Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Mosque Theatre
Richmond, Virginia
August 1, 1975
(Low Generation – DS Archives Volume Three)

Transfer: Low Generation Tape Trade (DS) > Nakamichi DR-1 (azimuth adjusted) > Audacity > Peak Pro XT (pitch adjustment / volume smoothing / tweak / edit / index) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

01 Incident On 57th Street
02 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
03 Spirit In The Night
04 The E Street Shuffle + Having A Party
05 It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City
06 She’s The One
07 Thunder Road
08 Growin’ Up
09 Up On The Roof
10 Kitty’s Back
11 New York City Serenade
12 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
13 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
14 A Love So Fine + Having A Party + Shout
15  Carol
16 Quarter To Three

Known Faults:
-Some edits between of songs

Volume Three in a series of material upgrades from the DS Archives. For the story of the DS Archives please refer to Volume One of the series found here:
http://jungleland.dnsalias.com/torrents-details.php?id=38859
or
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=532904

Volume Three revisits a show falling squarely between the start of the tour and the legendary Bottom Line stand. Taking place in Richmond, Virginia, the band’s early second home, this an energetic show in front of an enthusiastic audience, albeit quality is on the rough side. It packs a strong setlist including the second of only seven known performances of “Up On The Roof”.

The recording is typical for a 1975 audience recording done on average equipment, it has distance to it as well as a liberal amount of hiss on the slower songs. However, it should be considered a material upgrade to the currently circulating version in terms of clarity and what little frequency dynamics there are as well as having a more natural, less processed sound.
Still should be considered for collector's only, it is however one of the finest performances of the early '75 tour likely due to the location.

The  audience is not too much of a factor in the enjoyment of the show until “Kitty’s Back” when an attendee makes it known it’s his favorite song and this is his favorite part and that Bruce is playing it for his friend along with throwing a couple of woo-hoo’s in. Fortunately this all takes place during the opening instrumental section after which I assume he knows he made his point. Though still present, I was able to edit out some portions where it did not affect the music and minimize the other areas so it's at least the same volume level as the areas around it. 

The taper turned off the recorder between songs so there are a number of instances where a few seconds at the start of a song may be cut. I have edited and smoothed these areas for a better listening experience.

Thanks go out to a number of folks that helped put me in touch with Dan, IvannF, EarlMv, Oats1jvo as well as E from JEMS for the continued use of the NAK DR-1. The biggest thanks to Dan for making his archives available for the enjoyment of us all...

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