The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down


Date: 1971-09-01
Location: Garfield Park, Long Branch, NJ

Label: Brucetapes
Catalog #: - 001

Taper: ?
Source: Audience
Transferred By: ?
Transfer & Generation info:  Unknown gen tape > CD > EAC > 44khz 16bit to 96khz 24bit conversion (r8brain highest quality > Reaper 2.105  ("remastering") > 
rendering back to 44khz 16bit (highest quality >  CD Wave 1.96.1 >Trader's Little Helper 2.0.1 (FLAC 8, SBE fix) 

Remastering notes: 
Some pops/clicks removed, and cuts between tracks crossfaded.
Different eq settings was used on both channels, and stereo image slighty rotated and expanded to create fake stereo effect (original copy is mono).
Vocals on original version had a really bad distortion, so i tried to lower it using multiband compression & parametric eq. 
Some reverb was also used. Vocals might be slighly lower in remastered version, but hopefully listening is now more easy to ears. 
All editing was done 96khz 24bit.


01 Little Queenie (start cut) (4:26)
02 Bright Lights Big City (8:10)
03 Don't You Want To Be An Outlaw (6:37)
04 Jumpin' Jack Flash (1:03)
05 It's Time To Go Home (5:04)
06 I've Got To Have You Baby (5:07)
07 You Better Be Nice To Me (5:00)
08 Route 66 (5:51)
09 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (5:49) 
10 Dance Dance Dance (7:57)
11 Jumbeliah (10:34)

Total time: 65:38

Notes:

Track 01 start cut. 
Some edits/cuts between tracks

ONE show, triple bill, with the 5-member BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BAND headlining. The support acts were acoustic trio NASH, LARGE & ROSS (who opened) and 
SUNNY JIM. 
This was an afternoon, outdoor show orchestrated by Tinker West’s Blah Productions. Garfield Park is located at the intersection of Broadway and Ocean Ave, near the 
ocean.
The above-mentioned 10-song, partial setlist is culled from a 66-minute audience recording of this show, none of which has ever appeared on any mainstream boot and all 
of which remains in very limited circulation. Unfortunately the taper utilized a cheap recording device. The sound quality is consistent but is weak (fair), although it’s not 
horrible. 
While the opening seconds of “Little Queenie” are missing, all other songs are complete. However this BSB performance apparently lasted nearly 2hrs, so there’s quite a 
bit missing and discernable edits can be heard in between songs on the audio source.

The BSB line-up for this show is Springsteen, Van Zandt, Sancious, Tallent and Lopez. Although Bruce handles all the lead vocals, the performance is unusual in that 
Springsteen  is on piano for most of these 10 songs from this show. Sancious plays the organ and Steve Van Zandt handles much of the guitar chores. Tinker West guests 
on congas on “Dance Dance Dance” and the rousing finale “Jumbeliah” (which also features an unidentified walk-on troupe of backing vocalists consisting of inner circle 
troops and members of both undercard bands). Highlights of this show are “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (the only known Springsteen performance – and its great), 
as well as the only known audio of two Springsteen compositions, “It’s Time To Go Home” (also known by the title “Festival”) and “You Better Be Nice To Me”