Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Date: 1988-03-17 
Venue: ROSEMONT HORIZON
Location: ROSEMONT, IL
Source: Tape Man Joe Master Via G
Title: Tape Man Joe Master Volume 38

Sony WM D6C deck> Nakamichi Mic> TDK MA tapes> Master Tapes> Kenwood KX-4070 cassette deck> TDK-DA3826 standalone CD burner> 
EAC (Secure Mode)> CD Wave Editor(remove cuts)> Goldwave (fades, patching & file merging)> MAGIX audio cleaning lab> CD Wave 
Editor (track splits)> Trader's Little Helper (Flac Level 8, Align, Verify) 

Welcome back to the series of probably uncirculated audience recordings. So the story goes, Tape Man Joe attended many concerts. 
Joe used a Sony D6 with a Nakamichi Mic and TDK metal tapes. Joe made a few copies and gave them to friends but never actively 
traded his recordings. Recently Joe lent a few of his masters to his friend, Jungleland user G (a generous collector himself 
who has lent tapes from his collection to help upgrade many shows). G asked me to finish off the transfers and post them.

Joe's master now gives us four separate recordings from this show. To my ears, it's easily an upgrade to the other three tapes. 
There are a couple of flaws. Joe flips between Roulette and Cover Me. It also sounds like he had a technical issue at the ending 
of "Hungry Heart". There is a dropout and then he misses all of Glory Days. No worries, with three other tapes in circulation, 
a good patch was available (see notes below).

As for the show, I'll let a long time fan share their assessment of the Rosemont Tunnel of Love shows.
 
"The 16th and 17th were the two worst Bruce shows I saw of all the shows I've seen, at the height of his marital problems, 
seemed like he was just going through the paces to get them over with.... second night was a little better than the first night. 
Only time if someone else I was into was in town my buddy and I might have sold our tickets..."

I didn't get the same sentiment listening to the show. Maybe it was something you had to witness in person.


Thanks to Tape Man Joe for recording and sharing his tapes and G for transferring the files.

01.TUNNEL OF LOVE 
02.BE TRUE 
03.ADAM RAISED A CAIN
04.TWO FACES 
05.ALL THAT HEAVEN WILL ALLOW
06.DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
07.ROULETTE 
08.COVER ME
09.BRILLIANT DISGUISE 
10.SPARE PARTS
11.WAR
12.BORN IN THE U.S.A.
13.TOUGHER THAN THE REST 
14.SHE'S THE ONE
15.YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) 
16.I'M A COWARD
17.I'M ON FIRE
18.ONE STEP UP
19.PART MAN, PART MONKEY 
20.BACKSTREETS
21.DANCING IN THE DARK 
22.LIGHT OF DAY
23.BORN TO RUN 
24.HUNGRY HEART
25.GLORY DAYS
26.LOVE ME TENDER 
27.ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT)
28.DETROIT MEDLEY
29.RAISE YOUR HAND


Known faults:
Tape flip between Roulette and Cover Me.No music lost. Not patched.
Hungry Heart is cut at the end. Missing is Glory Days entirely. Patched with 7:29 from Recorder Two.

Recorder One: IvanF Flac Transfer 2006-Few cuts throughout.
Recorder Two: 2006 First Generation Tape Transfer-Static/connection issues.
Recorder Three: 2011 Two Of Us Master-via Flynn



From Brucbase WikiDot:
First change in the first set of the tour to date with "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" replacing "Seeds". "Part Man, Part Monkey" 
includes "Love Is Strange" in the outro. Previously ever-present "Walk Like A Man" also dropped, replaced by the tour premiere of 
"Backstreets". "Born To Run" is solo acoustic. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" includes an Irish jig in honour of St. Patrick's Day 
in Chicago. "Detroit Medley", which includes "I Hear A Train" and "Sweet Soul Music", also has a rather special ending with the 
closing vamp Elvis used to end his shows, before the band returns for "Raise Your Hand".