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Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2CD) | 
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| Artist: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
Category: Music
List Price: CDN$ 23.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1858
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 77995
UPC: 828767799520
EAN: 0082876779952
ASIN: B000E97X66
Release Date: February 28, 2006
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Thunder Road | | • | Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out | | • | Spirit In The Night | | • | Lost In The Flood | | • | She's The One | | • | Born To Run | | • | The E Street Shuffle | | • | It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City | | • | Backstreets |
Disc 2
| • | Kitty's Back | | • | Jungleland | | • | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | | • | 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | | • | Detroit Medley | | • | For You | | • | Quarter To Three |
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| Customer Reviews:
"Sparks fly on E Street..." December 23, 2006
Dale Turner (Kelowna British Columbia)
in 1975, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rolled into London for their first ever visit to Europe. they were on tour to promote the recently released "Born to Run" album and the hype in the British press was overwhelming. as the press often does, there was a sense that they were building them up so they could knock them back down again. upstart Americans and all that.
this is a band with something to prove. they sound nervous and at times it seems like they're about to go off the rails, but they definitely smoked up the joint. they're obviously not as tight as they would become, but considering that three of the musicians had been in the band less than a year they were already a rip snortin' road band who could stand with the best of them. (Roy Bittan, piano; Max Weinberg, drums; Miami Steve Van Zandt, guitar - although Steve and Bruce were old friends and had played together before. in fact, Steve only joined the band when the "Born to Run" record was almost completed.)
Clarence Clemons is definitely the star of the show (other than Bruce, of course) standing dead centre in the mix and blowing his heart out on almost every track.
the music is much more R&B influenced than it would be later in Springsteen's career and i hear Van Morrison's influence all over this, much like Bruce's second album, "The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle".
random thoughts:
some of the tunes, 'Born to Run' in particular, are taken at rampaging tempos which adds to the sense of being practically out of control.
'The E Street Shuffle' is reworked from a rollicking soul tune to a Drifters style ballad (ala 'Up on the Roof').
it's great to have a version of the 'Detroit Medley' which is basically Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels' 'Devil With a Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly/Jenny Take a Ride' medley that was a mainstay of the E Street repertoire for years.
there's a long, smokin', version of 'Kitty's Back' with keyboard solos (Danny Federici on organ and Roy Bittan piano) and Bruce and Clarence jam on 'Moondance' half way through the song.
they quote Isaac Hayes' 'Theme from Shaft' in the middle of a blistering version of 'Rosalita'.
it's also nice to have live versions of some of the tunes from the first two albums that are not on the "Live 75-85" box set. i.e., 'Lost in the Flood', 'Kitty's Back'.
conclusion:
for all of Springsteen's side trips into "folk music" for lack of a better term ("Nebraska", "The Ghost of Tom Joad"), THIS is where he really belongs. fronting the E Street band and going for broke.
Truly an amazing record July 23, 2006
Halloween Head (San Diego, CA)
From the opening, the haunting Thunder Road, to the rest of the album the listener is taken on a wild ride. The album is full of great moments, the spine-shivering sax solo of Jungeland...the cosmic bravado of Spirits in the Night..the raw energy of Kitty's Back...the vocals of Springsteen on Backstreets and the list can go on and on. The E Street Band flows efortlessly through the amazing setlist adding a sound that is simply ethereal. This is simply a great, great record not just for Springsteen standards but in general. It captures the energy & the talent that Springsteen has been delivering for 4 decades and stands as one of the great American artists of all time.
excellent!!! April 29, 2006
Vince Beaudoin Jr.
This is one of the best live albums i ever heard if not the best a must have for any Bruce fan.
ROCK 'N ROLL SUPREME March 1, 2006
Music Vet (Mississauga, Ontario Canada)
Talk about your glory days! Before "Born in the U.S.A." vaulted them into megastardom, The Boss and the band were the best working road band ever. His concerts were legendary. This CD set documents their arrival to London in 1975 and a concert that blows the lid off the Hammersmith Odeon. The arrangements are cluttered, the guitars loud and sloppy and the Big Man blows throughout. You couldn't ask for anything more. THE BEST LIVE RECORDING EVER of the E Street band.
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