Album #4: Bruce Springsteen - The Stone Pony Anthology

    Bruce Springsteen is famous for his love of his roots, and he is true to that! He pays respect to Asbury Park and his Jersey history every chance he gets. One example is through his long history performing at Asbury's bar The Stone Pony. (In fact, he even wrote the forward for the new book on the bar!) Even as I was creating this in the end of 2025 he showed up for a surprise appearance there.

    On the internet archive there is a user by the name of lilbud who posts unbelievable amounts of Bruce tapes. The last tape he posted from The Stone Pony was from Dec 17, and I assume there will be MANY more recordings. But I thought there was more than enough to create an anthology of Bruce's history with the bar. The issue wasn't finding tapes, but cutting down the recordings into a single 2 CD set. I took from 19 different dates, because the 2 dozen others were not of usable quality.

    In these 19, there was one that stood out. His warmup he played for the Born in the U.S.A. tour, which was not only a complete concert, but was recorded in great quality, AND included all the hits off that landmark album! I included it in full as a bonus, because the whole concert deserves to stand alone. I used 3 tracks from it on the Anthology.

`    EVEN WITH the 20 track album and an entire concert as a bonus, there still were too many great tapes to use, so there are 16 bonus tracks. The first is the only recording from 1976, which is even referenced in the main Anthology. I would have included it but it's sound quality made it only hinder the set.

Disc 1: 1977-86

1. You Mean So Much to Me 4/17/77

2. Farther Up the Road 9/4/77

3. Twist and Shout 7/25/82

4. Having a Party 8/15/82

5. Lucille 5/19/84

6. Dancing in the Dark 6/8/84

7. Born in the U.S.A. 6/8/84

8. Born to Run 6/8/84

9. 3M Speech 1/19/86

10. My Hometown 1/19/86

Disc 2: 1987-05

1. Money (That's What I Want) 8/2/87

2. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 8/9/87

3. Lean on Me 6/9/89

4. Glory Days 6/9/89

5. From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) 7/23/89

6. Under the Boardwalk 7/23/89

7. Jersey Girl 7/16/94

8. Brown Eyed Girl 10/17/95

9. I Don't Want to Go Home 4/10/05

10. Seaside Bar Song 4/10/05

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