Bruce Springsteen
Concert Information and Reviews
1978


19th May 1978
Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ

Track List:
Adam Raised A Cain/Fire/Spanish Eyes/Broken Hearted/The Way/Candy's Room/Paradise By The C/Talk To Me/
Heart Of Stone/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/The Promised Land/Paradise By The C/Wooly Bully/Badlands/
Night /Something In The Night/Instrumental/The Promise/It's My Life/Paradise By The C/Badlands/Night/
Something In The Night/Spirit In The Night/For You/Thunder Road/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/
Satisfaction/Heart Full Of Soul/Whole Lotta' Love/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Adam Raised A Cain/
Fire/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Sad Eyes

Comments:
Darkness tour rehearsals.  Only known live The Way and Spanish Eyes.
Broken Hearted appears to be an original Springsteen composition.
A fascinating, if unusual, recording and a must for all Darkness Tour fans.
CD : On Your Marks ( 2CD - B Street)
CD : A Few For The Road ( 3CD - Sonic Dig)


23rd May 1978
Shea Theatre, Buffalo, NY

Track List:
Is That All To The Ball Mr Hall/Thunder Road/Spirit In The Night/Is That All To The Ball Mr Hall/Badlands/
Night Train/Something In The Night/For You/Thunder Road/Spirit In The Night/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Candy's Room/The Promised Land/Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/
Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Streets Of Fire/Mona/She's The One/Adam Raised A Cain/
Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/You Can't Sit Down

Comments:
First 4 tracks are soundcheck. The opening night of The Darkness tour. All Darkness album tracks are
played except Factory. Also contains the only live band version of The Promise.
CD : Go ( 2CD - B Street)
 

The Shea Theatre - A Contemporary Review


24th May 1978
Palace Theatre, Albany, NY

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Something In The Night/For You/Thunder Road/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/
Candy's Room/The Promised Land/Paradise By The 'C'/Adam Raised A Cain/Fire/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/
Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out

Comments:
 CD Palace Theatre '78 (2CD - No Label)


26th May 1978
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Track List:
Thunder Road*/Badlands*/Night*/Paradise By The C*/The Promised Land*/She's The One*/Badlands*/Spirit In The Night*/
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Something In The Night/For You/Candy's Room/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/The Promised Land/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Growin' Up/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/
10th Avenue Freeze Out/You Can't Sit Down

Comments:
The first 8 songs (*) are the souncheck.
First versions of Growin' Up and It's Hard To Be A Saint of the tour.

CD : Spectrum '78 Opening Night (3CD - No Label)

 



 

27th May 1978
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Something In The Night/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Growin' Up/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/
10th Avenue Freeze Out/You Can't Sit Down

Comments:
First Jungleland of the Darkness tour.

CD : The Spectrum '78 Second Night (2CD - No Label)

 


29th May 1978
Music Hall, Boston, MA

Track List:
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/
Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Growin' Up/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/
The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/You Can't Sit Down

Comments:
Only an incomplete recording of this show survives.

CD : Boston '78 Opening Night (2CD - No Label)

 


30th May 1978
Music Hall, Boston, MA

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Something In The Night/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Candy's Room/Growin' Up/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/
Because The Night/10th Avenue Freeze Out

Comments:
Premiere of Because The Night.

CD : Defining The Million Dollar Sound (2CD - No Label)

 


31st May 1978
Music Hall, Boston, Mass

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Something In The Night/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/
Thunder Road/Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Million Dollar Sound ( 2CD - BFD)


2nd June 1978
US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

Track List:
Night/Spirit In The Night/Something In The Night/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/
Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up

Comments:
Only an incomplete recording survives.
This show is often wrongly dated 1st June 1978.

CD : Annapolis '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


3rd June 1978
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Something In The Night/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Sandy/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Sandy Night 1978 (3CD - No Label)


5th June 1978
Centennial Arena, Toledo, OH

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In the Night/Something In The Night/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Incomplete audience recording.

CD : Toledo '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


8th June 1978
Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In the Night/Something In The Night/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/
Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Speed fluctuations occur during some songs, these problems are on the original tapes.

CD : Backstreets Of Madison (2CD - No Label)

 


9th June 1978
Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A cain/Mona/She's The One/
Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Paradise By The C (2CD - No Label)


10th June 1978
Met Center, Bloomington, MN

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita

Comments:
Only an incomplete audience recording of the show survives.

CD : Bloomington Starts Treatin' Us Good (2CD - No Label)

 


14th June 1978
Music Hall, Omaha, NE

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/
Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Omaha '78 (2CD - No Label)



 

16th June 1978
Memorial Hall, Kansas City, MO

Track List:
Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/
Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/
Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
This is the soundboard version of the show which does not include the first 3 songs played on the night.
CD : Kansas City Carboy ( 3CD - BTS)

Now remastered on a 3CD set as:

CD : For The Lost Lovers (3CD - No Label)


20th June 1978
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In the Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/
Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/I Fought The Law/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First known version of I Fought The Law.

CD : Fire Over The Red Rocks (3CD - No Label)

 


24th June 1978
Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Streets/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Instrumental/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/
Growun' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Twistin' The Night Away

Comments:
CD : Raising Cain ( 3CD - E Street)


25th June 1978
Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA

Track List:
Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/
Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/I Fought The Law/Quarter To Three

Comments:
A good quality recording of the second set and encores of this show.
Apparently an audio of the first set does exist but only in poor quality.
The version of The Promise at this show is by far the definative rendition of this song.  An amazing performance.

CD : Seattle '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


29th June 1978
Performing Arts Center, San Jose, CA

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land

Comments:
Only a partial audience recording survives.


30th June 1978
Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Candy's Room/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/
Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/
10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Prove It All Night features Bruce's cab driver story.  A fast version of For You is played.
CD : Community Spirit ( 2CD - B Street)


1st July 1978
Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Paradise By The "C"/The Promise/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
A good mix of tracks including an excellent piano only version of The Promise.  Soundboard recording

slight hiss but overall excellent sound quality.

CD : Last Night In Berkeley  (2CD - No Label)

 


4th July 1978
KMET Radio, Los Angeles, CA

Track List:
Interview/The Promised Land*/Fire/You Mean So Much To Me/Interview cont./Badlands*/Interview cont./
Prove It All Night**/Rosalita*/Interview cont./Sandy*/Racing In The Street*/Interview cont./
Darkness On The Edge Of Town*/Interview cont./Paradise By The C**/Interview cont./It's Hard To Be A Saint*

Comments:
An interesting Mary Turner interview with Bruce interspersed with some of his songs.
Tracks marked * are taken from his albums.  Tracks marked ** are taken from the live recording
of the Berkeley show on the 1st July 1978.
Fire is the Robert Gordon version and You Mean So Much To Me is performed by Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes.


5th July 1978
The Forum, Los Angeles, CA

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/
She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
 CD : Live At The Fabulous Forum (3CD - No Label)


7th July 1978
Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Track List:
Rave On/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Candy's Room/For You/Point Blank/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Streets/Thunder Road/Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/
Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/It's hard To Be A Saint/Backstreets/Heartbreak Hotel/Rosalita/
Independence Day/Born To Run/Because The Night/Raise Your Hand

Comments:
Contains a piano solo version of Independence Day.
CD : Roxy Night ( 3CD - Crystal Cat)


8th July 1978
Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/
Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Raise Your Hand/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Rosalita was released as a promotional video.  At least four other songs were also videoed.
The video songs exist as a soundboard recording, but the CD above is the original audience recording throughout.

CD : Phoenix '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


9th July 1978
Sports Arena, San Diego, CA

Track List:
Badlands/I Fought The law/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Candy's Room/For You/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Paradise By The C/Fire/Streets Of Fire/
Adam Raised A Cain/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Growin'Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First performance of Streets Of Fire since the opening night of the tour.

CD : The Agora '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


12th July 1978
Convention Center, Dallas, TX

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/
Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born to Run/Because The Night

Comments:
CD : Get Outta My Face (2CD - No Label)


14th July 1978
Memorial Auditorium, San Antonio, TX

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Candy's Room/For You/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/
Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/The Fever/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/
Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First known version of The Fever since 1974. Recording plays slightly slow.

CD : San Antonio '78 (3CD - No Label)

 


15th July 1978
Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Fever/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Candy's Room/Adam Raised A Cain/
Not Fade Away/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/The Promise/Born To Run/
Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Last known version of The Promise until the 1999/00 reunion tour.
CD : Houston Coliseum (3CD - No Label)


16th July 1978
Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, LA

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/Honky Tonk/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/The Fever/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/
Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Honky Tonk is a brief instrumental piece.  A rare show but in fantastic sound quality.
CD : Louisiana Fever 1978 ( 3CD - RocRoc)


18th July 1978
Civic Center, Jackson, MI

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/For You/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/Adam Raised A Cain/She's The One/
Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Jackson '78 (2CD - No Label)


21st July 1978
Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Track List:
Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/For You/Mona/She's The One/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
Born To Run/Because The Night

Comments:
Live premiere of Factory, the last song from the Darkness album to be played.


28th July 1978
Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FL

Track List:
Summertime Blues/Badlands/Night/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Heartbreak Hotel/
I Fought The Law/For You/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/
Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First known Summertime Blues and last Night of 1978,  unfortunately only a poor quality audio exists of this show.

CD : Summertime In Miami (2CD - No Label)

 


29th July 1978
Bayfront Civic Center, St Petersburg, FL

Track List:
Oh Boy/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Sandy/Around And Around/Not Fade Away/
She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First performance of Oh Boy.  Around And Around was only played at this show.


4th August 1978
Civic Centre, Charleston, West Virginia

Track List:
Oh Boy/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The 'C'/Sandy/Sherry Darling/Not Fade Away/
She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
The first live performance of Sherry Darling.
CD - Oh Boy ( 3CD - E Street)


5th August 1978
Louisville Gardens, Louisville, Kentucky, KY

Track List:
Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Sweet Little Sixteen/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Sandy/Sherry Darling/Mona/
She's The One/Growin' Up/Born To Run/Because The Night/Backstreets/Rosalita

Comments:
Live premiere of Sweet Little Sixteen.

CD : Louisville Gardens Night (2CD - No Label)

 


7th August 1978
Wings Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MI

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/For You/The Ties That Bind/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/
Point Blank/Mona/She's the One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:
A recently surfaced tape that may not be genuine.  There is controversy over the inclusion in the setlist
of  near release version of The Ties That Bind.

CD : Kalamazoo '78 (3CD - No Label)

 


9th August 1978
The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio

Track List:
Summertime Blues/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The streets/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/
Sherry Darling/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Sandy/
Born To Run/Because The Night/Raise Your Hand

Comments:
CD : Summertime Bruce ( 3CD - E Street)


10th August 1978
War Memorial, Rochester, NY

Track List:
Summertime Blues/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Sweet Little Sixteen/Paradise By The C/Sandy/
Sherry darling/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
 


14th August 1978
Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Track List:
High School Confidential/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In the Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By the C/For You/Sandy/
Sweet Little Sixteen/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night

Comments:
First known High School Confidential.


15th August 1978
Capitol Centre, Largo, Maryland

Track List:
Summertime Blues/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/ The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The 'C'/Sandy/
Sherry Darling/Sweet Little Sixteen/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita
Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:

Improved quality VCD title now available
I F*cked Everything Up  (4 VCD - No Label)

 


18th August 1978
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Track List:
Summertime Blues/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/The Fever/Sherry Darling/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/
Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The 'C'/Growin' Up/Rosalita/Born To Run/Becasue The Night/
Rave On/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Gary Busey guests on the final two songs.

CD may be taken from a vinyl recording as there seems to be a regular minor background noise

not unlike the scratch on a record.

CD : Rave On In Philly (2CD - No Label)

 


19th August 1978
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Spirit In the Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Rave On/The Fever/Sweet Little Sixteen/
Sherry Darling/Sandy/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First Good Rockin' Tonight.  Gary Busey guests on Rave On.
Surviving tapes are incomplete as Racing In The Street is missing. Despite that this is a fantastic show
with some great performances and audience interaction.
CD : The Jersey Devil ( 3CD - Red Line)


 

21st August 1978
Madison Square Gardens, New York, NY

Track List:
Summertime Blues/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Streets/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By the C/The Fever/Sherry Darling/
Sandy/Sweet Little Sixteen/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/
Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
 CD : New York City Darkness (3CD - No Label)


22nd August 1978
Madison Square Gardens, New York, NY

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/For You/Sandy/Candy's Room/
Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Bruce's Sister appears on stage during the final song.

CD : Edge Of Darkness (3CD - No Label)

 


23rd August 1978
Madison Square Gardens New York, NY

Track List:
High School Confidential/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The edge Of Town/
Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/For You/
Candy's Room/Adam Raised A Cain/Fire/Sherry Darling/Sandy/Not Fade Away/She's The One/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
 CD : For New York City (3CD - No Label)


25th August 1978
Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/
Heartbreak Hotel/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/
Paradise By The C/For You/It's Gonna Work Out Fine/Sandy/Sherry Darling/Not fade Away/She's The One/
Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
 


26th August 1978
Civic Center, Providence, RI

Track List:
Summertime Blues/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In the Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/For You/
Sherry Darling/Sandy/Candy's Room/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
 CD Providence Carboys (3CD - No Label)


29th August 1978
Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

Track List:
Badlands/Candy's Room/Spirit In The Night/It's My Life/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Lonesome Whistle/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/The Fever/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Sandy/Gloria/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/
Quarter To Three

Comments:
Recording is quite rough but contains some gems.

Only known version of Lonesome Whistle, and a great version it is. First It's My Life Of The Tour.

CD : Stanley Theatre '78 (3CD - No Label)

 


31st August 1978
The Agora, Cleveland, OH

Track List:
The Fever/I Don't Wanna' Go Home/Havin' A Party

Comments:
Bruce guests with Southside Johnny.


1st September 1978
Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Heartbreak Hotel/
Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Lost In The Flood/
Candy's Room/Adam Raised A Cain/Chimes Of Freedom/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/
Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Contains a solo piano version of Lost In The Flood only performed twice in 1978.
Also contains the premier of Chimes Of Freedom.
CD : Darkness At The Heartbreak Hotel ( 3CD - No Label)


3rd September 1978
Civic Center, Saginaw, MI

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/It's My Life/
Factory/Heartbreak Hotel/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/
Jungleland/Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/Sherry Darling/I Don't Want To Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes/
Candy's Room/Adam Raised A Cain/Mona/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/ Quarter To Three

Comments:
Only known version of I Don't Want To Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes.
CD Killers In The Sun ( 3CD - Winged Wheels)


5th September 1978
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH

Track List:
Summertime Blues/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/It's My Life/Factory/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Sherry darling/Candy's Room/Not Fade Away/
She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night

Comments:
Last Summertime Blues of the tour.


6th September 1978
Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/
Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/
Paradise By The 'C'/Fire/Candy's Room/Adam Raised A cain/Not Fade Away/She's The One/Growin' Up/Backstreets/
Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Uptown Theatre '78 (3CD - No Label)


9th September 1978
Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN

Track List:
Badlands/Candy's Room/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/It's My Life/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It all Night/Paradise By The C/Double Shot Of My Babies Love/Louie Louie/Fire/For You/Sandy/
Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/
Quarter To Three/Twist And Shout

Comments:
First Double Shot and Louie Louie.

CD : Notre Dame '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


12th September 1978
War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Candy's Room/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
Sandy/Rave On/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Because The Night/
Quarter To Three

Comments:
 CD : Dusty Roads (2CD - No Label)


13th September 1978
Civic Center, Springfield, MA

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/
Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Candy's Room/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Sandy/Not Fade Away/Gloria/
She's The One/Backstreets/Roslaita/Born To Run/Because The Night/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Decent quality recording but very quiet.


15th September 1978
The Palladium, New York City, NY

Track List:
Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Badlands/Adam Raised A Cain/Something In The Night/Spirit In The Night/I Fought The Law/
Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Kitty's Back/
Fire/Candy's Room/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Sandy/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
The show opens with Darkness On The Edge Of Town, the only time this has happened.
The show was dedicated to Mohammed Ali who had just won a World Championship fight.
First Kitty's Back since 1975 played for a fan in the audience who kept shouting for it.


16th September 1978
The Palladium, New York City, NY

Track List:
Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/Factory/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In the Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Kitty's Back/Fire/Candy's Room/Born To Run/Point Blank/
Mona/She's The One/Incident On 57th Street/Rosalita/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/
Detroit Medley/You Can't Sit Down

Comments:
The first two songs played at this show are missing from the available tapes.
CD : Palladium Night 1978  ( 3CD - No Label)


17th September 1978
The Palladium, New York City, NY

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/Factory/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Meeting Across The River/
Jungleland/Kitty's Back/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Not Fade Away/She's The One/
Incident On 57th Street/Rosalita/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Detroit Medley

Comments:
First Meeting Across The River since 1976.
CD : Someday We'll Look Back On This ( 3CD - BTS)


 

19th September 1978

Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

 

Track List:

Wedding Bells #1/Wedding Bells #2/The Ties That Bind (instrumental)/The Ties That Bind/Good Rockin' Tonight/

Point Blank/Kitty's Back

 

Comments:

Filmed soundcheck

VCD : Soundcheck De Resistance (1VCD - No Label)

 


19th September 1978
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Meeting Across The river/Jungleland/Kitty's Back/Fire/
Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Not Fade Away/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/
Sandy/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/Raise Your Hand

Comments:
CD : Passaic Night ( 3CD - Crystal Cat) 


20th September 1978
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

Track List:
Wedding Bells/The Ties That Bind/Good Rockin' Tonight/Thunder Road/I'm Alive/Whole Load Love/
I'm Still In Love With You/Guess Things Happen That Way/I Walk The Line/Long Gone Lonesome Blues/
PS Confidential

Comments:
Soundcheck.


20th September 1978
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Spirit In the Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/It's My Life/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Fire/Candy's Room/
Because The Night/Point Blank/Kitty's back/Incident On 57th Street/Rosalita/Born To Run/
10th Avenue Freeze out/Detroit Medley/Twist And Shout

Comments:
Last known It's My Life.
CD : Second Night At The Capitol Theatre ( 3CD - Winged Wheel)


21st September 1978
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

Track List:
High School Confidential/Badlands/Spirit In the Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Sweet Little Sixteen/
Independence Day/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Streets/Thunder Road/
Meeting Across The River/Jungleland/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/
Point Blank/Kitty's Back/The Fever/Incident On 57th Street/Rosalita/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out

Comments:
Fantastic quality soundboard recording, although 10th Avenue Freeze Out fades out early and

the final song of the show, Quarter To Three is missing.

Last known Kitty's Back.  Bruce  messes up Racing In The Street.
CD : The Bosses Birthday Party ( 3CD - Doberman)


29th September 1978
Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, AL

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Paradise By The C/Fire/Candy's Room/
Because The Night/Point Blank/The Fever/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/
Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Detroit Medley

Comments:
Last tour version of Paradise By The C.

CD : The Alabama Slammer (3CD - No Label)

 


30th September 1978
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Night Train/
Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Not Fade Away/Gloria/She's The One/Backstreets/
Rosalita/Born To Run/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Detroit Medley

Comments:
Only known performance of Night Train.
CD The Same Old Played Out Scenes ( 3CD - Doberman)


1st October 1978
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Track List:
The Last Time/Badlands/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Heartbreak Hotel/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/It's My Life/Thunder Road/Meeting Across The River/Jungleland

Comments:
The first of only two known versions of The Last Time, and the last known It's My Life.

CD : Fox Theatre '78 Second Night (1CD - No Label)

 


1st November 1978
Princetown University, Princetown, NJ

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/The Ties That Bind/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/
Point Blank/The Fever/Not Fade Away/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First confirmed live The Ties That Bind.



 2nd November 1978
Capitol Centre, Largo, Maryland

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/The Ties That Bind/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Fire/Candy's Room/
Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
Devil With The Blue Dress Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Quarter To Three ( 2CD - Seagull) 


7th November 1978
Cornell University, Ithica, NY

Track List:
Badlands/Spirit In The Night/The Ties That Bind/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/
Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Incomplete audience recording.

CD : Ithica '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


8th November 1978
The Forum, Montreal, Canada

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/The Ties That Bind/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Fire/Candy's Room/
Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:
 


10th November 1978
St Bonaventure University, Olean, NY

Track List:
Independence Day/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Fire/
Sherry Darling/Louie Louie/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's the One/Rosalita/
Born To Run/Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Incomplete audience tape includes a rare Louie Louie.
CD : St Bonaventure '78 (2CD - No Label)


12th November 1978
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Track List:
High School Confidential/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/Rave On/Fire/Candy's Room/
Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Sandy/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Live In Troy ( 3CD - IHAD) 


14th November 1978
Utica Memorial Auditorium, Uttica, NY

Track List:
Rave On/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/High School Confidential/Fire/Candy's Room/
Because The Night/Point Blank/Not Fade Away/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
Louie Louie/Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Last known Louie Louie of the tour.

Sound distortion occurs occasionally, probably microphone swamped by crowd/music noise.

CD : Rave On In Uttica (3CD - No Label)

 


16th November 1978
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada

Track List:
Ready Teddy/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/
Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Only known version of Ready Teddy used as the show opener.

CD : Toronto '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


20th November 1978
University Of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/It's Hard To Be A Saint/The Ties That Bind/Fire/Candy's Room/
Because the Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's the One/Gloria/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley

Comments:
CD : Illinois '78 (3CD - No Label)


21st November 1978
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Track List:
Rave On/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/
Point Blank/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley

Comments:
I Get Mad is featured during She's The One for the first time.

CD : Evanston '78 (3CD - No Label)

 


25th November 1978
Kiel Opera House, St Louis, MO

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/For You/The Ties That Bind/Fire/Candy's Room/
Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
10th Avenue Freeze Out/Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:

CD : Live At The Kiel Opera House '78 (3CD - No Label)

 


27th November 1978
Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI

Track List:
High School Confidential/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/
Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run

Comments:
First Santa Claus Is Coming To Town of the tour.

CD : Milwaukee '78 (2CD - No Label)

 


28th November 1978
Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/
Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets

Comments:
Incomplete audience recording.

CD : Madison '78 (2CD - No label)

 


29th November 1978
Civic Center, St Paul, MN

Track List:
Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Fire/
Candy's Room/Because The Night/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/
10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : St Paul '78 (2CD - No Label)


1st December 1978
University Of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/
Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Point Blank/Mona/She's the One/Backstreets/
Rosalita/Born To Run/Quarter To Three (cut)

Comments:
CD : Live At Oklahoma (3CD - No Label)


3rd December 1978
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Track List:
High School Confidential/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/I Fought The Law/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/
Independence Day/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/
The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/
She's The One/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/Quarter To Three

Comments:

CD : Illinois '78 (3CD - No Label)
 


7th December 1978
University Of Texas, Austin, TX

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In the Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/
The Fever/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/Preachers Daughter/She's The One/
Backstreets/Rosalita

Comments:
The introduction to Mona features Preachers Daughter for the first time.
Incomplete audience recording.


8th December 1978
The Summit, Houston, TX

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Spirit In The Night/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Fever/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/
Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/10th Avenue Freeze Out/You Can't Sit Down

Comments:
CD : The Summit (3CD - No Label)    


13th December 1978
Community Center, Tuscon, AZ

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/
Independence Day/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/
The ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Fever/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/
Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
 



 15th December 1978
Winterland, San Francisco, CA

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Fever/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/
Preachers Daughter/She's The One/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/
10th Avenue Freeze Out/Raise Your Hand/Quarter To Three

Comments:
Regarded by many as the finest show ever. So many definative live performances although Backstreets
in particular is simply amazing.
CD : Winterland Night ( 3CD - Crystal Cat)

Now available completely remastered in stunning sound quality as

CD : Prodigal Son At Winterland (3CD - No Label)


16th December 1978
Winterland, San Francisco, CA

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Rendezvous/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Fever/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/
Preachers Daughter/She's The One/Gloria/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/
10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First version of Rendezvous of the tour.
CD : Winterland The Second Night ( 3CD - Mystic Ltd)


19th December 1978
Paramount Theatre, Portland,Oregon

Track List:
Good Rockin' Tonight/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Rendezvous/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/
Independence Day/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/
The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Rave On/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/
Point Blank/Mona/Preachers Daughter/She's The One/I Get Mad/Backstreets/Rosalita/
Born To Run/Detroit Medley/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
CD : Paramount Night ( 3CD - Crystal Cat)


20th December 1978
Seattle Arena, Seattle, WA

Track List:
Rendezvous/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/
Pretty Flamingo/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Fire/
Candy's Room/Because The Night/The Fever/Mona/She's the One/Gloria/Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/
Detroit Medley/Tenth Avenue Freeze Out/Quater To Three/Rave On/Twist And Shout

Comments:
The tape of this show actually starts with the third song played that night.
Tapes claiming to be the full show have actually taken the first two songs from the previous night's recording.
CD : Pretty Flamingo ( 3CD - BMCD)

Now available in complete format and better sound quality on a new CD release.

CD : This Is For The Crazies (3CD - No Label)

The Seattle Arena - A Contemporary Review


 

27th December 1978

Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Track List:

Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Rendezvous/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/

The Promised land/Prove It All Night/Pretty Flamingo/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Fever/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/

Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

 

Comments:

Pretty decent audience recording considering the age.

CD : Stanley Theatre '78 First Night (3CD- No Label)

 


28th December 1978
Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

Track List:
Ramrod/Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Spirit In The Night/Sandy/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Factory/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Fever/Fire/Candy's Room/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/Backstreets/
Rosalita/Born To Run/Rave On/10th Avenue Freeze Out/Quarter To Three

Comments:
First known version of Ramrod, it is different to later versions.

CD : Stanley Theatre Night (3CD - No Label)

 


30th December 1978
Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of  Fire/Rendezvous/Spirit In The Night/Rave On/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/
The Promised Land/Prove It All Night/Racing In The Street/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Fever/Fire/Because The Night/Point Blank/Mona/She's The One/
Backstreets/Rosalita/Born To Run/Detroit Medley

Comments:
 


31st December 1978
Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, OH

Track List:
Badlands/Streets Of Fire/Rendezvous/Spirit In The Night/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Independence Day/The Promised Land/
Prove It All Night/Pretty Flamingo/Thunder Road/Jungleland/The Ties That Bind/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/
The Fever/Fire/Candy's Room/Because The Night/Rave On/Auld Lang Syne/Good Rockin' Tonight/Point Blank/
Mona/She's the One/Backstreets/Rosalita

Comments:
Last known Pretty Flamingo.  The infamous "firecracker" show.
CD The Firecracker Show ( 3CD - Moonlight )


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