Bruce Springsteen Vinyl Records

Previously unreleased early broadcast featuring rare versions of many early Springsteen hits!

April 1973 from The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia

By mid 1972 the rock landscape was looking decidedly dull. The search for a new Beatles or a new Dylan to re-unite the Woodstock generation and their younger siblings had come to nothing and the natives were getting restless. So when word began to filter through of new-kid-on-the-block Bruce Springsteen breaking out of home city Asbury Park, New Jersey, and playing shows nationwide that reconfirmed audiences faith in the redemptive power of rock n roll, hope began to restore. Bruce had signed a recording deal with Columbia in mid-72 and had been working on his debut record since. Greetings From Asbury Park saw the light of day in early 73, and within the week Springsteen, with a little help from three of the soon to be named East Street Band, were performing their first ever radio broadcast, aired on Boston's WBCN FM. A quite remarkable performance ensued with Bruce and the boys in excellent humour and fine form as they played a terrific set, although remarkably including just one cut from Greetings. The show was an intimate affair without an audience but gave listeners their first glimpse into Springsteen's infectious personality, enormous enthusiasm and unique sense of humour. It also drove home the message that here was an artist who could prove to be the new messiah, with songs that quite beggared belief. The second show featured on this LP is Bruce's very first broadcast from the Main Point venue in Bryn Mawr, just outside Philadelphia - the venue at which Bruce's most prestigious and highly regarded broadcast was made, the astonishing 1975 gig that has also recently been released. This April 1973 set differs widely from the January 73 show as the full band (drummer Vini Lopez joins proceedings) rock out, and comparisons with the largely acoustic Boston broadcast remain fascinating. That was pretty good, Bruce is heard to mutter as the final track of this broadcast draws to a close - providing the perfect understatement for the burgeoning talent heard maturing in these two broadcasts, and equally for the shows themselves, as just one listen to this remarkable LP will testify.

LP2 - Live broadcast on WMMR-FM PHILADELPHIA 24th
6. New York Song
7. Circus Story
8. Spirit In The Sky
9. Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
10. Santa Ana
11. Tokyo
12. Thundercrack

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The words 'legendary', 'seminal' and 'classic' are very often over-used in the heated hyperbole that surround rock concerts in general and Bruce Springsteen gigs in particular.
They lead to overblown phrases such as "essential for every fan" and one of his greatest ever shows.

This recording of a concert Bruce and the E-Street Band played in Philadelphia in February 1975 really is that of a legendary Springsteen show, a seminal moment in his career, a classic performance and an essential part of any fan's library of The Boss work. This is one of his greatest ever performances.

LEGENDARY LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM PHILADELPHIA, 1975

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Track Listing:
LP1
1. Intro.
2. Incident On 57th Street
3. Mountain Of Love
4. Born To Run
5. The E Street Shuffle
6. Wings For Wheels (Thunder Road)
7. I Want You

LP2
8. Spirit In The Night
9. Shes The One
10. Growin Up
11. Its Hard To Be A Saint In The City
12. Jungleland
13. Kittys Back

LP3
14. New York City Serenade
15. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
16. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

LP4
17. A Love So Fine / Shout
18. For You
19. Back In The USA
20. Thunder Road*
21. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out*
22. Pretty Flamingo*
23. Backstreets*

* Live at The Roxy, Hollywood, CA. (10/17/1975)

Bruce Springsteen's 1993 concert release Rockin' Live From Italy features the legendary mix of hard-driving rock, boundless energy and songwriting passion that made him a superstar in the 1970s and 80s. Highlights include Because The Night, Thunder Road, Born To Run, Because The Night, The River, Born In The USA, Hungry Heart and many more, all in creative and compelling arrangements plus two surprising and fascinating John Fogarty covers.

Track Listing:
1. Im On Fire
2. Light Of Day
3. Because The Night
4. Hungry Heart
5. Prove It All Night
6. Thunder Road
7. Glory Days
8. Human Touch
9. Born To Run
10. The River
11. Who'll Stop The Rain
12. Rockin' All Over The World
13. Working On The Highway
14. Souls Of The Departed
15. Born In The USA

Springsteen explains, Towards the end of recording Magic, excited by the return to pop production sounds, I continued writing. When my friend producer Brendan O'Brien heard the new songs, he said, 'Let's keep going.' Over the course of the next year, that's just what we did, recording with the E Street Band during the breaks on last year's tour. I hope Working on a Dream has caught the energy of the band fresh off the road from some of the most exciting shows we've ever done. All the songs were written quickly, we usually used one of our first few takes, and we all had a blast making this one from beginning to end.

Working on a Dream is Bruce Springsteen's twenty-fourth album and it was recorded and mixed at Southern Tracks in Atlanta, GA with additional recording in New York City, Los Angeles and New Jersey.

Track Listing:
1. Outlaw Pete
2. My Lucky Day
3. Working on a Dream
4. Queen of the Supermarket
5. What Love Can Do
6. This Life
7. Good Eye
8. Tomorrow Never Knows
9. Life Itself
10. Kingdom of Days
11. Surprise, Surprise
12. The Last Carnival
13. The Wrestler

Said long-time manager Jon Landau, "Bruce has dug down as deep as he can to come up with this vision of modern life. The lyrics tell a story you can't hear anywhere else and the music is his most innovative in recent years. The writing is some of the best of his career and both veteran fans and those who are new to Bruce will find much to love on Wrecking Ball."

Track Listing:
LP1
1. We Take Care Of Our Own
2. Easy Money
3. Shackled and Drawn
4. Jack of All Trades
5. Death To My Hometown
6. This Depression

LP2
1. Wrecking Ball
2. You've Got It
3. Rocky Ground
4. Land of Hope and Dreams
5. We Are Alive