Prodigal Son Meets The Uber's # 5 

Date: 1972-03-14
Location: Challenger Eastern Surfboards, Highlands, NJ

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01 Don’t You Want To Be An Outlaw (7:19)
02 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (12:13)
03 When You Dance (18:53)
04 Look Towards The Land (10:01) 
05 I’ve Got To Have You Baby (6:43) 
06 Funk Song (6:15)

Total time: (61:24)

The above mentioned 6 songs are taken from audio of a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BAND rehearsal. The band line-up is Van Zandt-Sancious-Tallent-Lopez. In addition to the 55 minutes of music there are nearly 7 minutes of fascinating between-song banter, much of it between Springsteen and Tinker West, who Bruce jokingly refers to as “Stinky”. Tinker appears to be testing some new recording equipment. The sound quality is uniformly excellent. It is evident from the discussions that the rehearsals had been going on for some time before the recording starts. It should be noted that this is not Challenger’s more famous Wanamassa location that Bruce had lived in during the 1969-70 Steel Mill era. Tinker West had relocated the factory to Highlands, NJ in mid-1971 and had then constructed a more professional rehearsal room.

The standout track here is “When You Dance”. Although rough quality live renditions exist, this is a clear rendition, with astounding Springsteen-Van Zandt dual lead guitar interplay. Noteworthy as well is “Funk Song” (also known as “Funk