No Nukes Concerts, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 9-21-1979 to 9-22-1979: Bruce Springsteen

Here's another album in my 1979 No Nukes concerts series, but this one is a little different. As I mentioned in my write-up for the first album in this series (the John Hall one), I noted that the No Nukes concerts seem mostly forgotten today, with the exception of Bruce Springsteen's performances. Some video and audio from his two sets made a splash back then, and in 1979, selections of those sets were officially released on the album "The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts." Furthermore, soundboard quality versions of his entire sets are frequently bootlegged, while virtually nothing else from the No Nukes concerts are.

Springsteen and his E Street Band played two sets in these concerts, one on September 21st and the other on September 22nd. He was a really big star back then, so he was allowed to play for over an hour both times. I considered posting one or both of his two sets, but I decided to go in a different direction. I looked at what got included on the "The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts" album, and realized that it was about half of everything he played. He largely played the same songs both nights, with some exceptions, and the official album didn't have two versions of any one song. 

So I put together an album of all the songs NOT on the official album. After doing that, I realized it made a very nice album, all by itself. He really was on fire with these two shows, so even the "outtakes" were still pretty great. I'm sure that when it came to picking which versions to use for the official album, it was usually a case of flipping a coin, because both versions were excellent.

Thus, this is meant to be a companion to the "The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts" album. Between that and this, you'll have every performance Springsteen and the E Street Band did those two nights. Tracks one through 11 are from the September 21st show, and the rest are from the September 22nd show.

Note that Jackson Browne was regularly playing the classic soul song "Stay" in his concerts, as part of a medley. So when Springsteen played that song, he brought Browne out to help him sing it. Tom Petty actually was on stage for that song too, but it seems all he did was strum his guitar some, so I didn't include his name in the song credits.

This album is an hour and 13 minutes long. By comparison, the official album is an hour and a half long. It has a few songs that were only played once over both shows, like "Detroit Medley," "Quarter to Three," and "Rave On."

01 talk (Bruce Springsteen)
02 Prove It All Night (Bruce Springsteen)
03 Badlands (Bruce Springsteen)
04 talk (Bruce Springsteen)
05 The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen)
06 talk (Bruce Springsteen)
07 The River (Bruce Springsteen)
08 talk (Bruce Springsteen)
09 Sherry Darling (Bruce Springsteen)
10 talk (Bruce Springsteen)
11 Stay (Bruce Springsteen with Jackson Browne)
12 Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
13 Jungleland (Bruce Springsteen)
14 Rosalita [Come Out Tonight] (Bruce Springsteen)
15 Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16250073/VA-NONUKS1979MdisnSqurGrdnNwYrkC__9-21___9-22-1979_BrceSprngstenatse.zip.html

The cover photo is from one of Springsteen's two No Nukes concerts, but I don't know which one.