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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in this 1978 file photo.

(File photo/Frank Stefanko)

For Music Vault, today was throwback Tuesday.

The online video service, which houses thousands of decades-old concert snippets, has remastered and released more than 13,000 clips to YouTube, giving fans access to long-lost live shows from legendary rock and soul artists like Bob Dylan, James Brown, The Who and much more.

Two dozen of those newly released black-and-white videos show Bruce Springsteen rocking the defunct Capitol Theatre in downtown Passaic as part of 1978's Darkness Tour.

The Boss and his E Street Band played the old vaudeville house Sept. 19-21, and nearly all of the Sept. 20 show — 20 of the 22 songs Bruce played that night — is now available both on YouTube, and in a nicely ordered list on Music Vault's website.

A few clips are also available from the Sept. 19 show, which was famously broadcast live on tri-state radio stations, and has subsequently been bootlegged as Bruce's "Pièce de résistance" ever since.

Among fans, the fall show supporting the year's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album is regarded as one of the prolific singer's finest nights.

Springsteen also played Capitol Theatre on New Year's Eve 1977, in a show headlined by Jersey guy Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Videos from that night are available, too.

Content Editor Bill Antonucci told Rolling Stone that Music Vault plans to expand on its YouTube library over time.

SEPT. 20, 1978 SETLIST

Videos for all but two of these songs are available for viewing here.



Good Rocking Tonight

Badlands

Spirit in the Night

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Independence Day

The Promised Land

Prove It All Night

It's My Life

(The Animals cover)

Thunder Road

Jungleland

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Fire

Candy's Room

Because the Night

Point Blank

Kitty's Back

Incident on 57th Street

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

Encore:

Born to Run

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

Detroit Medley

Twist and Shout

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