Year’s countdown and the first seconds of 1981, with Bruce spraying champagne all over the front row - is circulating among collectors. Thanks to Lost In The Flood for the info. 

A newly surfaced professionally mixed master recording is out but this does NOT include nearly all songs played and many songs have fadeouts. This was mixed by an assistant engineer at the Record Plant and here's the information directly from him: The story behind this is: "I was working as an assistant engineer at the Record Plant, and we recorded a number of shows on the tour for a live album.
When they came back to LA Toby Scott was starting to mix. I asked him if he would allow me to do a mix and evaluate my skills. He let me use the 24 track masters to do one song. He liked what I did and said if I want to play some more I could. I had forgotten about the tapes until a few days ago while going through some old boxes." Available on : "Nassau Coliseum - From Master Tapes", Ev2 

Enjoy, hrubesh