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by Erik Flannigan, Bruce Springsteen Archivist
Live Springsteen streaming on nugs.net expands with Asbury Park, the second of five monthly drops bringing Bruce’s Live Archive catalog to the platform.
Asbury Park offers an additional 33 shows circa 1978 to 2014, including nine from the legendary Darkness On the Edge of Town tour in 1978. These include new multitrack mixes of the tour’s five beloved radio broadcasts from which spawned several of the most famous Springsteen bootleg of all time: July 7 at The Roxy in West Hollywood; August 9 at The Agora in Cleveland; September 19 at The Capitol Theatre in Passaic; September 30 at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta; and December 15 at Bill Graham’s Winterland in San Francisco.
The Asbury Park drop also features Springsteen’s emotional appearance with the Seeger Sessions Band at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on April 30, 2006 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, plus their inspired set at London’s Wembley Arena on November 11 of the same year. All five shows released to date from the Magic tour are here, notably the late Danny Federici’s last proper show (Boston, November 19, 2007) and appearance (Indianapolis, March 20, 2008) with the E Street Band, plus the rarities-laden penultimate performance from St. Louis, August 23, 2008. Asbury Park wraps with 16 shows from the US leg of 2014’s High Hopes tour, a stretch of concerts that saw fans making and the band delivering on dozens of inspired cover- and rare-song requests.
Erik Flannigan’s Asbury Park Compilation Album
- “Backstreets” The Roxy, July 7, 1978
- “Darkness on the Edge of Town” The Agora, August 9, 1978
- “Racing in the Street” Capitol Theatre, September 19, 1978
- “Prove It All Night” Fox Theatre, September 30, 1978
- “The Fever” Winterland, December 15, 1978
- “How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?” Jazz Fest, April 30, 2006
- “Long Walk Home” Wembley Arena, November 11, 2006
- “Gypsy Biker” TD Banknorth Garden, November 19, 2007
- “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” Conseco Fieldhouse, March 20, 2008
- “Growin’ Up” St. Pete Times Forum, April 22, 2008
- “Then She Kissed Me” Scottrade Center, August 23, 2008
- “Seaside Bar Song” Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach, April 12, 2014
- “Burning Love” Bridgestone Arena, April 17, 2014
- “Brothers Under The Bridge” MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, May 1, 2014
- “Be True” HersheyPark Stadium, May 14, 2014
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Erik Flannigan is a music archivist, producer, author and manager. He has been writing about Bruce Springsteen’s live performances and recordings for more than 30 years.
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