Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Crisler Arena
Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 3, 1980

Transferred and uploaded by MJK5510 (November 2012)

Transfer: Low Generation early 1980's tape trade > Nakamichi CR5A (Azimuth Adjusted) > MacBook Pro > Audacity 1.3.11 > Peak Pro XT 5.2 (indexing/volume smoothing/very slight eq (around 800hz-1Khz vocal range) > xACT 1.71 > FLAC

This is a fresh transfer from my tape copy of the opening night of The River tour.  I started trading tapes in 1981-1982 and this was one of the first shows I traded to get. I'm not sure of the exact generation but sounds low which I assume it is considering it was one of the first shows I acquired. 

It is much better quality than I remembered it being and that I apparently originally rated it on my trade list though back in the old trade days I was pretty strict with my ratings.  The transfer came out excellent after some azimuth adjusting.  Quality is slightly lower during the first 3-4 songs as the taper and crowd get settled and becomes excellent by the time Darkness On The Edge Of Town kicks in.

I know there are a couple of version circulating and I don't claim this to be better or worse than any of those, the transfer came out very nice so I thought I'd share a low generation version for those that still need it.

11 songs from The River with 9 of them premiered here and of course Thunder Road with Seger. 
Lots of shows get one listen and then filed away, this one will go into the rotation for awhile.  A must have show for both quality and performance.

Samples below...

Disc One
01 Born To Run
02 Prove It All Night
03 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
04 Wreck On The Highway
05 Darkness On The Edge Of Town
06 Jackson Cage
07 The Promised Land
08 Out In The Street
09 Racing In The Street
10 The River
11 Thunder Road
12 Badlands

Disc Two
01 Cadillac Ranch
02 Fire
03 Sherry Darling
04 I Wanna Marry You
05 Crush On You
06 Ramrod
07 Point Blank
08 Stolen Car
09 Because The Night
10 Backstreets

Disc Three
01 Rosalita
02 Jungleland
03 Detroit Medley
04 Thunder Road w/Bob Seger

Known Issues: First few notes of Backstreets cut.

Enjoy!
mjk5510