Bruce Springsteen Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC January 15, 1985 (Two Of Us Master Volume 30) Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C 2020 Transfer: Master Tape > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC 01 Born In The USA 02 Prove It All Night 03 Darlington County 04 Johnny 99 05 Atlantic City 06 Reason To Believe 07 Used Cars 08 Johnny Bye-Bye 09 Out In The Street 10 Glory Days 11 The Promised Land 12 My Hometown 13 Badlands 14 Thunder Road 15 Cover Me 16 Dancing In The Dark 17 Hungry Heart 18 Cadillac Ranch 19 Downbound Train 20 I’m On Fire 21 Pink Cadillac 22 Bobby Jean 23 Racing In The Street 24 Can’t Help Falling In Love 25 Born To Run 26 Detroit Medley 27 Twist And Shout > Do You Love Me 28 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Known Faults: -Born In The USA: 15 seconds patched at start -Johnny Bye-Bye: 4 seconds of intro dialogue patched -Thunder Road: Recorder 1 used for all but 43 seconds -Cover Me: 6 seconds patched at start -Downbound Train: 4 seconds patched at start -Pink Cadillac: 1 second patched at end -Bobby Jean: 7 seconds patched at start -Racing In The Street: 1 second patched at start -Detroit Medley: 10 seconds patched during Roy's piano portion Welcome to Volume Thirty of the "Two Of Us" Master Series. Between 1983 and 1999 there was likely not a taper or taping duo more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of a decade and a half they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times. If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton. What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped. They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists. If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired. The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats. The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition. Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them. This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio. We hope you enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride. ******************************** Bruce Springsteen @ Charlotte Coliseum January 15, 1985 Volume 30 is our first Springsteen release in our series, Bruce was one of the Two Of Us major artists taping him more times than any other artist other than Elvis Costello and Graham Parker. This is the third recorder source for this show, the first is the Tape Man Joe Master which is Volume 40 of that excellent series. The second source is in limited circulation but is inferior to both Tape Man Joe's Master and this Two Of Us Master. This Two Of Us Master is similar in feel to the Tape Man Joe Master, they have a slightly different sound field but I would consider both very good to excellent. We did have to do some patching to this source, though it looks like a lot other than this source missing most of "Thunder Road" which we've taken from the Tape Man Joe source, there are 48 seconds of patches. All but one are less than 10 seconds long and in most cases they are close to seamless. As I do with ALL postings, I've included multiple samples so you can get a sense of the quality of the show and decide for yourself to download or not, I also try to give as many details as possible to known faults so you are never surprised by a cut, splice or quality issue. Thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these great shows as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their work. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in this release. Artwork included... mjk5510 & Two Of Us