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1978-07-07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA (1978)

Where the lyrics of 1978-07-07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA take you, and where it was really made.

This live set was recorded at The Roxy in West Hollywood on July 7, 1978, and was first heard as a live broadcast on Los Angeles radio station KMET-FM.

Key places

The Roxy, July 7, 1978 (1978)

Recording site The Roxy Theatre — This live set was recorded at The Roxy in West Hollywood on July 7, 1978. The Wally Heider Mobile truck captured the concert, and the show was broadcast live on KMET-FM Los Angeles. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Live recording of a Bruce Springsteen concert at The Roxy, West Hollywood, California
• Concert date: July 7, 1978
• Recorded live with the Wally Heider Mobile truck
• Recording handled by Jimmy Iovine and crew
• Originally broadcast live on KMET-FM Los Angeles
• Mixed by Jon Altschiller
• Mastered at Gateway Mastering
• Track timings taken from the official live.brucespringsteen.net site

Recording

• Recording team: Jimmy Iovine with Pete Carlson, Biff Dawes, Dennis Mays, Phil MacConnell and Paul Sandweiss
• Engineer credit: Danielle Warman
• Broadcast coordinated by Paul Rappaport of Columbia Records
• KMET-FM broadcast audio engineer: Gus Krueger
• KMET-FM broadcast program director: Jack Snyder
• The Roxy served as the recording venue for the whole concert
• Release number was added from an invoice

Sources: www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey; grew up in Freehold, New Jersey.
• Inspired by Elvis Presley and the Beatles, began playing with local bands in the 1960s, including the Castiles, Steel Mill and the Bruce Springsteen Band.
• Formed the band that became the E Street Band in October 1972; the name came into use in September 1974.
• Signed to Columbia Records in 1972 by John Hammond; debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. released January 1973.

Members

• Performs solo and with the E Street Band, his backing band since 1972.
• Long-time members include Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, Steven Van Zandt, Roy Bittan, Max Weinberg and Patti Scialfa.
• Clemons died June 18, 2011; Federici died in 2008.

Career

• Born to Run (1975) brought worldwide fame; Born in the U.S.A. (1984) became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
• Won an Academy Award in 1994 for "Streets of Philadelphia"; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
• Has sold more than 140 million records worldwide; holds 20 Grammy Awards and a Special Tony Award.
• The 2023–2025 tour with the E Street Band was among the highest-grossing tours in history.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Originally broadcast live on KMET-FM Los Angeles
• KMET-FM broadcast credits: Jack Snyder as program director, Gus Krueger as audio engineer
• Paul Rappaport of Columbia Records coordinated the broadcast
• Recorded live with the Wally Heider Mobile truck
• Recording team: Jimmy Iovine with Pete Carlson, Biff Dawes, Dennis Mays, Phil MacConnell and Paul Sandweiss

Reappraisal

• Mixed by Jon Altschiller
• Engineer credit: Danielle Warman
• Mastered at Gateway Mastering
• Track timings taken from the official live.brucespringsteen.net site
• Backstreets and Second Encore Break are not listed on the back cover

Records

• Release number added from an invoice

Sources: www.discogs.com

Trivia

• Backstreets (2-8) and Second Encore Break (3-6) are not mentioned on the back cover
• The concert was broadcast live on KMET-FM Los Angeles as it happened
• The recording used a mobile truck rather than a studio
• The release number was added from an invoice
• Timings were checked against the official live.brucespringsteen.net site

Sources: www.discogs.com

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