Why did radio broadcast shows stop?

The bulk of the radio broadcasts were 1978 and prior. I can think of just a handful of post-78 radio shows (Stockholm 88, LA 92, Philly 95). I think the Barcelona show during the Rising tour went out over some Euro radio stations.

again...why did they stop though???

Did Radio Stations just put their foot down or is it Bruce's people.Was it a way of letting people hear what Bruce and the band were all about and to get them to come out to shows and buy the albums when he was still kind of new ?


I would think it would help sales if they did more of them.It's not like he does those three + hour shows anymore so it can't be the length of time it would be on the station.

It's pretty much a marketing tool...'88 for the Amnesty tour, '92 for the new band, '95 for...whatever that was for. I guess he just doesn't feel the need to market himself that way anymore.

Thats what I thought..A way to let peopl ekno wwho and what him and the band were about...


I'd love to have one for this tour....

Just put on any of the Crystal Cat or Travis Bickle Boots.

That is all you need.

So much better than a official release will be.

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Sprngsteen did radio broadcasts on all his tours, from Greetings up thru Darkness. The only exception was the Aug '76 to Mar '77 'Lawsuit Tour', where there was a legal injunction in play that effectively prevented him from doing radio broadcasts (Mike Appel owned the rights). Had that legal impediment not been in play at the time then Springsteen is likely to have done one or two broadcasts on that tour as well.

The 1973-78 radio braodcasts were great promotional tools for Springsteen....the downside, of course, was that these shows provided the growing vinly bootleg industry of that period with fantastic material to exploit.

The were two interrelated reasons why there were no radio broadcasts during the RIVER and BITUSA Tours.

1) Springsteen didn't need the publicity at that point....100% sellout tours and #1 chart albums with hit singles as well.

2) Concern during 1980-85 about major volume bootlegging of the potential broadcasts.

Springsteen had been vinyl bootlegged starting in late 75 and it had been growing - but they didn't take it too seriously until shortly after the Darkness Tour ended. That's when a huge surge of Springsteen vinly boot titles appeared and when a lot of small 'mom and pop' shops all over the USA began selling them - the Springsteen radio broadcasts were popular and were being pressed in quantities that were getting CBS nervous.

Then the shit really hit the fan in mid 1979 when some high quality studio tapes from the just-starting River Sessions 'escaped'. That's when Landau/Springsteen said "enough" and joined forces with CBS in Federal lawsuits, one in Aug '79 against a major manufacturer on the west coast and one in Nov '79 against a major distributor on the east coast. 'Live at The Roxy' and 'Live at Winterland' were among titles cited in the complaints. These cases were ultimately settled out of court if my memory serves me correctly.

This did not stop the problem, as these bootleggers were quite distributed during that era. There was another major warehouse bust in NJ in April 1980 (many Springsteen boots confiscated) and then, yet again, some quality Springsteen studio tapes 'escpaped' from the spring 1980 River Sessions. So, yeah, they (Springsteen/CBS) were very, very sensitive about all this during the 1979-1985 period. CBS were dying for a live album from Bruce and they couldn't get one.....until finally the Box Set in '86.

heard that....still though...its not the same as sitting by the radio and listening to it over the air waves.

I miss hearing
your listening live to Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band coming to you from so n so on 102.7 WNEW FM in NY.the place where rock lives.


yea yea ...I know classic rock out lived WNEW...LOL

Those were the days....

Now if he broadcast the last show of the tour via the web then the world could follow along. Why not take advantage of the new technology. They could stream it off of the gov't web site and even sell tour merch, downloads, it definately would beat the sales of any CBS after the fact produced DVD package.

I would love a broadcast from this tour.

I know that the Sony contract stipulates that archival projects are required now.

How fitting that would be in all the circumstances

The first one should be done...so all the fans could hear the tribute to Danny

If they wanted to release a show from this tour, maybe it should be Danny's last? They could release it in similar no-frills style packaging as used by Pearl Jam for theirs in order to keep manufacture costs down and donate profits to the Dan Federici Melanoma Fund.

That's a great idea!!! I hope Bruce's Sony people read this...

Hey guys? Verona was radio broadcast on the Seeger tour (partial, just like Stockholm '88).

There where also a radio broadcast of Philly 95 and Berlin 96:-)

And LA 1992.

And Berlin 2002 (two or three songs, at least)

Live in Barcelona I believe was over the air at one point, not live of course...

I guess my biggest question is we seem to be singling out Mr. Springsteen, but I'd contest that its an industry wide thing. How often do you hear radio broadcast concerts in general anymore? I can't really think of any besides landmark shows, ie. I think Live8 or whatever the one a few years ago was on the radio. Sometimes there's abridged edited shows late at night on the weekends or something with nobodys.

am i missing the bleeding obvious? have just put a new thread up re this..............


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Springsteen Live
Daily 12 pm, 8 pm & 2 am ET
Each day, hear rare concert recordings from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band from their very beginnings to today.

06/13 @ Noon ET: 12/15/78 San Francisco, CA
06/13 @ 8 pm ET: 12/02/07 Mannheim, Germany
06/14 @ 2 am ET: 10/15/88 Buenos Aires
06/14 @ Noon ET: 10/10/76 University of Miami Of Ohio
06/14 @ 8 pm ET: 04/04/00 Tacoma, WA
06/15 @ 2 am ET: 12/31/77 Passaic, NJ
06/15 @ Noon ET: 10/02/04 Cleveland, OH
06/15 @ 8 pm ET: 12/04/07 Oslo, Norway
06/16 @ 2 am ET: 05/03/88 Mountain View, CA
06/16 @ Noon ET: 10/04/75 Detroit, MI
06/16 @ 8 pm ET: 05/31/78 Boston, MA

anyone? i cant sign up from uk

martin

sirius have broadcasted loads of concerts. Most of them are fan made recordings. Soem are also the radio broadcasts that this thread was about.

far as lahndon goes qpr rule

I remember the last show of Tom Petty's stay at the Fillmore in 1997 was broadcast on the radio. The setlist went on and on. It was about 40 songs and included many covers.

thats a great set of cd's to have

TP on top form.


and the radio broadcasts of course have not stopped thanks to Sirius

A great setlist and great performance. In regular rotation on the ipod.