The Bruce Springsteen Band
"Summertime In New York City"
Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center
New York City, NY
July 23, 1971


FLAC files (from Silver CD via EAC (WAVE) > FLAC Frontend) --> Dimeadozen --> You!


1. C.C. Rider / Down The Road Apiece
2. You Mean So Much To Me
3. Nothing Can Stop Me
4. I'm In Love Again
5. Dance Dance Dance
6. You Don't Leave Me No Choice
7. Jambalaya


I've received those FLAC files generated from the bootleg "The Bruce Springsteen Story Volume 6" from a trade
(original artwork included).


Here's the info from brucebase:


"One show, with THE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BAND (along with a several other un-signed groups) performing as part of
the Guggenheim Memorial Concert Series that took place daily in Damrosch Park during the summer of 1971.
According to the New York Times the headliner and scheduled 8PM show closer on the 23rd was THE RICHARD GOLDMAN
BAND, a classical orchestra noted for its creative use of wind and brass instruments. Bruce and his team were
one of several unnamed-in-print undercard acts, each of who were allocated hour-long performing slots.
At one point Bruce can be heard off mike asking “how much more time do we have?” The response back is “15 minutes”
and Bruce times the end of his show impeccably. The fact that Bruce’s mid-1971 lineup included horns may have been
the reason Tinker got this particular booking. The trumpet and sax are highly prevalent throughout and the
arrangements (likely created by Van Zandt) are outstanding.
The above-mentioned setlist is taken from a soundboard recording that is available on the CD “THE BRUCE SPINGSTEEN
STORY, VOLUME 6” (E Street Records). The bootleg cover implies some Columbia Records/CBS affiliation with the
recording – but this is just fantasy artwork. This 60-minute recording has continuity between songs and is almost
certainly the complete BSB show from this afternoon gig. Although this was an outdoor event, Bruce and the band
were performing within the Guggenheim Band Shell. The superb acoustics of that shell, combined with an
un-degradated source tape, have resulted in a truly exceptional concert document. Add to this a tight, highly
disciplined and inspired performance by the entire band and it’s easy to see why most rate this Damrosch gig as
the finest pre-CBS Springsteen concert currently in existence.
This texture of this performance is more in keeping with the funkiness of Bruce’s 1974 Wild & Innocent Tour dates
and early Asbury Jukes shows. It is essential audio in any Springsteen collection.
The 9-member Bruce Springsteen Band at Damrosch Park is the same as the 10-member contingent that performed at
The Sunshine In ten days earlier (see 11/07/71 listing) with the exception that Tinker West is not playing congas
– it seems Tinker was busy working the soundboard. This show includes some of Bruce’s finest early-period
songwriting efforts. There are definitive live performances of “Jambalaya” and “You Mean So Much Tom Me” plus
two songs (“I’m In Love Again” and “You Don’t Leave Me No Choice”) that are not available from any other show
source. Delores Holmes delivers the sexy Ronnie Spector-ish lead vocal on these two songs. A Springsteen
lead vocal of these two songs has yet to surface. Bruce’s searing guitar work during “You Don’t Leave Me No Choice”
is among his all time best."



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G. The Cock