Bruce Springsteen shows detailed setlist: November 1973

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03-Nov-1973 Houlton,ME Rickler College,USA

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06-Nov-1973 New York,NY Max's Kansas City,USA

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No set details known. TWO shows, double bill, with Springsteen headlining and HALL & OATES opening. Opening of a 5-night (10-show) residency at the club. Although originally booked for three nights, two additional nights were added to the itinerary. Hall & Oates performed for about 45 minutes at each show, with Springsteen performing for about 90 minutes. Albany Al Tellone continued his brief one or two song guest appearance at some (probably all) of these 10 shows. A BRUCEBASE reader who attended reports Hall & Oates were not well received by the partisan Springsteen crowds. Early show

07-Nov-1973 New York,NY Max's Kansas City,USA

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Two shows, double bill, with Springsteen headlining and HALL & OATES opening. Early show

08-Nov-1973 New York,NY Max's Kansas City,USA

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Two shows, double bill, with Springsteen headlining and HALL & OATES opening. Early show

09-Nov-1973 New York,NY Max's Kansas City,USA

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Two shows, double bill, with Springsteen headlining and HALL & OATES opening. Early show.

10-Nov-1973 New York,NY Max's Kansas City,USA

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Two shows, double bill, with Springsteen headlining and HALL & OATES opening. Early show

11-Nov-1973 Ewing,NJ Trenton State College,USA

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01 Walking the dog
02 Spirit in the night
03 The 'E' street shuffle
04 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
05 634-5789
06 Thundercrack
07 Twist and shout

Notes:
One show, double bill, with Bruce and the boys opening for headliner BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS. An article in the college newspaper indicates that David Bromberg was originally scheduled to headline this show but opted out after being informed that Springsteen was going to open the show. Bromberg was aware of the difficulty in following Bruce. Brian Auger probably wished he'd been aware too, as the vast majority of the 1,500-strong full house in Kendall Hall left after Bruce's performance. The 7 songs listed above were mentioned as having been performed at this concert in a school newspaper review that followed. Given that Bruce was the opening act this setlist is likely to represent nearly the entire show, with perhaps only one or two songs undocumented. There is no circulating audio from this show.

14-Nov-1973 Roslyn,NY My Fathers Place,USA

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First of TWO shows, double billing, with Springsteen headlining and rock band TRUTH opening (for this night only).

15-Nov-1973 Roslyn,NY My Fathers Place,USA

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First of TWO shows, double billing, with Springsteen headlining and comic JAMES WESLEY JACKSON opening.

16-Nov-1973 Roslyn,NY My Fathers Place,USA

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First of TWO shows, double billing, with Springsteen headlining and comic JAMES WESLEY JACKSON opening. Maria Mauldar was second act. Fan reports (thanks to Mark) that Bruce invited the audience of the first show to stay for the second. Spirit in the night was played for sure.

17-Nov-1973 Manayunk,Pa Roxy Theatre,USA

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Early show

17-Nov-1973 Manayunk,Pa Roxy Theatre,USA

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01 Walking the dog
02 Spirit in the night
03 Does this bus stop at 82nd street?
04 The 'E' street shuffle
05 New York City serenade
06 You mean so much to me
07 It's hard to be a saint in the city
08 634-5789
09 For You
10 Thundercrack
11 Twist and shout

Notes:
TWO shows, with Springsteen headlining. Two or three local bands (names unknown) acting as undercards. A highly unusual show structure, as the first show took place during the day but the second show was not until later in the evening. It is likely that the 2nd show is the source of the circulating audience recording. Apparently advanced ticket sales for this off-the-beaten-track venue were poor, which necessitated Bruce plugging the Manayunk gig during the previous 3 nights at My Fathers Place. It seems to have worked, as Bruce twice thanks the crowd for traveling to (in Bruce's words) "this God-forsaken place" to support him and the band. The above-mentioned setlist is from a fairly recently surfaced audience recording of only fair sound quality, slightly better during the slower songs. On the positive side - this audio has continuity and captures the complete 11-song, 90-minute performance. There was no intermission. "You Mean So Much To Me" is the only major audio "flaw", as its final 2 minutes are missing. This show began with "Walking The Dog", which was unusual. As it is suspected he did during many of the late 1973 gigs, Al Tellone guests on baritone sax on "E Street Shuffle". "For You" is the slow version with Bruce on piano. "Thundercrack" includes an exceptionally long band-introduction segment. This is one of only two complete show audios currently available from any of the numerous gigs played during the final five months of 1973. Consequently it fills a much sought after gap in performance timeline history.

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25-Nov-1973 Amherst,MA University Of Massachussetts,USA

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01 Walking the dog
02 Spirit in the night
03 New York City serenade
04 Does this bus stop at 82nd street?
05 Kitty's back
06 Thundercrack
07 634-5789

Notes:
ONE show, double bill, with Springsteen opening for British blues godfather JOHN MAYALL. This was a 2-night booking for headliner Mayall, with Springsteen on the undercard the first night and Maria Muldaur on the bill the following night. Interestingly 30% of the seats for the Springsteen show remained unsold but the show with Boston-based Muldaur was a quick sellout. The above-mentioned setlist is culled from a 70-minute audience recording of the show that has only recently filtered into collecting circles and is not available on any mainstream boot. The sound is very muddy and the overall quality is only fair. Fortunately the audio has continuity and, at 70 minutes, is likely to represent the Bruce’s complete performance as the opening act.

30-Nov-1973 Richmond,VA Vcu Gym,USA

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Due to last minute venue/contractual difficulties at VCU, this concert was rescheduled to 25/1/74 at The Mosque. This concert was to have featured Springsteen headlining and GOOSE CREEK SYMPHONY as the opener.

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