Bruce Springteen & The E Street Band
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
June 21, 1988
(Recorder 2)

Transfer: mjk5510 2nd Gen 1980's tape trade > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USB Pre2 > Audacity  > Peak Pro 6 (pitch adjusted) > iZotope RX / Ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) >  xACT 2.37 > FLAC

01 Tunnel Of Love
02 Boom Boom
03 Adam Raised A Cain
04 Two Faces
05 All That Heaven Will Allow
06 The River
07 Seeds
08 Vigilante Man
09 Cover Me
10 Brilliant Disguise
11 Spare Parts
12 War
13 Born In The USA
14 Tougher Than The Rest
15 Ain't Got You > She's The One
16 You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
17 I'm A Coward
18 I'm On Fire
19 One Step Up
20 Because The Night
21 Backstreets
22 Dancing In The Dark
23 Light Of Day
24 Born To run
25 Hungry Heart
26 Glory Days
27 Bobby Jean
28 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
29 Sweet Soul Music
30 Raise Your Hand
31 Twist And Shout

Known Faults:
-Tunnel Of Love Intro: 34 Seconds patched
-Vigilante Man: 5 seconds patched
-Cover Me: almost seamless splice
-Tougher Than The Rest: 6 seconds patched aud & first 2 music beats
-Glory Days: 13 seconds patched

A very good capture and alternate Recorder 2 source out of my own archives for the first night in Birmingham '88, that is possibly uncirculated in the torrent era.

I know of three circulating versions for Recorder 1:
1) IvannF transfer of Bickle tape
2) Bosstrade (KM) transfer from tape
3) "Express To Englad" (Mainstream)

There is apparently an additional release according to Brucebase on CDR called "The Vigilante Man Hits Birmingham", I do not have that release so I'm not sure what source it uses.

This 2nd source is from a 2nd generation copy traded for in the 1980's, it is  captured fairly close to the stage, stable throughout, clear with just a minor touch of hiss in the quieter segments due to the additional generation. 

I believe you will find it extremely listenable and a nice addition to the Euro leg of the "Tunnel of Love Express Tour".

Samples and artwork provided...

mjk5510