A MARK PERSIC MASTER RECORDING Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Sports Arena Los Angeles,Ca August 28, 1981 Source: nakamichi cm300(cp2) > sony tcd5m Transfer from master cassettes Taper : Bob B / MarkP Transfer: Mark Persic Remaster: Fanatic Records Before I considered making this project public, out of courtesy I contacted Mark Persic and informed him that I was working on his recording and I would not post it without his permission. Mark is a real stand-up guy and said I could do whatever I wanted and also if I wish I could take any of his recordings and feel free to post them on as many sites and in other formats. Here’s a guy, who I consider one of the greats for capturing shows past and present and a real generous individual. So with Mark’s blessing I moved forward. This show is a classic from Bruce’s run in 1981 in support of the Vietnam Veterans. The quality of this master recording was pretty good to begin with and all it needed was a little TLC. What I didn’t want to do was make this sound overly processed. I wanted to preserve the integrity of the recording by not raising the EQ levels too high, but just enough to give it a little more presence. In addition, I made a few fixes such as a dropout during Rockin All Over The World. The edit is noticeable, but it flows better now. There were some songs where the break between tracks wasn’t dead on; a few seconds of the beginning of a song was at the end of the previous track. So, I corrected all of those. On Hungry Heart the left channel was a little higher than the right, so I balanced it. There were a few gaps here and there that I closed. Ramrod is missing a few seconds of the beginning, which of course I had no way of fixing. All and all this is a pretty solid recording without any major flaws. Some of you will like this and some of you won't. Everyone has their preferences. The only part I left out of Mark’s original was 1:41 of audience applause on disc 3 which was the first track. My personal taste is not to have audience applause as a track, which is neither here nor there. However, I left ALL of the audience applause at the beginning of Jungleland and Born To Run. New artwork was also created for this project Special thanks to Bob B and Mark Persic for taping and Mark's generosity. Enjoy! Rob Disc One: -First Set- 01 Rocking All Over The World 3:11 02 Out In The Street 5:14 03 Prove It All Night 5:29 04 Darkness On The Edge Of Town 5:31 05 Independence Day 8:07 06 Deportee 6:34 07 Trapped 5:03 08 Two Hearts 2:51 09 Who'll Stop The Rain? 3:48 10 The Promised Land 6:23 11 I Fought The Law 3:12 12 The River 6:55 13 This Land Is Your Land 6:33 14 Badlands 5:09 Disc Two: - First Set cont_ 01 Thunder Road 7:12 -second set- 02 Hungry Heart 4:39 03 You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)3:43 04 Cadillac Ranch 5:10 05 Sherry Darling 5:40 06 Proud Mary 3:06 07 Fire 4:11 08 Racing In The Street 8:13 09 Backstreets 9:40 10 Ramrod 4:31 11 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 15:40 Disc Three: -Encore- 01 Jungleland 12:09 02 Born To Run 6:12 03 Detroit Medley 8:47 04 Quarter To Three 9:51