Magic Tour Highlights

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: July 15, 2008
• Label: Columbia
• Copyright: 2008 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
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• ASIN: B001C0DJ5K
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,164 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and poignant, July 15, 2008

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Peter Chianca "Blogness on the Edge of Town" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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Let's get the obvious out of the way right off the bat: Magic Tour Highlights, the new Springsteen digital EP to benefit The Danny Federici Melanoma Fund, is not actually the Magic tour's highlights. (Depending on which shows you've attended, you can probably name five or six actual highlights off the top of your head.) But these are a terrific sampling of some of the tour's best guest spots, and one truly moving moment among old friends.

The two non-Springsteen compositions are the lightweights of this collection, which is not to say that they're not welcome additions to anyone's collection of official releases. Alejandro Escovedo's "Always a Friend" has a great Band/Petty vibe and makes you want to hear more of what this guy's about, if you don't already know. And "Turn, Turn, Turn" sounds, well, like "Turn, Turn, Turn." It's a nice tribute to Roger McGuin, and Bruce puts on his best high-register twang for the occasion.

But it's the other two cuts that make the package. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" with Tom Morello is just chilling, easily the best version of the song on record. Morello's gruff vocals are an effective counterpoint's to Springsteen's -- he comes off like his angrier younger brother. But that guitar work ... How he makes those sounds come out of that guitar I have no idea, but frankly, it's freaking me out.

As for "Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," is it the best live version the band has recorded? Maybe not, but it's certainly the most poignant. Given what's transpired since, Danny Federici's accordion sounds more wistful and mournful than it possibly could have that night in Indianapolis.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cause, July 15, 2008

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Michael Sears "bearcatmike" (West Chester, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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A wonderful cause and a kind gesture to the memory of Danny, and worth the pennies for the Tom Morello solo on Tom Joad, and the pain in Bruces' voice on Sandy. Touching.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Song Selection, July 16, 2008

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T. GROMEK "CZARinMinneapolis" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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Good song selection from Magic Tour. Especially like the full band version of "Ghost of Tom Joad" which I think is much better than the regular album version. I don't like the download format though. Would prefer a professional CD and/or vinyl release with color inserts, lyrics, etc. Very unpersonal these downloads. Bass tones are lacking too. Would like to see Bruce and the E Street Band just put out an all covers CD ala Metallica as their covers are often better than the original artist version. Again would like professional CD/LP even if cost was higher.