Soundboard and multi-track audio recording of the entire show, and four-camera professionally-shot video comprised of twenty-three songs are available. Audio recording of “Badlands" from this show (minus spoken intro) was officially released on the Live 1975-85 box set. The 160-minute film was officially released on DVD and Blu-ray as part of The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box-set. A complete video of "Ramrod" was posted to YouTube on the 35th anniversary of the show, followed by "The River" on November 16 and "Out In The Street" on December 1. Shot on three-quarter-inch U-matic videotape for promotional use according to Thom Zimny, for posterity according to Springsteen. Ten songs are missing from the thirty-three song set: "Darkness On The Edge Of Town", "Independence Day", "Factory", "Racing In The Street", "Candy's Room", "The Ties That Bind", "Stolen Car", "Wreck On The Highway", "Point Blank" and "Backstreets". Thom Zimny has stated that these songs were not filmed. It seems possible that the four songs from Darkness On The Edge Of Town were not required for a film shot to promote The River, and some of the other songs may have been too dark and poorly lit. Our information previously noted that the show was filmed by producer/director Howard Lamden (who also served as Executive Editor). Lamden had previously filmed Pink Floyd and was the Director of Jackson Browne’s early 80s Downtown documentary. However, the credits clearly note that Barry Rebo produced and directed the video footage, and was assisted by his crew. Rebo was a longtime Springsteen fan and was responsible for filming concerts and recording sessions throughout the 70s. The very brief snippets of River Tour performance footage seen in the promotional ‘10 Years Burning Down The Road’ advertisement for the Live 1975-85 box set emanate from the film of this concert (see the Media-tab for this advertisement). Another tantalizing snippet believed to be from this show can be seen in the 2012 documentary Wrecking Ball: A Conversation With Bruce Springsteen.
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: 0:57:25
Note: Multi-track audio mixed by Bob Clearmountain of the ten songs not captured on video. These ten songs in MP3 were initially available as a free download.
Soundboard tape available on CDs 'Heart and Soul' (E Street) and 'Live In Tempe' (Palace), and remastered on CDR 'Love Soul & A Broken Heart' (Ev2). Brucebase also believes that some of the concert was filmed from the audience.