Bruce Springsteen
MetLife Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
September 22, 2012

Source: Church Audio CA-11 cards => UGLY pre-amp => Tascam DR-2D (24/48)
Transfer: DR-2D => WAV => Audition 1.5 (dither to 16-bit) => WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC (level 8) 

Location: Right side, beside the stage

Disc one (71:23): 
(1)  Intro (0:10)
(2)  Out in the Street (6:01)
(3)  The Ties That Bind (3:45)
(4)  Cynthia (5:06)
(5)  Badlands (6:08)
(6)  Who'll Stop The Rain (3:09)
(7)  Cover Me (4:53)
(8)  Downbound Train (4:03)
(9)  We Take Care Of Our Own (4:42)
(10)  Wrecking Ball (6:24)
(11)  Death To My Hometown (4:59)
(12)  My City of Ruins (16:25)
(13)  Intro (0:45)
(14)  It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City (4:48)

Disc two (64:23): 
(1)  Jole Blon (4:49) *
(2)  This Little Girl (4:53) *
(3)  Pay Me My Money Down (7:39)
(4)  Janey Don't You Lose Heart (4:01)
(5)  Happy Birthday To Bruce I (1:00)
(6)  In The Midnight Hour (4:35)
(7)  Into The Fire (6:00)
(8)  Because The Night (6:14A)
(9)  She's The One (5:24)
(10)  Working on the Highway (4:47)
(11)  Shackled & Drawn (7:41)
(12)  Waitin' on a Sunny Day (7:15)

Disc three (71:46):
(1)  Meeting Across The River (4:18)
(2)  Jungleland (11:32)
(3)  Thunder Road (6:08)
(4)  Rocky Ground (7:15)
(5)  Born To Run (5:34)
(6)  Glory Days (5:46)
(7)  Seven Nights To Rock (4:38)
(8)  Dancing in the Dark (7:06)
(9)  Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (7:18) *
(10)  Happy Birthday to Bruce II (3:38)
(11)  Twist and Shout (8:29) **

* w/Gary U.S. Bonds
** w/Gary U.S. Bonds and the Springsteen/Scialfa family

Md5 signature file is included. Sorry, no artwork (feel free to make some) 

Comments: 

Springsteen fans will be talking about this one for a long time.  A late-summer squall passed through the NY Metro area at about 8:30 during the evening of the 
third and final MetLife Stadium performance on the "Wrecking Ball" tour; with the advance warning of radar, stadium officials evacuated the stadium and postponed
the start of the concert for two hours -- the band finally walked onto the (very wet) stage at 10:30 ET.  You'd never know the lateness of the hour based on the
energy shown by fans and band alike -- for nearly 3 1/2 hours, the band gave it their all with a powerful performance that nearly cost Bruce his voice by the 
time the show was over.  As luck would have it, the late start pushed the concert well into Bruce's 63rd birthday, and the occasion was marked first at midnight
(with a "Happy Birthday to Bruce" audience serenade followed by a cover of Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour") and by the band themselves during the encore,
when his 87-year-old mother, sister, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law (as well as Miami Steve's wife) joined the band for a cake presentation and fun "Twist and 
Shout" jam.  I'm assuming this is the first time Bruce's mother has sung backing vocals with the E Street Band, but can't be sure.  Another fun moment came during
"Dancing in the Dark" when Bruce spotted Stevie's wife side-stage and ran over to bring her up to dance with him during the closing solo.  (He jokingly apologized
to Stevie after the song.)  All in all, a total blast and a great way to close out the three-night run.

In terms of sound quality, we got real lucky here.  This was recorded in the 3rd row side stage directly under a secondary array of speakers, and the sound was 
GREAT.  Considering these seats appeared in a drop at 1:00, I walked away with a much better recording than I would have expected in my original GA seats.  High
end is clean and clear; I used Audio Cleaning Lab to bump the low end a very small amount to balance it out to my own ears.  Otherwise, nothing was needed.  The 
audience around me were sophisticated and respectful Bruce fans; you hear some initial excited outbursts in the beginnings of the first few songs, but otherwise
there is very little crowd on this recording -- and none that gets in the way of the music.


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