Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
Live 1975-1985
Released on November 10, 1986



"Tonight I’ll be on that hill `cause I can’t stop. I’ll be on that hill with everything I got
Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost
I’ll be there on time and I’ll pay the cost
For wanting things that can only be found in the darkness on the edge of town "

01. Thunder Road
02. Adam Raised A Cain
03. Spirit In The Night
04. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
05. Paradise by the "C"
06. Fire
07. Growin' Up
08. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
09. Backstreets
10. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
11. Raise Your Hand
12. Hungry Heart
13. Two Hearts

01. Cadillac Ranch
02. You Can Look
03. Independence Day
04. Badlands
05. Because The Night
06. Candy's Room
07. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
08. Racing In The Street
09. This Land Is Your Land
10. Nebraska
11. Johnny 99
12. Reason To Believe
13. Born In The USA
14. Seeds

01. The River
02. War
03. Darlington County
04. Working On The Highway
05. The Promised Land
06. Cover Me
07. I'm On Fire
08. Bobby Jean
09. My Hometown
10. Born To Run
11. No Surrender
12. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
13. Jersey Girl







With relatively few releases Springsteen had become legendary in concert and known to excell in three and four hour shows put on all over the world. But there wasn't much evidence of these live shows to the outside world (those that did not attend shows).

The fans had been asking for a "live" release for years and with hundreds of "bootleg" shows circulating throughout the Springsteen community it only primed appetites for more. Seldom did (and does) Springsteen and the band ever do a song in exactly the same way from concert to concert, and among his most ardent fans his "live" performances were most treasured. He was not excited about a "live" release and was more interested in experimentation and perfection of the band's sound in the studio. He did however change his mind when presented with the tape of a "live" 1975 solo rendition of "Thunder Road". He felt that any project involving a "live" release had to start with that song. He later said that he presented the band with the record saying that if anybody ever asked what they'd done with their lives, they could present them with the album as it captured Bruce and "The E-Street Band" at their finest.

The "Live 75-85" album debuted at number one and was considered to be a must have.