RACING IN THE STREET

Live 06 Aug 1984 version

I got a '69 Chevy with a 396, fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot outside the 7-Eleven store
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch and he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money, got no strings attached, we shut 'em up then we shut 'em down

Tonight, tonight the strip's just right, I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
The summer's here and the time is right, we're going racing in the street

Now we take all the action we can meet and we cover all the northeast states
When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street from the fire roads to the interstate
Now some guys they just give up living and start dying little by little, piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up and go racing in the street

Tonight, tonight the strip's just right, I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats
Calling out around the world, we're going racing in the street
Hey! Go!

I met her on the strip three years ago in a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
I blew that Camaro off my back and drove that little girl away
But now there's wrinkles 'round my baby's eyes and she cries herself to sleep at night
And when I come home the house is dark, she sighs, "Babe did you make it all right?"
Well she just sits on the porch of her daddy's house, now all her pretty dreams been torn
She stares off alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born
Well for all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels rumbling through this promised land
Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea and wash these sins off our hands

Tonight, tonight the highway's bright, out of our way mister you best keep
'Cause summer's here and the time is right, we're going racing in the street

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 06 Aug 1984 performance of RACING IN THE STREET at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ, during the Born In The U.S.A. Tour.

The 06 Aug 1984 Show

During the 1984 leg of the Born In The U.S.A. Tour, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed a series of ten consecutive sold-out concerts at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ, from 05 to 20 Aug 1984. Toby Scott told Backstreets that only four concerts from this ten-night stand were recorded to multi-track, not all ten as fans had long presumed.

Ticket stub for the 06 Aug 1984 show at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

Pass for the 06 Aug 1984 show at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
(Taken from Brucebase)

In Sep 2020 the complete 06 Aug 1984 concert was officially released on Live.BruceSpringsteen.net (see the "Official Live Downloads" section below for more details). The show was recorded live with the Record Plant Remote Truck by Toby Scott, assisted by David Bianco and Jim Scott. The original live recording was produced by Chuck Plotkin. Two-inch, 24-track analog master reels were transferred by Jamie Howarth at Plangent Processes. The audio was mixed by Jon Altschiller, with additional engineering by Danielle Warman, and mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- Brendan Byrne Arena August 6, 1984

Official Live Downloads

Prior to the High Hopes Tour, Bruce Springsteen's management announced a new service allowing fans to download concert recordings approximately 48 hours after each show. The initial plan required fans to purchase a special USB wristband, which could then be used to download a single High Hopes Tour show of the purchaser's choice and also functions as a regular reusable USB flash drive. The wristband, which could be purchased online or at the concert venue, was priced at $40. Following some negative response from fans over the high cost for the wristband, Springsteen's management subsequently announced a separate cheaper option for purchasing shows directly, without the need for the wristband. The shows were available for purchase and download via Live Nation, Bruce Springsteen's concert promoter, priced at $9.99 for MP3 and $14.99 for FLAC. Audio recordings for 31 of the 34 High Hopes Tour dates (all except 16 Feb 2014, 06 Apr 2014, and 03 May 2014) were released as such and they were available until 30 Jun 2014.

On 17 Nov 2014, Live.BruceSpringsteen.net was launched. It's a new addition to the official website, serving as an online store offering high-quality live concert recordings as well as high-resolution digital releases of Springsteen's album catalog. The download store is powered by Nugs.net in cooperation with Columbia Records. Audio recordings for 30 of the 34 High Hopes Tour dates (all except 16 Feb 2014, 06 Apr 2014, 03 May 2014, and 18 May 2014) were re-released on the new download store in multiple formats, including MP3, lossless CD-quality FLAC or ALAC, and 24-bit HD FLAC or ALAC or MQA, as well as audio CD-R with custom artwork. Nugs.net adopted the MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) format on 24 May 2017. From then on, all Bruce Springsteen live concert recordings, including the previously released ones, became also available in MQA.

Audio recordings for all 75 The River Tour 2016 dates were also released on Live.BruceSpringsteen.net in multiple formats, including MP3, lossless CD-quality FLAC or ALAC, and 24-bit HD FLAC or ALAC or MQA, as well as audio CD-R with custom artwork. Each show was generally released within a month after it took place.

Audio recordings for all 14 Summer '17 Tour dates were also released on Live.BruceSpringsteen.net in multiple formats, including MP3, lossless CD-quality FLAC or ALAC, and 24-bit HD FLAC or ALAC or MQA, as well as audio CD-R with custom artwork. Each show was generally released within a month after it took place.

Archival releases were periodically released on the same site, as part of the Bruce Springsteen Archive Series. These shows were also made available in multiple formats, including MP3, lossless FLAC or ALAC, 24-bit FLAC or ALAC or MQA, DSD, and audio CD-R. So far 90 shows (or sets of shows) were released from the ongoing series.

Available Versions

List of available versions of RACING IN THE STREET on this website:

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