Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Binghamton, NY
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Set 1Night
Don’t Look Back
Spirit In The Night
It's My Life
Thunder Road
Mona > She's The One
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (w/ Miami Horns)
Action In The Streets (w/ Miami Horns)
Backstreets
Jungleland
Rosalita (w/ Miami Horns)*
Born To Run*
Quarter To Three (w/ Miami Horns)*
Don’t Look Back
Spirit In The Night
It's My Life
Thunder Road
Mona > She's The One
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (w/ Miami Horns)
Action In The Streets (w/ Miami Horns)
Backstreets
Jungleland
Rosalita (w/ Miami Horns)*
Born To Run*
Quarter To Three (w/ Miami Horns)*
Set 2
Set 3
CommentWelcome to the return of JEMS’ Nothing To Lose series revisiting Bruce's remarkable 1977 tour. For the full history of our obsession with this era and the back story on the "Official Audience Tapes" that make up several volumes of the series, please refer to the notes in Vol. One found here: http://jungleland.dnsalias.com/torrents-details.php?id=38539
Vol. 11 is an unexpected discovery: another official audience recording, which we believe to be previously uncirculated. It captures the first 80+ minutes of the March 15, 1977 Binghamton, NY show which we released from an average audience tape source on Vol. Eight of the series (and which fills out three missing tracks here).
JEMS obtained its copies of the so-called official audience recordings from two different sources, one in the early ‘90s and a second a few years later. In both instances, we borrowed our source’s cassettes and transferred them to DAT. Each batch included the familiar Richfield, OH, St. Louis and Towson, MD shows, along with other ‘77 recordings including New Haven and Binghamton. Because those first four proved to be identical recordings from both sources, it seems we never compared EVERY tape we transferred from Source Two and presumed all of them to be the same as what we obtained from Source One.
Fast-forward a few decades to last week, when I had a chance to go through a hard drive containing DAT transfers J made over the last few years in an effort preserve those recordings while we still can (turns out DAT is a not a stable medium compared to analog tape and some of our earliest DATs are beginning to become unplayable without noise and errors). One of those transfers was Binghamton from Source Two and when, on a lark, I auditioned it, I realized that it was in fact another official audience recording, and as clear, close and balanced as the best recordings in our series.
The new Binghamton is a substantial upgrade to the circulating audience recording found on Vol. Eight, and while not complete (the new recording ends at Jungleland, the final three songs of the show on this torrent come from the previous source), what is there sounds brilliant. It is especially satisfying to hear yet another early version of “Don’t Look Back” in such clarity while the lyrics are still evolving with each performance. All the key songs from the tour, including “it’s My Life,” “Action in the Streets” and “Backstreets,” sound lovely here. Samples provided.
This post is is tinged with deep sadness and loss. When I initially drafted my notes, I offered “thanks to J for transferring these now-finicky DATs" and preserving this otherwise lost slice of '77 audio bliss. As some of you know who are regular followers of JEMS releases, J’s battle with cancer continues and the road is getting much much tougher.”
Sadly, on Saturday night, October 29, 2016, we lost Jared at the far-too-young age of 60, ending a six-year battle with cancer. He faded out peacefully that night, in his home, surrounded by family and friends.
Jared is a legend in this hobby and he was as good a friend to me and others as he was a taper and collector. For more than 40 years, Jared recorded and preserved literally thousands of live recordings so that we could enjoy them today. His tapes are his legacy. He will be missed by those lucky enough to know him personally and by untold thousands who will listen to the shows he recorded and/or preserved in the years to come.
Special thanks to the folks on the Stone Pony message board whose thread sparked this series and to mjk5510 who continues to excel as JEMS' post-production partner. We can’t do it without him.
BK for JEMS
Vol. 11 is an unexpected discovery: another official audience recording, which we believe to be previously uncirculated. It captures the first 80+ minutes of the March 15, 1977 Binghamton, NY show which we released from an average audience tape source on Vol. Eight of the series (and which fills out three missing tracks here).
JEMS obtained its copies of the so-called official audience recordings from two different sources, one in the early ‘90s and a second a few years later. In both instances, we borrowed our source’s cassettes and transferred them to DAT. Each batch included the familiar Richfield, OH, St. Louis and Towson, MD shows, along with other ‘77 recordings including New Haven and Binghamton. Because those first four proved to be identical recordings from both sources, it seems we never compared EVERY tape we transferred from Source Two and presumed all of them to be the same as what we obtained from Source One.
Fast-forward a few decades to last week, when I had a chance to go through a hard drive containing DAT transfers J made over the last few years in an effort preserve those recordings while we still can (turns out DAT is a not a stable medium compared to analog tape and some of our earliest DATs are beginning to become unplayable without noise and errors). One of those transfers was Binghamton from Source Two and when, on a lark, I auditioned it, I realized that it was in fact another official audience recording, and as clear, close and balanced as the best recordings in our series.
The new Binghamton is a substantial upgrade to the circulating audience recording found on Vol. Eight, and while not complete (the new recording ends at Jungleland, the final three songs of the show on this torrent come from the previous source), what is there sounds brilliant. It is especially satisfying to hear yet another early version of “Don’t Look Back” in such clarity while the lyrics are still evolving with each performance. All the key songs from the tour, including “it’s My Life,” “Action in the Streets” and “Backstreets,” sound lovely here. Samples provided.
This post is is tinged with deep sadness and loss. When I initially drafted my notes, I offered “thanks to J for transferring these now-finicky DATs" and preserving this otherwise lost slice of '77 audio bliss. As some of you know who are regular followers of JEMS releases, J’s battle with cancer continues and the road is getting much much tougher.”
Sadly, on Saturday night, October 29, 2016, we lost Jared at the far-too-young age of 60, ending a six-year battle with cancer. He faded out peacefully that night, in his home, surrounded by family and friends.
Jared is a legend in this hobby and he was as good a friend to me and others as he was a taper and collector. For more than 40 years, Jared recorded and preserved literally thousands of live recordings so that we could enjoy them today. His tapes are his legacy. He will be missed by those lucky enough to know him personally and by untold thousands who will listen to the shows he recorded and/or preserved in the years to come.
Special thanks to the folks on the Stone Pony message board whose thread sparked this series and to mjk5510 who continues to excel as JEMS' post-production partner. We can’t do it without him.
BK for JEMS
Set 1Night
Don’t Look Back
Spirit in the Night
It's My Life
Thunder Road
Mona > She's the One
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (w/ Miami Horns)
Action in the Streets (w/ Miami Horns)
Backstreets
Jungleland
Rosalita (w/ Miami Horns)
Born to Run
Quarter to Three (w/ Miami Horns)
Don’t Look Back
Spirit in the Night
It's My Life
Thunder Road
Mona > She's the One
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (w/ Miami Horns)
Action in the Streets (w/ Miami Horns)
Backstreets
Jungleland
Rosalita (w/ Miami Horns)
Born to Run
Quarter to Three (w/ Miami Horns)
Set 1My Back Pages, I'm Ready, Is Your Love In Vain?, Shelter From The Storm, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Girl From The North Country, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Maggie's Farm, I Don't Believe You, Like A Rolling Stone, I Shall Be Released, Love You Too Much, Going Going Gone
Set 2One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later), It Ain't Me Babe, Am I Your Stepchild?, One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below), Blowin' In The Wind, I Want You, Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power), Masters Of War, Just Like A Woman, Baby Stop Crying, All Along The Watchtower, All I Really Want To Do, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Forever Young, E: Changing Of The Guards
Set 3
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Set 1Kiss Of Death
Unchain The Night
Just Got Lucky
Into The Fire
Alone Again
It's Not Love
Burning Like A Flame
Lightning Strikes Again
In My Dreams
Unchain The Night
Just Got Lucky
Into The Fire
Alone Again
It's Not Love
Burning Like A Flame
Lightning Strikes Again
In My Dreams
Set 2
Set 3
Set 1Subterranean Homesick Blues, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Masters Of War, The Man In Me, Had A Dream About You Baby, Ballad Of A Thin Man
Set 2Love Minus Zero/No Limit, Mr. Tambourine Man, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, Girl From The North Country
Set 3I Shall Be Released, Silvio, Like A Rolling Stone, E: The Times They Are A-Changin', Barbara Allen, Maggie's Farm
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Set 1Kings Highway
Too Good To Be True
I Won't Back Down
Free Fallin'
Out In The Cold
Psychotic Reaction
Ben's Boogie
Don't Come Around Here No More
Learning To Fly
Listen To Her Heart
American Girl
Breakdown
You Are My Sunshine
Into The Great Wide Open
I'm Tired Joey Boy
Yer So Bad
You Got Lucky
Love Is A Long Road
Refugee
Runnin' Down A Dream
The Waiting
Built To Last
Makin' Some Noise
Too Good To Be True
I Won't Back Down
Free Fallin'
Out In The Cold
Psychotic Reaction
Ben's Boogie
Don't Come Around Here No More
Learning To Fly
Listen To Her Heart
American Girl
Breakdown
You Are My Sunshine
Into The Great Wide Open
I'm Tired Joey Boy
Yer So Bad
You Got Lucky
Love Is A Long Road
Refugee
Runnin' Down A Dream
The Waiting
Built To Last
Makin' Some Noise
Set 2
Set 3
Set 1Creatures Of The Night
Deuce
I Just Wanna
Unholy
Parasite
Heaven's On Fire
Christine Sixteen
Domino
Watchin' You
Hotter Than Hell
Firehouse
I Want You
Forever
War Machine
Rock And Roll Hell
Lick It Up
Take It Off
Cold Gin
Tears Are Falling
I Love It Loud
Detroit Rock City
Shout It Out Loud
Encore:
God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II
Love Gun
The Star-Spangled Banner
Deuce
I Just Wanna
Unholy
Parasite
Heaven's On Fire
Christine Sixteen
Domino
Watchin' You
Hotter Than Hell
Firehouse
I Want You
Forever
War Machine
Rock And Roll Hell
Lick It Up
Take It Off
Cold Gin
Tears Are Falling
I Love It Loud
Detroit Rock City
Shout It Out Loud
Encore:
God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II
Love Gun
The Star-Spangled Banner
Set 1Crackerman
Meatplow
Tumble In The Rough
Vasoline
Silvergun Superman
Wicked Garden
Daisy
Dancing Days [Led Zeppelin]
Creep
Pretty Penny
Seven Caged Tigers
Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Plush
Piece Of Pie
Big Empty
Interstate Love Song
Lounge Fly
Unglued
Big Bang Baby
Dead & Bloated
N.W.O. [Ministry] jam
Sex Type Thing
Meatplow
Tumble In The Rough
Vasoline
Silvergun Superman
Wicked Garden
Daisy
Dancing Days [Led Zeppelin]
Creep
Pretty Penny
Seven Caged Tigers
Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Plush
Piece Of Pie
Big Empty
Interstate Love Song
Lounge Fly
Unglued
Big Bang Baby
Dead & Bloated
N.W.O. [Ministry] jam
Sex Type Thing
Set 2
Set 3
Set 1Intro
Jesus Frankenstein
Superbeast
Scum Of The Earth
Its Halloween
Living Dead Girl
More Human Than Human
Banter
Sick Bubble Gum
Demon Speeding
Drum Solo
Mars Needs Women
Pussy Liquor
Never Gonna Stop
Guitar Solo
Thunder Kiss '65
Encore
Werewolf Women Of The SS
Encore:
Dragula
House Of 1000 Corpses
Jesus Frankenstein
Superbeast
Scum Of The Earth
Its Halloween
Living Dead Girl
More Human Than Human
Banter
Sick Bubble Gum
Demon Speeding
Drum Solo
Mars Needs Women
Pussy Liquor
Never Gonna Stop
Guitar Solo
Thunder Kiss '65
Encore
Werewolf Women Of The SS
Encore:
Dragula
House Of 1000 Corpses
Set 1Passenger >
The Music Never Stopped >
Crazy Fingers >
The Race Is On
Peaceful Valley >
Black-Throated Wind >
Sugaree >
Bertha
The Music Never Stopped >
Crazy Fingers >
The Race Is On
Peaceful Valley >
Black-Throated Wind >
Sugaree >
Bertha
Set 2Jam >
Truckin' >
New Speedway Boogie>
Cosmic Charlie
Something
The Mountain Song >
Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain
Standing On The Moon >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
And We Bid You Goodnight
Encore:
Phil Organ Donor Rap
U.S. Blues
Truckin' >
New Speedway Boogie>
Cosmic Charlie
Something
The Mountain Song >
Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain
Standing On The Moon >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
And We Bid You Goodnight
Encore:
Phil Organ Donor Rap
U.S. Blues
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