EAST BERLIN 88 xp                                                                          19/07/1988

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Venue: Radrennbahn Weissennsee,

Location: Berlin, Germany

Nº DVDs: 2

Menu: NO

Chapters: songs

Video: proshot from broadcast

Audio: soundboard broadcast

SET LIST

DVD ONE

1-  Badlands

2-  Out in the street

3-  Boom Boom

4-  The river

5-  The promised land

6-  Spare parts

7-  War

8-  Born in the U.S.A

9-  Chimes of freedom

10-  Paradise by the C

11-  I'm a coward

DVD TWO

1-  I'm on fire

2-  Dancing in the dark

3-  Light of day

4-  Born to run

5-  Hungry heart

6-  Glory days

7-  Can't help falling in love with you

8-  Bobby Jean

9-  Cadillac ranch

10-  Tenth avenue freeze-out

11-  Sweet soul music

12-  Twist and shout

COMMENTS

This show was partially broadcast on East German television and radio. It is not the full concert. There were 10 songs apparently not broadcast. Of the versions that are circulating on DVD, this version has the 2 songs (Out in the Street and Boom Boom) missing from the 1 disc version. This is the only time on the tour that Out in the Street is played. There is a graphic at the beginning of each song with the name of the song. The concert is a very nice pro-shot film and this is a very good quality version. The filming has a lot of crowd shots and close ups of people in the audience - probably half the footage is of the audience! The parts that are of the band concentrate on Bruce so there ends up being little time left for the rest of the band. There is an interview from German TV on this version, between Hungry Heart and Glory Days.

Paradise By The C and I'm a Coward are very spirited versions and Can't Help Falling in Love With You is a sentimental favorite with the audience waving sparklers. This is the best quality of the 3 versions. I'm not sure it is good enough to be from a master tape though.

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