Concert Information and Reviews
1974
5th January 1974
Joe's Place, Boston, Mass
Track List:
NYC Serenade/Spirit In The Night/Does This Bus Stop
At 82nd Street/Walking The Dog/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Kitty's Back/
Thundercrack/You Mean So Much To Me/Growin' Up/Let The
Four Winds Blow/Zero And Blind Terry/Blinded By The Light/
For You/Rosalita/Twist And Shout
Comments:
First known live Rosalita.
CD : Introducing Rosie ( 2CD - B Street)
12th January 1974
Joint In The Woods, Parsippany, NJ
Track List:
Spirit In The Night/Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/Walking
The Dog/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Ring Of Fire/Kitty's Back/
634-5789/Thundercrack/Blinded By The Light/Growin' Up/For
You
Comments:
Only known performance of 634-5789 and Ring Of Fire.
A new improved sound quality recording of this show is now available on CD.
Ring Of Fire is a slowed down version and sounds excellent,
and 634-5789 features some wonderful jazz piano
playing from David Sancious.
CD : Joint In The Woods ( 2CD - No Label)
19th January 1974
Kent State University, Kent State, Ohio
Track List:
Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/Walking The Dog/Incident
On 57th Street/Kitty's Back/ Thundercrack/
You Mean So Much To Me/Growin' Up/Blinded By The Light/Let
The Four Winds Blow/Rosalita
Comments:
The first appearance of Incident On 57th Street during
one of the greatest Springsteen shows ever.
CD : You Mean So Much To Me ( 2CD - Great Dane)
25th January 1974
The Mosque, Richmond, VA
Track List:
Spirit In The Night/NYC Serenade/Blinded By The Light/Let
The Four Winds Blow/Kitty's Back/For You/
Rosalita/Twist And Shout
Comments:
Slight gap between the songs where crowd noise was edited out in the original recording.
CD : Live From The Mosque '74 (1CD - No Label)
1st February 1974
Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Track List:
Spirit In The Night/Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/Walking
The Dog/Zero And Blind Terry/Blinded By The Light/
Kitty's Back/Thundercrack/Rosalita
Comments:
Bruce and the band open a show for Wishbone Ash.
CD : Live At The Allen Theatre ( 1CD - BS)
18th February 1974
The Agora Club, Cleveland, OH
Track List:
E Street Shuffle/Sandy/And The Band Played/Rosalita/Let
The Four Winds Blow
Comments:
The dating of this tape is open to serious doubt.
3rd March 1974
Georgetown University, Washington DC
Track List:
Wild Billy's Circus Story/NYC Serenade/Spirit In The
Night/E Street Shuffle/Walking The Dog
Sandy/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Kitty's Back/For You/Rosalita
Comments:
An amazing show with stunning versions of Wild Billy's
Circus Story, NYC Serenade, and the rare fast
version of E Street Shuffle, however it is the solo
version of For You that simply takes your breath away.
CD : Saint In The City ( 2CD - Swinging Pig)
9th March 1974
KLOL, Houston, Texas
Track List:
Soundcheck/Satin Doll/Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/Growin'
Up/Mary Queen Of Arkansas
Wild Billy's Circus Story/Sentimental Journey/The Fever/Something
You Got/Interview
Comments:
The original acoustic version of The Fever and an interesting
post music interview.
CD : The Lost Radio Show ( 1CD - Kiss The Stone)
11th March 1974
Liberty Hall, Houston, Texas
Track List:
Mary Queen Of Arkansas/The Fever/Spirit In The Night/Gimmie
That Wine/E Street Shuffle/Something You Got/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/Kitty's
Back/She's So Fine/Thundercrack/For You/Rosalita
Comments:
Clarence brings the house down with a wonderful, fun
version of Gimme That Wine. Having heard the KLOL radio
show the audience call for The Fever.
CD : Liberty Hall ( 2CD - Minstral Music)
24th March 1974
Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
Track List:
Wild Billy's Circus Story/NYC Serenade/Spirit In The
Night/E Street Shuffle/Sandy/Walking The Dog/Kitty's Back/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/For You/Rosalita
Comments:
A recently discovered audience tape. Beware, it may
be a fake based around the 3rd March 1974 Georgetown show.
9th April 1974
WBCN, Boston, Mass
Track List:
Interview/Satin Doll/Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/Growin'
Up/Wild Billy's Circus Story/Sandy/Rosalita
Comments:
Another fun radio show, with the only known acoustic
Rosalita.
11th April 1974
Charlie's Bar, Cambridge, Mass
Track List:
Zero And Blind Terry/NYC Serenade/Spirit In The Night/Does
This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/Walking The Dog/Saint In The City/
Kitty's Back/Thundercrack/You Mean So Much To me/Let
The Four Winds Blow/Twist And Shout
Comments:
Tape appears to be incomplete and the track order may
have been altered.
A fantastic version of Twist and Shout ends the show.
CD : Charlies Bar '74 (2CD - No Label)
27th April 1974
WHCN Radio Studios, Hartford, Conn
Track List:
Growin' Up
Comments:
27th April 1974
University Of Conneticut, Storrs, Conn
Track List:
Kitty's Back/Growin' Up/It's Hard To Be A Saint
Comments:
Only a partial audience recording is available, so setlist
is incomplete.
9th May 1974
Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, Mass
Track List:
NYC Serenade/Spirit In the Night/I Sold My Heart To
The Junkman/Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
E Street Shuffle/Kitty's Back/Rosalita
Comments:
The concert that inspired John Landau's famous "future
of rock and roll" quote.
CD : Rock And Roll Punk ( 2CD - E Street)
HARVARD SQUARE - A Contemporary Review
2nd June 1974
The Toledo Agora, Toledo, OH
Track List:
Angel Baby/Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street/Saint In The City/Spirit In The Night (cut)/For You/
Let The Four Winds Blow -I'm Ready
Comments:
Recently surfaced audience recording, contains the only known version of Angel Baby.
Incomplete audience recording with several cuts.
CD : Toledo '74 (1CD - No Label)
3rd June 1974
Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio
Track List:
Spirit In The Night/E Street Shuffle/Sandy/You Never
Can Tell/And The Band Played/Rosalita/Let The Four Winds Blow
Comments:
CD : And The E Street Band Played ( 1CD - Scorpio)
13th July 1974
The Bottom Line, New York City, NY
Track List:
Then She Kissed Me/Spirit In The Night/Does This Bus
Stop At 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
No Money Down/Jungleland/Born To Run/Sandy/Kitty's Back
Comments:
The songs that will eventually make up the Born To Run
album start to appear, including early versions
of Jungleland and Born To Run.
CD : No Money Down ( 2CD - Winged Wheels)
14th July 1974
The Bottom Line, New York City, NY
Track List:
Jungleland/Kitty's Back (cut)
Comments:
4th October 1974
Avery Fisher Hall, NY
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/Cupid/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Lost In The Flood/She's the
One/Jungleland/A Love So Fine/Kitty's Back/
NYC Serenade/Rosalita/Sandy/Quarter To Three
Comments:
The famous show at the end of which the stage collapses.
CD : Cupid In The City ( 2CD - No Label)
11th October 1974
Shady Grove Music Fair, Gaithersburg, MD
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop A 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
Lost In The Flood/She's The One/Jungleland/Kitty's Back
Comments:
A recently discover tape seems to contain a partial
setlist from this show.
CD : Jungleland MD ( 1CD - KM Records)
12th October 1974
Alexander Hall, Princetown, NJ
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/It's hard To Be A Saint/
Lost In The Flood/She's The One/Jungleland/Kitty's Back/NYC
Serenade/Rosalita/Sandy/SA Love So Fine
Comments:
Quality is OK but deteriorates over last two songs.
CD: The Princeton Flood (2CD - No Label)
18th October 1974
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
Spanish Harlem/She's The One/Jungleland/Kitty's Back/NYC
Serenade/Rosalita/Sandy/A Love So Fine
Comments:
First known Spanish Harlem.
CD: Does This Bus Stop In Spanish Harlem (2CD - No Label)
19th October 1974
Union College, Schenectady, NY
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/It's Hard To Be A Saint/
Spanish Harlem/Lost In The Flood/She's The One/Jungleland/Kitty's
Back/NYC Serenade/Rosalita/Sandy/
A Love So Fine
Comments:
A killer set list for any fan of the early 70's period,
one of my favorite shows.
CD : Spanish Harlem ( 2CD - Piggham)
26th October 1974
Springfield College, Springfield, Mass
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Jungleland/
She's The One/Kitty's Back/NYC Serenade/Rosalita/Sandy/A
Love So Fine
Comments:
CD : Back In School ( 2CD - RCR)
29th October 1974
Music Hall, Boston, Mass
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/Cupid/
It's Hard To Be a Saint/Jungleland/She's The One/Kitty's
Back/NYC Serenade/
Rosalita/Sandy/A Love So Fine
Comments:
CD : Flesh And Fantasy ( 2CD - Doberman)
23rd November 1974
State University, Salem, Mass
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/E Street Shuffle/Growin' Up/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Jungleland/Kitty's Back/NYC
Serenade/Rosalita/Sandy/A Love So Fine
Comments:
CD : Hard To Be A Saint In Salem (2CD - No Label)
29th November 1974
War Memorial Building, Trenton, NJ
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/I Want You/Growin' Up/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/E Street Shuffle/Jungleland/Kitty's
Back/NYC Serenade/Rosalita/Sandy
Comments:
Premiere of I Want You.
CD : I Want You ( 2CD - Piggham)
6th December 1974
The State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/I Want You/Growin' Up/E Street Shuffle/
It's Hard To Be A Saint/Jungleland/Kitty's Back/NYC
Serenade/Rosalita/Sandy/A Love So Fine/
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck/Instumental/Quarter To
Three
Comments:
Contains a unique instrumental piece.
CD : New Brunswick '74 (3CD - Homemade)
8th December 1974
University Of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Track List:
Incident On 57th Street/Spirit In The Night/Does This
Bus Stop At 82nd Street/I Want You/Growin' Up/
E Street Shuffle/It's Hard To Be A Saint/Jungleland/Kitty's
Back/NYC Serenade/Rosalita/
Sandy/A Love So Fine/Wear My Ring Around Your Neck/Quarter
To Three
Comments:
CD : Burlington '74 (2CD - No Label)