Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Title: Saint In The City
Label: The Swinging Pig Records
Catalog #: TSP048
Format: 2 White Vinyls
Source: Radio Broadcast
Bruce Base: http://brucebase.wikispaces.com/1974#030374
Story Teller: http://brucebase.wikispaces.com/1974-03-03+-+GASTON+HALL%2C+GEORGETOWN+UNIVERSITY%2C+WASHINGTON%2C+DC
Total Time: 1 hour 34 minutes 45.15 seconds
Date: March 03, 1974
Location: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Setlist:


Disc 1: (51:07.73)

A1 Wild Billy's Circus Story (8:14.45)
A2 New York City Serenade (15:25.59)

B1 Spirit In The Night (6:58.42)
B2 The E Street Shuffle (5:19.56)
B3 Walkin' The Dog (15:09.21)


Disc 2: (43:37.17)

C1 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (7:13.26)
C2 It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City (4:33.41)
C3 Kitty's Back (11:15.65)

D1 For You (11:15.52)
D2 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (9:18.58)


Notes:
This show was broadcast live on WGTB-FM, Washington, DC


from Brucebase:
Two shows, 7:30pm and 10:30pm, with Springsteen and band headlining and Orleans opening. Held in the sold-out, 750-seat Gaston Hall. A copy of the concert contract signed by Steve Appel (Mike's brother, and the band's road manager) indicates that the original plan was for one show (8pm) in the much larger McDonough Arena, scheduled for February 25. These details were crossed out and amended before the contract was signed. Springsteen's fee for appearing was $1500. Click the link above to view the contract. Critic Jerry Gilbert attended both shows and wrote a lengthy, highly detailed review of the night's events that appeared a couple of weeks later in Sounds magazine. The above-mentioned eleven-song setlist for the first show is likely to be complete and includes all seven of the songs from The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle album, the only known time that happened (until 2009, at least), although it probably had occurred before due to the amount of undocumented setlists from this era. Thanks to Paul for confirming that "Walking The Dog" and the solo piano "For You" were played at the early show. Paul also notes that Bruce spoke about the shows with NRBQ in Atlanta in early February and highly recommended seeing them. There is no known audio of the early show.

 Springsteen's eleven-song late (second) show was simulcast (minus "Let The Four Winds Blow") on the University’s popular radio station WGTB-FM. It can be found in excellent soundboard quality on several different boots such as 'Saint In The City' (Swingin' Pig), 'NYC Serenade' (Oil Well) and 'The Boss Keeps Rockin, Vol 3' (Imtrat). Highlight of this broadcast is a wonderful "New York City Serenade". It is unknown if the lengthy final encore, "Let The Four Winds Blow", was taped or not, it definitely was not broadcast that night (probably due to a 90-minute schedule restriction) and that piece of audio has never circulated among collectors. Intriguingly critic Jerry Gilbert (who clearly notes “Let The Four Winds Blow” as ending the second show) mentions that following the second show Springsteen sat down at a piano backstage and played him (plus Mike Appel and some of the band members) a brand new song that he'd recently written, unfortunately Gilbert doesn't mention the song’s title. "Walking The Dog" includes Dave Sancious playing a bit of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" during his solo. Last known performance of "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" with the original album third verse "waitress" lyrics until 2005. By the next performance of the song in April 1974, Springsteen had rewritten the third verse to the "angels" lyrics. "For You" is the solo piano version.


from Brucelegs:
Full Swingin' pig package, complete of inner sleeves and labels with logo and song titles. Fold-out gatefold with nice big photos from the period. Picture disc of one of the two records also exist, and maybe the whole set has been released in two separate picture discs.




Thanks to SITGES for these vinyls.


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hrubesh