Title: Introducing Rosie

Label: B Street Records
Format: 2cd
Source: Audience
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Date: 6th January 1974
Location: Joe's Place, Cambridge, MA

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Disc 1:
01. New York City serenade
02. Spirit in the night
03. Does this bus stop at 82nd street?
04. Walking the dog
05. It's hard to be a saint in the city
06. Kitty's back
07. Thundercrack
08. You mean so much to me
09. Growin' up

Disc 2:
01. Let the four winds blow
02. Zero and the blind Terry
03. Blinded by the light
04. For You
05. Rosalita (Come out tonight) (w/ Shotgun)
06. Twist and shout 


Notes:
One show, double bill, with Springsteen and band headlining and Peter Johnson & The Manic Depressives (Joe’s unofficial house band) opening. Springsteen’s show consisted of two hour-long sets separated by an intermission after "Thundercrack". The above-mentioned 15 song setlist represents Bruce’s complete show and can be found on the 2CD set ‘Introducing Rosie’ (B Street). The source is an audience recording of only fair quality that contains CB Radio interference. “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 historical inaccuracies in the liner notes of the ‘Introducing Rosie' CD which have caused confusion over the years. This is not, as stated, the live debut of “Rosalita”, the song was performed during 1973 and two live recordings from early 1973 are in circulation. The CD also incorrectly lists the audio as coming from the January 5th show. Yet comments made by club owner Joe Spadafora prior to “Twist And Shout” offer compelling evidence this recording is from the January 6th show. "For You" is the solo piano version.

A soundboard recording of the final 8 songs of this show (the entire 2nd set) had been in very limited circulation since the early 1990s. However 4 of these 8 soundboard songs surfaced into the wider collector arena on various boots during the mid-late 1990s The 4 tracks that surfaced were as follows: #1) “Let The Four Winds Blow” on the CDs ‘The Inner View' and the ‘The Bruce Springsteen Collection, Volume 2'. It was also issued on the CD ‘Play The Tuba And Run’ (which on some specimens had the complete performance but in other cases had a cut version with the final 4 minutes missing). #2) “Zero And Blind Terry” on the 4CD ‘The Genuine Tracks 1972-1996’. #3) “Twist And Shout” on the CDs ‘The Inner View’ and ‘The Bruce Springsteen Collection, Volume 2’. #4) an edited (the 3-4 minute instrumental intro is missing), 5:59 version of “Blinded By The Light” on the 3CD set ‘Deep Down In The Vaults’ in 1998. The fact that most of these CD boots misidentified the source venue or date created much confusion that still lingers today.

In early 2007 the soundboard of all 8 songs in the second set finally surfaced (in excellent quality) into the mainstream collector market via the title ‘Uber Series #21’. This source contains the edited (cut) version of “Blinded” previously issued on Deep Down In The Vaults (see above). The soundboard of the opening seven songs of this show (the entire first set) has not surfaced into the mainstream, it allegedly exists in the hands of only a few people.

A claim that one, some, or all three of the Joe’s Place shows were filmed first surfaced in the 1992, 2nd edition Charles Cross/Backstreets book “Springsteen: The Man & His Music”. That book implied the filming had something to do with a Charity Telethon. Evidence has now emerged (printed in The Real Paper on 16th January 1974) that only one song was recorded on the afternoon of Sunday the 6th, for the benefit of Muscular Dystrophy. This was likely a local fund-raiser, rather than a national telethon. Two takes of "Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street" were recorded, without an audience. This was filmed with the aim of showing it on local TV in March, perhaps on a benefit show, but it is unclear whether this ever happened. This recording still exists, but only in private collections.


Enjoy it.
René