Bruce Springsteen - 1978-06-24 - Portland, OR (SBD)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

1978-06-24

The Paramount Theatre

Portland, Oregon

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Badlands

02. Night

03. Spirit In The Night

04. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

05. For You

06. The Promised Land

07. Prove It All Night

08. Racing In The Street

09. Thunder Road

10. Jungleland

CD 2:

01. Paradise By The C

02. Fire

03. Adam Raised A Cain

04. Mona

05. She's The One

06. Growin' Up

07. Backstreets

08. Sad Eyes

09. Rosalita

CD 3:

01. The Promise

02. Born To Run

03. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

04. Quarter To Three

Bonus Tracks

1979-01-01

Ricjfield Coliseum

Cleveland, OH

05. For You

06. Saint In The City

07. Santa Claus is Coming to Town

08. I Fought the Law

09. The Fever

Bruce Springsteen - 1978-06-24 - Portland, OR (SBD)

On May 23, 1978, Bruce Springsteen launched a 115 show tour that would last through the end of the year in support of his new album, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, which was released on June 2. Darkness was Springsteen’s first disc since Born To Run In 1975, the 3 years wait the result of a legal battle with his former manager, Mike Appel. All 10 songs from the album found their way into the Bruce’s set list at some point during the tour, with Badlands taking the prominent role of show opener. Perhaps the long wait for the album had increased the level of emotion among Bruce’s loyal fans, as thee shows on this tour are often described as intense. Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh wrote, for example, “"The screaming intensity of those '78 shows are part of rock and roll legend in the same way as Dylan's 1966 shows with the Band, the Rolling Stones' tours of 1969 and 1972, and the Who's Tommy tour of 1969: benchmarks of an era.” This soundboard recording captures Bruce early on during that tour, in Portland on June 16, 1978, 3 dozen years ago today. Download this one to hear Springsteen during what many say was the best tour of his long storied career.