Bruce Springsteen
Sports Arena
Los Angeles, CA
April 26, 2012
JEMS master

Busman-modified Nakamichi 300s > Naiant custom battery box > Olympus
LS-10 digital recorder (24/96) > wav (24/96) > wav (16/44) > flac

SET LIST
01. Intro
02. Badlands
03. We Take Care Of Our Own
04. Wrecking Ball
05. Ties That Bind
06. Death To My Hometown
07. My City Of Ruins
08. E Street Shuffle
09. Jack Of All Trades
10. Something In The Night
11. Candy's Room
12. She's The One
13. Easy Money
14. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
15. Promised Land
16. The Way You Do The Things You Do
17. 634-5789
18. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
19. The Rising
20. Lonesome Day
21. We Are Alive
22. Land Of Hope And Dreams
23. Rocky Grounds
24. California Sun
25. Born To Run
26. Dancing In The Dark
27. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out

Semi-Indulgent Notes

It is the rare show indeed when no less than three-quarters of JEMS are in attendance together, but that was the case for both nights of Springsteen LA 2012. In fact, any show with J, Persic and BW in the same room at the same time is the Tapers Hall of Fame equivalent of having Mantle, Mays and Aaron all eating at the same restaurant. When is the groundbreaking for the Tapers Hall anyway? We've got first-ballot guys waiting to be enshrined.

The ticket gods (well, goddess in this case) smiled brightly this night and we were as close to the stage as we could be without standing on it. With our beloved Nak 700s seeking care and repair, the backup Nak 300 cardioids came in off the bench and held their own, with a very good pull that benefits from our proximity to the PA and a mostly quiet crowd around us.
The recording is notable for really capturing the shimmer of Max Weinberg's cymbals you hear in the room but not always in the bits. Samples provided.

The set itself has been written about elsewhere, but the highlights of an overall fine show were the triple play of "Something in the Night"
(tour debut) into "Candy's Room" into "She's the One" and the one-off encore cover of "California Sun," recorded by lots of folks including the Ramones.

Unfortunately, the taping gods were not shining on us Night 2 as we had some technical difficulties and a show that is still stuck on the Flash card. But for now, enjoy night one. S, we flew the missing man formation for ya.

BK for JEMS