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Released
  
March 25, 2015

Artist
  
E Street Band

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
3:47:40

Release date
  
March 2015

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Recorded
  
December 31, 1980 – January 1, 1981

Label
  
http://live.brucespringsteen.net

Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (2015)
  
Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 (2015)

Producers
  
Toby Scott, David Bianco, Jim Scott

Similar
  
E Street Band albums, Rock music albums

Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 is a live album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, released in March 2015, and was the fourth official release through the Bruce Springsteen Archives. The show was originally recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on December 31, 1980.

Contents

The concert is available on CD and digital download at http://live.brucespringsteen.net.

Background

The concert, performed on New Year's Eve 1980 and New Year's Day 1981, is known for clocking in at almost four hours of music with 38 songs. The recording marks the first live release from the River Tour. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" from this show previously appeared on the Live/1975–85 box set released in 1986, and "Rendezvous" became known in a recording by Greg Kihn and was later released by Springsteen on Tracks in 1998, and 2010's The Promise.

Track listing

All songs by Bruce Springsteen, except as noted.

Set One

  1. "Night"—3:25
  2. "Prove It All Night"—5:57
  3. "Spirit in the Night"—7:42
  4. "Darkness on the Edge of Town"—4:48
  5. "Independence Day"—5:30
  6. "Who'll Stop the Rain—5:56 (Fogerty)
  7. Originally recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
  8. "This Land is Your Land"—3:19 (Guthrie)
  9. Originally recorded by Woody Guthrie
  10. "The Promised Land"—5:55
  11. "Out in the Street"—5:25
  12. "Racing in the Street"—8:22
  13. "The River"—6:56
  14. "Badlands"—5:41
  15. "Thunder Road"—7:05

Set Two

  1. "Cadillac Ranch"—5:02
  2. "Sherry Darling"—5:15
  3. "Hungry Heart"—4:45
  4. "Merry Christmas, Baby—4:50 (Baxter/Moore)
  5. Originally recorded by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
  6. "Fire"—4:32
  7. "Candy's Room"—3:23
  8. "Because the Night"—8:38
  9. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"—6:47
  10. "Rendezvous"—3:27
  11. "Fade Away"—9:23
  12. "The Price You Pay"—6:37
  13. "Wreck on the Highway"—5:36
  14. "Two Hearts"—2:50
  15. "Ramrod"—4:39
  16. "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)"—4:39
  17. "Held Up Without a Gun"—1:42
  18. "In the Midnight Hour"—2:55
  19. Originally recorded by Wilson Pickett
  20. "Auld Lang Syne—2:03 (Burns)
  21. Poem originally written by Robert Burns
  22. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"—16:19

Encore

  1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town—5:23 (Coots/Gillespie)
  2. Originally recorded by Harry Reser Orchestra
  3. "Jungleland"—12:23
  4. "Born to Run"—4:38
  5. "Detroit Medley"—13:07
  6. "Devil With a Blue Dress On" (Stevenson/Long) Originally recorded by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
  7. "See See Rider" (Rainey/Arant) Originally recorded by Ma Rainey
  8. "Good Golly Miss Molly" (Blackwell/Marascalco) Originally recorded by Little Richard
  9. "Jenny Take a Ride" (Crewe/Johnson/Penniman) Originally recorded by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
  10. "Twist and Shout"—8:00 Phil Medley and Bert Berns
  11. Originally recorded by the Isley Brothers
  12. "Raise Your Hand—4:44 (Cropper/Floyd/Isbell)
  13. Originally recorded by Eddie Floyd

Personnel

  • Bruce Springsteen—lead vocals, guitars, harmonica
  • Roy Bittan—piano, background vocals
  • Clarence Clemons—saxophone, percussion, background vocals
  • Danny Federici—organ, electronic glockenspiel, background vocals
  • Garry Tallent—bass guitar
  • Steven Van Zandt—guitars, background vocals
  • Max Weinberg—drums

    • References

    Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 Wikipedia
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