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Hammersmith Odeon, London '75

May 13, 2024

Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 is a concert video and the fourth live album by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, released in 2006. It is a full-length recording of their performance on November 18, 1975, at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, during their Born to Run tours. It was first released as a DVD on November 14, 2005, as part of the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition package, and then several months later on February 28, 2006, released as an audio CD. The album was reissued on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day on April 22, 2017.[3]

Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
Live album by
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2006
RecordedNovember 18, 1975
VenueHammersmith Odeon, London
GenreRock
Length124:52
LabelColumbia
ProducerBruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Barbara Carr, Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronology
The Essential Bruce Springsteen
(2003) 		Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
(2006) 		Magic
(2007)
Bruce Springsteen chronology
Devils & Dust
(2005) 		Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
(2006) 		We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Absolute Punk[1]
Allmusic link
The Guardian[2]
Pitchfork9.2/10[3]
Tom HullB+ ()[4]

Background edit

The concert was part of Columbia Records' push to promote Springsteen in the UK and Europe following the success of his third album, Born to Run (1975), in the US. The large amount of publicity accompanying these appearances, especially the one in London, famously caused Springsteen to pull down from the front of the Odeon a promotional poster proclaiming "Finally London is ready for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band."[5][6]

This performance marked the European concert debut of Springsteen and the E Street Band, kicking off a four-date mini-tour which also featured shows in Stockholm, Sweden, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as well as a second concert at the Hammersmith Odeon on November 24 that was added due to the huge ticket demand for the first London gig.

In the liner notes, Springsteen himself writes that after the show had been recorded, "I'd paid no attention to it. I never looked at it ... for 30 years." In his autobiography, Born to Run, he reveals that during and after the concert he experienced an angst-ridden sense of doubt as to performing in general, and his performance that evening in particular. However, in the same book, he recognizes that "whatever happened, that first night at the Hammersmith Odeon became one of our 'legendary' performances", despite calling the return gig on November 24 at the end of the European tour "a blaze of a show" by comparison.

After The Rising Tour, Springsteen had an inkling to dig into film of the early part of his career, the vast majority of which remained "a blank spot," with little or nothing ever released. He found the film and the 24-track audio recordings. The two-and-a-half-hour concert film was spliced together from 32 reels of silent 16-mm footage, digitally restored frame by frame in a painstaking process that took editor Thom Zimny a full year to complete. Bob Clearmountain, a veteran of several Springsteen projects, mixed the audio for the CD and film.

Actor, writer, and Monty Python member Michael Palin was in attendance and devoted an entire diary entry (dated Tuesday, November 18, 1975) to the concert and his first impression of Springsteen and the band. He notes that the hype by CBS Records was met with a certain skepticism by the ticket-buying public. He notes that the concert did not start until 45 minutes after the scheduled start time and that the PA system made it difficult for him to make out the lyrics, but Springsteen and the band "kept the evening alive – and he did three encores."[7] Contemporary and later reports seem to agree with Bruce Springsteen that the first performance on November 18 was in fact the inferior one, and was outshone by the repeat concert at the same venue on November 24 at the end of the European shows.[8][9] This view may seem to have been borne out by the respective number of encores; three on November 18 and nine on November 24.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on March 18, 2006, at number 93 with sales of approximately 12,000 copies sold. It spent two weeks on the chart. Hammersmith Odeon '75, with the exception of some songs on the Live/1975-85 box set, stands so far as the only full-length, official release that gives a snapshot of Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert at this early point in their musical career.

Track listing edit

All songs by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted.

Disc one
  1. "Thunder Road" – 5:51
  2. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" – 3:51
  3. "Spirit in the Night" (Contains a portion of Lloyd Price's version of the traditional song "Stagger Lee", erroneously credited as "The Moon Was Yellow (And The Night Was Young)" by Fred Ahlert and Edgar Leslie) – 7:36
  4. "Lost in the Flood" – 6:16
  5. "She's the One" – 5:24
  6. "Born to Run" – 4:17
  7. "The E Street Shuffle/Havin' a Party" (Contains a portion of "Having a Party" by Sam Cooke) – 12:52
  8. "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" – 5:28
  9. "Backstreets" – 7:23
Disc two
  1. "Kitty's Back" (Contains a portion of "Moondance" by Van Morrison) – 17:14
  2. "Jungleland" – 9:35
  3. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" (Contains a portion of "Come a Little Bit Closer" by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Wes Ferrell and "Theme from Shaft" by Isaac Hayes) – 9:51
  4. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" – 7:03
  5. "Detroit Medley" (Consists of: "Devil with a Blue Dress On" by William Stevenson and Frederick "Shorty" Long, "Good Golly, Miss Molly" by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco as performed by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, "See See Rider" by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and Lena Arant, and "Jenny Take a Ride" by Bob Crewe, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman) – 7:02
  6. "For You" – 8:26
  7. "Quarter to Three" (Originally Recorded by Gary U.S. Bonds) – 6:44

Note

  • The DVD plays "So Young and In Love" over the credits, a song from his album Tracks.

Personnel edit

Charts edit

Weekly chart performance for Hammersmith Odeon London '75
Chart (2006) Peak
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 71
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 74
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 37
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 42
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 33
US Billboard 200[17] 93

References edit

  1. ^ "chorus.fm". chorus.fm. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Costa, Maddy (February 23, 2006). "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Hammersmith Odeon London '75". The Guardian. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (October 29, 2016). "Streamnotes (October 2016)". Tom Hull - on the Web. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Bruce Springsteen: A Responsible Rocker," Sunday Times, May 31, 1981
  6. ^ "At last London was ready for Bruce Springsteen," The Rock'n'Roll Routemaster, November 19, 2015
  7. ^ Michael Palin Diaries 1969–1979: The Python Years [2006] ISBN 0-297-84436-9
  8. ^ "Bruce Springsteen's Debut UK Gig, 40 Years On: When NME's Reviewer Got It Really, Really Wrong". NME. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  9. ^ "At last London was ready for Bruce Springsteen". The Rock 'n' Roll Routemaster. November 19, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hammersmith Odeon, London '75" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hammersmith Odeon, London '75" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hammersmith Odeon, London '75" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hammersmith Odeon, London '75". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  14. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hammersmith Odeon, London '75". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  15. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hammersmith Odeon, London '75". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  16. ^ "Bruce Springsteen | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  17. ^ "Bruce Springsteen The E Street Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2022.

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Hammersmith Odeon London 75 is a concert video and the fourth live album by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band released in 2006 It is a full length recording of their performance on November 18 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London during their Born to Run tours It was first released as a DVD on November 14 2005 as part of the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition package and then several months later on February 28 2006 released as an audio CD The album was reissued on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day on April 22 2017 3 Hammersmith Odeon London 75Live album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street BandReleasedFebruary 28 2006RecordedNovember 18 1975VenueHammersmith Odeon LondonGenreRockLength124 52LabelColumbiaProducerBruce Springsteen Jon Landau Barbara Carr Thom ZimnyBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronologyThe Essential Bruce Springsteen 2003 Hammersmith Odeon London 75 2006 Magic 2007 Bruce Springsteen chronologyDevils amp Dust 2005 Hammersmith Odeon London 75 2006 We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions 2006 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAbsolute Punk 1 AllmusiclinkThe Guardian 2 Pitchfork9 2 10 3 Tom HullB 4 Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 ReferencesBackground editThe concert was part of Columbia Records push to promote Springsteen in the UK and Europe following the success of his third album Born to Run 1975 in the US The large amount of publicity accompanying these appearances especially the one in London famously caused Springsteen to pull down from the front of the Odeon a promotional poster proclaiming Finally London is ready for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 5 6 This performance marked the European concert debut of Springsteen and the E Street Band kicking off a four date mini tour which also featured shows in Stockholm Sweden and Amsterdam the Netherlands as well as a second concert at the Hammersmith Odeon on November 24 that was added due to the huge ticket demand for the first London gig In the liner notes Springsteen himself writes that after the show had been recorded I d paid no attention to it I never looked at it for 30 years In his autobiography Born to Run he reveals that during and after the concert he experienced an angst ridden sense of doubt as to performing in general and his performance that evening in particular However in the same book he recognizes that whatever happened that first night at the Hammersmith Odeon became one of our legendary performances despite calling the return gig on November 24 at the end of the European tour a blaze of a show by comparison After The Rising Tour Springsteen had an inkling to dig into film of the early part of his career the vast majority of which remained a blank spot with little or nothing ever released He found the film and the 24 track audio recordings The two and a half hour concert film was spliced together from 32 reels of silent 16 mm footage digitally restored frame by frame in a painstaking process that took editor Thom Zimny a full year to complete Bob Clearmountain a veteran of several Springsteen projects mixed the audio for the CD and film Actor writer and Monty Python member Michael Palin was in attendance and devoted an entire diary entry dated Tuesday November 18 1975 to the concert and his first impression of Springsteen and the band He notes that the hype by CBS Records was met with a certain skepticism by the ticket buying public He notes that the concert did not start until 45 minutes after the scheduled start time and that the PA system made it difficult for him to make out the lyrics but Springsteen and the band kept the evening alive and he did three encores 7 Contemporary and later reports seem to agree with Bruce Springsteen that the first performance on November 18 was in fact the inferior one and was outshone by the repeat concert at the same venue on November 24 at the end of the European shows 8 9 This view may seem to have been borne out by the respective number of encores three on November 18 and nine on November 24 The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on March 18 2006 at number 93 with sales of approximately 12 000 copies sold It spent two weeks on the chart Hammersmith Odeon 75 with the exception of some songs on the Live 1975 85 box set stands so far as the only full length official release that gives a snapshot of Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert at this early point in their musical career Track listing editAll songs by Bruce Springsteen except where noted Disc one Thunder Road 5 51 Tenth Avenue Freeze Out 3 51 Spirit in the Night Contains a portion of Lloyd Price s version of the traditional song Stagger Lee erroneously credited as The Moon Was Yellow And The Night Was Young by Fred Ahlert and Edgar Leslie 7 36 Lost in the Flood 6 16 She s the One 5 24 Born to Run 4 17 The E Street Shuffle Havin a Party Contains a portion of Having a Party by Sam Cooke 12 52 It s Hard to Be a Saint in the City 5 28 Backstreets 7 23 Disc two Kitty s Back Contains a portion of Moondance by Van Morrison 17 14 Jungleland 9 35 Rosalita Come Out Tonight Contains a portion of Come a Little Bit Closer by Tommy Boyce Bobby Hart and Wes Ferrell and Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes 9 51 4th of July Asbury Park Sandy 7 03 Detroit Medley Consists of Devil with a Blue Dress On by William Stevenson and Frederick Shorty Long Good Golly Miss Molly by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco as performed by Mitch Ryder amp The Detroit Wheels See See Rider by Gertrude Ma Rainey and Lena Arant and Jenny Take a Ride by Bob Crewe Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman 7 02 For You 8 26 Quarter to Three Originally Recorded by Gary U S Bonds 6 44 Note The DVD plays So Young and In Love over the credits a song from his album Tracks Personnel editBruce Springsteen guitar vocals harmonica piano on For You Roy Bittan piano backing vocals Clarence Clemons tenor baritone and soprano saxophones percussion backing vocals Danny Federici keyboards Garry Tallent bass guitar tambourine on opening of She s the One Steven Van Zandt guitar slide guitar backing vocals Max Weinberg drumsCharts editWeekly chart performance for Hammersmith Odeon London 75 Chart 2006 Peak Austrian Albums O3 Austria 10 71 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 11 50 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 12 74 Italian Albums FIMI 13 37 Norwegian Albums VG lista 14 9 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 15 42 UK Albums OCC 16 33 US Billboard 200 17 93References edit chorus fm chorus fm Retrieved April 22 2018 Costa Maddy February 23 2006 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon London 75 The Guardian Retrieved April 25 2017 a b Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon London 75 Album Review Pitchfork pitchfork com Retrieved April 25 2017 Hull Tom October 29 2016 Streamnotes October 2016 Tom Hull on the Web Retrieved July 2 2020 Bruce Springsteen A Responsible Rocker Sunday Times May 31 1981 At last London was ready for Bruce Springsteen The Rock n Roll Routemaster November 19 2015 Michael Palin Diaries 1969 1979 The Python Years 2006 ISBN 0 297 84436 9 Bruce Springsteen s Debut UK Gig 40 Years On When NME s Reviewer Got It Really Really Wrong NME Retrieved October 1 2016 At last London was ready for Bruce Springsteen The Rock n Roll Routemaster November 19 2015 Retrieved October 1 2016 Austriancharts at Bruce Springsteen amp The E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon London 75 in German Hung Medien Retrieved June 1 2022 Dutchcharts nl Bruce Springsteen amp The E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon London 75 in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved June 1 2022 Offiziellecharts de Bruce Springsteen amp The E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon London 75 in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved June 1 2022 Italiancharts com Bruce Springsteen amp The E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon London 75 Hung Medien Retrieved June 1 2022 Norwegiancharts com Bruce Springsteen amp The E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon London 75 Hung Medien 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