Bruce Springsteen Max's Kansas City New York, NY Jan 31, 1973 Captured from Wolfgang's Vault and remastered by nuguy47 for Aplay1 (jUNE 2008) A while back my buddy aplay1 asked me if I could grab this show off of Wolfgang's Vault and butn it to CD for him. I know a lot of people look down on Woflfgang's Vault as a source but I've had good luck with that site. So I transcribed it and remastered it for him. Recently I was looking around for something I could post because I'm not a Brucephile and I'm limited to the shows I have that I can improve on in some way. This one came out very nice and it's a great snapshot of back in the day. My favorite Bruce album to this day is 'The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle'. I love the jazzy feel of that album and the songs on it are some of my favorite performances over the years. Since they never really upgraded that album I've done my own remaster of it and listened to it regularly for the last couple of years. If they ever upgrade the release I'll probably buy it an re-remaster it too. That album and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks are two that I've redone for myself and remain staples on my playlist. But that has nothing to do with this. Not being a Bruceologist, I'll leave you with the review posted on Wolfgang's Vault. If others know more or have thier own thoughts to throw in, please do. Enjoy, share, MP3 if you dare ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Springsteen - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica Clarence Clemons - saxophone, vocals Danny Federici - organ, piano, accordion, keyboards, vocals David Sancious - organ, piano, clavinet Garry Tallent - bass, vocals, tuba, horn, background vocals Vini Lopez - drums, vocals (nuguy47 note: Garry Tallent on tuba! ROFLMAO!) Recorded just a few weeks after the release of his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ, and about seven months before the release of his sophomore disc, The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle, this historic performance is one of the earliest professional recordings of the Boss and his legendary E Street Band, who are heard here in their original line-up. It was recorded as part of the first installment of the King Biscuit Flower Hour syndicated radio show, which aired on February 18, 1973. The premiere KBFH program featured a triple bill of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Springsteen, each recorded live in concert just weeks before. As an interesting historical footnote, the original King Biscuit broadcast featured one song each from Springsteen and Mahavishnu Orchestra while including five from Blood, Sweat & Tears. Springsteen was still relatively unknown at the time. He was booked in New York for six nights at Max's Kansas City, playing short sets while opening for Biff Rose. The songs presented here were recorded on the first of those six nights, when he played two shows. Tracks one through six are from the early show; the last two tracks were recorded at the beginning of the late show. This performance finds him young, irrepressible, and full of 23-year-old vigor and optimism. Three of the songs featured at this NYC show ("Spirit In The Night", "Mary Queen Of Arkansas” and "Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?”) are from his first album, and "Wild Billy’s Circus Story” would appear on his second, but the other four songs were compositions that never appeared on any official Springsteen studio LP. Two of these, "Bishop Danced” and "Thundercrack” did show up on the 1999 four-CD box of outtakes, B sides, and unreleased demos entitled Tracks, but the other two, "Saga Of The Architect Angel" and "Song To The Orphans" (included here as an outtake) were never released on any official Springsteen LP or box set. Bruce Springsteen remains America’s greatest modern rock artist, and even though this show was recorded thirty five years ago, it holds up brilliantly. Of this E Street Band line-up only Clemons, Tallent, and Federici remain, yet the essence and musical chops of this amazing group are still very much a part of Springsteen’s sound. Through this historical moment in radio history as part of the first King Biscuit broadcast, Springsteen gained enough exposure and positive response to warrant his own set on the soon-to-become popular radio series. And the rest, as they say, is history. Setlist with ffps ----------------- 01 - Mary Queen of Arkansas.flac:3cb1e89f852c36da6bd99dc6d1cce5d9 02 - Bishop Danced.flac:abcf0b862b051861605abc80f18dc723 03 - Wild Billy's Circus Story.flac:c53c1f77d01217291280489b95ef6727 04 - Spirit In The Night.flac:6770a2551fa10a60e1c0e77269460413 05 - Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street.flac:6901fa3bf2597bbe9a176f68a4e4cefc 06 - Thundercrack.flac:963f0d0a9bcfb26e1405339371544782 07 - Saga of the Architect Angel.flac:8d492486c953b78d9b743c72dcd5a09c 08 - Song to the Orphans (outtake - fades out).flac:1264df984d03dc48013b24848f8e9c8c