Palace Theatre, Albany 1977 Explained

Palace Theatre, Albany 1977
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Cover:	Brucealbany1977.jpg
Released:	August 2017
Recorded:	February 7, 1977
Venue:	Palace Theatre, Albany, NY
Genre:	Rock
Producer:	Chas Gerber
Prev Title:	Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/09
Prev Year:	2017
Next Title:	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 1977
Next Year:	2017

Palace Theatre, Albany 1977 is a live album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, released in August 2017.^[1] It is the fifteenth such release by the Bruce Springsteen Archives. The show was recorded on February 7, 1977 at the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY and is the first-ever soundboard recording to surface from the 1977 tour which features early renditions of “Something In The Night,” “Rendezvous” and “The Promise” along with the unreleased original “Action In The Streets” featuring the Miami Horns.

The concert is available on CD and digital download at live.brucespringsteen.net.^[2] and as a bundle titled Action in the Streets which also includes Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 1977.

Track listing

All songs by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted.

Main set

1. "Something in the Night" – 6:06
2. "Spirit in the Night" – 6:59
3. "Rendezvous" – 3:31
4. "It's My Life" – 13:21
   • originally written by Brill Building, Roger Atkins and Carl D'Errico, and recorded by The Animals
5. "Thunder Road" – 6:39
6. "Mona" – 4:27
   • originally written by Ellas McDaniel, and recorded by Bo Diddley
7. "She's the One" – 6:15
8. "The Promise" – 6:12
9. "Backstreets" – 12:26
10. "Growin' Up" – 9:43
11. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" – 4:52
12. "Jungleland" – 10:48
13. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" – 10:19
14. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" – 7:29
15. "Action in the Streets" – 4:14
16. "Born to Run" – 3:53

Personnel

The E Street Band

• Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, electric guitar, harmonica, piano
• Roy Bittan – piano, backing vocals
• Clarence Clemons – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophones, percussion, background vocals
• Garry Tallent – bass guitar
• Steven Van Zandt – electric guitar, background vocals
• Danny Federici – organ, glockenspiel, accordion
• Max Weinberg – drums

Miami Horns

• Ed De Palma – saxophone
• John Binkley – trumpet
• Steve Paraczky – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Dennis Orlock – trombone

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bruce Springsteen & the e Street Band - February 7, 1977 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY .
2. Web site: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Palace Theatre, Albany 1977.