Racing in the Street 1984 question

Gave a look through my collection.

Racing was not played on 8/28, it was however played on 8/26 and 8/29.

8/29/84 in Largo is the earliest appearance of the synth intro. All shows before that (at least, those that I have copies of currently), just had the normal piano intro.

Every show from 8/29 onward had the synth intro. Up through 10/26 in LA it was the same instrumental intro. Which funnily enough is the first show that Brucebase mentions having the intro.

10/28 appears to be the first instance of the intro story about the car. As well as the last with the normal instrumental coda.

The outro story would first appear the next night, 10/29. Pretty sure this continues on through the rest of 1984 (including my personal favorite, 11/19 in KC).

Brucebase has the outro story listed for 10/29, however it is slightly confusing as it is grouped with the intro story without a clear divider.

I hope this helps

Off the top of my head, I'd say Sept 18 Philly. Always a favorite. I'll research a little.

Thanks all! Would be good if this got included in brucebase. I certainly recall a huge shockwave when Rosy was dropped from the set and the show concluded with the somber Racing in the Street. Probably the biggest change in his live shows since Max and Roy joined the band. So seems like it is worth a mention.

I never saw a show that ended in Racing, but I can imagine the dumbfounded feeling of the audience, esp the regulars, when they closed with that rather than Rosy.  I appreciate Racing so much more now than I did back then as a 16 year old. So now I feel like it would be a perfect ending to a show. I'm probably in the minority who loved when he closed out the 92 encores with My Beautiful Reward.

Anyone at the Tacoma night 2 show or those LA shows, or the late 84, early 85 gigs care to share thoughts on it?

Thanks for adding the details on Racing 84 to Brucebase!