Don't ask me how these things make their way to the Internet, but thank God they do. And in this case, they made it to cyberspace in both audio and video. Ah, the wonders of technology...

As anyone who has seen Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band on the current world tour for the Magic album already knows, right now these guys are turning in some of the best shows of their career. The concerts since returning to the States from Europe earlier this year have in particular been nothing short of spectacular. Watching the setlists change from night to night has also been something of a die-hard Springsteen fan's wet dream.

But if you want to talk about a dream setlist, I personally can't imagine anything could possibly top seeing Springsteen and the band run through the entire Born To Run and Darkness On The Edge Of Town albums in a single night. Every song. In their original order. In 2008. In a small, intimate theater setting.

Couldn't happen, right?

Well, in fact it did happen just a few weeks back, on May 7 at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey. And if you happened to have an extra couple thousand dollars lying around (not to mention travel costs for those fans who aren't natives), and had fast enough fingers to beat the rest of the crazies with bucks trying to score a ticket, then you too could've witnessed this historic night.

When I first heard about this setlist, I nearly cried that I missed it.

But I like I said, thank God these things have a way of finding their way onto the Internet. Now, since Blogcritics doesn't condone bootlegging, I'm not going to tell you where to find this amazing show. But for those of you who have ever downloaded a concert, I'll just say that a quick check of the usual places could yield you sweet pay dirt.

The concert was a benefit for the Count Basie Theater itself, and ended up raising a cool $3 million dollars to help renovate the historic building. After an introduction by NBC's Brian Williams, Springsteen took the stage and let the crowd in on the secret that they would first play Darkness in its entirety, followed by a break, and then they would do all of Born To Run. This was followed by a collective, ecstatic gasp from the crowd.

From there, the band launched into a false start of "Badlands," prompting Bruce to comment that they "fucked up," and that he knew "there was a reason we've never done this before." After the false start though, the E Street Band gathered itself and proceeded to burn through the two classic albums.

Many of these songs are already performed live regularly of course, notably "Badlands," "Born To Run," and "Promised Land." Even "Prove It All Night" began showing up again somewhat regularly on the last leg of the American tour, where Nils Lofgren's scorching harmonics during the guitar solo have been a highlight, and are no less so here.