The Bruce Springsteen mp3 Bootleg Index

16/11/74 - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC

I am looking for the best quality possible of this gig can anyone hlelp?

INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET / SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT / DOES THIS BUS STOP / E ST SHUFFLE / SAINT IN THE CITY / JUNGLELAND / SHE'S THE ONE / KITTY'S BACK / NYC SERENADE / ROSALITA / 4TH JULY ASBURY PARK (SANDY) / A LOVE SO FINE (cut) / WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK / QUARTER TO THREE

ONE show, held in Leonard Gym, with Springsteen the sole act on the bill. The 14-song setlist above seems to represent the complete show. An audience tape (not widely circulating) exists with all tracks except the final two. Current evidence suggests this show included Bruce’s debut of Elvis’ "Wear My Ring", which would turn up during encores for the next month. A BRUCEBASE reader comments: “the best rock show I've ever seen and the best of the 12 Springsteen shows I've seen from 73 – 96. The show was so great it could have cured a terminal disease". Another reader comments: "it was my first Bruce show and it blew me away. Bruce came out and gave a 'there are contenders, there are pretenders but there was only one King of rock 'n roll' speech and proceeded into an Elvis song during which he fell to the floor and did the horizontal Curly Shuffle, doing circles on the floor with leg kicks. Amazing, made me a fan for life". Yet another BRUCEBASE reader comments: "it truly was a life-altering event. I ran back home to Philly and drove to the War Memorial show a few days later to see if what I had just witnessed was an aberration…and of course it wasn't. That was it for me". Thanks to Mitchell for setlist info. Note: The school’s Yearbook mistakenly dates the show as 23/11/75. Thanks to Clyde for the yearbook, venue and scans info.

It was a free show GA at AU.I went there in 1974-1976 In fact I still have a mint ticket of this show. WE COULD NOT GIVE AWAY THE TICKETS!!! He played in the SMALL gym and there was really no stage. We just sat on the floor !!.
There is a version floating around(I think on Jungleland site) but the quality is awful. The acoustics were about as bad as imaginable. I will never forget that day.

Mike S
New Jersey