Steel Mill (Bruce Springsteen) 1971-01-23 live at The Upstage, Asbury Park

Описание: Steel Mill (Early Bruce Springsteen band) 1971-01-23 live at The Upstage, Asbury Park. This is the only recording that exists of Steel Mill/Bruce Springsteen at the famous The Upstage, and also Steel Mills`s last performance there.

Tracklist:

1. Sweet Melinda 00:00
2. Oh Mama 04:39
3. Guilty 08:59

Bruce Springsteen (guitar and vocals)
Robbin Thompson (vocals)
Steven Van Zandt (bass)
Vini Lopez (drums)
Danny Federici (organ)

From BruceBase:

One show, double bill, with Steel Mill headlining and National Debt opening. This was advertised as the final Steel Mill gig and current evidence supports this, including Springsteen noting this fact at D'Scene earlier in the week. The dissolution of Steel Mill was amicable. Apparently Bruce had informed members in December, prior to a Christmas trip to California, of his desire to explore other musical directions. Speaking of his brief, 5 month (September 1970 - January 1971) Steel Mill tenure, vocalist Robbin Thompson has commented: “it was a strange thing. No one really knew why I was in the band….but about half way through I knew the band, as it was, wasn’t going to last, especially me.”

The above-mentioned partial setlist is taken from a very good quality soundboard recording that is now in circulation. This material has yet to appear on any mainstream CD boot. The audio features continuity between songs and marks the first ever appearance of any Springsteen audio from The Upstage. These three songs are culled from early in the set and may possibly be the show’s opening three numbers. This is also the first time a rendition of “Sweet Melinda” has surfaced in nice sound quality. The remainder of the show has not surfaced.