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Stuart Ferguson's Collection

Bruce Springsteen   08/19/1978

The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Source Soundboard and Audience matrix
Media CDR   2 discs
Notes DVD 2332; lineage: Fanatic Records Hybrid Remaster Edition. Sourced from Ed Sciaky's Master Reel and
The soundboard from "The New Jersey Devil" Golden Stars. Ed Sciaky's Master Reel - flac>Wav>Wave editor>flac, "The Jersey Devil" - EAC>wav>Wave Editor>magix>flac, Trader's Little Helper used for correcting Sector boundary errors
J-Card Comment The two sources used for this project was the long existing soundboard from ìThe Jersey Devilî and the recently surfaced (incomplete) master reel from Ed Sciakyís private collection.
ìThe Jersey Devilî release from Golden Stars was sourced from the soundboard and although a nice recording, it had heavy tape hiss. Another flaw was that the pitch on the first 2:21
of Growiní Up ran fast. That flaw has been corrected! In addition, the audience source used for Prove It All Night was always in question. After the Ed Sciaky master reel surfaced, it
was obvious that Prove It All Night from ìThe Jersey Devilî was in fact a fake, coming from a totally different show. From Ed Sciakyís reel Prove It all Night is just slightly
incomplete, but now at least itís authentic. On disc one all tracks are from the Ed Sciaky master reel and no EQ whatever was done. The Ed Sciaky source had Born To Run grafted onto
the end of Sherry Darling. So in regards to editing I split those tracks and added the other source to make the track sequence correct and complete.

On disc 2 all tracks except, Born To Run, are from ìThe Jersey Devilî soundboard and EQ was done including tape hiss reduction. I opted to use Sherry Darling from ìThe Jersey Devil"
source although Ed Sciakyís had better clarity. The problem with Sherry Darling from Edís reel was that there was a subtle sound fluctuation. This may have been due to some tape
degradation over the years. Thunder Road fades in on both sources and Quarter To Three fades out. It would have been a real treat to have the complete show from Ed Sciakyís reel. But,
in the end we have a near complete show coming from the best 2 available sources. I hope this hybrid-remaster gives you the best listening pleasure possible from this classic 1978
Philly show!
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 2332
Owned by Stuart Ferguson · Last Updated May 23, 2023