The Boss Live at the Roxy, 1978 (Part One)
My wife made me watch David Hasselhoff sing on America’s Got Talent, and now I feel sick to my stomach. I thought she loved me.
This must be rectified now. We need live Boss, and we need it now. I am getting seriously geeked about the new boss album and E Street tour coming up in a matter of weeks. This show here, this has to be my favorite Boss show of all time. You’ll feel the energy from the second Bruce takes the mic to apologize to those who got shut out after waiting in line all day: “I wasn’t trying to turn this into no private party, ’cause I don’t play no parties no more…except my own. [crowd cheers wildly] So give me a little slap back on this microphone… One…we gonna do some rock n’ roll for you...” ZOWWW! They don’t call him Boss for nothing, as you’ll hear with this show.
The show goes on for well over three hours, so this is going to be a three parter. I’ll have 2 and 3 up soon. But let’s get started with this. You Bruce fanatics, you probably have this show. But if you don’t, God are you in for a treat. I recommend downloading it all, queuing it up on your iPod or iTunes, and listening to it straight through. Certainly string the intro and “Rave On” together to see how this show kicks off. It’s amazing.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
The Roxy, Hollywood, California
July 7th, 1978
Part One
Intro
Rave On
Badlands
Spirit in the Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Candy’s Room
For You
Point Blank
The Promised Land
Prove It All Night
Racing Intro
Racing in the Street
Thunder Road
Outro
Come back soon for parts 2 and 3.
Bruce brings out the “Wrecking Ball” for Giants Stadium
September 30, 2009 - 10:19 pm
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The Boss and his E Street Band kicked off a 5 night run at Giants Stadium tonight – the final shows for the venue. In honor of the stadium’s impending doom, Bruce kicked off the evening with a new song – possibly & probably called “Wrecking Ball”.
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Happy Birthday Boss (The 6-0)!
September 23, 2009 - 3:00 am
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Bruce Springsteen, one of my heroes in this life, turns 60 years old today. Not sure where the time goes, all I know is it goes a tad too fast for my liking. This is a simple & short post to send a hearty Happy Birthday out to the Boss.
“Brilliant Disguise” is probably my favorite [...]
Sea of Heartbreak / Rosanne Cash + The Boss
September 10, 2009 - 9:43 pm
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“Sea of Heartbreak” is one of those classics you recognize when you hear it, you enjoy it, but you really know nothing about the history or origin of the song. Well, that’s my experience anyway. After hearing Rosanne Cash’s new version, with Bruce Springsteen on harmonies, and listening about 5-6 times in a row, it [...]
NEW: John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen – “When Will I Be Loved”
August 4, 2009 - 4:03 pm
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In 1973, John Fogerty released his solo debut album, The Blue Ridge Rangers – a collection of country, rock and gospel covers- every instrument and every vocal part belonging to John.
On September 1st, John’s back with a whole new collection of favorite tunes, with The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again. Once again, the record is [...]
The Boss Rolls on – debuting 10 songs in just 2 shows
July 25, 2009 - 3:07 pm
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While I enjoy some much needed vacation time – away from work, and away from staying current on ol’ Ickmusic, I had to pass on some gems from Bruce’s European tour. On July 21st and 23rd, the Italian cities of Turino and Udine got treated to some really special shows, where 10 songs made their [...]
4th of July, Asbury Park (’78)
July 2, 2009 - 10:33 pm
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A Happy Fourth of July weekend to my American bros and sisses. And now, live from the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ – 1978 – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with the best dang 4th of July rock & roll song. Ever.
RIP Phantom Dan.
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Bruce Joins the Gaslight Anthem at Glastonbury
Fist clenching, goosebump inducing stuff!! The Boss joined the Gaslight Anthem onstage at Glastonbury. This 2 minute clip is enough to get me revved up! Gahhhhrrrr!!!
the 59 sound – bruce springsteen & gaslight anthem( glasto )by runawaydream
And I just read that Bruce opened his set with an acoustic version of Joe Strummer’s “Coma Girl”. [...]
Bruce Meets Band of Horses
June 21, 2009 - 4:27 pm
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Not only did Bonnaroo bring together two of my favorites in the form of a Phish-Springsteen collaboration, but, as it turned out, Bruce also found time to catch Sunday’s set by Band of Horses. And as you can see from some brand new pics posted to BoH’s blog, Bruce hung around to meet Ben Bridwell [...]
Bonnaroo: Bruce Springsteen on stage with Phish
As a Bruce and Phish fan for more than a quarter century and almost 20 years respectively, my mind was just about blown last night when I was reading through my Twitter feed, and saw this from Bruce’s official Twitter:
I guess the opportunity was ripe, with Phish and the Boss co-headlining the festival, but it [...]
I’m On Fire
June 6, 2009 - 2:45 pm
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Thanks to a post on Slowcoustic, I happened upon a cool A.A. Bondy version of “I’m On Fire” today (who’ll be at Modified in Phoenix later this month). I had to share.
Hear: A.A. Bondy – I’m On Fire (mp3)
Which made me seek out the Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon singing the same tune at a performance [...]
August 21, 2007 - 11:56 pm
Man, I’ve had this show since I don’t know when (bought the boot several times:tape, Lp, cd) but I haven’t thought about it for ages. Now it is right what I need to listen, a huge thank you for bringing it again to my ears!
Also you wrote a hell of intro to it
August 22, 2007 - 4:44 pm
At long last, I can hear this legendary show and see how it holds up against the classic Cleveland WMMS 10th Anniversary show from August of ‘78.
Thanks for posting!
August 22, 2007 - 5:57 pm
great great show!!
August 23, 2007 - 8:33 am
Wow, this is great
August 23, 2007 - 9:43 am
One of the great Springsteen sets. Thanks.
August 23, 2007 - 11:26 am
Thanks, Pete. I can not get enough Bruce boots. Every new show that I get, he brings something new and different, whether musically or emotionally, to songs that had been so familiar. This one is great (so far!).
August 23, 2007 - 11:33 am
Part 2 coming tonight……
August 25, 2007 - 2:57 pm
wow!!! this is awesome! i have never heard this whole show before and it really jumps out of my headphones….he is just the best..i have never seen him live, one of my regrets, but just hearing this early show makes me realise how much i love all his stuff, right up to the latest. thanks a lot for putting this up , i will be first in line to buy the new cd….excellent, made my night!!!
September 13, 2007 - 11:38 pm
The Roxy show went out live over KMET-FM in Los Angeles and while there is no doubt that the performance is unbelievably good, the audio was some of the most gawd awful crap I’ve ever heard. Every time the band started, you could hear the compression kick in and just squash the sound all to hell.
I have seen a bootleg CD set from this show, but it was obviously from the radio, since it had the exact same compression. Is there a recording of this concert that perhaps came from the board and doesn’t suffer from the compression, so that all the dynamics and clarity come thgrough?
October 11, 2007 - 7:47 pm
The links to parts 1 & 2 of the Bruce Springsteen show at the Roxy in ‘78 appear to be broken.
January 2, 2008 - 7:11 pm
Part 3 has links, but Parts 1 & 2 has no mp3 links. Can this be fixed please?
January 2, 2008 - 7:44 pm
http://ickmusic.com/mp3/roxy/
August 15, 2008 - 9:51 pm
Hi Pete…
I am desperately looking for Bruce Springsteen Live at the Roxy 1978 and I see your write up on it. I can;t find it anywhere to buy it!! Can you help??? I would appreciate it more than you know.