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Bruce Springsteen – The Unsurpassed Springsteen, Vol. 2 (Max’s Kansas City 1972-1973)

Bruce Springsteen
Jan-Jul 1973
The Unsurpassed Springsteen Volume 2 – Max’s Kansas City 1972-1973
Max’s Kansas City, New York City, NY

(1 disc)
Yellow Dog Records
01- THE BISHOP DANCE
02- SONG OF THE ORPHANS
03- CIRCUIS SONG [a.k.a. “Wild Billy’s Circus Story”]
04- THUNDERCRACK
05- VIBES MAN [a.k.a. “New York City Song”]
06- NEW YORK CITY SERENADE
07- 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)
08- SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
09- DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET
10- SOMETHING YOU GOT
11- ZERO AND BLIND TERRY
12- THUNDERCRACK

Tracks 1-5: 31 Jan 1973 (though many sources incorrectly attribute these songs 30 Aug 1972)
Tracks 6-12: 18 Jul 1973

Gram Parsons – New York, NY (03/09/73)

Gram Parsons
03/09/73
Max’s Kansas City
New York, NY

Buckaroo
Still Feeling Blue
That’s All It Took
California Cotton Fields
Cry One More Time
A Song For You
If You Don’t Love Him (with Emmylou Harris)
Hang On Sloopy
Baby What You Want Me To Do > Bony Maronie > Forty Days (Medley)

I really should like Gram Parsons more than I do.  He encompasses so much of what I love about music.  He virtually created alternative country, or country rock. He sang with Emmylou Harris.  He made the Byrds tolerable awesome. He was in a band called the Flying Burrito Brothers and if that ain’t a great name, I don’t know what is. He had one of the most spectacular/strange burials of all time.

All of these things are excellent and should be praised (well maybe not the weird death, but that’s just legendary.) I should love Gram Parsons. Yet every time I listen to him there seems to be something missing. I can’t put my finger on it exactly. I like his voice, I like his songs, but something doesn’t gel. Maybe it is some faulty wiring in my old noggin.

This concert though, I can’t complain about. It is Gram (and sometimes Emmylou) singing and playing and having a grand time. The sound, well let’s just say you can tell the recording is older than I am, but it still sounds good. If you like Gram, and you really should, then this is an excellent chance to see what he sounded like live.