“Piece de Resistance”, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, 19th September 1978, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ.
Set-list:
Disc One:
1.
Badlands
2.
Streets
Of Fire
3.
Spirit
In The Night
4.
Darkness
On The Edge Of Town
5.
Independence
Day
6.
Promised
Land
7.
Prove
It All Night
8.
Racing
In The Street
9.
Thunder
Road
10.
Meeting
Across The River
11.
Jungleland
Disc Two: (69:01)
1.
Kitty's
Back
2.
Fire
3.
Candy'S
Room
4.
Because
The Night
5.
Point
Blank
6.
Not
Fade Away
7.
She's
The One
8.
Backstreets
9.
Rosalita
Disc Three: (29:12)
1.
4th
Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)
2.
Born
To Run
3.
10th
Ave Freeze Out
4.
Detroit
Medley
5.
Raise
Your Hand
Notes:
Complete show: Yes.
Remarks:
Together with Hello World, this is another of my Bruce favourites.
This is what theboots.net has
to say
Notes: When you start collecting, definitely consider starting with this one.
It was broadcast on WNEW in New York city, and it sounds incredible, probably as
good as any official release. Rare versions of "Kitty's Back" and
"Meeting Across the River" only add to the desireability of this
show. Hearing "Sandy" and knowing hundreds of people along the Jesey
Shore were listening to the broadcast as it happened is almost magical.
During the broadcast, you couldn't walk anywhere on the Rutgers University
campus and not hear this show. Available on the incredible CDs "Passaic
Night" and "Piece de Resistence." Video footage is also
circulating.
Interesting
soundcheck as well. "The Ties That Bind" is radically different
version than the released version and the one played later on the Darkness
tour. A tape of the souncheck is also circulating.
This is what AMG
has to say
A three-LP,
24-song boxed set, Piece de Resistance is the definitive concert bootleg
from the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour,
taken from a September 19, 1978 New Jersey performance that was broadcast live
on radio stations throughout the Eastern seaboard. For many, the Darkness Tour was Springsteen at his best; the
showpieces of the set were songs like "Prove It All Night" (extended
with a guitar duel between Springsteen and Miami Steve
Van Zandt) "Because the Night" (also given a heavy guitar
treatment) and a medley of Buddy Holly's "Not
Fade Away" with "She's the One." A polished performance focused
on the Darkness and Born
to Run material, hints of The River
arise in early renditions of "Point Blank" and an embryonic
"Drive All Night," which appeared in the middle of
"Backstreets;" the many encores end with the "Detroit
Medley," an arrangement of oldies associated with Mitch
Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, and Eddie Floyd's
"Raise Your Hand." (Sound quality is good to excellent, with
occasional lapses. The performance of "Fire" is incomplete, but
otherwise the entire show is included.) — William Ruhlmann