Bruce Springsteen
Capital Centre
Largo, Maryland
August 29, 1984
Recorder 2
DS Archives Volume 38

Transfer: Low Gen Transfer > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Audacity > Peak Pro 6 (pitch adjusted) > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (patch / post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC

01 Born In The U.S.A.
02 Out In The Street
03 Spirit In The Night
04 Atlantic City
05 Independence Day
06 Reason To Believe
07 Prove It All Night
08 Darlington County
09 Glory Days
10 The Promised Land
11 The River
12 Trapped
13 Badlands
14 Thunder Road
15 Cadillac Ranch
16 Hungry Heart
17 Dancing In The Dark
18 Sherry Darling
19 Follow That Dream
20 Because The Night
21 Cover Me
22 Growin’ Up
23 Bobby Jean
24 Racing In The Street
25 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
26 Jungleland
27 Born To Run
28 Detroit Medley > Travelin’ Band
29 Twist And Shout > Do You Love Me?

Known Faults:
-Born In The U.S.A.: 19 seconds patched at start from Recorder 1, still cut
                                   1 second patched during song
-Darlington County: 24 seconds patched at start from Recorder 1, still cut
-Thunder Road: start slightly cut
-Growin' Up: almost seamless splice

We are pleased to present Volume 38 of the DS Archives with an under-circulated Recorder 2 capture of the final night of four in Largo on the opening night of the Born In The U.S.A. tour.

Like Philly, Largo is one of those stops that Bruce seems to put it into another gear and this show is no exception. Numerous highlights make this show a top tier performance including the second playing of "Follow That Dream" on the tour.

Quality is excellent, clean and clear with no hiss and no excessive crowd noise. They are similar enough it took some extra focus to confirm this is a 2nd source. A few patches needed from Recorder 1 (which runs extremely fast), both Recorders miss the opening of "Born In The U.S.A." but Recorder 1 had 19 seconds more of the start. In addition, both Recorders miss the start of  "Darlington County" with Recorder being slightly longer and both miss the start of "Thunder Road" with this Recorder 2 being slightly longer. "Thunder Road" contains a good source confirmation with a guy saying "yeah" after the line "...Mary's dress sways" missing on Recorder 1.

Thanks to Dan S for his dedication to preserving Bruce's concert legacy, more to come.

Samples and artwork provided.

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