Okay, in actual fact the good news is that in celebration of the event, Springsteen just released this quite splendid outtake from the original album sessions. Probably wouldn't have fit in with the album as released, but it's a pretty cool song nonetheless.
I should add that I remember the aforementioned release day of BTR beyond vividly. It was around 4pm on a Friday, and a messenger from CBS Records dropped it off for me at the old Park Avenue offices of Stereo Review. It came in a soft cardboard gatefold cover (without a spine), and with the iconic photo of the Boss and the Big Man on the front, but with the title stuff (artist and album name) in a script typeface (like the above) rather than the familiar plain cap letters. And nothing else inside or on the back cover. The disc itself had a white label with no info on it at all, not even the album title.
Needless to say, I immediately played it through from start to finish and thoroughly kvelled. I thought it was the greatest thing I'd ever heard, and my opinion has not changed substantially since then.
I should also add that said copy of the album would fetch quite a pretty penny on the collector's market today, but needless to say I gave it away to somebody -- I forget who -- years ago.
Yes, I'm not just old, I'm an idiot. 😎😎
9 comments:
After one listen I think it's wonderful!
Captain Al
I’m being a bit of a wise guy but if given the choice I would take this one track over all of Tracks 2.
Captain Al
The weird review copy of BTR that I had and which I described above turns out to be rarer than I thought. Nobody has offered one like it for sale on eBay, and I can't find a single photo of it anywhere online.
50 years, egg 🤔 I was 24, oh boy.
I was already a fan as owned Greetings from Asbury Park and The Wild, the Innocent ...
Despite those great introductions when I dropped the needle on that album I felt like the man in the chair in the Maxell Ad 😉
rob
I remember you owning the album with that cover along with the giant poster of the album cover you had up on your wall.It was one of the coolest posters I ever saw on a wall! I can't believe I didn't try to talk you out of them.
I listened to the track again, it's still sounds great! The 1970's (plus 1980) were the magic Bruce years for me,
Captain Al
Nicely put.😎
Fun song. I can see why they left it off of BTR, but it would have gone great on The River. Bruce's high register on this seems unusual on his studio records.
About 12 years ago, I bought a friend's record collection. Best collection I ever bought. 7000 records. A giant truck pulled up in front of my house and I had to figure out where to put 100 boxes. BUT...he was an industry guy and he had everything! EVERYTHING, including that early Born To Run. After weeks of going through every box, I couldn't find it. So I called him and asked, "Didn't you say the rare BTR with the script cover was in the collection?" (I had visions of a $2500 sale.) He said, "Oh, I decided to keep it!" Still, I was the King Of Vinyl for about two years with that collection.
You can buy that BTR for $5000, if you want it.
https://www.discogs.com/release/8247820-Bruce-Springsteen-Born-To-Run
Post a Comment