Notes: ONE show, with THE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BAND the sole act on the bill. This was opening night of 9-show residency that encompassed three of the four weekends in February. The above-mentioned 19-songs are culled from circulating audience audio from the 9-show residency that would seem to encompass parts of four of these nine shows – consequently there are multiple performances of some songs (a total of 25 recordings encompassing 229 minutes). Most of these 25 recordings have been in circulation since the mid 1980’s and more than half have been issued on various mainstream bootleg titles. The remainder of the audio is only circulating via private CDR sources. The overall sound quality is good.
The so-called “Backdoor Club Tapes” represent some of the most perplexing live audio to sort out, primarily due to the fact that nearly all the between-song audio appears to have been cut by the original taper prior to the audio entering into collector circulation. Because of the lack of audio continuity it is extremely difficult to tell which recordings emanate from which shows - and virtually impossible to decipher the correct running order. Although the shows of Feb 4th and 26th are often cited on trade lists, these two dates appear to based on the fact that for many years these were the only two dates known to have been played at the club. It is now known the residency was much longer, so this material could be from any of the shows. However it is more likely that most of it comes from the final weekend’s performances.
Southside Johnny was a guest on the first weekend. However Southside’s harp playing is only heard on one track, “Bright Lights Big City”. Bruce handles the harmonica on “Just Cant Change”, one of his better songwriting efforts of 1971. Two other standout songs are “Like A Stranger” and “Make Up Your Mind”. The most interesting track is the full band version of “Cowboys Of The Sea” – a song that clearly foreshadows the change of lyric style that Bruce was adopting at the time.
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Notes: See 04-Feb-1972 for details about the songs played during the Backdoor shows
06-Feb-1972 Richmond,VA The Backdoor Club,USA
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Notes: See 04-Feb-1972 for details about the songs played during the Backdoor shows
12-Feb-1972 Asbury Park,NJ Sunshine In,USA
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Notes: A poster indicates two shows on the 12th…. Early.
Due to recent information supplied to Brucebase the audio once believed to have emanated from this show can now be found under the listing for 17 / 03 / 72.
12-Feb-1972 Asbury Park,NJ Sunshine In,USA
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Notes: A poster indicates two shows on the 12th….. Late
16-Feb-1972 Long Branch,NJ Monmouth College,USA
- This show was NOT PLAYED
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Notes: Often listed as the date for the "Save A Tree Concert" but this is incorrect information - there was never any Springsteen performance here on this date. See 16-Feb-73 for the correct date and details
18-Feb-1972 Richmond,VA The Backdoor Club,USA
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Notes: ONE show, with The Bruce Springsteen Band the sole act on the bill. See 04-Feb-1972 for details about the songs played during the Backdoor shows
19-Feb-1972 Richmond,VA The Backdoor Club,USA
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Notes: ONE show, with The Bruce Springsteen Band the sole act on the bill. See 04-Feb-1972 for details about the songs played during the Backdoor shows
20-Feb-1972 Richmond,VA The Backdoor Club,USA
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Notes: ONE show, with The Bruce Springsteen Band the sole act on the bill. See 04-Feb-1972 for details about the songs played during the Backdoor shows
25-Feb-1972 Richmond,VA The Backdoor Club,USA
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Notes: See 04-Feb-1972 for details about the songs played during the Backdoor shows
26-Feb-1972 Richmond,VA The Backdoor Club,USA
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Notes: See 04-Feb-1972 for details about the songs played during the Backdoor shows.
27-Feb-1972 Richmond,VA The Backdoor Club,USA
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Notes: None is really sure which songs were played at which particular concert at the Back Door in February - or even before then. See 04-Feb-1972 for details about the songs played during the Backdoor shows.
