As a the final chapter in MRML's Nebraska trilogy (and a tribute to all our great Springsteen commnenters!) here's a bootleg compilation of live performances of songs from that mighty album. There is one more Springsteen post to come but I'm gonna save it for just the right day - which is coming up very soon...
2. Atlantic City 11/16/84 Ames, Iowa
3. Mansion on the Hill 10/13/86 Mountain View, CA
4. Johnny 99 11/16/84 Ames, Iowa
5. Highway Patrolman 9/22/94 Pittsburgh, PA
6. State Trooper 9/22/94 Pittsburgh, PA
7. Used Cars East 7/13/84 Troy, Wisconsin
8. Open All Night 8/26/84 Largo, MD
9. My Father's House 10/31/84 LA, CA
10. Reason to Believe 11/16/84 Ames, Iowa
11. Man at the Top 8/5/85 Washington DC
12. Shut out the Light 10/26/84 LA, CA
13. Sugarland 11/16/84 Ames, Iowa
Live Nebraska link is in the comments
Speaking of COMMENTS, let us know what you think of this bootleg.
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http://www.mediafire.com/?ziwgngymmo2
I'm not a Bruce fan by any means but am always curious to listen to bootlegs to see if there's something there that strikes a chord for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for making these recordings available. Great tribute to the Boss...
I'm looking forward to hearing this.
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks again for all these. Really getting an education in this era of Springsteen this week. Really like the feel and simplicity of this stuff. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI have officially joined your anti-leeching campaign! I have moved my links to comments and explicitly asked for people to leave one of the latter when they take one of the former. My new Totally Fuzzy update will mention this too. Enabling anonymous comments helps too, doesn't it. Thanks for your leadership on this issue! (I know, I sound like a congressman or something.)
Jeffar
Thanks for the Springsteen posts. Been a Bruce fan for 30 years and love the Nebraska era stuff. Saw him live & acoustic on the Tom Joad tour - very intense.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to hearing this, as I suspect it may offer even better versions of these songs, drawing off the energy of the audience, than those on the original album. "Mansion on the Hill" is always great; Emmylou does it so well on her Ryman Aud. live album.
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PS: Credit for the leeching crusade. I pledge to avoid such practices in future.
Anticipating the final installment, the first three were very tasty. Reminded me that he used to know how to write songs...
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Thanks for the Nebraska bounty. Now I have something to look forward to this weekend. Your hard work is appreciated.
ReplyDeleteSo not sure if this is gonna work but was inspired to share some of my favorite mostly more recent versions of live renderings of some of these songs. Put them into a folder on Mediafire here: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=be20097fc030a2f5c74064dd4c81b78accee9ecfb19e6acc
ReplyDeleteHere's what's in there;
State Trooper from the Columbus Devils & Dust tour
Mansion on the Hill from the 99 Reunion Tour
My Father's House from the 90 Christic benefit
Atlantic City from Verona & Open All Night from the Seeger Sessions Band Tour (the Open All Night swing redo just absolutely cooks)
Johnny 99 from Des Moines
and Reason to Believe from the first show after losing Danny - both from the latest tours
I love how Artists revisit their songs over time - doesn't always work but for the most part I've enjoyed Bruce's re-imaginings
Thanks again for your shares,
KJR
I think I'm going to like this one a lot! Thanks for the great shares!
ReplyDeleteHey, just noticed a bunch of the songs are from an Ames, Iowa concert. I went to ISU several dog's ages ago. Great bonus!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff! I've been a long time, some would say hard-core fan, however I'm not terribly interested in his latest albums. Nebraska still rocks my world though.
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although not a great fan, this is one of my altime favorite albums, so quite curious to hear it. (nevertheless the original was itself somehow kinda live, and its poignancy came precisely from that special ambiance...)
ReplyDeletethis looks great - had various outtakes sets for a while but v interested to see how thses sound in a live context
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THANKS TO ALL COMMENTERS -you keep this thing happening.
ReplyDeleteNow here's some response to the specific ones:
Anon I
Hopefully there was some chord-striking stuff on these bnoots!
M Turner
Even as a blogger, I turn back into a teacher - can't be helped I suppose!
Jeffar
Good news - I hope other bloggers will stand up and say something too!
Anon
Would;ve loved to have seen the GofTJ tour, even though the album let me down a bit.
jbul
Thanks for getting on the comment train (as you can see it really makes this whole enterprise mroe interesting for audience and blogger).
If I do a follow-up it should be "Nebraska Covered" - not the Badlands tribute just covers from albums - I bet I could find most of
the songs.
Mark
There has been a definite slip int he song-writing of late hasn't there?
OleD
Again, glad to have you aboard - enjooooy!
KJR
Okay I got all the individual tracks, so I'm gonnna listen to 'em today - what a great follow-up work, thanks so much!
Vilstef
Iowa pride!
jack
The original was sorta live but without the neing palying-to-the back of the arena tendency - which I enjoy missing.
For me, Nebraska was Bruce at his best -- look forward to hearing these live cuts -- thanks again!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Trio... Nebraska was the first BS album that I truly loved. The preceding albums all had high points, but didn't offer a complete listen... okay, except for "State Trooper" which I can skip.
ReplyDeleteAHA Comments, must say Darkness ruined my Springy life more than this one but your publication is very much OK thx
ReplyDeleteNebraska is my favourite Springsteen album, it's great to get an opportunity to listen to him play it live. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post, and for your hard & great work on this nice blog.
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ReplyDeleteStarting to think I like Springsteen's live bootlegs a lot better than his studio albums. Is this crazy?
An excellent posting, and an excellent blog. Some great listening here - many thanks!!
ReplyDeletemany thanx for this
ReplyDeleteim a big fan of the boss
Really looking forward to listening to this. Always been a big Springsteen fan but Nebraska is something special. Interesting to follow the discussion on whether is is "an apex or an aberration".
ReplyDeleteThanks for this! I haven't seen it before, and am very eager to listen to it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great post. Looking forward to the download and an afternoon with the boss.
ReplyDeleteWow! this is great!
ReplyDeleteI have personally listened to 1000s of Bruce Boots over the years. Nebraska has always been my favorite of his work. I think mainly due to it's simplicity, and yet vivid imagery. The Nebraska album really defined him as a "songwriter's songwriter", in which his writing craft matured. Thank you for the three part reminder of why Springsteen is considered so talented. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteTerrific boots. And that's coming from a journeyman musician who has spent the last twenty years on the road. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat! I love it! Your blog is a treasure trove. :)
ReplyDeleteI have this CD, and I'm curious about one thing: does it sound like the tape machine used for the master is going a mite too fast? I patched a couple of the songs into Audacity, slowed them down by around 5% (10% in the case of My Father's House) and found they sounded a lot more natural.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting...I have a DIFFERENT version of this bootleg! All songs are performed in different cities. Most notable is the version of "Open All Night" where his story is a bit different and specific talking about Exit 8 and Hightstown, NJ and it was the cop who told him "Son, out on the highway we're Open All Night"!
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