Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Date: 1984-06-08  
Venue: THE STONE PONY
Location: ASBURY PARK, NJ 
Source: Tape Man Joe Master Via G
Title: Tape Man Joe Master Volume 45


Sony WM D6C deck> Sony 929 or 939 Mics> TDK MA 90 min tapes> Master Tapes> Tascam 202MkVII> TDK-DA3826 standalone 
CD burner> EAC (Secure Mode)> CD Wave Editor (remove cuts)> Goldwave (fades, patching & file merging)> MAGIX audio cleaning lab> 
CD Wave Editor (track splits)> Trader's Little Helper (Flac Level 8, Align, Verify)

Welcome back to the series of probably uncirculated audience recordings. So the story goes, Tape Man Joe attended many concerts. 
Joe used a Sony D6 with either a Sony 929 or 939 microphone (memories have faded on which exact mic) and TDK metal tapes. Joe 
made a few copies and gave them to friends but never actively traded his recordings. Recently Joe lent a few of his masters to 
his friend, Jungleland user G (a generous collector himself who has lent tapes from his collection to help upgrade many shows). 
G asked me to finish off the transfers and post them. 

We are pleased to present what is probably Joe’s first recording of Bruce. This is the first warm up gig for the Born In The 
U.S.A tour, which was held at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. This set is not as well known as the warm up gig played later the 
same month in Lancaster PA. Joe’s recording has circulated for a long time. That version is very good, but the master is always
better. For a club show from the 1980’s, it’s a very nice recording. The show features four world premieres. A couple of them 
are a little rough, but that’s what warm-up shows are for. 


Thanks to Tape Man Joe for recording and sharing his tapes and G for transferring the files.

01.THUNDER ROAD 
02.OUT IN THE STREET
03.PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
04.GLORY DAYS
05.THE RIVER
06.DARLINGTON COUNTY
07.DANCING IN THE DARK
08.THE PROMISED LAND 
09.MY HOMETOWN
10.BORN IN THE U.S.A.
11.BADLANDS
12.BORN TO RUN


Known faults:
Tape flip between Dancing In The Dark and The Promised Land. It sounds as if Bruce was about to thank the audience for coming 
to the show. 

From Brucbase WikiDot:

Warm-up gig for the tour, with the live debuts of "Glory Days", "Darlington County", "My Hometown", and "Born In The U.S.A.".