LDB Special Series #335 (RLR collection)

Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.

I think I have something really special to share with all Dimers, but first a bit of background. RLR has been a very active
trader back in the early 80´s with very wide musical tastes: he could go from Kiss to Joni Mitchell; from Genesis to Deep
Purple, Queen, Simple Minds, The Who, Springsteen and many more. In the past I could access his enormous collection to get
many U2 tapes some of which I have been sharing with you folks.

RLR had all sorts of tapes in his collection, traded not long after the show happened so most of them are low generation, in
particular tons of shows recorded in Italy which to me are some of the most interesting. Some of them, I had never seen
circulating in the trading circuit. Unfortunately he did not care about generation so this info, except for the shows he
has as masters, is not available.

RLR has kindly given me access once again to his collection. It was like a "kid in a toy shop" situation: it was hard to
select tapes and at the end I came home with some 250 tapes to listen and eventually to transfer in the digital domain. Some
of them will be shared here, possibly the most interesting ones. 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & STEEL MILL
California
Spring 1970

01.The Train Song
02.Guilty (aka He´s Guilty - Send That Boy To Jail)
03.I Got a Woman
04.Garden State Parkway Blues
05.Goin' Back to Georgia
06.Tuning Up / The Wind and The Rain
07.Resurrection

TT 82:14

Lineage: Soundboard > n generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD >
SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6) 

Bruce Springsteen - vocals, guitar
Vini Lopez - drums
Steve Van Zandt - guitar
Robbin Thompson - bass

Infos for this one are very sketchy. The RLR tape is labelled as "New York 1970" but the band never played in New York City or
New York State that year. But this is definetely 1970 because of Steve presence (he joined in Feb 70). There is one show on the 
tracker from Long Branch (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=330424) but the setlist is different and the show 
is longer. Still, no indication of the venue is given during
the intros. this is definetely soundboard but very very hissy, so I would suggest it only for the die-hard Bruce fans. I include 
a sample to allow you to judge is this is worth a download.

The music really rocks, the epic "Garden State Parkway Blues" is worth the listen.

More treasures from RLR vaults to come!

ldb