{"id":2447373,"date":"2019-08-09T12:17:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=869881"},"modified":"2019-08-09T12:17:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:17:32","slug":"bruce-springsteen-releases-1986-bridge-school-live-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-releases-1986-bridge-school-live-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen Releases 1986 Bridge School Live Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/springsteen.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bruce-springsteen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bruce-springsteen\" data-tag=\"bruce-springsteen\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/live.brucespringsteen.net\/live-music\/0,22746\/Bruce-Springsteen---bridge-school-benefit-concert-at-shoreline-amphitheatre-mountain-view-ca-10-13-1986.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">surprise-released<\/a> a new live album chronicling his October 13th, 1986 acoustic set at Neil Young\u2019s inaugural Bridge School Benefit Concert at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The concert marked Springsteen\u2019s first major appearance since the end of his massive <em>Born In the U.S.A.<\/em> tour, during which he played 156 shows across four continents between June 1984 and October 1985. The stripped-down show <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nugs.net\/2019\/08\/09\/the-snake-that-came-around-and-began-to-eat-its-tail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">also marked<\/a> Springsteen\u2019s first acoustic set since 1972.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kiVud8tM5_0?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The new 10-song collection opens with two Springsteen solo offerings \u2014 an a cappella version of \u201cYou Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)\u201d and the debut of his acoustic rendition of \u201cBorn in the U.S.A.\u201d \u2014 after which he was joined onstage by E Street Band members Danny Federici on accordion and Nils Lofgren on acoustic guitar. To close out the set, Springsteen performed \u201cHungry Heart\u201d with some special harmonies and accompaniment from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fq1oS7P-ZWE?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Most of the audio from Springsteen\u2019s Bridge School set was pulled from the original soundboard recording. But because some sections of the audio were missing from the master tapes, it also incorporates fan recordings and an alternate soundboard source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Bridge School set is available to purchase digitally and on CD. $2 from each purchase will be donated to the Bridge School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Springsteen released his most recent album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-bruce-springsteen-western-stars-842052\/\"><em>Western Stars<\/em><\/a>, in June. On Friday, he also unveiled a previously unreleased track, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-ill-stand-by-you-869628\/\">\u201cI\u2019ll Stand By You,\u201d<\/a> which will appear on the soundtrack to <em>Blinded By the Light<\/em>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-surprise-set-blinded-by-the-light-premiere-869025\/\">new film inspired<\/a> by his music.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-live-album-1986-bridge-school-benefit-869881\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen surprise-released a new live album chronicling his October 13th, 1986 acoustic set at Neil Young\u2019s inaugural Bridge School Benefit Concert at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. The concert marked Springsteen\u2019s first major appearance since the end of his massive Born In the U.S.A. tour, during which he played 156 shows across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 02:43:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}