Bruce Springsteen(The Castiles) 1967-09-30 The Left Foot Freehold, NJ

1967-09-30 - THE LEFT FOOT, FREEHOLD, NJ

CIRCUS MARCH (cut, 0:08) / ONE BY ONE (2:56) / THE LETTER (2:19) / MR JONES (3:22) / SAN FRANCISCAN NIGHTS (3:54) / OMAHA (2:49) / HEY JOE (cut 1:53) / MY GENERATION (2:50) / LOOK INTO MY WINDOW (cut, 1:49) / WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL (cut, 1:19) / WAKE ME, SHAKE ME (cut, 1:12) / MORNING DEW / Springsteen announcements (cut, 0:18) / TO LOVE SOMEBODY (cut, 0:13)

One show, double bill, with The Castiles headlining. This was the band’s 2nd gig at the club (see September 16th). The above-mentioned 13 song setlist represents The Castiles’ complete performance at this show, in the correct song sequence. As was the case two weeks earlier, St Peter’s priest Fred Coleman made an audience recording of the festivities. However the recorder was positioned in a different spot, so the recording did not come out as well as the first show. Unfortunately one song was not recorded (a Springsteen vocal rendition of The Grateful Dead’s arrangement of the Tim Rose/Bonnie Dobson classic “Morning Dew”) and only very brief snippets of six of the other songs were captured. Consequently (and in contrast to the earlier show) only 26 minutes of the band’s 60 minute performance exists on the original master tape.

Most of this show’s recorded audio (minus “Circus March”, “Wake Me, Shake Me”, the Springsteen announcements and “To Love Somebody”) can be found as tracks 8 to 16 on the CD boot “The Bruce Springsteen Story, Vol 1 (E St). The session details on this CD are not accurate. This bootlegger used a rough downstream generation source tape (running slower than the correct speed) and therefore the sound quality is poor. The sound quality of the original master tape (which does not readily circulate) is considerably better (good), although not as nice as the master tape of the 16/09/67 show.

George Theiss takes the lead vocal on “With A Little Help From My Friends”, “San Franciscan Nights” and “The Letter”. The former incorporates a brief instrumental rendition of “Winchester Cathedral” at the end. There were also two original compositions performed at this show. Bruce sings lead on “Mr Jones”, written by organist Bob Alfano. There is also a Springsteen/Theiss creation, “Look Into My Window”, with shared vocals. At one point Bruce calls for requests and someone shouts for “Sidewalk”, a Springsteen creation from 1965, however the band plays “San Franciscan Nights” instead. Besides the ancient traditional instrumental “Circus March”, other titles (with Springsteen lead vocals) include “Hey Joe”, “My Generation”, The Coasters’ “Wake Me Shake Me” and the evening’s encore, The Bee Gees “To Love Somebody”. This was The Castiles’ final appearance at The Left Foot. Although having only opened in September 1967, The Left Foot’s popularity dropped dramatically in March 1968 when the larger, trendier Freehold Hullabaloo club opened nearby. The Left Foot closed for good in April 1968.
 

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