Tag: Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA, 1984 on Columbia
Having recently seen Deliver Me From Nowhere, which covers the period where Springsteen wrote and recorded Nebraska, it was interesting to come back to this album, which included some of the songs that came out of that era but did not fit that record. It was so unavoidable, and so associated (so much for any…
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Bruce Springsteen, Greetings From Asbury Park N.J., 1973 on Columbia
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…
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Emmylou Harris, Thirteen, 1986 on Warner Brothers
Harris counted this as her 13th studio album, ignoring Gliding Bird which came out on an independent label. It was produced by Harris and her then-husband Paul Kennerley and recorded in Nashville. Guests include VInce Gill, Rodney Crowell, and Carl Jackson. Tracklist includes covers of Bruce Springsteen’s “My Father’s House” (from Nebraska) and Merle Haggard’s…
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Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska, 1982 on Columbia
Springsteen’s sixth studio album, which he recorded himself on a four track to use as demos but then decided to release them directly. (Somewhere in the vaults exist at least some of these songs in full band versions, but they’ve not surfaced yet). Springsteen has cites as inspiration both the story of Charles Starkweather (who…
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Various Artists, Folkways: A Vision Shared (A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly), 1988 on Columbia.
Various Artists, Folkways: A Vision Shared (A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly), 1988 on Columbia. Great tribute album that was part of my introduction to the progressive tradition in America. Folk/blues Where else do you get Little Richard and Fishbone covering Rock Island Line? The Springsteen “I Ain’t Got No Home” and Emmylou’s “Hobo’s…
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Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum.
Various Artists, No Nukes, 1979 on Asylum. 3LP set from the Muse concerts for a non-nuclear future, Madison Square Garden Sept 19-23, 1979. Who’s who of late 70s popular rock: James Taylor, Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Doobie Brothers, Crosby Stills and Nash, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne. Love the Gil Scott-Heron “We Almost Lost Detroit” and…
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Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Live / 1975-85, released 1986 on Columbia.
Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Live / 1975-85, released 1986 on Columbia. 5 LP box set, recorded at Meadowlands, Giants Stadium, Nassau Coliseum, Winterland, The Roxy, and Arizona State University. Great collection showing their prowess as a live band. I’ve never seen Bruce live in person (as opposed to video or recordings) but hope…
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Elvis Costello Friday
Two quick Elvis Costello videos. First a9bove), the lead single from the upcoming album in collaboration with The Roots, “Will You Walk Us Uptown”: Second, a video from the ONE project, Elvis Costello with Mumford & Sons, doing Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad “(with a bit of Woody Guthrie’s “Do-Re-Mi” thrown in for…