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Live at the Main Point, 1975 [Live]

Bruce Springsteen Audio CD
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In the decades following his emergence on the national scene in 1975, Bruce Springsteen proved to be that rarity among popular musicians, an artist who maintained his status as a frontline recording and performing star, consistently selling millions of albums and selling out arenas and stadiums around the world year after year, as well as retaining widespread ... Read more in Amazon's Bruce Springsteen Store

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  • Audio CD (25 April 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Live
  • Label: Left Field Media
  • ASIN: B004OWPWEO
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 7,763 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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106 of 106 people found the following review helpful
By Red on Black TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
If you are a long standing Bruce Springsteen fan it would be surprising if this "bootleg" album has not crossed your path some time in the last 30 years in one of its many guises. It has been previously titled "Prodigal Son At The Main Point - February 5th, 1975", "The Saint, The Incident & The Main Point Shuffle" and most famously "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star". What we have here is one of Springsteen's most famous live bootlegs recorded on the cusp of him becoming one of rock's great poets and icons, in short a fascinating document of evolving songs which are about to become legendary.

This is the great man shortly following Jon Landau's famous/infamous "Born to Run" proclamation that "I have seen the future of rock n roll and its name is Bruce Springsteen". Recorded live at the Main Point club in Brynmawr (yes the Welsh get everywhere), Pennsylvania, February 5th, 1975 and broadcast across the area on FM Broadcast WMMR - Main Point benefit show. Springsteen was at this gig still trailing new songs for Born to Run and thus we see the premiere of Thunder Road, actually called at that time Wings For Wheels and containing a very different verse and lyric structure. There are also pretty faithful roll outs of the early live versions of "Born To Run" and "Jungleland". There are in addition covers including a raved-up version of Harold Dorman's 1960 hit "Mountain Of Love.", and a brilliant take on Bob Dylan's "I Want You'. At the time of course many Springsteen supporters seemed to go out of their way to write off any connection between the music of these two great artists, well here it is in all its glory.

Perhaps the most special of the nicely spruced up recordings here are associated with one of Springsteen's most underrated album "The Wild. The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. It is your reviewers all time favourite "Boss" album that is packed with great music particularly two songs which would make any self respecting Springsteen top 10 - namely New York City Serenade and Rosalita. The latter is so well known because of the famous Old Grey Whistle Test video of one of Springsteen's Arizona concerts when he is mobbed on stage by female fan after female fan while he and the E Street Band demonstrate the true redemptive power of rock n roll. In this excellent live version he manages to introduce a segment of the "Theme from Shaft' and after all these years you still smile like a blithering idiot when he emphatically announces that "the record company Rosie, gave me a big advance". "New York city serenade" was always a long song but here it is turned into 20 minutes of rare beauty including a monologue and a building piano which climaxes as Bruce sings, "This is midnight in Manhattan, it's no time to get cute," with the force of nature that is the E Street Band rising up and flexing all their muscles. Frankly it is as good as it gets and worth the price of the album in its entirety.

Other great highlights include the opener "Incident On 57th Street" which is different to the album version and probably better. A very dramatic "For You" sees Springsteen at his most passionate while the encore Back in the USA would have clearly caused structural damage to the building! Live at the Main Point according to Uncut sees the transition from Bruce Springsteen to the "Boss". It also shows that only a short point into his career that he and the E Street Band had already become supreme masters of stagecraft. You don't need me to tell you what to do next...
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars gwt this while you can 28 April 2011
By AFG
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have little to add to Red on Black's detailed review, but this is certainly a magnificent concert and recording. Suki Lahav's violin makes some of these songs skin tingling. She was only with the live band for six months, and very little of her is on the studio recordings.

It is great to have an official version of this concert.
My concern if you haven't rushed out to buy this yet is how official it actually is, as it is not mentioned on Bruce's website.
I recommend you get it as soon as possible in case it disappears.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Staggering - buy it, quick! 11 May 2011
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The other reviews here are all correct. This is a contender for the best live album ever recorded - easily up there with The Who's "Live at Leeds" and Dylan's Manchester '66.

It may even be the best Springsteen album bar none. Certainly, if I could only have one, I'd have this one. Maybe this is because by far my favourite period for The Boss is 1974/75 - the "Wild, Innocent"/"Born to Run" era (I've always hated the horrible 80s production on albums like "Born in the USA", for example).

To these ears, some of the "Greetings From Asbury Park" songs sounded rather weedy in their original studio incarnations - here they get the full-blown E Street Band treatment and they really come alive. "Kitty's Back" (from "The Wild...") blows the studio version into small fragments. And the (then brand-new) "Born to Run" songs are a fascinating blend of the finished article and work-in-progress. Not to mention some inspired covers, of which Dylan's "I Want You" is the standout.

I initially feared that the violin would sound incongruous here, but it certainly does not - it absolutely MAKES several of the songs, in fact.

I'm sure this won't be available for long (doesn't even exist on the US Amazon site), so like everybody else says - just buy it, you won't be sorry.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to your Springsteen collection
I love this. I've never been to a Springsteen concert so these live doscs are the next best thing. Brilliant.
Published 2 months ago by Alison
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT VINYL BOX SET
great item a if your a Bruce Springsteen collector, a lavish box set well worth the money. Just drop the needle and play.
Published 3 months ago by robert flynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album
A must for all Springsteen fans.
Great to hear The Boss just as good as always and singing the early versions and lyrics of some of his classic songs. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. R. Baillon
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb... for unconditional fans
I'd say this one is a must for anyone who likes "Asbury Park" and "The Wild and the Innocent", but probably not for anyone who has never really got into those two first albums, and... Read more
Published 11 months ago by T. Walton
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great look back at his early stuff
Going to see Bruce in 2012, I was interested to see what he was like in his early days on stage. This album gives a sense of the atmosphere and catches a number of great songs that... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tony
5.0 out of 5 stars The Main Man @ The Main Point
For all Bruce fans. This is the concert before the legendary release of Born to Run. In fact some of the songs were still being worked out; for example 'Wings for Wheels'... Read more
Published 15 months ago by J. E. Page
5.0 out of 5 stars EArly BRRRRRRuce LIVE
Very good sound quality of early long show of Bruce Springsteen and E street band. Famous show among Bruce fans and this cd captures the very essence of Bruce live.
Published 20 months ago by Jo-Ann Pomilla
5.0 out of 5 stars Bruce Springsteen Live at the Maine Point 1975
What can I add to the other reviews here? This is a superb album that any Springsteen fan should own. Read more
Published 21 months ago by K. Ford
5.0 out of 5 stars Live At Main Point 1975
For a 'Bootleg' the quality of this recording is remarkable. Some of the Boss' finest early tunes are played in their rawest form before becoming more refined on his later album. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. K. Short
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Early Day Bruce
Great album from the early days. Interesting to hear the early versions of BTR classics such as Thunder Road and a take on the Promise, now famous from the Darkness box set and... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Michael Heegaard
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