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(Sorry to take a page from Jingles' playbook.)

Fucking excellent.

Only wish he included "Still the Same" but otherwise, top notch, on par with Live Bullet. In fact, play those two records back to back and you have the ultimate Bob Seger experience.

Fire Lake is a top notch track

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Slightly off topic, but when I encounter a Springsteen fanatic or a New Jersey native (generally one and the same), I’ll sometimes let drop that IMO Seger is superior to Springsteen in every way - songs, performance, consistency.

Try it sometime. Their reactions are epic.

Great album from start to finish. Like the way Alive II pairs well with Alive! 9 Tonight goes quite well with Live Bullet.

WentEast wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 8:09 am Slightly off topic, but when I encounter a Springsteen fanatic or a New Jersey native (generally one and the same), I’ll sometimes let drop that IMO Seger is superior to Springsteen in every way - songs, performance, consistency.

Try it sometime. Their reactions are epic.

It's true. Better band too.

RaceFan3 wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 6:04 pm (Sorry to take a page from Jingles' playbook.)

Fucking excellent.

Only wish he included "Still the Same" but otherwise, top notch, on par with Live Bullet. In fact, play those two records back to back and you have the ultimate Bob Seger experience.

The ultimate Bob Seger experience is just listening to the Mongrel album from start to finish.

https://youtu.be/QmZ9G6bkcHI

The Ultimater Bob Seger experience is then following that up with Back in '72.

https://youtu.be/EjhNZPVOfoE

RaceFan3 wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 6:04 pm (Sorry to take a page from Jingles' playbook.)

Fucking excellent.

Only wish he included "Still the Same" but otherwise, top notch, on par with Live Bullet. In fact, play those two records back to back and you have the ultimate Bob Seger experience.

I have 7 soundboard recordings of the complete concerts from the shows that he taped for the songs that appear on Nine Tonight. On those 7 complete concerts he does play "Still The Same" at every show. He must have not liked the recordings or maybe limited space on the album.

WentEast wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 8:09 am Slightly off topic, but when I encounter a Springsteen fanatic or a New Jersey native (generally one and the same), I’ll sometimes let drop that IMO Seger is superior to Springsteen in every way - songs, performance, consistency.

Try it sometime. Their reactions are epic.

Oh I have on several occasions and it's entertaining I've done the same experiment with Mellencamp too.

While I do like a lot of Springsteen and Mellencamp's stuff (particularly up until about the late 80s), Seger's catalog has had a better impact on me and every jukebox in the world overall. Much cooler fanbase and dare I say it, better live shows. I saw Seger 3x on his farewell tour (still the only one I can think of who ACTUALLY retired when he said he would which makes him even cooler), and he got up there and ripped for 2+ hours without droning on about politics or yelling at the crowd or talking his way through songs. Dude just played.

BlackdogRDC wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 10:27 pm

RaceFan3 wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 6:04 pm (Sorry to take a page from Jingles' playbook.)

Fucking excellent.

Only wish he included "Still the Same" but otherwise, top notch, on par with Live Bullet. In fact, play those two records back to back and you have the ultimate Bob Seger experience.

I have 7 soundboard recordings of the complete concerts from the shows that he taped for the songs that appear on Nine Tonight. On those 7 complete concerts he does play "Still The Same" at every show. He must have not liked the recordings or maybe limited space on the album.

Overall, how close are the recordings to what ended up on Nine Tonight? I'm guessing they were right on the mark. I have one of the Detroit shows he recorded for that album and it sounds spot on. Obviously the official release had its usual sound quality cleanup from the raw recordings but he never seemed the type to do many overdubs or studio trickery.

WentEast wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 8:09 am Slightly off topic, but when I encounter a Springsteen fanatic or a New Jersey native (generally one and the same), I’ll sometimes let drop that IMO Seger is superior to Springsteen in every way - songs, performance, consistency.

Try it sometime. Their reactions are epic.

Im a Joisey guy and think Springsteen sucks. Team Seger!

RaceFan3 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 7:07 am

BlackdogRDC wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 10:27 pm

RaceFan3 wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 6:04 pm (Sorry to take a page from Jingles' playbook.)

Fucking excellent.

Only wish he included "Still the Same" but otherwise, top notch, on par with Live Bullet. In fact, play those two records back to back and you have the ultimate Bob Seger experience.

I have 7 soundboard recordings of the complete concerts from the shows that he taped for the songs that appear on Nine Tonight. On those 7 complete concerts he does play "Still The Same" at every show. He must have not liked the recordings or maybe limited space on the album.

Overall, how close are the recordings to what ended up on Nine Tonight? I'm guessing they were right on the mark. I have one of the Detroit shows he recorded for that album and it sounds spot on. Obviously the official release had its usual sound quality cleanup from the raw recordings but he never seemed the type to do many overdubs or studio trickery.

Their are 3 Detroit shows. June 14, 15, and 16th. The other shows I have are from Oakland, Boston, Fort Worth and Long Island NY. They are all excellent sounding shows. The tracks used for NINE TONIGHT were the shows recorded in Boston and Detriot.