Bruce Springsteen / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975-85 CD

Live 1975-85 CD music BORN TO RUN is the album that turned Springsteen from a phenomenon into a superstar. His first couple of releases found Bruce working out his fascination with Dylan and Van Morrison on earthy, wordy, folk-rock-R&B tunes full of soul and punch. On BORN TO RUN, Springsteen became even more ambitious, synthesizing Spectorian production with Orbison-esque drama and Duane Eddy-influenced guitar work, creating something grand enough to be called rock opera but too proletarian to ever claim that title. BORN TO RUN was also the first album where the Boss began to crystallize his recurring theme of working class America's doomed-but-passionate rage against its circumstances. With the earnestness and emotion that bursts forth from Springsteen's street poems, the album is never less than exhilarating, and songs like "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (a tongue-in-cheek history of the E Street Band) provide humor. "She's The One" puts the Bo Diddley beat to its most effective post-'50s use, and the title track is Springsteen's quintessential underdog epic. Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, and 914 Sound Studio, Blauvelt, New York. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica, alto horn); Steven Van Zandt (vocals, guitar, alto horn, background vocals); Clarence Clemons (vocals, saxophone, tenor saxophone); Danny Federici (vocals, organ, keyboards); Mike Appel (vocals, background vocals); Suki Lahav (violin); David Sanborn (saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone, horns); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn, horns); Wayne Andre (trombone); Roy Bittan (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harpsichord, organ, keyboards, glockenspiel, background vocals); David Sancious (keyboards); Garry Tallent (bass guitar); Ernest Carter, Max Weinberg (drums). Audio Mixer: Jimmy Iovine. Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig. Recording information: 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, NY; Record Plant Studios, New York, NY. Photographer: Eric Meola. Arranger: Bruce Springsteen. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar); Steve Van Zandt (vocals); Suki Lahav (violin); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); David Sanborn (baritone saxophone); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, background vocals); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Danny Federici (organ); Roy Bittan (keyboards, glockenspiel, background vocals); David Sancious (keyboards); Garry Tallent, Richard Davis (bass); Max Weinberg, Ernest "Boom" Carter (drums); Mike Appel (background vocals). Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Mike Appel.

Live 1975-85 buy CD music This was the album after the famous Jon Landau statement came to pass, and although there are still many references to cars and girls it is a blistering album. It has a similar energy that was later to be found on The River. He states in 'Something In The Night', 'soon as you've got something they send someone to try and take it away'. He repeated the themes again and again, and we loved it; maybe his fall from grace is because we ultimately can get by with just one song about cars and girls. Live Recording Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Steven Van Zandt (vocals, guitar); Clarence Clemons (vocals, saxophone, percussion); Danny Federici (vocals, organ, keyboards); Steve VanZandt (guitar); Roy Bittan (piano, keyboards); Max Weinberg (drums). Audio Mixers: Chuck Plotkin; Jimmy Iovine. Recording information: Atlantic Studios, New York, NY; Record Plant Studios, New York, NY; The Record Plant, New York, NY. Photographer: Frank Stefanko. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Steve Van Zandt (guitar); Clarence Clemons (saxophone); Roy Bittan (piano); Danny Federici (organ); Garry Tallent (bass); Max Weinberg (drums).

Live 1975-85 songs Only Springsteen could have got away with releasing a double album with 19 tracks of what was basically the same song. Such was his standing that he did, and it worked like a dream. Almost all the tracks hit you in the stomach, with burning saxophone from Clarence Clemons and piercing wurlitzer organ. Bruce, meanwhile, sings of cars and girls and girls and cars, but at no stage does he forget that this is rock 'n' roll. With this release Springsteen completed a rite of passage. Described as the "new Dylan" early in his career, the singer proved this tag a fallacy, drawing on Dansette pop - Phil Spector, Gary US Bonds, Mitch Ryder - rather than the folk tradition. The singer articulated the dilemmas of America's blue-collar workforce, encapsulating a generation trapped in a post-60s malaise. He does so with sumptuous melodies which draw in, rather than confront, the listener and show Springsteen not just as a magnetic showman, but as a pensive, literate songwriter. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Recorded at The Power Station, New York, New York. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, electric 12-string guitar, harmonica, piano); Steven Van Zandt (vocals, guitar); Clarence Clemons (vocals, saxophone, percussion, background vocals); Danny Federici (vocals, organ); Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman (vocals, background vocals); Steve VanZandt (guitar); Garry Tallent (horns); Roy Bittan (piano, organ, keyboards, background vocals); Max Weinberg (drums). Audio Mixers: Chuck Plotkin; Toby Scott; Bob Clearmountain. Recording information: The Power Station, New York, NY. Photographers: Amanda Flick; Frank Stefanko; David Gahr; Jimmy Wachtel; Barry Goldenberg; Joel Bernstein. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar); Steve Van Zandt (guitar); Clarence Clemons (tenor saxophone); Roy Bittan (piano); Danny Federici (organ); Garry Tallent (bass); Max Weinberg (drums); Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan (background vocals). Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steve Van Zandt.

Live 1975-85 album for sale Recorded in Springsteen's New Jersey bedroom on a 4-track cassette recorder. As a followup to THE RIVER, a double-album blast of old-time rock and roll, this amazing solo-acoustic folk album came out of nowhere in the fall of 1982. More precisely, it came out of Bruce Springsteen's back pocket. He recorded what would become NEBRASKA at home on a 4-track recorder, intending it as a demo tape for a full-band album. The band versions were recorded, but Springsteen sensed something missing; eventually, he became convinced that his demo tape, which he had carried around in a back pocket of his jeans for several days, had a spiritual wallop that he and the band couldn't recreate. He had the cassette cleaned up and turned into his sixth album. There's little doubt that he made the right choice. The songs on NEBRASKA form a bleak cycle about men on the run, from the law, from their fathers or from themselves, usually for reasons even they don't understand. And Springsteen's dry, howling voice, which sometimes dips to a desperate whisper and sometimes rises to a haunted scream, seems to carry all their fears and all their hidden knowledge. The title song, about Charlie Starkweather, the serial killer chronicled in the movie BADLANDS, is one of two on the album about men who see the electric chair as their natural, God-given fate, if not their salvation. A couple of others could be the very drivers of the cars Paul Simon once counted on the New Jersey turnpike, except that where Simon saw America, all these characters see are dirty refinery towers. This was songwriting that channeled both Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams, and the stark sound of NEBRASKA was not merely a homage to them, but a perfect casing for these tales. Whether strumming through "Atlantic City," picking out arpeggios on "Nebraska" or banging out a shuffle on "Open All Night" (a rare upbeat moment), Springsteen's lone acoustic guitar was all the accompaniment they needed, echoing their loneliness and isolation. Solo performer: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica). Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Bruce Springsteen. Recording information: New Jersey; Nj. Photographer: David Michael Kennedy .

Live 1975-85 CD music TRACKS includes 56 previously unreleased masters, many of which were recorded during the BORN IN THE U.S.A. and THE RIVER sessions, as well as ten B-sides. All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. This handsomely packaged box set goes a long way towards illuminating the darker corners of Springsteen's recording career. Apparently, almost every time the Boss went into the studio he recorded more songs than he could possibly fit onto a record, and most of those extra tracks languished in obscurity. The four-disc TRACKS aims to change that. The amazing thing about the never-before-heard material here (and the little-known b-sides also included) is that most of the songs are just as impressive as the ones ultimately chosen to go on Springsteen's albums. Spanning various phases of his career, the selections chronicle Springsteen's journey from Dylan-inspired folk-poet to funky working class hero to larger-than-life rock icon, and each era is given a new coat of paint via the previously unreleased songs that represent it. Of special note is the innovative manner in which the package itself was put together, the box folding out to reveal a four-cornered tapestry of candid Springsteen photographs that pull out to expose the four glorious discs underneath. Includes liner notes by Bruce Springsteen. 4 Cds-66 Songs,Book W/Photos, Contains Unreleased Titles Personnel includes: Bruce Springsteen, Miami Steve Van Zandt, Clarence Clemons, Roy Bittan, Garry Tallent, Max Weinberg, Danny Federici, Nils Lofgren. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards); Nils Lofgren (vocals); Steven Van Zandt (guitar); Marty Rifkin (dobro); Soozie Tyrell (violin); Danny Federici (accordion, organ, glockenspiel); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, percussion); Mario Cruz, Jerry Vivino (tenor saxophone); Ed Manion (baritone saxophone); Michael Spengler, Mark Pender (trumpet); David Sancious (piano, organ, keyboards); Roy Bittan (piano, keyboards); Ian McLagan (organ); Gary Mallaber, Vini Lopez, Jeff Porcaro, Max Weinberg, Omar Hakim, Shawn Pelton (drums); Frank Pagano, Michael Fisher (percussion). Audio Mixers: Chuck Plotkin; Ed Thacker; Jimmy Iovine; Thom Panunzio; Bob Clearmountain. Liner Note Author: Bruce Springsteen. Recording information: 914 Sound Recordings (05/03/1972-08/24/1998); CBS Studios, NY (05/03/1972-08/24/1998); Max's Kansas City (05/03/1972-08/24/1998); Power Station (05/03/1972-08/24/1998); Record Plant, NY (05/03/1972-08/24/1998); Thrill Hill Recordi (05/03/1972-08/24/1998). Photographers: Herb Ritts; Jim Marchese; Frank Stefanko; Pamela Springsteen; David Gahr; Peter Cunningham; Eric Meola; Fred Lombardi; Neal Preston; Annie Leibovitz; David Rose; Mike O'Neil; Joel Bernstein.

Live 1975-85 buy CD music Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar); Patti Scialfa (guitar, background vocals); Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren (guitar); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, percussion); Roy Bittan, Danny Federici (keyboards); Garry Tallent (bass); Max Weinberg (drums). Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York on June 29, 2000 and July 1, 2000. Includes liner notes by Jon Pareles. Recorded during Bruce Springsteen's 10-date Madison Square Garden stint in early summer 2000, this masterful two-CD set offers a live souvenir of the Boss's exhilarating reunion with the E Street Band. Despite a decade-long touring layoff, the band hits the ground running right from the opening chords of the TRACKS gem "My Love Will Not Let You Down." The rest of the set list is an exciting ride through Springsteen's extensive canon, dating back to his 1973 debut, GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK, NJ. The '70s-era Springsteen songs include goosebump-inducing versions of such anthems as "Badlands," "Born to Run," and "Jungleland." But as adept as this Jersey bard is in whipping up frenzied passion with such hard-hitting numbers, he's equally as transfixing on quieter material, including the gorgeous "Mansion on the Hill" and a completely revamped version of "The River." Proving he still has a gift for powerful statements, Springsteen's newest numbers--"American Skin (41 Shots)" and "Land of Hope and Dreams"--are brilliant social commentaries on the horrors of racial profiling in the former and the promise of a welcoming future free from prejudice in the latter. Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. & E Street Band. 2 Cds. 2 New Songs Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Steven Van Zandt (vocals, guitar); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, percussion); Danny Federici, Roy Bittan (keyboards); Garry Tallent (bass); Max Weinberg (drums).