BOTTOM LINE BORN TOUR RUN TOUR POSTER 13-17 AUGUST 1975

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Title: BOTTOM LINE BORN TOUR RUN TOUR POSTER 13-17 AUGUST 1975

Year: 1975
Condition: Excellent - Packaging: Paper
Country: USA

1975-08-13 - BOTTOM LINE, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Early (1st) Show: THUNDER ROAD / WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM

Late (2nd) Show: FOR YOU / TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THEN SHE KISSED ME / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE / NIGHT / WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM / THE E STREET SHUFFLE / THUNDER ROAD / BORN TO RUN / KITTY'S BACK / SHE'S THE ONE / NEW YORK CITY SERENADE / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / QUARTER TO THREE

Two separate admission shows, 8:30pm and 11:30pm. Opening of an historic 5 night (10 show) residency at the club. Springsteen & The E Street Band had previously played a 3 night (6 show) residency here in July 1974. Bottom Line co-owner Alan Pepper was offered the chance to host Bruce and the band at the club by Sam McKeith (Bruce's booking agent at William Morris) one morning by phone. Colombia Records bought a quarter of the 500 tickets available for the stand, a perfect opportunity to expose employees and journalists to the upcoming talent of Springsteen. There is no circulating audio of either show on this opening night. The 18 song late show setlist above is supplied by a contributor to Killing Floor. Opener "For You" is played by Bruce alone at the piano. If accurate, these shows would include first live performances of "When You Walk In The Room", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" and "Night". "Thunder Road" is the slow version with Roy on piano and Bruce on harmonica and vocals.

1975-08-14 - BOTTOM LINE, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Early (1st) Show: TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THEN SHE KISSED ME / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / THE E STREET SHUFFLE / NIGHT / SHE'S THE ONE / BORN TO RUN / THUNDER ROAD / KITTY'S BACK / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / QUARTER TO THREE

Two separate admission shows, 8:30pm and 11:30pm. There is no audio of the second (late) show in circulation and its setlist is undocumented. The first (early) show exists on a very good quality audience recording, although it's slightly marred by cuts in "She's The One" and "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)". This early show contains the first verified live performance of "Night". "Thunder Road" is the slow version with Roy on piano and Bruce on harmonica and vocals. "Kitty's Back" includes a brief excerpt of Carole King's composition "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby". The early show is available on the CDR boot �Runaway American Dreams' (Doberman) and "Night" (Fanatic) from Joe Kivak's master cassettes.

1975-08-15 - BOTTOM LINE, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Early (1st) Show: TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THEN SHE KISSED ME / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / THE E STREET SHUFFLE / WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM / SHE'S THE ONE / BORN TO RUN / THUNDER ROAD / KITTY'S BACK / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / QUARTER TO THREE

Late (2nd) Show: TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THEN SHE KISSED ME / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM / ROUTE 66 / THE E STREET SHUFFLE / FOR YOU / THUNDER ROAD / BORN TO RUN / BACKSTREETS / KITTY'S BACK / SHE'S THE ONE / NEW YORK CITY SERENADE / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / QUARTER TO THREE / TWIST AND SHOUT

Two separate admission shows, 8:30pm. and 11:30pm. The first (early) show was broadcast live by New York's influential WNEW-FM, and it was a cannibalized home taping of this show off the radio that appeared on the very first-ever Springsteen vinyl bootleg �Bruce Springsteen Live' (Coral Records) in late 1975. However this boot, as well as countless permutations of the performance that came afterwards, was heavily edited, with no in-between song chatter/stories and, in some instances, tracks missing. However the best sound quality release of this show, including (for the first time ever) the entire broadcast without edits, can be found on the CDR "The Way It Was - The Complete Bottom Line Broadcast", and subsequently the CD �The Punk Meets The Godfather' (Godfather). No audio of the late (2nd) show circulates, but the setlist above has been contributed to Killing Floor by an attendee. "For You" is performed solo at the piano, while "Thunder Road" is full-band at the late show (it is the slow version with Roy on piano and Bruce on harmonica and vocals at the early show). The setlist would also include the only known 1975 performance of the rhythm and blues standard "Route 66".

1975-08-16 - BOTTOM LINE, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Early (1st) Show: TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THEN SHE KISSED ME / IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / SHA LA LA / THE E STREET SHUFFLE / WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM / SHE'S THE ONE / BORN TO RUN / THUNDER ROAD / KITTY'S BACK / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / UP ON THE ROOF / QUARTER TO THREE

Late (2nd) Show: THE E STREET SHUFFLE / JUNGLELAND

Two separate admission shows, 8:30pm. and 11:30pm. There is no circulating audio from the second (late) show. The two songs listed above are from an attendee recollection - thanks Cliff. Click the link above to view some of Cliff's excellent photographs from the late show. The first (early) show previously existed only as audience tape of less that ideal quality - muddy sounding and had incomplete recordings of "Kitty's Back", "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" and "Up On The Roof". However, the complete show is now available on CDR "I Was A Thriller" (Fanatic) from the master cassettes. This version is a significant audio upgrade. This early show features the first confirmed version of Ike & Tina Turner's early '60s hit "It's Gonna Work Out Fine". Some of these tracks are on the CD �Runaway American Dreams' (Doberman).

At least one show from the 16th was filmed in colour by Barry Rebo. It is unknown how much he shot. A few seconds of "Born To Run" can be seen in Wings For Wheels, the Born To Rundocumentary included in the 25th Anniversary box set. In addition, the complete "Thunder Road", which is played in the slow version featuring Roy on piano and Bruce on harmonica and vocals, and "When You Walk In The Room" were shown by Thom Zimny at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame discussion in June 2009. It is possible that Rebo also shot other shows of the Bottom Line stand. In fact, Bottom Line co-owner Alan Pepper was interviewed in a 1995 issue of Backstreets magazine. In the interview Pepper says of the 1975 Bottom Line stand: "...most fans don't realize that video of those shows also exists. Bruce had the shows videotaped and he owns the tapes." Alan Pepper clearly says "shows" - this suggests that more than one show was filmed for posterity. Two excellent quality 'rogue' soundboard tracks have recently surfaced among collectors and are likely to be from one of the 1975 Bottom Line shows that have not circulated on audio in any way before. Brucebase has placed this information here, but the two tracks ("Jungleland" and "The E Street Shuffle") could be from other dates at the Bottom Line. The monologue section of "The E Street Shuffle" is noticeably edited.

1975-08-17 - BOTTOM LINE, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Early (1st) Show: TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THEN SHE KISSED ME / IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / THE E STREET SHUFFLE / WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM / SHE'S THE ONE / BORN TO RUN / THUNDER ROAD / FOR YOU / KITTY'S BACK / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / QUARTER TO THREE

Late (2nd) Show: TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / THEN SHE KISSED ME / GROWIN' UP / IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY / IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE / instrumental / WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM / SHA LA LA / THE E STREET SHUFFLE / BORN TO RUN / THUNDER ROAD / SHE'S THE ONE / KITTY'S BACK / JUNGLELAND / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / QUARTER TO THREE / TWIST AND SHOUT

Two separate admission shows, 8:30pm. and 11:30pm. There is no circulating audio from the second (late) show, but the 19 song setlist above has been supplied by a contributor to Killing Floor. The identity of the "instrumental" is uncertain, but it could be "A Love So Fine". The first (early) show circulates only as an audience recording, but one that seems to capture the full show - this complete audio is available on the CDR "'When You Walk In The Room'. Some of the tracks are found on the CD �Runaway American Dreams' (Doberman). A recent release 'Coastline To The City' on the Kivak Master Series is well worth acquiring with much improved sound quality. "Thunder Road" is the slow version with Roy on piano and Bruce on harmonica and vocals. A fan remembers "We had tickets for both shows on August 17 so they let us stay between shows. We grabbed the seats right at Bruce's feet for the finale. It was the first time that I noticed that Bruce's sneakers didn't match. He sang half of "Spirit In The Night" sprawled out on our table. I remember letting a photographer come in a take a bunch of photos while leaning on me and crouching between our seats. Years later I found out how good he was when I discovered the classic photo of my wife staring up at Bruce in Hilburn's book (somewhere around page 84). Rolling Stone used it for the inside cover in the Greatest Shows of All Time issue, Hendrix at Monterrey was the cover. Several years after that another shot of Christine turned up on Legends on VH-1 as well as a great shot of my best friend and I from the early show".