1973-05-31 Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA

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Info & Setlist | Venue

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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".

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On Stage

WGOE-FM Radio Show

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• Bruce Springsteen
• Clarence Clemons
• Danny Federici
• Garry Tallent

Setlist

SATIN DOLL DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET? CIRCUS SONG GROWIN' UP NEW YORK SONG YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME

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Performances

^{incl. Rehearsals.}

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• 1973-05-31 Alpha Sound Studios, Richmond, VA

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Recording

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.

Storyteller

31.05.73 WGOE Alpha Studios, Richmond, VA, intro to ´Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street ?´ (following ´Satin Doll´)
´´(DJ: ´Well, welcome back to Richmond, Bruce, why don´t you, there´s some people here I don´t think many people know, why don´t you introduce your band´) Alright, uh, on the accordion on that number, Prince of Passaic county, little Mr.Maestro himself, Danny Federici (DJ: ´Welcome, Dan´)(?) on the tuba on that number (?) doctor of all around funkiness, from Long Branch, New Jersey, Funky Chicken, Mr.Garry Tallent on the tuba…. and on the saxophone, the Duke of Paducah, the king of soul, (?) chew snowflakes but he don´t mess around, Mr.Clarence Clemons….hey !….(DJ: ´Well, what do you wanna play ?´) I don´t know, let me see (chuckles) let´s try, try ´Bus Stop´….´´

31.05.73 WGOE Alpha Studios, Richmond, VA, intro to ´Wild Billy´s Circus Story´
´´(?)(DJ: ´In case you just, uh, started listening, what you´ve been hearing is live music coming from Alpha audio recording studios in Richmond, Bruce Springs, Springsteen and his band are here, they´re gonna be in concert tonight at the Coliseum with Chicago and they decided to come down and give you a little preview, by the way, thanks for coming down, how long has it been since you´ve been to Richmond, Bruce ?´) When we´re here ? we were here about, I don´t know, eight months ago (DJ: ´I´m not, I´m not from around here but I understand you used to play here quite a bit´)(?) you know, since, about three, three or four years, you know, played here, you know, off and on (DJ: ´And how long have you all been together ?´) oh, I´ve known Garry for about (?) years, Danny´s been around two or three years and, uh, Clarence is the newest guy but Clarence is like an old shoe (chuckles)(DJ: ´Well, you´ve got an old flute in your hand, what are you gonna do with it ?´) uh, something, something I´ve seen (chuckles)….are we ready now ? the duelling flutes, right ? (?)….we´re gonna do a song about the circus, ready ?….(?)….´´

31.05.73 WGOE Alpha Studios, Richmond, VA, intro to ´New York City Song´
´´(?) I´ll play the piano, I guess (DJ: ´While we´re changing instruments here, just let me tell you that, uh, you´re listening to this little concert from, uh, coming to you live (?) recording studios and you´re listening to WGOE, Bruce Springsteen is who you´re listening to and he´s gonna play the piano´) uh….now we´ll do, uh, ´New York City´….(?)….(?) everybody´s ready, alright, that´s good….´´

31.05.73 WGOE Alpha Studios, Richmond, VA, intro to ´You Mean So Much to Me Baby´
´´(?) let´s see, let´s do, uh, she comes to me, alright ?….let´s try that, where´s Danny ? right there ?….we´re gonna do one more (?) we gotta get over to the, uh….Coliseum….while I pick my ear (?)….this is, uh, this is a cue, you guys are gonna have to watch me at the end of this ….here we go….´´

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