Bruce Springsteen/Switzerland 1981

After the release of “THE RIVER”, which was completed after many twists and turns, Springsteen and the E Street Band will embark on their first major European tour. The Zurich performance on April 11th, which can be said to be the first half, included several audience recordings from the analog era, but “HALLENSTADION ’81”, which had been released on CD and had the best sound quality, was recorded. Based on this album, the parts that were incomplete due to fitting on two discs were supplemented with two LP titles, “HALLENSTADION ZURICH” and “LIVE IN ZURICH”, making it complete. It sounds good when you say it’s complete, but the fan who edited it had a very sloppy taste (bitter smile), and it’s not seamless at all. It’s just a matter of cutting out the sound source and combining it… It’s a level finish. Therefore, it is natural for the sound quality to change drastically between songs, and even worse, in songs such as “Fire” and “Rosalita”, the sound source changes roughly even during the performance, giving it a rough editing feel that is rare these days. I can’t help but smile while listening to it. However, fortunately, fans who were at the limit of this level of editing did not modify the sound quality (lol), and the appeal of this title is that the natural sound quality of each of the three sound sources is maintained. Truly nostalgic analog sound. The best sound image among them is “HALLENSTADION ’81”, but the other sound sources are also excellent enough for the level of this era, so the 1981 European sound source that has become difficult to obtain recently. Not bad for an affordable tour item. Also, the ease of listening to the complete version on two discs is also attractive! Live at Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland 11th April 1981 (3 Recorder Mix) The sources worked with were:Recorder 1: Hallenstadion ’81 (Winged Wheel) Recorder 2: Hallenstadion Zurich 2LP (Ocean Records Original Black Vinyl Pressing) Recorder 3: Live In Zurich 1LP (Boss Records Limited Edition 1000 Copies) Disc 1(66:13) 1. Factory (Live In Zurich) – complete from recorder 3 source 2. Prove It All Night (Hallenstadion ’81) 3. Out In The Street (Live In Zurich) 4. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (Live In Zurich) 5. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (Live In Zurich) 6. Independence Day (Live In Zurich (4 seconds of Intro) > Hallenstadion Zurich) – 4 seconds of Intro announcing song is only available on Live In Zurich source and is missing from Hallenstadion ’81 7. Who’ll Stop The Rain (Hallenstadion Zurich) 8. Two Hearts (Live In Zurich) 9. Promised Land (Hallenstadion Zurich / Live In Zurich (last 6 seconds)) – Hallenstadion Zurich source includes the complete intro missing from Hallenstadion ’81 – Last 6 seconds of song is available on Live In Zurich and missing from Hallenstadion ’81 10. This Land Is Your Land (Hallenstadion ’81 (24 seconds of tune up dialogue) > Hallenstadion Zurich) 11. The River (Hallenstadion Zurich) 12. Badlands (Hallenstadion ‘ 81) 13. Thunder Road (Hallenstadion Zurich > Hallenstadion ’81 > Hallenstadion Zurich) – 26 seconds of crowd and dialogue missing on Hallenstadion Zurich between after the song ends and break announcement patched with Hallenstadion ’81- Hallenstadion ’81 is missing the first few seconds of the harmonica intro but intro is complete on Hallenstadion Zurich Disc 2 (79:22) 1. Cadillac Ranch (Hallenstadion Zurich) – Hallenstadion ’81 is missing 17 seconds of tune up/drum intro at the start of Cadillac Ranch, this has been patched with Hallenstadion Zurich which still may be missing a drum beat or two from a small cut but otherwise has the complete crowd and drum intro 2. Sherry Darlin’ (Hallenstadion ’81) 3. Hungry Heart (Hallenstadion ’81) 4. Fire (Hallenstadion ’81 (4 seconds of intro only) > Hallenstadion Zurich > Hallenstadion ’81 (restored 10 seconds of audience in middle break) > Hallenstadion Zurich) – 4 seconds of the song title intro was missing from Hallenstadion Zurich so I patched it from Hallenstadion ’81, then I noticed on both Live in Zurich and Hallenstadion Zurich the middle break was shortened by about 10 seconds so in the interest of completeness I patched the missing middle crowd clapping section back in to reflect what actually took place at the show 5. You Can Look (Hallenstadion ’81) 6. Wreck On The Highway (Hallenstadion Zurich) 7. Racing In The Street (Hallenstadion Zurich) 8. Backstreets (Hallenstadion ’81) 9. Ramrod (Hallenstadion ’81) – start cut, no patch available 10. Rosalita (Hallenstadion ’81 (to break before band intros) > Hallenstadion Zurich > Hallenstadion ’81 (last 18 seconds)) – CD Rockin’ All Over The World doesn’t list Rosalita as appearing, I don’t know if it actually does or if it was cut due to only half of it being available 11. Born To Run (Hallenstadion ’81) 12. Detroit Medley (Hallenstadion Zurich) 13. Rockin’ All Over The World (Hallenstadion Zurich > Hallenstadion ’81(8 seconds of music and 17 seconds total including audience and dialogue added to en