Bruce Springsteen 1973-07-31 WLIR Master Tape

Bruce Springsteen
My Fathers Place
L.I.  New York
7-31-73 Late show
Off WLIR Master Tape

I'm sure you are saying, how could this guy get a copy off the WLIR tape? Well......I made friends with a DJ at WCOZ in 
Boston (now defunct). He had done a brief stint at WLIR. When he left WLIR, he took the reel of tape with him. By the way...
this was very common as I found out later. He introduced me to a few of his friends and I was able to trade various things 
for copies of shows. Most of the time I was able to take the tapes home. Every now and then I had to make a copy at the 
station. Soon he left Boston for somewhere else and we parted good friends....So....for a very brief period in my life...
I got lucky......Like they say...nothing lasts forever! I hope you enjoy it.

Note: This show was broadcast live on WLIR-FM's as part of its regular weekly Thursday evening show from My Father's Place. 
If you listen to the beginning, The DJ's make a few comments as to the fact that they have left the warmth & security of the 
Ultrasonic Recording Studios. This show does have a few problems. There is a hum running for a while and they have problems 
with the overall balance. At one point they stop to do a quick mike check. This is all that was on the tape. It does appear 
that Bruce comes on to do encores, but the tape just ends abruptly. Oh Well.....hope you enjoy it......Hezekiahx2

I put an MP3 below so you came check out the quality.

WLIR 1/2 Track Tape --> Maxell tape @7 1/2 ips (Technics 1506) --> Tascam Prof CD Recorder --> CDWav  --> Flac

01 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
02 New York City serenade
03 Spirit in the night
04 Does this bus stop at 82nd street?
05 It's hard to be a saint in the city
06 You mean so much to me
07 Thundercrack

As with all Digital releases, this is for free trade or blank media trade only. Not to be bought or sold. Keep the spirit of 
trading alive and well. 

I never used noise reduction and all my tapes are at 7 1/2 ips. The only thing I did was to take out a reel flip. Nothing 
has been edited out or EQ'd.

*** Uploaders Note: Files have been renamed to include track titles, md5 has been added accordingly, spectral and frequency
    analysis used the old wav files, this explains the different wav filenname. Infofile was slightly edited and renamed.
    Since this was a straight conversion it does not include a logfile***
 

Link