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As Bruce Springsteen continues his sold-out Springsteen on Broadway run, he has continued to release live concerts from his archives.  It has been a little while since we looked at these, so we thought we might catch you up on the most recent ones.  And a special reminder: all titles are on sale today for Cyber Monday (25% off CDs, 50% off downloads)!

Released a couple of weeks ago is Springsteen and the E Street Band live from Stockholm, Sweden on July 3, 1988.  This concert was part of Tunnel of Love Express tour, which was of course supporting 1987’s album Tunnel of Love.  What makes this concert significant, however, is that the first 90-minute set was broadcast to radio stations at the time, making it one of most known concerts in the Springsteen canon.   “Chimes of Freedom” from the show was released on an EP of the same name.  But the broadcast did not contain the full concert, which would continue for another set and three encores.  Now, for the first time, the entire concert is being officially released, remixed from the multi-tracks.

Shortly after this tour, Springsteen would disband the E Street Band.  Other than recording a couple of tracks for Springsteen’s first Greatest Hits album, the full group would not come back to together until 1999’s Reunion tour.  The concert that has just been released is the final one from the tour:  July 1, 2000 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.  Portions of this concert were included on the Live in New York City album released in March, 2001, but this is the first time you can officially hear the entire show.  Unique tracks from this show include the closing number, “Blood Brothers,” which had never been performed on a tour before.

Perhaps to tie in with the concept of Springsteen on Broadway, another recent concert is from March 19, 1996 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  Falling between the other two concerts released, this concert was is support of The Ghost of Tom Joad and features a solo, acoustic set from Springsteen.  He had performed in this way before, but this was the first time he embarked on a full tour in the format.  Many of his familiar songs were recast with new arrangements to sit alongside newer material.

In addition, Springsteen has also released the concert from December 8, 1978 in Houston, Texas.  This show first appeared in The Promise: Darkness on the Edge of Town boxset in 2010, but this is the first time it has been available separately.  All proceeds from the sale of this concert will go to benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund.

All three newly released concerts have been mixed by Jon Altshiller and mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering.

All the shows are offered in a variety of formats: Direct Stream Digital or DSD (with 64 times the sampling rate of CD), MP3, FLAC or Apple Lossless, HD-Audio (24 bit/192 kHz, FLAC-HD or ALAC-HD) and CD-R ($26.00).  A CD-R plus MP3 package is also available for each.

All previous ten volumes of The Bruce Springsteen Archive Series are available at Springsteen’s official live store for download and physical purchase.  You can also sample tracks at this link which you’ll find just below!

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Stockholm Stadion, Sweden, 1988 (Columbia/Nugs.net, 2017)

Set One

1. Tunnel of Love
2. Boom Boom
3. Adam Raised a Cain
4. The River
5. All That Heaven Will Allow
6. Seeds
7. Roulette
8. Cover Me
9. Brilliant Disguise
10. Tougher Than The Rest
11. Spare Parts
12. War
13. Born in the U.S.A.
14. Chimes of Freedom

Set Two

1. Paradise in the “C”
2. Who Do You Love?
3. She’s the One
4. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
5. I’m a Coward
6. I’m on Fire
7. Downbound Train
8. Because the Night
9. Dancing in the Dark
10. Light of Day

First Encore

1. Born to Run
2. Hungry Heart
3. Glory Days

Second Encore

1. Can’t Help Falling in Love
2. Bobby Jean
3. Cadillac Ranch
4. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
5. Sweet Soul Music
6. Raise Your Hand

Third Encore

1. Quarter to Three
2. Twist and Shout

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Madison Square Garden, New York, July 1, 2000 (Columbia/Nugs.net, 2017)

1. Code of Silence
2. My Love will Not Let You Down
3. Prove it All Night
4. Two Hearts
5. Atlantic City
6. Mansion on the Hill
7. The River
8. American Skin (41 Shots)
9. The Promised Land
10. Youngstown
11. Murder Incorporated
12. Badlands
13. Out in the Street
14. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
15. The E Street Shuffle
16. Lost in the Flood
17. Born in the U.S.A.
18. Backstreets
19. Light of Day
20. The Promise
21. Ramrod
22. Bobby Jean
23. Born to Run
24. Further On (Up the Road)
25. Thunder Road
26. If I Should Fall Behind
27. The Land of Hope and Dreams
28. Blood Brothers

Bruce Springsteen, King’s Hall, Belfast, March 19, 1996 (Columbia/Nugs.net, 2017)

1. The Ghost of Tom Joad
2. Adam Raised a Cain
3. Straight Time
4. Highway 29
5. Darkness on the Edge of Town
6. Murder Incorporated
7. Nebraska
8. The Wish
9. It’s the Little Things
10. Brother Under the Bridge
11. Born in the U.S.A.
12. Dry Lightning
13. Reason to Believe
14. Youngstown
15. Sinaloa Cowboys
16. The Line
17. Balboa Park
18. Across the Border
19. Bobby Jean
20. The Hard Land
21. Streets of Philadelphia
22. Galveston Bay
23. The Promised Land

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund: The Summit, Houston, Texas, December 8, 1978 (Columbia/Nugs.net, 2017)

1. Badlands
2. Streets of Fire
3. It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City
4. Darkness on the Edge of Town
5. Spirit in the Night
6. Independence Day
7. The Promised Land
8. Prove it All Night
9. Racing in the Street
10. Thunder Road
11. Jungleland
12. The Ties that Bind
13. Santa Claus in Coming to Town
14. The Fever
15. Fire
16. Candy’s Room
17. Because the Night
18. Point Blank
19. She’s the One
20. Backstreets
21. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
22. Born to Run
23. Detroit Medley
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
25. You Can’t Sit Down
26. Quarter to Three