Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Rupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky
December 11, 1984
(1st Generation)

Transfer: 1980's first generation tape trade > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Audacity > Peak Pro XT (pitch adjusted / subtle tweak / edit / index) > FLAC

01 Born In The USA 
02 Prove It All Night
03 Darlington County 
04 Atlantic City
05 The River
06 Johnny 99 
07 Reason To Believe 
08 Johnny Bye Bye 
09 Out In The Street
10 Glory Days 
11 The Promised Land 
12 My Hometown 
13 Badlands 
14 Thunder Road 
15 Cover Me 
16 Dancing In The Dark 
17 Hungry Heart 
18 Cadillac Ranch 
19 Downbound Train
20 I'm On Fire 
21 Pink Cadillac
22 Bobby Jean 
23 Racing In The Street 
24 Jungleland
25 Born To Run 
26 Detroit Medley > 
27 Travelin' Band > 
28 My Old Kentucky Home
29 Twist And Shout > 
30 Do You Love Me
31 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

-Out In The Street: start cut

After recently sharing an alternate capture of the December 14th Memphis show, I dug a little deeper into the personal archives and we are rewarded with a major material upgrade to the show three nights earlier in Lexington, Kentucky.

This is not an alternate capture but the same recording source as the circulating version, but this one comes from my 1st generation tape and the difference in quality is striking.

Each tape and in some cases tape side had to be individually pitch adjusted and a very slight tweak gives this one a very nice punch, all volume fluctuations have been repaired and the only fault is the first few notes of “Out In The Street” being cut.

Having almost six months of touring under their belts and headed into the home stretch of the first leg of the tour, only 4 more shows before the Christmas break, the band is in top notch form and we are rewarded with a top notch show. 

Highlights include a rare, for this leg, playing of “The River” and a brief crowd pleasing “My Old Kentucky Home” during the “Detroit Medley”.

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