At Wolfgang’s Vault, we’re constantly adding new material to our sites, and the Concert Video section is no exception. As a special holiday treat, we’re offering an early glimpse of just one of the incredible new concerts we will be bringing you in 2012, this one from the recently acquired Metropolitan Archive – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band live at the Capitol Theatre, 1978.
Beginning as a Vaudeville theatre in the 1920s, Passaic’s Capitol Theatre became renowned as a beloved music venue under the management of John Scher during the ‘70s and ‘80s, hosting a who’s-who of artists of the era. The Metropolitan Archive contains many of these great performances captured on video, and as our restoration project continues, we will be adding these rarely-seen concerts to our site.
And who better to start with than the Boss? While the video is in its rawest form, not yet enhanced in any way to improve audio or visual quality, it is still an outstanding document of Bruce and his band in top form, bringing a little holiday cheer to the Capitol Theatre.
This video, along with the entire concert from which it came, will be painstakingly restored and digitized to guarantee the best possible quality for online broadcast. Check back with us in the New Year to see this and others from the Metropolitan Archive and all of our collections.
We are very grateful for the continued support of our online community, and we look forward to bringing you much more exciting content in the year to come.
Great karaoke sketch from Mick Jagger on SNL 5/19. Notice a couple Vault posters in the background: http://t.co/RJg0MH8x#2012/05/21
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Wolfgang's Vault is the best place on the web to experience live music. We stream (for free!) concerts from the biggest names in music from the 1960s through today; many of the concerts are also available for download.
Here, we'll be providing sneak peeks of upcoming releases, sharing stories from behind the scenes, and discussing what we're listening to.
Recorded at Carnegie Hall on a summer evening in 1978, stream and download four new sets from legendary pianists McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans and Mary Lou Williams, as well as an acoustic duo performance from Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine.
Jazz concert recordings now available for streaming and download include a Mose Allison trio performance highlighting the pianist/composer's witty lyrics and musical mixture of jazz and blues, as well as a solo piano recital where Art Lande extrapolated beautifully on familiar jazz themes.
This week's new releases include four sets recorded in 1976: Elvin Jones honoring his old bandmate John Coltrane with A Love Supreme, the George Coleman Septet moving from calm to mayhem and back again, Anthony Braxton stretching the limits of jazz, and the Ted Curson bopping the day away.
Merry Christmas from Passaic, NJ!
At Wolfgang’s Vault, we’re constantly adding new material to our sites, and the Concert Video section is no exception. As a special holiday treat, we’re offering an early glimpse of just one of the incredible new concerts we will be bringing you in 2012, this one from the recently acquired Metropolitan Archive – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band live at the Capitol Theatre, 1978.
Beginning as a Vaudeville theatre in the 1920s, Passaic’s Capitol Theatre became renowned as a beloved music venue under the management of John Scher during the ‘70s and ‘80s, hosting a who’s-who of artists of the era. The Metropolitan Archive contains many of these great performances captured on video, and as our restoration project continues, we will be adding these rarely-seen concerts to our site.
And who better to start with than the Boss? While the video is in its rawest form, not yet enhanced in any way to improve audio or visual quality, it is still an outstanding document of Bruce and his band in top form, bringing a little holiday cheer to the Capitol Theatre.
This video, along with the entire concert from which it came, will be painstakingly restored and digitized to guarantee the best possible quality for online broadcast. Check back with us in the New Year to see this and others from the Metropolitan Archive and all of our collections.
We are very grateful for the continued support of our online community, and we look forward to bringing you much more exciting content in the year to come.
Cheers!