Heart of Darkness - 1978 Tour Compilation - Bruce Springsteen.

The Darkness Tour 1978

The Cautious Man Mixes Presents:
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
The Heart Of Darkness
The Darkness On The Edge Of Town 1978 Tour Compilation

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Disc 1:
1. The Main Event
2. Summertime Blues (8-9-78
3. Badlands (9-19-78
4. Streets Of Fire (12-19-78
5. Something In The Night (5-31-78
6. Adam Raised A Cain (6-16-78
7. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (9-19-78
8. Factory (9-3-78 intro portion, 12-15-78 song portion
9. The Promised Land (9-19-78
10. Prove It All Night (9-30-78
11. The Ties That Bind (12-15-78
12. Racing In The Street (9-19-78
13. Thunder Road (12-15-78
14. Spirit In The Night (9-19-78

Disc 2:
01. Good Rockin' Tonight (9-30-78
02. I Don't Wanna Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes (9-3-78
03. Rendezvous (12-19-78
04. Fire (12-15-78
05. Candy's Room (12-15-78
06. Because The Night (8-9-78
07. She's The One Medley (Mona/Preacher's Daughter 12-15-78 & Gloria/She's
The One 9-30-78
08. Point Blank (12-15-78
09. Backstreets (12-15-78
10. The Boss's Birthday Party
11. Meeting Across The River (9-19-78
12. Jungleland (12-15-78

Disc 3:
01. Kitty's Back (9-19-78
02. High School Confidential (9-21-78
03. A Christmas Story
04. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (12-15-78
05. Growin' Up (8-9-78
06. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (8-9-78
07. Rosalita (9-19-78
08. Born To Run (12-15-78
09. 10th Ave. Freeze-Out (12-15-78
10. Rave On (7-7-78
11. Raise Your Hand (12-15-78
12. Twist & Shout (7-7-78

Notes:

Although there is a lack of shows from this tour available in high quality audio, the ones that are out there, like the "Fab Five" Radio Broadcasts
(Roxy, Agora, Passaic, Atlanta & Winterland) are SO good that to choose between them is like splitting hairs. Everyone has their own favorites from this era of Bruce, and can present an argument as to why their favorite is "the best." One thing that is certain, in my mind anyway, there has not been more fierce performances from Bruce and the band before or after the Darkness Tour-the shows are a perfect example of rock and roll personified. The living, breathing essence of pure rock fury and blistering soul. The tempos were faster, the guitars rocked harder, the performances so exhilarating that it seemed like Bruce may have very well been living out his final moments right there on stage, and was hell bound on making it the greatest moment of his life (and yours). If there is one tour (and album) that I can say without hesitation is MY favorite, and which locked me into a fascination with Bruce Springsteen's music, it is Darkness On The Edge Of Town and the tour that accompanied the record in 1978. This compilation includes EVERY song from the Darkness album,most definitively his best.

So, here it is-highlights from the Darkness Tour. I'm sure most folks already have the full shows that these clips have been taken from, or maybe you've already put together your own 1978 compilation. I hope all who listen to this collection get as much joy out of it as I do.

I've always loved the way Bruce chose classic covers to pepper the show, and several of those nuggets are included here. I'm also a huge fan of the lead-in building up to She's The One, whether it be Mona, Not Fade Away, or Gloria. Here are 2 versions mixed together to create a "She's The One Medley" which is actually made up of Mona/Preacher's Daughter from the Winterland Show (12/15/78 and Gloria/She's The One from the Atlanta show (9/30/78. Prove It All Night may SOUND better on some of the other tapes from the tour, but I challenge anyone to find a more hell-raising, spine-tingling guitar solo by Bruce than the one included here from Atlanta. Then there is the guitar blow-out of Because The Night from the Agora, which can invoke seizures to those predisposed to such things! The dialogue in Growin' Up from the Agora is also classic vintage Bruce, and hilarious to boot. Badlands and Darkness from Passaic are downright vicious in their intensity, as is Streets Of Fire from Portland's Paramount Theatre. I'm also especially partial to the Saginaw, Michigan show from Sept. 3, which I think could get my "show of the tour" nod, but that audience recording is plagued with some overly enthusiastic audience members. Also included is Bruce's introduction to Factory from that show, a personal highlight when Bruce addresses his father and "those loud f**king machines!" The Roxy show
was also more than impressive, but due to the large amount of material officially released from that show, not much of it is included here. The tour also
boasted some fine early versions of songs which would later end up on The River (as well as Tracks), represented here by Point Blank, The Ties That Bind, and a terrific Rendezvous. And let us also not forget Santa, Rosie, the "birthday party" at the Passaic (Bruce's 29th), or the classic segue of Racing In The
Street into Thunder Road for that matter!

As I have said, arguments can be made as to which show or which particular version of a song was the best on this tour, but I'm sure a lot of folks would
agree this was Bruce and the band and one of the highest, if not THE highest, peaks of their career.

So now, crack open some cold ones, and bootleggers out there in radioland, ROLL YOUR TAPES!!!
As the great Kid Leo said, "Round for round, pound for pound, there ain't no finer band around...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND!"

No lossy sources were used in the making of this compilation. Whenever possible, original silver CDs were used.
The master mix was done the old fashioned way, on analog equipment, which I feel gives the songs a "warmer" sound.

Torrent includes artwork, flac fingerprints, and EAC log files.

Lineage: Original Silver CDs & Flac/Shn Downloads burned to TDK CD-Rs with EAC>Yamaha and JVC DVD/SACD players>Yamaha Mixing Console
for mixing/EQ adjustments/mastering>Pioneer Component Burner>TDK Master CD-R>EAC>Flac Frontend Level 8>YOU!

A HUGE thank you to RADIOLAND, the tapers, remaster "labels" and uploaders of the following shows, who made this possible:
5/31/1978 Music Hall Boston, MA
6/16/1978 Memorial Hall Kansas City, MO
7/7/1978 The Roxy Los Angeles, CA
8/9/1978 The Agora Cleveland, OH
9/3/1978 Civic Center Saginaw, MI
9/19/1978 Capitol Theater Passaic, NJ
9/21/1978 Capitol Theater Passaic, NJ
9/30/1978 Fox Theatre Atlanta, GA
12/15/1978 Winterland San Francisco, CA
12/19/1978 Paramount Theatre Portland, OR

Thanks to "cautiousman!"