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Bruce Springsteen in Melbourne Photo by Ros OGorman

Bruce Springsteen in Melbourne Photo by Ros OGorman

Bruce Springsteen To Release 1980 Concert As Live Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on April 1, 2015

in New Music,News

Bruce Springsteen continues his new Archive Series with one of his most famous early shows from December 31, 1980 at the Nassau Coliseum.

From his tour to support The River, Springsteen played for three hours and forty-five minutes, his longest show until the record was broken 32 years later. The 38-song concert included many of the songs from the River album plus gems from his earlier sets and a number of covers including Who’ll Stop the Rain, the Detroit Medley, Auld Lang Syne and the holiday classics Merry Christmas, Baby and Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

The album will be available on CD along with a variety of download formats including MP3, FLAC and HD-Audio.

All Archive Series releases are only available through live.brucespringsteen.net/.

Track List:

Night
Prove It All Night
Spirit in the Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Independence Day
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
This Land is Your Land
Promised Land
Out in the Street
Racing in the Street
The River
Badlands
Thunder Road
Cadillac Ranch
Sherry Darling
Hungry Heart
Merry Christmas, Darling
Fire
Candy’s Room
Because the Night
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Rendezvous
Fade Away
The Price You Pay
Wreck on the Highway
Two Hearts
Ramrod
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Held Up Without A Gun
In the Midnight Hour
Auld Lang Syne
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Jungleland
Born to Run
Detroit Medley
Twist and Shout
Raise Your Hand

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