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http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/concertdetail.aspx?id=1913|993

Bruce Springsteen

Berkeley Community Theatre

Berkeley, CA

03/02/1973

Tracks: 7

Total Time: 42:26

Lost in the Flood 5:11

Spirit In The Night 5:41

Wild Billy's Circus Story 4:50

Bishop Danced 4:43

Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? 5:18

Blinded by the Light 5:30

Thundercrack 11:13

Bruce Springsteen - vocals, guitar

Clarence Clemons - saxophone, vocals

Danny Federici - keyboard, accordion

Vini Lopez - drums, vocals

David Sancious - organ, piano, clavinet

Garry Tallent - bass, vocals, horn

Recorded just weeks after the release of his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ, this historic opening set from Bruce Springsteen comes from a time when Bruce and the entire band could still (just barely) fit in one car. The E Street band, as Bruce’s famous cast of backup musicians were called, came to encompass a particularly different and larger configuration, and the classic lineup from the mid-1970s only has three of the members from the backup band Springsteen plays with here.

Still, Bruce has always been The Boss, and this show is an unmistakable showcase of Springsteen and a very early configuration of his E Street Band. What makes this show particularly interesting and historical is that a few weeks earlier, Springsteen had actually been part of the very first King Biscuit Flower Hour, which was broadcast over three decades ago (February 18th, 1973). On that broadcast, Bruce only performed two songs and had to share the bill with Blood Sweat & Tears and jazz-fusion pioneers, the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The unique and eclectic co-bill gained Springsteen enough exposure and positive response to warrant his own set on the soon-to-become popular radio series.

This show, recorded a month later, is the entire set that Springsteen performed as an opening act for Blood Sweat & Tears in Berkeley, California. Apart from the debut King Biscuit recording, it is possibly the very first professional live recording of The Boss to surface. His Dylan-esque demeanor is very apparent, especially on the acoustic oriented material. Highlights include a very early version of “Blinded by the Light,†a very fast-tempo take on “Does This Bus Stop At 82nd St?,†and a passionate read of “Lost in the Flood,†whose line: “Did ya hear that? His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud,†remains one of the most visual lyrics in rock history.

Springsteen, of course, has gone on to become one of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest prophets, speaking to the working class masses as well as the musically enlightened, reaching enormous commercial and critical heights over the past 30 years. His 1975 album Born To Run secured him a place in rock’s pantheon, and today he is credited as an influence to countless numbers of musicians.

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From thatpatguy, I got

an album by Reuben Wilson "& Friends" (those friends being Andrew Beals on sax, LaFrae Olivia Sci on drums, Doug Munro on guitar and Bernie Worrell on rhodes) called Boogaloo To The Beastie Boys. It's jazz covers of beasties songs.

Aloha,

Brad

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Pink Floyd

Grosser Saal Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany February 25, 1971

1) Green Is the Color

2) Careful With That Axe Eugene

3) Cymbaline (missing first verse)

4) The Embryo

5) Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

1) A Saucerful of Secrets

2) Atom Heart Mother

Im at CWTAE. This is probably the best sounding Floyd show Ive heard yet.

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Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos - Live in Chicago, March 1993

1 How I Wish

2 Wicked as it Seems

3 999

4 Hate it When You Leave

5 Time is on My Side

6 Gimme Shelter

7 Whip it Up

8 Eileen

9 I Could Have Stood You Up

10 Happy

11 Locked Away

12 Yap Yap

13 Body talks

14 Demon

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