Philadelphia Special - Bruce Springsteen red white and blue 3lp (3LP boxset) VG+
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Description
Condition: Used
Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Condition Notes: Appears to be unplayed. Just being conservative with the grade. Great copy! Rare!!
Philadelphia Special by Bruce Springsteen.
On the night of August 18, 1978, Bruce Springsteen took the stage at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, and this collector's edition captures that concert in full. It's a document of an artist at a pivotal moment, playing to a hometown-adjacent crowd that treated the city as its own. What sets this release apart is its rarity and presentation: just 1,000 sets were ever pressed, making it a genuine scarcity rather than a mass-market reissue.
The recording preserves the raw energy of a live performance, the kind of set where the momentum builds across the evening and the band leans into every extended passage. Springsteen's delivery here is unpolished in the best sense — the immediacy of the room, the interplay between the musicians, and the roar of the Spectrum audience all come through in a way no studio session could replicate. This is music meant to be heard the way it was played: loud, urgent, and alive.
For the collector, the appeal runs deep. The set is pressed on striking Red, White & Blue vinyl, housed in a plain black box with a black-and-white insert — an understated package that lets the discs themselves take center stage. As a limited pressing capturing a specific night in Philadelphia history, it's the sort of piece that rewards both the listener and the shelf.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Summertime Blues
A2. Badlands
A3. Spirit In The Night
A4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
A5. Factory
B1. The Promised Land
B2. Prove It All Night
B3. Racing In The Street
C1. Thunder Road
C2. Jungleland
C3. Paradise By The Sea
D1. The Fever
D2. Sherry Darlin'
D3. Medley: Not Fade Away / Gloria / She's The One
E1. Growin' Up
E2. Rosalita
E3. Born To Run
F1. Because The Night
F2. Rave On
F3. Quarter To Three
Notes:
Recorded live at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on August,18,1978.
Limited Collector's Edition.
1,000 sets pressed on Red, White & Blue vinyl.
Black & white insert with discs housed in a plain black box.
Artist: Bruce Springsteen red white and blue 3lp
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Phantom Productions (6)
Catalog Number: Ltd 001
Release Year: 1990
Country: United States
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