Bruce Springsteen Forum

Good evening! It’s an honor to be here with President and Mrs. Obama, President Clinton and Chelsea, and if we all do our part tomorrow, President-elect Clinton.

The choice tomorrow couldn’t be any clearer. Hillary’s candidacy is based on intelligence, experience, preparation, and on an actual vision of an America where everyone counts: men and women, white and black, Hispanic and Native, where folks of all faiths and backgrounds can come together to address our problems in a reasonable and thoughtful way.

That vision of America is essential to sustain, no matter how difficult its realization.

Hillary sees an America where the issue of income distribution should be at the forefront of our national conversation, where the progress we’ve made in reducing our unemployment is not enough — we must do better. She has a vision of universal health care for all that will build on the work of President Obama. She sees an America that needs to be fairer, where our highest courts look to protect the rights of all of our citizens and not just the privileged. She sees an America where the issue of immigration reform is dealt with realistically and compassionately. And she calls for an America that participates in the welfare of our planet — both in world affairs and in global science — and where the unfinished business of protecting the rights of women is not an afterthought, but a priority.

That’s the country where we wil indeed be stronger together.

Now, briefly, to address her opponent: this is a man whose vision is limited to little beyond himself, who has a profound lack of decency that would allow him to prioritize his own interests and ego before American democracy itself. Somebody who’d be willing to damage our long-cherished and admired system rather than look to himself for the reasons behind his own epic failure. That’s unforgivable. Tomorrow that campaign is going down.

Let’s all do our part so we can look back at 2016 and say we stood with Hillary Clinton on the right side of history. That’s why I’m standing here with you tonight, for the dream of a better America.

The River, Adam Raised A Cain, Straight Time, Highway 29, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Johnny 99, Mansion On The Hill, The Wish, Red Headed Woman, Two Hearts, When You’re Alone, Open All Night, Used Cars, Born In The USA, The Ghost Of Tom Joad, Sinaloa Cowboys, The Line, Balboa Park, Across The Border, Growin’ Up, This Hard Land, My Hometown, Racing In The Street, The Promised Land, Freehold

Blinded By The Light, John Henry, Old Dan Tucker, Further On (Up The Road), Jesse James, O Mary Don’t You Weep, Bobby Jean, Erie Canal, My Oklahoma Home, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Mrs. McGrath, How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?, Jacob’s Ladder, Long Time Comin’, Jesus Was An Only Son, Open All Night, Pay Me My Money Down, City Of Ruins, You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch), When The Saints Go Marching In, This Little Light Of Mine, American Land, Froggie Went A Courtin’

Wrecking Ball, Prove It All Night, Johnny 99, Hungry Heart, Working On A Dream, Thunder Road, 10th Avenue Freeze-Out, Night, Backstreets, Born To Run, She’s The One, Meeting Across The River, Jungleland, Working On The Highway, Raise Your Hand, Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man, Detroit Medley, Because The Night, Lonesome Day, The Rising, Badlands, Hard Times (Come Again No More), Born In The USA, American Land, Dancing In The Dark, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), Higher And Higher

Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection Vol. 1, 1973-1984′ Boxed Set Out November 17

On November 17th, Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release ‘Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973-1984,’ a boxed set comprised of remastered editions of the first seven albums recorded and released by Bruce Springsteen for Columbia Records between 1973 and 1984. All of the albums are newly remastered (five for the first time ever on CD) and all seven are making their remastered debut on vinyl.

The seven albums are recreations of their original packaging and the set is accompanied by a 60-page book featuring rarely-seen photos, memorabilia and original press clippings from Springsteen’s first decade as a recording artist.

Acclaimed engineer Bob Ludwig, working with Springsteen and longtime engineer Toby Scott, has remastered these albums, all newly transferred from the original analogue masters using the Plangent Process playback system.

Reason To Believe, Johnny 99, Atlantic City, Hungry Heart, We Take Care Of Our Own, Wrecking Ball, Death To My Hometown, My City Of Ruins, Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?, Sherry Darling, Lost In The Flood, State Trooper, Trapped, Open All Night, Shackled & Drawn, Waitin’ On A Sunny Day, Raise Your Hand, Highway Patrolman, Backstreets, Badlands, Land Of Hope And Dreams, Thunder Road, Born To Run, Dancing In The Dark, Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town, 10th Avenue Freeze-Out

Roulette, My Love Will Not Let You Down, No Surrender, Something in the Night, American Skin (41 Shots), The Promised Land, Hungry Heart, Local Hero, Gotta Get That Feeling, Bad Moon Rising, Thundercrack, Wrecking Ball, Death to My Hometown, This Depression, Because The Night, Darlington County, Shackled & Drawn, Waitin’ on a Sunny Day, The Rising, Land of Hope and Dreams, Secret Garden, Atlantic City, Badlands, Born to Run, Dancing in the Dark, 10th Avenue Freeze-Out, Shout, If I Should Fall Behind, Thunder Road

Taking their Wrecking Ball tour indoors to christen the newly opened First Direct Arena, Springsteen and the E Street Band deliver an exceptional, surprise-laden show in front of an ecstatic Leeds audience. The show-opening “Roulette” is but the first of several special additions, including “Something in the Night,” “Thundercrack” “This Depression” and “American Skin (41 Shots),” plus the tour debuts of “Local Hero,” “Gotta Get That Feeling,” “Secret Garden” and CCR’s “Bad Moon Rising.”
Mixed by Jon Altschiller and mastered at Gateway.

Während Ronald Reagans Amtszeit wurden Einnahmen aus illegalen Waffenverkäufen an den Iran an die Guerilla-Bewegung der Contras in Nicaragua weitergeleitet. Die rechtsgerichtete Bewegung verwendete die Gelder, um die sandinistische Regierung zu bekämpfen.
Als die Rebellen einen Bombenanschlag in La Penca (Nicaragua) verübten, fanden Mitarbeiter des “Christic Institute” heraus, dass amerikanische Geheimdienstmitarbeiter am Anschlag beteiligt waren. Wenig später reichte die Organisation Klage ein:

In 1986, the Christic Institute brought charges against 28 individuals involved in the Iran-Contra Affair (Avirgan v. Hull). Filed under the provisions of the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Criminal Organizations Act (RICO), the case gave Christic broad investigative powers. Using these powers they were able to compel testimony and subpoena evidence that revealed the existence of a “secret team” within the United States intelligence community that had been engaged in a decades-long pattern of criminal activity in the conduct of covert operations. The Christic Institute’s suit and public education campaign created broad public awareness of the Iran-Contra Affair, eventually forcing the appointment of Special Counsel Lawrence Walsh. Ultimately, the suit failed to win any civil judgment against the defendants. President George H. W. Bush pardoned the principal conspirators and the case was dismissed by Federal Judge James Lawrence King. A Nixon appointee, King was later discovered to have been a Member of the Board of Directors of organized-crime accountant Meyer Lansky’s Miami National Bank as well as a legal consultant to the Central Intelligence Agency. The final blows came when Judge King ordered Christic to pay one million dollars of the defendant’s legal fees and the IRS stripped the Institute of its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status after claiming the suit was politically-motivated. – Quelle

Brilliant Disguise, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Mansion on the Hill, Reason to Believe, Red Headed Woman, 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On), My Father’s House, 10th Avenue Freeze-Out, Atlantic City, Wild Billy’s Circus Story, Nebraska, When the Lights Go Out, Thunder Road, My Hometown, Real World, Highway 61 Revisited (mit Jackson Browne und Bonnie Raitt), Across the Borderline (mit Jackson Browne und Bonnie Raitt)

Brilliant Disguise, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Mansion on the Hill, Reason to Believe, Red Headed Woman, 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On), The Wish, Tougher Than the Rest, 10th Avenue Freeze-Out, Soul Driver, State Trooper, Nebraska, When the Lights Go Out, Thunder Road, My Hometown, Real World, Highway 61 Revisited (mit Jackson Browne und Bonnie Raitt), Across the Borderline (mit Jackson Browne und Bonnie Raitt)

Radio Nowhere, The Ties That Bind, Lonesome Day, Gypsy Biker, Magic, Reason to Believe, Adam Raised a Cain, She’s the One, Livin’ in the Future, The Promised Land, I’ll Work For Your Love, Incident on 57th Street, The E Street Shuffle, Devil’s Arcade, The Rising, Last to Die, Long Walk Home, Badlands, Girls in Their Summer Clothes, 10th Avenue Freeze-out, Thunder Road, Born to Run, Dancing in the Dark, American Land

“Are you ready tonight People? There’s gonna be a Meeting in the Town tonigh.
Good Evening, Minneapolis. Welcome to the last Show of the Century”

My Love Will Not Let You Down, Prove It All Night, Two Hearts, Trapped, Darlington County, Red Headed Woman, Factory, Point Blank, Youngstown, Murder Incorporated, Badlands, Out In The Street, 10th Avenue Freeze-Out, Where the Bands Are, Working On The Highway, No Surrender, Racing In The Street, Light Of Day, Hungry Heart, Ramrod, Born to Run, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Thunder Road, If I Should Fall Behind, Land Of Hope and Dreams

Land Of Hope And Dreams, Cover Me, Adam Raised A Cain, Something In The Night, Hungry Heart, We Take Care of Our Own, Wrecking Ball, Death To My Hometown, My City Of Ruins, The E Street Shuffle, Pay Me My Money Down, The Ties That Bind, I´m Goin´ Down, Devils & Dust, Because The Night, She´s The One, Shackled And Drawn, Waitin On A Sunny Day, Raise Your Hand, The Rising, Badlands, Thunder Road, Kitty´s Back, Born to Run, Dancing in the Dark, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, 10th Avenue Freeze-out