Bruce Springsteen - 1973-05-31 - Richmond, VA (pre-FM/FLAC)

(pre-FM FLAC)

May 31, 1973

WGOE Radio, Alpha Studios, Richmond, VA.

The Uber Series Volume '22'

(Pre-Air Production Reel-To-Reel Tape):

source: tattoodad's uber project @ http://www.spl-messages.net

01 Intro

02 Satin Doll

03 Band Introduction

04 Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?

05 "Something Obscene"

06 The Circus Song

07 "Tonight We Have Vini"

08 Growin' Up

09 Banter

10 New York City Song

11 "Gonna Do One More"

12 You Mean So Much To Me"

13 Outro

Sourced from the pre-air production reel-to-reel tape. This is a huge upgrade over the existing AM-sourced recording.

This performance (which features all the band in cameos except for Vini Lopez) is highlighted by what many consider the definitive available version of “You Mean So Much To Me”. During the show a fan calls into the radio station and requests Bruce’s old Steel Mill chestnut “Resurrection” – but Bruce doesn’t play it. Interestingly as Bruce takes his seat to perform a song solo at the piano one of the entourage can be heard saying “Janey?” – apparently thinking Bruce was going to perform the recently composed “Janey Needs A Shooter” to which Bruce replies “no” and instead delivers a fine version of his then-new “New York Song”.

Brucebase:

Bruce's second known radio show, but this one is unusual because it took place at Richmond's Alpha Sound Studios (or Alpha Audio), not at the station itself. It was broadcast live by WGOE-AM 1590 via a remote link. In addition to the DJ the small audience heard in the studio included Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos, Albee Tellone and David Sancious (who had yet to join the band but who was employed at the studio at the time). Albee Tellone has recently commented that he does not believe he was in the audience, but setting up the equipment for the evening show at Richmond Coliseum. The listed six-song setlist is the complete performance. This performance (which features all the band in cameos except for Vini Lopez) is highlighted by what many consider the definitive available version of "You Mean So Much To Me". During the show a fan calls into the radio station and requests Bruce’s old Steel Mill chestnut "Resurrection" but Bruce doesn’t play it. Interestingly as Bruce takes his seat to perform a song solo at the piano one of the entourage can be heard saying "Janey?", apparently thinking Bruce was going to perform the recently composed "Janey Needs A Shooter" to which Bruce replies "no" and instead delivers a fine version of his then-new "New York Song".

After the show Mike Appel took possession of the master tape, so none of the performance was ever re-broadcast by the station. Fortunately a fan taped the entire show from their radio, although the sound quality was weak. Although this audience audio had been in circulation since the mid-1970s it had never appeared on any mainstream bootleg, exception for the track "You Mean So Much To Me", which first surfaced on the 1976 vinyl LP boot 'Resurrected' in poor quality. This later appeared in better quality on the CD 'Radio Waves' (Great Dane). The entire fan-recorded version is now available on a custom CDR boot entitled 'Strictly Prohibited'. A low generation copy of the entire original master tape (noted above) first surfaced (in very  limited hands) in the early 1990s. Then the recording of the track "You Mean So Much To Me" from this source emerged on the 1998 boot 'Deep Down In The Vaults' (E Street Records) and in 1999 on 'Missing Tracks, Vol. One' (Thrill Hill). The complete master tape in perfect sound quality finally emerged into the wider collector community in early 2007, and is available on CD 'On The Road Night' (Crystal Cat), tracks 8-13.