This show was also one of the main source concerts for the official Live/1975-85 box set, which includes no less than eight recordings from this show - "Spirit In The Night", "Paradise By The "C"", "Adam Raised A Cain", "Growin' Up" (with a few cuts in the middle-part "lawyer" story), "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City", a heavily edited "Backstreets" with the "Sad Eyes" sequence removed and part of the third verse switched with a different performance, "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" and "Raise Your Hand", as well as the spoken introduction to "Fire". Another performance recorded that night, "For You", was later released as a B-side/bonus track on 7"/12" vinyl worldwide, and on CD on the Japan only Live Collection EP. In addition, a short live excerpt from this show (Bruce’s speech given after "Badlands" about a photo recently taken of him) was officially - and exclusively - released on a promotion-only 7" flexidisc issued to subscribers of Austrian pop magazine Rennbahn Express in June 1981. "Spirit In The Night" and "Backstreets" are available on the PBS Exclusive EP limitedly released in 2005.
Official concert recording available for purchase in multiple formats, including CD and high definition audio, from Springsteen's official live download site at nugs.net/bruce (previously live.brucespringsteen.net).
- Running Time: 3:06:17
Note: Also part of the 'Darkness on The Edge Of Town Tour 1978 8-Show CD Box Set', available on February 1, 2021 via Nugs.
Originally broadcast on KMET FM Radio.
The broadcast and some recordings of "Point Blank" and "Thunder Road" have been edited where the original broadcast suffered from interference. Prior to the release of the Official Live Download, this show only circulated as recordings from the radio broadcast unlike the other radio broadcasts from this tour for which pre-FM sources circulate. Recordings circulate on many unofficial LPs and on CDs 'Roxy Night' (Crystal Cat) and 'Hands Towards The Sky' (Lobster) and 'Roll Your Tapes' (Growin'), CDRs 'No Private Party. (Ev2) and most recently 'Out There In Radioland' (JEMS), a transfer from a first generation 7-1/2 IPS (inches per second) reel. Released to retail in the UK in February 2015 (RoxVox), and in May 2015 (Leftfield Media).