08.08.75 Akron, OH, intro to ´The E Street Shuffle´
´´Bam !….there I was going through the darkness…..three in the morning, the rain was falling like a hurricane….on Ocean Avenue down in Asbury Park….got my collar up against the wind….running down the street….and all of a sudden way down in the corner …..I see this white….this thing like, uh….it´s like an illusion or something, you know….(?) ghost….I don´t believe in ghosts and stuff like that….but it was like this big ghost….so I crossed the street….and this thing, it crossed the street….so just to be safe, I crossed back to the other side….and whatever it was, it crossed back to the other side….I started to worry a little bit but I was calm…..I rolled up my jacket, I ducked into the nearest doorway, figured I was gonna stand there and wait for it to pass by….(?) was happening down the street, I figured I was in trouble ….I huddled in the darkness of this doorway and along comes this figure walking like there´s no rain, walking like it´s a beautiful summer day….and turns around, faces off right in front of me….right in front of me, Steve, like right….I was standing there….so….I wasn´t, I wasn´t too scared, you know, I was like….I was a little scared because it was dark and (?) 135 (?) so (chuckles)….I took all my money….out of my pockets and threw it on the ground…..and just to be safe, I figured I might be up against some crazy, cool thief, I took off my coat…. threw that down on the ground too….didn´t take no chances but….but whatever it was, it didn´t move an inch…. and slowly it put out its hand to me….(?)….and slowly I turned….and step by step…..until ….until….until it was, it was like…..Sparks fly on E Street…..”
08.08.75 Akron, OH, intro to ´Then She Kissed Me´
´´This is one of my favorite songs….it was originally done….in the 60´s by….by, uh….the Crystals….”
08.08.75 Akron, OH, intro to ´Born to Run´
´´This is the title of my new album that should be out in about two, three weeks….it´s called, uh….´Born to Run´….”
08.08.75 Akron, OH, intro to ´unknown instrumental´
´´(?) don´t forget to tip the bartenders (?)….(Clarence: ´While Bruce is, uh, tied up in this thing, we´re gonna do a little….little groove here, you know….put your hands together, sit down a little bit…..everybody sit down there and (?) look at the person next to you and say ´Get down´….(?) put your hands together a little bit, it feels good too….)”
08.08.75 Akron, OH, middle of ´Kitty´s Back´
´´There I was….standing….on the Main Street down here in Akron…..everybody was giving me these…..hard looks, you know….I was standing there (chuckles) looking around….hey Clarence….Clarence, I was wishing you was with me…..I was standing there on the corner….and along comes this cat walking slow and cool….walks right up to me…..looks me in the face….Steven, I´m telling you it was….in my face…..the dude was (?)….then he said….you know what he said, Clarence ?….he said…..´Here she comes´….”
08.08.75 Akron, OH, intro to ´Rosalita´
´´(some people yell for ´Rosalita´) Clarence ?….Clarence ?….who ?….what´s that name ? ….I don´t know anyone by that name…..what´s her name ?….”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi