Resurrecting a thread I originally started elsewhere.
Given we have such a plethora of riches from the Archive series along with the 2014 and 2016/17 tours, chances are good at any one time someone could by revisiting a past release when they come across a song or a performance that suddenly just inspires the enthusiasm to share with the rest of us.
So this is a home for those thoughts as they strike.
I'll start by stating how knocked out I continue to be by the LA 1985 show. From what I gather, most folks who were around for that tour felt the last stadium leg was the least impressive. But I love this show.. overall, it's my favourite BITUSA tour show. The band is absolutely smoking.
Having said that, my favourite individual song performance from the BITUSA archive shows lies elsewhere.... the incomparable Drift Away cover
November 26th, 1996 appears to be this month's release.
I love this show and can't wait to listen to it in even better quality than its bootleg had.
1978-10-01 - FOX THEATRE, ATLANTA, GA
THE LAST TIME / BADLANDS / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN / HEARTBREAK HOTEL / FACTORY / THE PROMISED LAND / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / IT'S MY LIFE / THUNDER ROAD / MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER / JUNGLELAND / FOR YOU / FIRE / CANDY'S ROOM / BECAUSE THE NIGHT / POINT BLANK / KITTY'S BACK / INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / BORN TO RUN / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / DETROIT MEDLEY / QUARTER TO THREE
Premiere of the Rolling Stones' "The Last Time" (one of only three known versions outside of clubs), the last known "It's My Life" and the last "Kitty's Back" of the tour. The latter will not be played again until the Christmas show of December 17, 2000. Final tour performance for "Incident On 57th Street" as well. The nearly complete second set listed here is courtesy of an attendee who had the forethought to make a note of the setlist. The song after "For You" was written as a question mark - audience recollection and surrounding shows combine to support it being "Fire". A fan present recalls "The second night was added after the re-scheduling and so has the correct date. That's the second show I went to that year and it remains my holy grail of live tapes. The one song I know for sure that's not listed is "Incident On 57th Street" segueing into "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)", as on The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle. "Quarter to Three" returned in place of "Raise Your Hand". I remember it being a longer show than the Saturday show". A contributor to the Greasy Lake website recalls "it included the early version of "Point Blank" and ended with "Kitty's Back", "Incident On 57th Street" and "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" with the album piano coda linking both songs. For the second encore he played "Raise Your Hand" and an extremely high energy "Quarter To Three" that ended with Bruce standing on Roy's piano and ripping his shirt off before leaping off and dancing off stage as Miami Steve directed the band to the finish." It has been suggested that the show included "New York City Serenade" - given the evidence we have it's certain that "New York City Serenade" was NOT played. Billboard magazine reported an attendance of 3,822 (a sellout) and gross receipts of $32,487.
I've played what I consider to be a blinder and hoyed all 2022 Archives into a playlist (called, erm, 2022 Archives) that I've just been listening to on shuffle as of late - both for fun and for early 2022 Top 10 planning.
Listening to "The Medley" from Wembley '81 right now and a perennial question in my life will be how and why I fought so hard against it winning that poll over on the other forum. Love "Trapped," but the opinions of 22/23 year old me boggles the mind.
Over the last several months I have become infatuated by the core five-pack on Reunion Tour releases. The idea of playing "Youngstown," "Murder Inc.," "Badlands," "Out in the Street" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" on any of the six 99/00 releases makes me so incredibly excited and only makes me value this tour all the more.
It is 8/19/84.
Worth a download as it contains Reason to Believe and My Father's house.