Bruce Springsteen - 1978-11-01 - Princeton, NJ (Aud)

Bruce Springsteen

1978-11-01

Darkness Tour

Jadwin Gymnasium

Princeton University

Princeton NJ

Audience Recording

192 kbps

Artwork Included

Soundcheck

01. Thunder Road

02. Badlands

03. Prove It All Night

04. The Promised Land

Concert

01. Badlands

02. Streets Of Fire

03. Spirit In The Night

04. The Ties That Bind

05. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

06. Independence Day

07. The Promised Land

08. Prove It All Night [With long guitar intro]

09. Racing In The Street

10. Thunder Road

11. Jungleland

12. Fire

13. Candy's Room

14. Because The Night

15. Point Blank

16. The Fever

17. Not Fade Away

18. She's The One

19. Backstreets

20. Rosalita (Come out tonight)

21. Born To Run

22. Quarter To Three

Bruce Springsteen - 1978-11-01 - Jadwin Gym, Princeton University (Aud)

Springsteen 1978 - Back To Back - #1: As part of his 1978 tour in support of The Darkness On The Edge of Town album, Bruce Springsteen scheduled a series of shows at colleges across the US. While Bruce could sell out major arenas such as Madison Square Garden, he still enjoyed playing shows where he could be closer to his audience. One stop on the tour was Jadwin Gym on the campus of Princeton University My buddies and I somehow wound up in about the 8th row! That show, November 1, 1978, 43 years ago today, was voted the greatest moment in Jadwin Gym's history (go here for the complete list).  Looking back, it's easy to see why.  Bruce, playing in his home state, was at the top of his game from the opening notes of Badlands to the final ones of Quarter To Three. The crowd was up and dancing the entire night,  standing on the folding chairs which had been set up on the gym floor. The result was thousands upon thousands of round pock mocks covering the basketball court!  Some say this saga is an urban legend, but its all true, as evidenced by this headline from the Daily Record: "Springsteen concert crowds damage basketball, track surfaces in Jadwin Gymnasium."  That wound up being the last rock concert ever held in Jadwin Gym. Of course, none of us in attendance were worried about any of that! We were 20 year old kids, with very few worries,  just enjoying Bruce and The E Street Band putting on a show for the ages.  Unfortunately, there's no soundboard of this show, and the audience tape I'm posting isn't the best.  But I was there, so I'm posting it.  Download this one, then come back tomorrow for part 2 of this Back to Back set.