Palace Theatre, Albany 1977
2017 album
Palace Theatre, Albany 1977 is a live album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, released in August 2017. 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. 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.
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