Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Title: Winterland Night
Label: Left Field Media
Catalog #: LFM3CD532
Format: CD
Source: Radio Broadcast					
Total Time: 189.40			
Date: 15th December 1978				
Location: Winterland, San Francisco, CA., USA. 
Artwork: Complete (300 dpi).

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Disc: 1 

1. Intro
2. Badlands  
3. Streets Of Fire  
4. Spirit In The Night  
5. Darkness On The Edge Of Town Factory  
6. The Promised Land  
7. Prove It All Night  
8. Racing In The Streets  
9. Thunder Road  
10. Jungleland  
11. Backstreets  
12. The Ties That Bind  

Disc: 2 

1. Intro  
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town  
3. The Fever  
4. Fire  
5. Candy’s Room  
6. Because The Night  
7. Point Blank  
8. Mona / Preacher’s Daughter  
9. She’s The One  
10. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 

Disc: 3 

1. Intro
2. Born to Run  
3. Devil With The Blue Dress  
4. Good Golly Miss Molly
5. C.C. Rider
6. Jenny Take A Ride
7. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out  
8. Raise Your Hand  
9. Quarter to Three  

Notes:


From Brucebase:

FM Broadcast (KSAN radio) and soundboard tapes - this is a master reel recording and includes three tracks not broadcast. What can you say! The versions of "The Promised Land" and "Prove It All Night" are exceptional and "Backstreets" is better than that. Probably the most famous show Bruce will ever do. It should be noted that the source tape appears to run slightly slow. Released on CDs 'Live At Winterland' (Golden Stars), 'Live In The Promised Land' (Great Dane Records), 'Winterland Night' (Crystal Cat) and most recently (and in best quality) on CDR 'Prodigal Son at Winterland - 25th Anniversary Remaster' (Prodigal Son). This is a remaster of 'Winterland Night'. Also released to retail in 2014 under the title 'Winterland 15th December 1978' (Echoes). This is not an official release nor a sonic upgrade over previous versions. Tonight's show (and potentially the next night) may have been filmed on the Winterland's in-house video system. However, no concrete evidence has ever emerged that indicate this is the case. Certainly there is plenty of video of other artists from around the same time, but the most likely scenario is that any film was lost in a fire at Bill Graham's San Francisco warehouse offices in 1985. It is possible that a copy may still reside in Springsteen's vaults. A review of the show by Joel Selvin was printed in the San Francisco Chronicle - click the above link to read it.

On listening to Crystal Cat's 'Winterland Night' and several other releases, it's clear that the recording of "Quarter To Three" is from a different source to the rest of the concert. For some time it's been assumed that this recording is from a different date entirely. However, a review of the concert in the Stanford Daily goes into some detail about Springsteen's performance of "Quarter To Three" and the author's description is a excellent match for the soundboard recording, including of Bruce pausing at one point to state "I think I'm going to throw up", repeated verbatim on the soundboard. While night on night there tends to be some repetition in Springsteen's shtick, this particular statement appears to be unique to tonight's show. Therefore, we can state with very high confidence that the soundboard recording is from this concert. The identity of the final song has been the topic of heated debate over the years, one fan present says "It looked like the show was over. The band was gone. But no one else would leave. The place - I guess about 5000 in festival seating, actually standing - was just roaring, going nuts. Bruuuuce, on and on. Finally he came back alone, and the band finally trickled out and Bruce said, "We're off the radio now, but I'll do one more for you guys. This is the first song I ever learned to play on the guitar," and then "Twist and Shout". A great version, too. He was standing on speakers ten feet off the floor. I was there and I'd stake my life on it." Thanks to John H for the information. However, others are just as insistent that the final song was "Quarter To Three", and other concerts around this time all have "Quarter To Three" as the final song, which supports this view. There is an interview with photographer P.J. Plutzer in Backstreets magazine #49 (Spring 1995), and he clearly states that "Quarter To Three" was the final encore. Plutzer shot some forty shows between 1975-84 including both Winterland gigs. Thanks to HazyDavy for bringing this to our attention. Given the evidence, it is feasible (and perhaps most likely) that Springsteen left the stage after "Quarter To Three" and returned some minutes later (perhaps up to fifteen or twenty, maybe more) to perform "Twist And Shout" in front of those who remained, as he did in Seattle five days later. Perhaps those who are certain that "Quarter To Three" was the final song left the venue, and were unaware of Springsteen's return to the stage.

Joe Roberts