American Skin (41 Shots) (live, 2000-07-01: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)

The live recording of the Madison Square Garden 2000-07-01 event of “American Skin (41 Shots)” released on different formats on the releases “Live in New York City” and “The Essential Bruce Springsteen” are considered the same recording according to the guidelines at the MusicBrainz “Merging recordings section” as they differ only on the length of silence at the end of the track.

The vinyl editions of “Live in New York City” have a length of 7:45 printed on the medium and clock in at the same duration in reality and some of the CD releases also have 7:45 printed on the medium whereas all known Disc ID CD TOC details suggest a duration of 8:45 although they clock in at the same 7:45 duration with a minute of additional silence at the end of the track.
The 7:53 length on the “The Essential Bruce Springsteen” compilation differs only in crowd noise.