1975-08-16 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)

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Scheduled: 20:30 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

Info & Setlist | Venue

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First of two separate admission shows. The show is a sixteen-song set that includes the first confirmed performance of Ike & Tina Turner's early '60s hit "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" and the last confirmed performance of "Up On The Roof". "The E Street Shuffle" includes "Having A Party". "Thunder Road" is the slow arrangement with Roy on piano and Bruce on harmonica and vocals and a portion of "Pretty Flamingo" in the introduction. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" includes a snippet of Isaac Hayes's "Theme From Shaft" in the midsection.

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On Stage

• Bruce Springsteen
• The E Street Band
  • Roy Bittan
  • Clarence Clemons
  • Danny Federici
  • Garry Tallent
  • Steven Van Zandt
  • Max Weinberg

Setlist

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

No Handwritten or Printed Setlist available.

Performances

^{incl. Rehearsals.}

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• 1992-05-06 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY
• 1976-11-26 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1976-11-26 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)
• 1975-12-26 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY
• 1975-08-17 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1975-08-17 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)
• 1975-08-16 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1975-08-16 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)
• 1975-08-15 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1975-08-15 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)
• 1975-08-14 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1975-08-14 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)
• 1975-08-13 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1975-08-13 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)
• 1974-07-14 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1974-07-14 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)
• 1974-07-13 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1974-07-13 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)
• 1974-07-12 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Late)
• 1974-07-12 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY (Early)

Appearances

^{incl. Interviews and Recording-sessions.}

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• 1979-08-00 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY
• 1978-05-00 Bottom Line (The), New York City, NY

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Media

Recording

Audience tape for the early show (unbooted). 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 various CDRs including an unbooted source and more notably on 'I Was A Thriller' (Fanatic) from the master cassettes. This version is a significant audio upgrade. Some of these tracks are on the CD 'Runaway American Dreams' (Doberman).

At least one show from August 16 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 Run documentary included in the 30th Anniversary box set. In addition, the complete "Thunder Road" and "When You Walk In The Room" were shown by Thom Zimny at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame discussion in June 2009, and both "Then She Kissed Me" and "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" were shown during "Springsteen On Screen: From the Vault With Thom Zimny and Max Weinberg”, at the Pollack Theatre in Monmouth in September 2024. Springsteen's outfit visible in photographs of the late show match the short clip of "Born To Run", suggesting that the five tracks that are known to have been filmed were shot at the late show. It is possible that Rebo also shot other shows of the Bottom Line stand. In fact, Bottom Line co-owner Allan 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." Allan Pepper clearly says "shows" - this suggests that more than one show was filmed for posterity.

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