10/03/74 - LIBERTY HALL, HOUSTON, TX First Show: WILD BILLY’S CIRCUS STORY / NEW YORK CITY SERENDADE Second Show: MARY QUEEN OF ARKANSAS (5:29) / THE FEVER (9:48) / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (5:30) / GIMME THAT WINE (3:02) / THE E STREET SHUFFLE (4:16) / SOMETHING YOU GOT (5:28) / IT’S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY (4:25) / DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND ST (3:32) / KITTY’S BACK (8:57) / ANGEL’S BLUES (8:08) / THUNDERCRACK (13:45) / FOR YOU (7:54) / ROSALITA (0:45, end cut) TWO shows (8PM and 11PM), double bill, with Springsteen & The E Street Band headlining and JIMMY SPHEERIS opening. As advertising for the Liberty Hall residency states, this final night at Liberty Hall was originally scheduled as one show only. However due to strong demand a second (late) show was added at the very last moment. Attendee recollections from March 10th that have surfaced over the years have caused great confusion due to the fact that both shows featured somewhat different setlists and because it was not generally known/confirmed that two shows were performed on March 10th. Springsteen opened the first show of this night with an acoustic “Circus Story” and a partial band, acoustic-orientated rendition of “New York City Serenade” (the same two songs he had opened the 2nd show with the previous night). The remaining songs performed during this first show are still unclear. THERE IS NO AUDIO FROM ANY OF THIS FIRST SHOW KNOWN TO EXIST. For the 2nd show Bruce changed these two opening songs. Instead he began the late show with an acoustic “Mary Queen” and then the semi-acoustic “Fever”. The second show has several interesting features. Springsteen sings the “The Fever” for the first time in a concert setting and predicates the rendition by mentioning the studio demo that has been sent out to some radio stations (but doesn’t mention the fact he played the song the day before inside the KLOL-FM studio). By performing “The Fever” at this show Bruce appears to have been delivering on a promised intention to do so that he made to the Liberty Hall audience the night before. Additionally Bruce breaks a guitar string during “Spirit” and so we get a rare rendition of Clarence’s time-filling comedy number “Gimme That Wine”. We’re also treated to the only known live performance of ‘Angel Blues” (known to most fans by the titles of “She So Fine” or “Ride On Sweet William”) a rather unspectacular song that dates from mid 1973. The performance is very ragged, indicating it may not have been rehearsed much. The above-mentioned 13-song setlist for the 2ND show (believed to be in the proper sequence) is taken from in-circulation audio that has been sourced from home tapings of radio broadcasts. Current evidence suggests this show was not simulcast live at the time but, rather, was first broadcast in November 1974 to promote Springsteen’s later Texas tour. There is also some evidence that the material was broadcast in bits and pieces in Nov 1974, rather than in one complete program segment. The original taper/s utilized modest recording equipment, so the sound quality is good but not outstanding. With a running time of about 98 minutes (depending on between-song edits) this is most likely the complete show, although it is possible that a couple of songs are missing. Comments Springsteen makes between several songs offer quite compelling evidence all this audio is from the late show on March 10th. The 13 songs that are known from this 2nd show on 10/03/74 have yet to appear coherently on any mainstream bootleg. The CD boots “LIBERTY HALL” (Mistral), “ALL THOSE YEARS” (Templar) and “LIVE & UNRELEASED” (Seagull) each include the same five recordings (“Mary Queen of Arkansas”, “Fever”, “Gimme That Wine”, “Angel Blues” and “Thundercrack”). “LIBERTY HALL” also includes “Something You Got”. “ALL THOSE YEARS” and “LIVE & UNRELEASED” also includes “The E Street Shuffle”. That makes 7 recordings that are commonly circulating. On the other hand, the 6 “rare/missing” recordings (‘Spirit”, “Saint In The City”, Bus Driver”, “Kitty’s Back”, “For You” and “Rosalita”) are currently circulating only via private CDR sources. Only the first 45 seconds of “Rosalita” seem to be in circulation. It should also be noted that there are unsubstantiated reports that this 2nd show included two additional songs (“Sandy” and “Let The Four Winds Blow”) that don’t seem to be circulating anywhere cdr trade dont know if its uploaded this way before the first twelve songs seem to be from the same tape,radio source. Rosalita is much longer but from a other source i think and not complete. At the end of D1T106 there is a disturbence at the left channel. 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