Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
October 3rd, 1980
Ann Arbor, MI
Crisler Arena, University of Michigan
Bickle-Ivan Tape
Total Time: 3:01:41

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DISC ONE (72:31)
01-Born to Run (5:37)
02-Prove It All Night (5:34)
03-10th Avenue Freezeout (6:01)
04-Wreck on the Highway (5:27)
05-Darkness on the Edge of Town (4:41)
06-Jackson Cage (4:47)
07-The Promised Land (6:27)
08-Out in the Dtreet (7:08)
09-Racing in the Street (8:39)
10-The River (7:00)
11-Thunder Road (5:38)
12-Badlands (5:24)

DISC TWO (64:06)
01-Cadillac Ranch (6:43)
02-Fire (3:27)
03-Sherry Darling (7:33)
04-I Wanna Marry You (6:48)
05-Crush on You (4:40)
06-Ramrod (5:49)
07-Point Blank (8:51)
08-Stolen Car (5:53)
09-Because the Night (5:57)
10-Backstreets (8:21)

DISC THREE (45:04)
01-Rosalita (15:27)
02-Jungleland (11:25)
03-Detroit Medley (10:18)
04-Thunder Road-with Bob Seger (7:53)

Brucebase: First night of the tour features eleven songs from The River, but only seven are world premieres since "Point Blank", "Sherry Darling", and "Ramrod" (albeit in different arrangements) were played on the 1978 Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour and "The River" was played at the No Nukes shows in 1979. Concert includes Bob Seger making a guest appearance on the second version of "Thunder Road" which suffers from distortion. Bruce forgets the words of "Born To Run", which opens a show for the first time. Roy plays "Once Upon A Time In The West" as a prelude to "The River", as he will on and off throughout the tour. Clarence sings the opening lines of "Stagger Lee" as an introduction to "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)". This introduction will feature regularly during the first leg of the tour.

Audience tape available on CDR 'First River Show' and 'The River Tour Opening Night' as well as from a low generation 2012 tape transfer (mjk5510).

Notes: This was amongst the many tapes that Bickle laid at my doorstep back in 2008. It is marked as 1st generation, so it may be closer to the master  than the excellent mjk5510 edit done in 2012, although it is the same recording, as are the earlier versions. It is not a great upgrade but is does sound(to my old ears) as a very slight, crisper version.

Enjoy, Ivan