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Curtis Ensler's Collection

Bruce Springsteen   08/14/1985

Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
Media DVD   2 discs
J-Card Comment Title: Live on the Born in the USA Tour (Watchdog)

Info from: http://www.brucedvds.net/DVDIndex/detail.php?detail=423&hits=true

Discs: 2
Format: NTSC
Mode: SP
Generation: 3rd/4th
Video: pro-shot
Audio: soundboard
Menu: authored
Chapters: songs
Video Rating: 7/10
Audio Rating: 6/10
Production Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 7/10

Description: The pro shot footage of the complete ‘Born in the USA’ show in Philadelphia is one of the most well known and widely circulated ‘unofficial’ Springsteen videos. The original source was apparently a VHS recording of a stadium sky box feed, but all versions to date have suffered heavily from interference on the image.
This new version from the ‘Watchdog’ label claims to be taken from a newly discovered low generation tape. The picture quality is undoubtedly cleaner than we have ever seen before, but there is still quite a bit of interference present. There is also a noticeable loss in picture detail compared to previous versions. This has led to the suspicion that this might just be the same generation that we have seen before, but cleaned up with digital filtering. Worse still, the sound quality is significantly poorer than earlier releases.

The DVD also includes the previously circulated pro shot footage from Charlotte earlier the same year. It is a distant view from a single camera at the back of the arena. The low definition image and good soundboard audio are the same quality as we have seen on other versions.

˜Live on the Born in the USA Tour" version of the Philadelphia footage definitely looks different and can probably be considered an upgrade, but the feeling you are most likely to have after viewing this is disappointment that the quality is not better.

It should be noted that this was released by ‘Watchdog’ as a single pressed DVD9, but has been split across two DVD-Rs to make trading easier. This has resulted in the sub menus on Disc 2 listing the tracks from the whole set, but obviously only the second half can be selected.


CONTENTS:

DVD 1
1. Born in the USA
2. Badlands
3. Out in the Street
4. Johnny 99
5. Seeds
6. Atlantic City
7. The River
8. Working on the Highway
9. Trapped
10. Darlington County
11. Glory Days
12. The Promised Land
13. My Hometown
14. Thunder Road
15. Cover Me
16. Dancing in the Dark
17. Hungry Heart
18. Cadillac Ranch


DVD 2
1. Downbound Train
2. I'm on Fire
3. Pink Cadillac
4. Bobby Jean
5. This Land is Your Land
6. Born to Run
7. Ramrod
8. Twist & Shout / Do You Love Me
9. Sherry Darling

BONUS TRACKS
(from Charlotte, NC, The Coliseum, Jan.-16 1985)
10. Darlington County (1-16-85)
11. Johnny 99 (1-16-85)
12. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1-16-85)
13. Reason To Believe (1-16-85)
14. Johnny Bye Bye (1-16-85)
15. Out In The Street (1-16-85)
16. Glory Days (1-16-85)
17. The Promised Land (1-16-85)
18. Dancing In The Dark (cut, 1-16-85)
19. Hungry Heart (1-16-85)
20. Cadillac Ranch (1-16-85)
Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Curtis Ensler · Last Updated May 23, 2023