CD 1: GOT MY MOJO WORKING (7:41) / IT'S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE (start cut, 10:20) / DO IT WITH FEELING (10:18) / CHEROKEE QUEEN (5:53) / LOOK TOWARDS THE LAND (10:40) / NOT FADE AWAY - BO DIDDLEY'S A GUNSLINGER (8:50) / MOUNTAIN JAM - WHEN YOU DANCE (12:02) / GOIN' BACK TO GEORGIA (6:07).
Two shows, double bill, with The Bruce Springsteen Band opening for headliner CRAZY HORSE. This is the core 5-piece BSB lineup, with Springsteen, Van Zandt, Tallent, Sancious and Lopez. The above-mentioned setlist is from a somewhat muddy indoor venue soundboard tape that has been in circulation for nearly two decades. For many years this entire body of material has been incorrectly attributed to a Steel Mill show in Richmond on 02/11/70. However with timeline knowledge vastly superior today than it was when this tape first surfaced, it's now easy to identify this recording as distinctly late era BSB, with that outfit's telltale dual lead guitar work at the fore - a feature that Steel Mill never ever possessed.
The version of "Look Towards The Land" here is fully developed, as opposed to the somewhat tentative version played live on 15/05/71 or the rough demo recorded at Challenger East Surfboard in 1971. However the key tracks in identifying the recording date of this material are the two performances that incorporate elements of The Allman Brothers 20-minute epic "Mountain Jam", first released on their EAT A PEACH album in late January, 1972. There are brief elements of the song found within "Not Fade Away-Gunslinger" and then a full 10 minutes of it found married into a mere 2 minutes of Bruce's own "When You Dance".
This 73 minutes of material is likely to be the entire performance from one of the two shows on this night, although this being a "compilation" of material from both shows cannot be ruled out, as there is editing between most tracks. The venue audio dynamics strongly favor the Sunshine In, as opposed to the club venues the BSB played during its final days in 1972. This material typically circulates with the first two tracks sequenced as the last two songs. However the final song in the main set seems to be "When You Dance", with Bruce's workhorse "Goin' Back To Georgia" as the encore and closer. "Got My Mojo Working" is known to have been a show opener during this period. Laurel Canyon pressed the commercial sounding "Cherokee Queen" from this show onto acetate in 1972 for copyright transcription purposes and it can be found on the CD "THE UNSURPASSED SPRINGSTEEN, VOL 1".
CD 1: WALKING THE DOG (10:25) / FOR YOU (9:56) / THE E STREET SHUFFLE (7:02) / KITTY'S BACK (9:45).
ONE show, with Springsteen the sole act on the bill. A 2 hour+ performance that involved three 45-minute sets with an intermission between each. A portion of this night's total show (audio evidence suggests it was the evening's final set) was broadcast by Georgetown University's WGTB-FM.
The above-mentioned partial setlist is from the only known circulating portions of this rare broadcast. This audio emanates from a source that taped it off the airways, not the station's original tape. Consequently the sound quality is very good, but not brilliant.
Albany Al Tellone guests on "E Street Shuffle". The four above-mentioned tracks can be found on the CD "PLAY THE TUBA & RUN". Note: two other tracks included on this CD are not (as claimed) from this show, or even this venue. These involve an audience recording of "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St" (from an-as-yet-unidentified location, not Childe Harold) and an incomplete soundboard recording of "Let The Four Winds Blow" (from 6/1/74 at Joe's Place).
CD 1: NEW YORK CITY SERENADE / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND ST / WALKING THE DOG / SAINT IN THE CITY / KITTY’S BACK / THUNDERCRACK / show intermission / YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME.
CD 2: GROWIN’ UP / LET THE FOUR WINDS BLOW / ZERO & BLIND TERRY / BLINDED BY THE LIGHT / FOR YOU / ROSALITA-SHOTGUN / Joe Spadafora’s speech / TWIST AND SHOUT .
ONE show, double bill, with Springsteen headlining and PETER JOHNSON & THE MANIC DEPRESSIVES opening. The above-mentioned 15-song setlist represents Bruce’s complete show and can be found (correctly sequenced but with editing between some songs) on the 2CD “INTRODUCING ROSIE” (B Street Records). The source is an audience recording of fair quality that contains intermittent CB Radio interference. This final night at Joe’s was one of the lengthier single show performances up to this point and the original taper deserves credit for capturing the entire show, which consisted of two hour-long sets separated by an intermission. “Growin’ Up” is missing the opening 30 seconds and “Rosalita-Shotgun” is missing about 20 seconds mid song, seemingly the result of a tape glitch.
There are critical detailing inaccuracies in the liner notes of the “INTRODUCING ROSIE” CD. Despite what the CD claims, this is not the live debut of “Rosalita” – the song was performed throughout 1973 and two live recordings from early 1973 are in circulation. The “INTRODUCING ROSIE” CD also incorrectly lists the audio as coming from the 05/01/74 show. Yet comments made by club owner Joe Spadafora prior to “Twist And Shout” offer compelling evidence this recording is from the 06/01/74 show.
CD 1: SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (4:49) / DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND ST (3:34) / WALKING THE DOG (8:01) / ZERO AND BLIND TERRY (6:29) / BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (8:05) / KITTY'S BACK (8:45) / THUNDERCRACK (12:18) / ROSALITA - SHOTGUN (11:03) .
CD 1: INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DOES THIS BUS STOP? / E ST SHUFFLE / SAINT IN THE CITY / SPANISH HARLEM.
CD 2: LOST IN THE FLOOD / SHES THE ONE / JUNGLELAND / KITTYS BACK / NEW YORK CITY SERENADE / ROSALITA / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / A LOVE SO FINE.
ONE show, held in the intimate Memorial Chapel Concert Hall as part of the school’s Homecoming Weekend, double bill, with Springsteen & The E Street Band headlining. An obscure 4-piece light rock local band called GOEBEL & LANG opened with a 60-minute performance. The concert was a sellout.
The above-mentioned setlist is taken from a circulating audience recording of fair-good quality that likely represents the entire performance. The speed fluctuation problems heard during some songs are from the original source tape.
