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Disc 1 1. Intro > He's Got the Whole World in His Hands* 2. I've Got a Feeling Everything's Gonna be Alright* 3. Jingle Bell Rock 4. Jam Up*** 5. Christmas Day*** 6. Thundercrack 7. Seaside Bar Song 8. Love (stand up)# 9. Spanish Dancer# 10.Welcome to the World## 11.New York Skyline## Disc 2 1. This time it's for Real+ 2. Talk to Me+ 3. It's Been a Long Time+ 4. Shine Silently++ 5. If I Should Fall Behind+++ 6. Merry Christmas, Baby 7. E Street Shuffle w/"Move on Up" 8. Kitty's Back 9. Christmas > Baby, Please come home Disc 3 Encore: 1. My City of Ruins 2. Here Comes the Sun@ 3. I Don't Wanna Go Home+ 4. Rosalita 5. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town With: *South Community Choir ***Max Weinberg 7 #Patti Scialfa ##Garland Jefferys ###Bruce Hornsby +Southside Johnny ++Nils Lofgren +++Nils and Bruce @Bobby Bandiera solo

Christmas benefit show. Night three of five. During Garland Jeffeys' songs, some "Brooocing" from the crowd clearly got under Springsteen's skin, spurring a "shut the f__k up" style reprimand.

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Deck The Halls Incident On 57th Street Jingle Bell Rock Jam Up Feel So Good, Feel Okay, On This Christmas Day Thundercrack Seaside Bar Song Love (Stand Up) Spanish Dancer Oh Come On Ye Faithful / Spider Fingers / Christmas Medley The End Of The Innocence You Sexy Thing This Time It's For Real This Time Baby's Gone For Good It's Been A Long Time Star Spangled Banner If I Should Fall Behind Merry Christmas Baby So Young And In Love Kitty's Back Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) My City Of Ruins Here Comes The Sun I Don't Wanna Go Home Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Something * My Sweet Lord * Santa Claus Send My Baby Back To Me * Love On The Wrong Side Of Town * Wild Billy's Circus Story ** Talk To Me ** Black Books ** Shine Silently ** Allison + The E Street Shuffle + 'Bruce Thanks Backstreets and others' + Outro + * Dec. 3, 2001 ** Dec. 4, 2001 + Dec. 8, 2001

Label : Crystal Cat - 612/613/614 (3CD) Date of the show : December 7, 2001 Almost three months after the Holiday shows by Bruce Springsteen, the Max Weinberg Seven and Friends in Asbury Park, Crystal Cat Records (CCR) has released Jingle Bells Night. Although many Springsteen fans with an internet connection will have gotten their hands on one or more of the December 2001 shows through a trade or a tree, the CCR label fortunately deemed it necessary to release the December 7 show. Fortunately, because CCR has become a guarantee for fine releases in very good sound quality over the years, and this release sounds better than the recordings that have been circulating over the internet. Packaging of the set is fairly decent, something CCR usually puts quite some work into. There are a few errors in the songtitles in the tracklisting and the live photos (not from the December 7 show but from the next night) are not superb, but due to the very strict security photographers had a very hard time doing their job. All in all it's a small miracle in itself that any photos have come out of the Convention Hall. CCR has chosen to release the 4th Holiday show (December 7). It's especially the last show, that was the longest and featured the most special guests, that has spread through the internet. Of course we don't know whether this is the reason CCR released the December 7 show, but it's a fact that with this one they picked the best show. The opening is already phenomenal, when after the horns intro 'Deck The Halls' Bruce kicks off the concert with the piano version of 'Incident On 57th Street'. It's a shame the way two American ladies keep talking near the microphone of the taper, chosing this precious moment to discuss every day life. The concert takes a hilarious turn when Bruce Hornsby is called on stage. After a Chistmas medley on piano and a beautiful duet with Springsteen on 'The End Of The Innocence', Hornsby gets to bring in his accordion for 'You Sexy Thing', a Hot Chocolate cover. A unique choice of repertoire for Springsteen. At the start of Southside Johnny's song 'This Time It's For Real' something happens with the taper's microphone, causing the sound quality to become a little less for a while. Fortunately this is only for a short period of time, and sound quality for the remainder of the show is fine again. That the show is (one of) the best of the week in Asbury Park is also clear from Bruce's words before the encores, when he thanks the audience with the words: "Great show, great audience." The bonustracks are from the other four Holiday shows and are of lesser sound quality. Unfortunately, CCR couldn't cram all the other songs played on the third disc. A bit odd is the choice to include a part of Bruce's spoken intro to 'My City Of Ruins' from the last show as the final track of the set. The track is called "Bruce Thanks Backstreets and others" (CCR probably finds it so unique that Bruce mentioned Backstreets magazine that this influenced the decision). As a result of this, the songs by Garland Jeffreys and the South Community Choir get completely ignored. Judging from the response by the audience, these were the least appreciated songs during the shows and therefore they'll probably won't be missed that much. Especially Garland Jeffreys got a cool reception by the audience, leading to an angry reaction by Bruce on December 6th.

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Disc 1 1. Intro 2. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands* 3. I've Got a Feeling Everything's Gonna be Alright* 4. Deck the Halls (horns)** 5. Incident on 57th Street** 6. Jingle Bell Rock 7. Jam Up*** 8. Christmas Day*** 9. Thundercrack 10.Seaside Bar Song 11.Love (stand up)# 12.Spanish Dancer# 13.Welcome to the World## Disc 2 1. Stage banter 2. New York Skyline## 3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas > Spider Fingers (with Jingle Bells and White Christmas) 4. End of the Innocence^ 5. You Sexy Thing^^ 6. Allison^^^ 7. My Tears/tears of a Clown (melody)^^^ 8. This time it's for Real+ 9. Love on the Wrong Side of Town+ 10.It's Been a Long Time+ 11.Shine Silently++ 12.If I Should Fall Behind+++ 13.Merry Christmas, Baby 14.E Street Shuffle w/"Move on Up" Disc 3 1. Kitty's Back 2. Christmas@ 3. Baby, Please come home@ Encore: 4. My City of Ruins 5. Here Comes the Sun@@ 6. I Don't Wanna Go Home+ 7. Rosalita 8. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town With: *South Community Choir **Bruce on piano ***Max Weinberg 7 #Patti Scialfa ##Garland Jefferys ###Bruce Hornsby ^(co-written by Bruce Hornsby, both Bruces duet) ^^everyone, Hornsby on accordian ^^^Elvis Costello, with Bruce on harmony vocals +Southside Johnny ++Nils Lofgren +++Nils and Bruce @Jon Landau and Elvis Costello onstage @@Nils Lofgens solo

Night five of five. An extra long show, most of the week's guests make encore appearances.

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