This was Springsteen’s debut album, out in January 1973, produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos. Redportedly “Blinded By The Light” and “Spirit in the Night” were cut after Clive Davis rejected the original album tracklist.
Personnel include Clarence Clemons, Vincent Lopez, David Sancious and Garry Tallent – aka the E-Street Band.
My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is an early 80s Terre Haute pressing with the JC prefixed catalog number and a barcode. The postcard on the front cover folds over the lyrics / credits visible below it.






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