Agreed - it's been a long time since I've listened to it, and the sound is far better than I remember. Setlist is almost perfect too, just a shame there's no Adam Raised A Cain or Saint In The City.

everyone agrees about 19-09-78 Passaic night and Winterland 15-12-78, PS at winterland is far better than HOJo(i don't like his remasters at all,totally amateur)

the Atlanta broadcast recording had some issues,leave it out.

i don't like the Roxy recording,it gets the feeling of being in a drunks den.

i think there should be a representation of the great MSG stand of this tour.
21-08-78 EV2 bigballs r&r,don't remember the title exactly.

i would like to have the 20-12-78 Seattle show,This Is For The Crazies.this one blew my mind.one of the all-time best performances of any artist on this planet ever.

another show we must have of this great tour is the last one.1-1-79 Cleveland. there is a great recording from E.STREET called Richfield Colliseum.great sound.great SBD bonus tracks.
what do we need more?

have my choise.nothing compares to it.

Is this available for download somewhere?
A good sounding version of this show would make it into my personal top 5 I think, same with 20/12/1978, what is the best release for this show?

By the way, I remember reading an article somewhere on the web back in 2001 according to which "Paramount Night" was the best bootleg ever, ahead of all the FMs. Anybody else remember that and even have the link?

That's what so great about it. Much better than being among 70.000 drunks at Wembley Stadium

The problem with Winterland Night is the thin, plasticy sounding drums, and the Hojo version is the same. The drums are far better on PS@Winterland.

The first set of Paramount Night is amazing, but the sound drops during Jungleland and doesn't really recover. Best ever Because The Night though, I could just listen to the intro over and over.

It doesn't drop that far. The second set is still light years ahead of 1979-01-01 in terms of sound quality.

No argument there.

Agree on the drum sound of Winterland Night and the Hojo - they sound like wastebaskets. Does anyone know why Prodigal Son dropped the Rosie intro?

If I remember, it was a mistake. I think there are copies going around with the intro included.

just look at the setlist of the last Darkness show,it can't get any better than that.

a rare Meeting Across The River,Heartbrek Hotel,Streets Of Fire,I Fought The Law,Saint In The City,
i'll dig it out and give it a listen.

i never liked Paramount Night .it sounds too dead to me.i prefer any other show.

Patrick if you really want Richfield ,we can set something.

but first i need to find it.

i've been listening to 8-09-78 CC Agora night,a great show,a great sound.we should have this one.
also 21-08-78 EV2 Big Time R&R,sounds great and has a great setlist.

regarding Atlanta 30-09-78 i forgot about Same Old Played Out Scenes which is perfect.absolutely great.consider this one as a strong contender.

i also listened to Richfeld Colliseum.it's not an E Street production.
sound is ok,not that great although it has a very special setlist it's not enough for a contender.

Just listened to Portland last night. Definite top 5.

Remember that "The Way it Was" includes the entire broadcast, including halftime interview, and the DJ chatter that was edited out of everything else. I believe (and yes, I'm partial) that the sound is at least as good as Passaic Night.

Scott

What about opening night, Buffalo:

05/23/1978 Buffalo, NY

BADLANDS (4.3 / NIGHT (3.04)/ SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT (5.34)/ FOR YOU (4.54)/ THUNDER ROAD (5.56)/ SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (6.42)/ PROVE IT ALL NIGHT (6.44)/ RACING IN THE STREET (start cut)(6.03)/ CANDYS ROOM (2.56)/ THE PROMISED LAND (4.57)/ PARADISE BY THE C (2.56)/ FIRE (2.31)/ DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (4.26)/ STREETS OF FIRE (4.11)/ MONA - SHES THE ONE (11.27)/ ADAM RAISED A CAIN (cut)(6.54)/ BACKSTREETS (11.24)/ ROSALITA (9.22)/ THE PROMISE (6.04)/ BORN TO RUN (4.35)/ 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (cut)(3.5 / YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN (cut)(3.57)

Audience tape - Opening night of the Darkness tour. Includes the ONLY ever live performance of The Promise with the full E St Band. This concert was the live debut of 8 songs from Darkness...everything except Factory and Something In The Night (which had made its debut in 1976), and also features the full band version of For You. Backstreets has continued to evolve and the middle section contains the Sad Eyes rendition for the first time. Paradise By The C premieres as the start of the second set which also includes another premiere - Fire. Released on CDR "Opening Night In The Darkness" - covers the soundcheck as well, and "Go" (B Street)

That opening night boot is fine, but nothing outstanding to listen to.

Wow!

Any love for Kansas City Carboy? 1978-06-16.

What about Winterland 2nd Night, pretty decent audience tape, and an even better show than the 1st Night.

We've 14 in the list, which two would you cull?

it's not a complete SBD.the first 6 are missing.we got better options for a SBD then that IMO.

the second Winterland got a great FIRE ,the best ever.this one came into the 75-85 box.

"I SAY I WANNA STAY
YOU SAY YOU WANNA BE ALONE
YOU SAY YOU DON'T LOVE ME (god, it hurts)
BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR DESIRE
CAUSE WHEN WE KISSED ,OH OH FIRE."

he sings it with such passion,it brings tears to my eyes .
no one does it better (except one Irish man)

just for Fire, include this 2nd Winterland.

TIA

Now that the tour is over we can get back to working on this project.



1978-12-20 Seattle (This Is For The Crazies) I agree with Quante on this. Portland is better.
1978-12-31 Cleveland (The Firecracker Show) The next night is better.

I know this is gonna sound blasphemous but I wouldn't include the Roxy show. It sounds OK and the performance it definitely over-rated. It's in the Holy Trinity of over rated shows (1978-07-07, 1980-12-31 and 1981-08-20). I'm not saying that they aren't great shows but there aren't as great as people make them out to be.

These you will listen to over and over again.

1978-05-31 Boston Looking for that million Dollar Sound-Pitch corrected
1978-08-09 Agora (Agora Night, CC)
1978-09-03 Saginaw (1st gen tape version)
1978-09-19 Passaic (Passaic Night, CC)
1978-12-15 Winterland (PS @ Winterland, Prodigal Son)