Bruce Springsteen Releases Famous 1978 Cleveland Concert
Tuesday, 30 December 2014 - 11:44 | Views - 3,029
Bruce Springsteen has released a remastered version of his August 9, 1978 show at the Agora in Cleveland.
The show was one of five Darkness on the Edge of Town dates simulcast on the radio, and is now available at the Boss' site dedicated to live reissues, live.brucespringsteen.net.
"Initially, what engineer Toby Scott found in Springsteen's archives was not a great-sounding transfer of the reels that they'd had,"Brad Serling of nugs.net, which has partnered with Springsteen on the site, told Backstreets.
"Serendipitously, Toby found a box of seven reels that been on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and that was it.
The reels — the pre-FM, stereo mix of this show — had gone missing, and it turns out they were in this box that was on loan to the Rock Hall. And Toby had managed to find it just in time."
Serling notes that he and Bruce have picked out about 30 live recordings for rerelease.