Born to Run [Gold CD]

Editorial Reviews
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Few albums are as fueled by hope, possibility, and the lure of the open road as Born to Run, a virtual concept album about small-town Jerseyites in search of a better life via hot-rodding out on the turnpike, scoring some small-time hustle, or blowing out of town altogether, either across the river to New York City or west for parts unknown. Songs like "Jungleland," "Thunder Road," "Backstreets," and the title track are epic productions, both sonically and lyrically, borrowing from Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and West Side Story. When Born to Run was released in 1975, it earned then-unknown Springsteen the rare honor of simultaneous covers on both Time and Newsweek. The attention was warranted then, and it still is now. --Daniel Durchholz --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born to Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland

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Few albums are as fueled by hope, possibility, and the lure of the open road as Born to Run, a virtual concept album about small-town Jerseyites in search of a better life via hot-rodding out on the turnpike, scoring some small-time hustle, or blowing out of town altogether, either across the river to New York City or west for parts unknown. Songs like "Jungleland," "Thunder Road," "Backstreets," and the title track are epic productions, both sonically and lyrically, borrowing from Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and West Side Story. When Born to Run was released in 1975, it earned then-unknown Springsteen the rare honor of simultaneous covers on both Time and Newsweek. The attention was warranted then, and it still is now. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Dont deny this review because im a "kid".......2007-07-15

I was not fortunate to hear this album back in the 70's (I am 13), but i know great rock when i hear it. From tracks 1-8, the boss reminds us WHY he's the boss.

1. Thunder road:

As one reviewer said, its lyrically the best opining on any rock song.

"The screen door slams, Marys dress sways.
Like a vision she dances across the porch, as the radio plays.
Roy Orbison's singin for the lonely, hey thats me and I want you only.
Don't turn me home again, i just cant face myself alone again."

The song, like the whole album in general, speaks of wanting to get the hell out of jersey with Mary, and if the run, they can do it.
"I know its late, but we can make it (the train outa there) if we run."

2. Tenth Avenue

Again, the opining lines are pure genius

"Tear drops on the city, Bad Scooter (same initials as bruce springsteen) surchin, for his groove.
Seems like the whole worlds walkin pretty, and you can't find no room to move."

This song is about the forming of the E street band
B.S, is down and out, till the big man (Clarence, the saxophonist) comes and "joins the band". The song is, rocky, jazzy, and full of life.

3. Night

No need for a quote
Anyone who works late at night will relate to this song easily

4. Backstreet's

A lyrical symphony, song writing mastery...the illiad.

"Endless juke joints and Valentino drag, where dancers scraped the tears
Up off the street dressed down in rags, running into the darkness
Some hurt bad some really dying, at night sometimes it seemed
You could hear the whole damn city crying, blame it on the lies that killed us
Blame it on the truth that ran us down, you can blame it all on me terry
It don't matter to me now."

This one verse alone sums up the anger terry and Bruce feel. They love each other, but they try to act like hero's to impress each other, to cheer each other up, in a world that NEEDS cheering. But all it brings them is hate and sadness...

5. Born to run

The American song. Gives you a rush every time you hear it. By the end, you'll be pumpin your fist to the drums, yelling along with Bruce,

"The highway's jammed with broken hero's, on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight, but their's no place left to hide"

By the end of the song, you'll be standing, screaming at the top of your lungs "TRAMPS LIKE US, BABY WE WERE BORN TO RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNN!!"

6. She's the one

Eh, alright

7. Meeting across the river

"Eddy this guy he's the real thing
so if you wanna come along, you gotta promise you won't say anything, cause this guy don't dance
and words been passed this is our last chance"

Bruce and eddy are meeting with some dudes about something, but its big, and it could change the future for both of them. The piano/trumpet combo works great...

"Stay close tonight eddy, cause we got our selfs out on that line
and if we blow this one, they ain't just gonna be lookin for me this time
and all we gotta do his hold up our end...stuff this in your pocket, it'll look like your carrying a friend...

8. Jungleland

A perfect end, to a perfect album.

"Beneath the city two hearts beat
Soul engines running through a night so tender in a bedroom locked
In whispers of soft refusal and then surrender in the tunnels uptown
The rats own dream guns him down as shots echo down them hallways in the
Night
No one watches when the ambulance pulls away...Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light"

The song starts out Fast and furious, and features a great solo by Clarance...then gets dark, as the once happy barefoot woman and "rat", who had big dreams and aspirations, now see them shot down.
But, they learn to carry on, as did Bruce. Congrats. You created the best rock album of all time. I wonder how it feels...

If you haven't experienced "Born to Run"..........2007-07-07

For me, it's just unimaginable to know music, and especially rock, without "Born to Run." This is one of the albums that I've grown up on since childhood, until each song has been so eternally emblazoned on my psyche that it brings so many memories. But outside of pure nostalgia, "Born to Run" is one of the premier rock albums ever in my mind. Bruce's third effort and first on a big budget, "Born to Run" captured people in 1975 with its good-time rocking music and lyricism that was all too real. But besides being a landmark triumph from a musical perspective, "Born to Run" accomplishes an amazing task by profiling the lifestyle of middle-class America in the seventies, surely making a grand statement. Bruce's depressing stories of the "losers," the wage-laboring men and women who get their weekend kicks by driving cars, hitting the boardwalk, and struggling through relationships, are inspirational and moving to someone of any economic standing. But outside of the lyrical content, the songwriting is phenomenal. The verses, solos, hooks, instrumentals, are all perfect. This is the album, to me, where the E-Street Band comes out of the background (although you could certainly say the same about The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle). Clarence Clemmons' sweet sax riffs, Gary Tallent and Max Weinberg's valuable contributions, and Steve Van Zandt's backup guitar simply add to the perfect product that is "Born to Run." The music is incredibly catchy, and each song in its own is a separate masterpiece. These are the kind of songs that will remain with you forever for numerous reasons, from the lyrics, the hook, the instrumentals, and the arrangement. If you own five music albums...make sure one of them is "Born to Run."

The first song is the rock n' roll classic "Born to Run," where Bruce evokes the spirit of Roy Orbison to create a simply beautiful rock and roll song, undoubtedly one of the greatest ever. And the twangy, piano-heavy rock of the joyful "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" makes just another absolutely timeless song. "Night" is an incredible ride through the nightlife of New Jersey, and it showcases the band in the spotlight. "Backstreets" is nothing short of incredible, from it's pumped-up intro with the piano, organ, and guitar to the rallying late-song chorus. The title song is certainly one of rock n' roll's finest, just a perfect song to me. "She's the One" and "Meeting Across the River" are probably the two lesser known songs from this album, but both embrace the musical and emotional spirit of the rest of the album. The final song is possibly my favorite, "Jungleland." Simply an amazing rock song.

If I haven't been able to express it to this point, "Born to Run" is a purely astonishing work of rock n' roll music that can be enjoyed on so many levels. Young listeners just getting into rock and roll might consider making this one of their first purchases. Otherwise, this is simply a must-have piece to any musical collection.

Estreet boys.......2007-06-27

What can I say.It was a revelation in 75 and is still important to me.When you have lived a song or the whole record,it is important to feel that way 0ver 30years later.

One of the best..........2007-06-07

Born to Run is an incredible work---by far one of the best rock records ever made. It remains timeless too---year after year.

Show a little faith there's magic in the night..........2007-04-25

Not a huge Bruce fan. Moreso because i was born in 1986 and the only songs i ever really heard of him was all of his new stuff, and some of the overplayed songs that came off his "landmark" recording Born In The USA. To me, he hit his stride early with this amazing album. With a song like THUNDER ROAD, how can it not be amazing, the title in itself blows you away. The title track is amazing, as is more or less every other track here. Honestly if you are questioning if getting into Bruce is worth your time, don't bank on Born in the USA to change your mind. Look back at Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town. These are the albums that will move you, and my guess is that the songs on USA already make you sick and if they don't listen to classic rock radio for a day or two and then they will. Just my opinion

Born to Run: 30th Anniversary 3-Disc Set

Average customer rating:

If you haven't experienced "Born to Run"...
The Boss at his Best
Still good after 30+ years on
Worth it
Great album and package

Born to Run: 30th Anniversary 3-Disc Set
Bruce Springsteen
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Hammersmith Odeon London '75

ASIN: B000BJS4OY
Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Spirit In The Night
Lost In The Flood
She's The One
Born To Run
The E Street Shuffle/Having A Party
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Backstreets
Kitty's Back
Jungleland
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)
Detroit Medley
For You
Quarter To Three

Tracks:

The Journey
Third Album Pressure
"Born To Run"
A New Band
The Studio
The Mix
The Record Release
The Hype
End Of The Journey
Credits

Tracks:

Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland

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The first retooling of any album in the mighty Springsteen catalog is an exemplary labor of love by Columbia. The original 1975 release was the make-or-break record of Bruce's career and arguably still his best collection of material. It is presented here on one disc unsullied by outtakes or inferior versions--just pristine digital remasters of those eight grittily romantic songs of street life that defined the artist's signature styles. The substantial bonuses are two new DVD programs, one featuring a full concert performance by Bruce and the E Street Band on their first date outside the U.S. at London's Hammersmith Odeon in November 1975, and the other a "making of" documentary including band interviews and contemporary concert footage. The whole handsome box truly honors a legendary recording while providing generous value for fans.

The meat of the bonus material is the London show. A mythology has built around it that the band were so disorientated by travel and culture shock and Bruce so enraged by label-generated hype that they gave one of the worst performances of their career. Primitively shot by today's standards, the footage captures the brilliance of the relatively new band's ensemble playing. Highlights include a "Thunder Road" accompanied only by keyboards that opens the show, fiery solos on "Kitty's Back," a dynamic "Saint in the City," and a number of songs that have long since been retired. It's certainly notable how pensive and joyless Springsteen appears when compared to his later, animated stadium persona, but it's also fun to see the far greater role as foil played by Clarence Clemons. As he now testifies in the sleeve notes, putting lie to the myth, on that night they had "gone for broke," and as this writer can bear witness, the British audience exalted the show as the arrival of the greatest live performer of his generation. --Rob Stewart

The Best of Bruce
by guest editor Steve Perry
Steve is the editor-in-chief of City Pages newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (1973)
The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle After a folk-rockish debut album that bubbled with ideas and dense lyrical play, this is where Springsteen began to find his voice as a rocker and as a songwriter. The prisoner-of-love romanticism of "Rosalita" and "Incident on 57th Street" hinted at what was coming, and this early version of the E Street Band--jazzier and more spare than later versions, thanks largely to David Sancious's piano--sounds great, if a little ragged, these many years later.

Born to Run (1975) and Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
These two records, which belong on any compilation of the top 100 rock albums of all time, sketched the themes that he would spend his whole career chasing, and defined the expectations fans would bring to his records ever after. The first chords of "Born to Run" sounded like freedom itself the first time I heard them on the radio, and the album lived up to them. "Thunder Road" is still the greatest rock & roll love song anyone's ever written. The record sounded so big and impassioned and propulsive it was easy to miss the dread running underneath it. Darkness... put the dread front and center. There are more of his best songs here than anywhere else, even if the sound is muddy and leaden at times.

Nebraska (1982)
After The River (the best record that didn't make this list) and the ensuing tour answered his rock & roll prayers--he was a big star now, not just a perennial critics' favorite--Springsteen holed up in a rented house on the Jersey shore, where he wrote these songs and sang them into a four-track recorder in his living room. The tape was supposed to be a demo for the band, but after several false tries he concluded that the tape he'd been carrying around in his pocket was the record. Quiet and bleak, Nebraska nonetheless grabbed you by the collar and made you listen as surely as his rock & roll records ever had.

Tunnel of Love (1987)
Tunnel of Love The glare and hubbub surrounding the Born in the USA tour (the tour was great--the record itself overrated) made him pull back again, this time to write a cycle of songs about love and fear and self-doubt. After this, Springsteen's first marriage broke up, and he started a family with Patti Scialfa, disappearing for the better part of 10 years, notwithstanding the pair of not-bad, just-disappointing albums he released in 1992, Human Touch and Lucky Town.

The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Ghost of Tom Joad Some call it Nebraska II, but his second acoustic album was not a repeat of his first--the characters and settings had changed, and their circumstances were more expressly desperate, and social--though it did share the same interest in what happens to people whose isolation or marginal status renders them invisible.

The Rising (2002)
The Rising Everybody, including Springsteen, seemed to think it was a record about 9/11, but the subject was broader--death and loss as seen from more than halfway down life's road. Dave Marsh nailed it: "A middle-aged man confronts death and chooses life" Brendan O'Brien's production sounds great.

Album Description

30th ANNIVERSARY 3 DISC SET

CONCERT DVD Never-before-seen 1975 concert from Hammersmith Odeon, London featuring over 2 hours of music.

DOCUMENTARY DVD Definitive story of "Wings For Wheels: The Making of Born to Run" with new interviews & rare archival footage.

BORN TO RUN CD First time in newly-remastered digital sound. Includes 48 page booklet of rare and unpublished photos.

Customer Reviews:

If you haven't experienced "Born to Run"..........2007-07-07

The Boss at his Best.......2007-05-29

What can you say but "The Boss" Springstein at his best. I highly recommend this.

Still good after 30+ years on.......2007-05-13

I never would have purchased this set until I heard the live version of "Kitty's Back." Boom... Ordered it that night. Not only was the remastered CD a good trip past the years but the DVD! The band is tight and dressed out except for Springsteen. Made me dust off the Santana, Steely Dan, Van Morrison and Sinatra - believe it or not.

Worth it.......2007-05-07

The remastered album will only sound different from previous CD versions if you have very good headphones or a very good stereo, but the concert DVD (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon London 1975) and the documentary (Wings for Wheels) are worth the price on their own. There's also a booklet of small but sort of grainy pictures, taken from the tour and, possibly, the recording sessions.

The documentary has all sorts of interesting and funny insights into the production of the album, as well as insights into Springsteen himself. The concert DVD has shoddy picture, which is to be expected, but the sound quality and the quality of the performance itself more than make up for it. The picture booklet seems almost perfunctory, an afterthought, but even still, there are some interesting shots in it. And, again, the remastered audio will only sound different if you've got good headphones or speakers to begin with, but if you have that, it's wonderful.

If you're a fan, if you like good documentaries, or if you like a good concert on DVD, get this album. If you just want the songs and you're not an audiophile, just pick up the cheaper, non-30th Anniversary CD (which I don't believe was remastered, but I may be wrong).

Great album and package.......2007-04-29

This is great stuff. The original album needs no introduction every track is a winner - its a 5 star album. From Thunder Road to Jungleland via Backstreets this is one of the great Springsteen albums. Perhaps what make this album standout from other Springsteen albums is its epic scale. This isn't prog-rock though, despite the length of some of the tracks. As I think Springsteen once said, he was trying to capture the drive of the Rolling Stones (at there early 70's peak), with the voice of Roy Orbison, and the production of Phil Spector. An ambitious combination, but the result is worth it.
The documentary DVD is interesting, but you may only watch it once - however documentaries are very subjective and what I found uninteresting you may love.
The concert DVD as other people have said is a bit dark! However, the performances are excellent, the E Street band are on fire, and I found it enthralling to see (or not!) Bruce and the band 30 years ago performing with such passion.
If you haven't already got Born to Run you should buy this, if you have, do what I did and get as a birthday present.

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great, great!!!
ALL THE MUSIC YOU EVER NEED!!

Sacred Music Complete
Purcell , King , and Kings Consort
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great, great!!!.......2006-12-05

This is the way ,I think, Purcell should sound. No pomp and surcomstance but only great music.

ALL THE MUSIC YOU EVER NEED!!.......2003-05-23

This boxed set is by far one of the best purchases I have ever made. As a Purcell freak, this hits every button I have. The cast of characters include the inequitable Robert King, New College Choir, Bowman, and a host of other venerable persons. Likewise the attention to period performance of these works makes it an essential addition to the library of any serious anglophile/Musicologist etc. Now if only the Britten Realizations of all Purcell's songs could be recorded alongside the originals! You will Love this set!

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Cool LP Sleeve Design, Not So Great Sound!

Born to Run
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ASIN: B0009J8GWG
Release Date: 2005-07-04

Tracks:

Thunder Road
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Night
Backstreets
Born to Run
She's the One
Meeting Across the River
Jungleland

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue in a Deluxe LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Album Artwork.

Customer Reviews:

Cool LP Sleeve Design, Not So Great Sound!.......2006-03-26

This is probably Bruce's most critically-acclaimed album and the tracks still sound as good as they've always done but now we get them in a cool lp sleeve format. This gatefold sleeve has all the lyrics printed on the inside covers albeit you'll need a good magnifying glass to read them but it's still a nice touch. No need to despair though as both the Japanese and English lyrics are also reproduced on an insert.

Why just 4 stars then? Well, the recording isn't remastered and so the sound is about the same quality as the cheaper U.S. press that you can get you hands on elsewhere and I'm supposing the 30th Anniversary edition that's just been released and is apparently remastered/enhanced (I've not heard it and so I can't confirm the quality)may actually sound a lot better.

As far as unremastered discs go, this is probably quite decent if you don't mind the muddy sound but seeing as how practically everybody and their grannies have had their classic albums remastered and cleaned up, I wonder what's keeping Bruce's people from doing the same.

So unless you are a very big fan of lp sleeves like I am, you may not want to spend the extra bucks on this.

Don't get me wrong, the album is still great with regards the tracks but I guess if you already have this, what's it going to take to make you wanna get another version of the same thing? I'm guessing it's either vastly improved sound quality and/or improved packaging. This disc only fulfils one of these two criteria so you decide what you wanna do.

By the way, it's the same with the other titles in this format like "Born In the U.S.A." and "Darkness...Town" etc. just so you know. As I don't already have copies of these discs, I didn't mind too much but I don't know about you.

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Solid Album
Different that Quicksand but can Walter write pop songs!
good but not the best
Firm grasp
It took a couple of times

Run to Be Born
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Run To Be Born
Studio Space
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* Debut album from Walter Schreifels newest project. After being a part of such hardcore heavyweights as Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today and Quicksand, Walter later formed the more melodic Rival Schools. You can see that he cannot be pigeon-holed. This is certainly his most poppy outting so far, a life-long musician at the peak of his songwriting prowess.

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Solid Album.......2005-06-23

I loved Quicksand. It was alive like nothing I had heard till then. The guitar, the way each instrument meshed, moved and built tension was remarkable. There were no epiphanies here but a good album nonetheless. The way Walter's voice dives into and out of the guitar kept me interested. I enjoyed the variety of songs and post-punk/pop vibe on this album. "Hands Up", "Run to be Born" and "What's Your New Thing" really stood out.

Different that Quicksand but can Walter write pop songs!.......2005-06-10

Walter Schreifels is proving to be a hard nut to crack. His 1989 album with Gorilla Biscuits is still a hardcore reference point and Quicksand needs no introduction for the number of bands who have tried to copy Manic Compression. Then he opens up and lets us in with his amazing United By Fate album as Rival Schools. Now we have this Walking Concert thing. Yes, it is a new band and if you are a Schreifels junky then let me prepare you. This ain't no Quicksand, Rival Schools and definitely not a Gorilla Biscuits. Walking Concert is a pop album. Not post-pop, post-rock, post-punk but pop proper. There are a few times where you hear a Pavement-esque sound like on "Audrey" or "Hands Up". Walter is a much better singer than Malkmus has ever been. "The Animals" really reveals a similarity to Canadian pop-smith Sam Roberts. There are times where you might even recall the Flaming Lips. But rest assured Walter and the rest of Walking Concert have their own sound. These are well crafted pop tunes that don't grate at all. There isn't even a nod to Schreifels past on the entire album. A left curve that provides a home run.
Sadly, as almost happen to me, Walking Concert has met with little notice. This is one of the finest pop albums this year, filled with catchy hooks and some beautiful and amazing musicianship and songwriting. Run, don't walk, to find this album. It will be definitely worth your time and money.

good but not the best.......2005-04-24

I saw these guys live in concert last night. They were pretty good. Interesting songs titles and good music. I especially like the bassist. He had great bass lines and the energy of the band was overall good. Good. But not the best. They are just an average band from New york but I wish them luck.

Firm grasp .......2005-03-09

I know nothing about Walter's previous bands. I mean NOTHING! Meet Mr. Clueless. Maybe that helped since I had no expecations when a friend handed me this recording. All I can say is that it's one heck of a good rock project. The vocals remind me of Sondre Lerche, but the whole affair rocks along with catchy punch. Strongly suggested for people who are into bands like the New Pornographers... basic rock that is anything but bland.

It took a couple of times.......2005-03-04

I'll admit that only after a couple of listens I kinda said 'eh, it's ok'. However, the more and more I listend to it and came to the realization that Walter is not going to try to re-create Quicksand or Rival Schools (I'm aware of his other contributions to Youth of Today and Gorrilla Biscuits but that was a different style all together) I can't seem to get the CD out of my player. Again, Walter has put together a talented supporting band.
Last night I had the opportunity to see them live at The Saint in Asbury, NJ and was very impressed. They played some tunes that aren't available on Run To Be Born CD and I was blown away by them. I was also fortunate to talk to Walter, cool guy btw, after the show and he said that they were going to work on some new stuff this summer. Hopefully a follow up to RTBB. God knows I waited along time for a follow up to Rival Schools(Which never came).

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There are no words adequate (but here goes anyway)

Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
Manufacturer: Sony/CBS
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BOKJLA
Release Date: 2006-01-02

Tracks:

She's the One [DVD]
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out [DVD]
Spring in the Night [DVD]
Lost in the Flood [DVD]
She's the One [DVD]
Born to Run [DVD]
E Street Shuffle [DVD]
It's Hard to Be a Saint in a City [DVD]
Backstreets [DVD]
Kitty's Back [DVD]
Jungleland [DVD]
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) [DVD]
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) [DVD]
Detroit Medley [DVD]
For You [DVD]
Quarter to Three [DVD]

Tracks:

Journey [DVD]
Third Album Pressure [DVD]
Born to Run [DVD]
New Band [DVD]
Studio [DVD]
Mix [DVD]
Record Release [DVD]
Hype [DVD]
End of the Journey [DVD]
Credits [DVD]
Sprit in the Night [DVD][Live][*]
Wild Billy's Circus Story [DVD][Live][*]
Thundercrack [DVD][Live][*]

Tracks:

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - Bruce Springsteen
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Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
She's the One - Bruce Springsteen
Meeting Across the River - Bruce Springsteen
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen

Album Description

Japanese pressing includes an additional booklet. Features the exact same content as the US 2DVD/CD set. Sony. 2005.

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Japanese Issue of the 30th Anniversary Edition of the Monumental Springsteen Album. Includes One CD, Two Dvds and a 40 Page Booklet in a Long Box.

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There are no words adequate (but here goes anyway).......2006-01-20

Epic...outstanding...grandiose... ambitious...visionary... theatrical... majestic... monumental...exciting...classical... timeless... fantastic... mythological... emotional...breathtaking... electrifying...exhilarant... eye-popping... far out... fine... flashy... hectic... compelling...impressive... intoxicating

How does one describe the greatest rock album of all time?

When Born to Run was being made Bruce Springsteen knew it was his shot at the title and he went for it with an indefatigable passion. The pressure was on. His backers at Columbia had moved on...the sales of "Greetings from Asbury Park" and "the Wild the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" had been less than impressive though both albums were critically well received. Bruce and his band mates new they were in danger of being dumped from the label if they didn't come up with a triumph.

Springsteen had a sound in his head, a big sound and a big song in Born to Run but getting that song and sound to match what he was hearing in his mind was proving to be frustrating and taxing. With meticulous dedication and grueling sixteen hour days in the studio and overdub after overdub after overdub Springsteen and the E Street band were finally able to achieve the Spectorish "Wall of Sound" they had been searching for and a classic was...well.... born.

In the process two band members were lost, Springsteen's then manager Mike Appel was at the beginning of the end of his business association with Bruce and John Landau, the man who was to write that he'd seen the future of rock and roll after seeing Bruce perform, came on board beginning a collaboration of like minds that has lasted to this day. Despite all the pratfalls, if asked if he'd do it all again I imagine Bruce would not hesitate because the end result took him to the top and enabled him to get everything he could have hoped for and more out of a musical career.

I was a kid when I fell in love with the album. I heard Born to Run blasting through the radio and had to have it for my own. It was the first song (that wasn't a nursery rhyme) that I remember having any investment in. Thirty years later with this special commemorative edition I now have eight copies of it.
First obviously was the original LP then I had to have it on cassette for the tape deck in my parent's car. The third version was the LP again when I just had to buy a copy when the family was on an extended Christmas vacation at my grandparents' house. Then CD's were invented and of course it was the first CD I brought. My CD player back then was a five CD disk changer and Born to Run had a permanent place in the number one slot. This proved to be problematic when I got a CD player in my car so along came version number six. Then I met my future wife and had to buy her a copy so she could learn to
some extent what she may be getting herself into, of course we live together now so it's `our' copy. Then there's this latest, greatest edition in remastered digital sound with the terrific extras.

Obsessed?

Maybe.........a little anyway.

Born to run is more than just the collection of individual songs....it's more than the wall of sound...it's more than the beauty and poetry of the lyrics....it's more than the passion and promise that the album contains.....it's a sum of all it's parts.
The themes of freedom, escape and redemption that are evident throughout are intrinsic to those that lay at the heart of rock and roll. The promise of that magic in the night, the question of is love real. Somehow less becomes more as the album was stripped back and condensed in comparison to what Springsteen had done before. His previous releases had been wordy and verbose, the byline for Greetings stating that Bruce was a performer who could put more into one song than most artists put into an entire album. Here he was able to tell more story in less words and the words he used conveyed a cinematic imagery with characters that we can all imagine with lives and hearts and minds of their own. Lives and stories that for a brief moment we can invest in and feel as if they contain a little piece of ourselves.

Thirty years on and the album still resonates as much now as it did back then and this latest edition is a fitting tribute. The packaging is terrific. Of course the iconic cover of Bruce slumped over Clarence's shoulder complete with impish grin, his Elvis badge and the famous Esquire telecaster slung alongside like an old West gunslinger. Inside the album itself is packaged like the original LP in a gatefold sleeve. The silver part of the disk is black and the picture side is made out like a record complete with grooves. Another CD cover containing the Born to Run single and the B side Meeting Across the River is set up to look like a record in it's sleeve.

The picture booklet is a collection of photo's from the Born to Run era as taken by photographer Eric Meola who was responsible for the classic image that became the albums cover. Somewhat disappointingly the intro to this booklet is an exert from Bruce's book songs rather than something written originally for the release. For mine it would have been interesting to hear what Bruce feels about the album thirty years on and what it means to him today.

The sleeve for the DVD of the E Street bands first concert abroad at London's Hammersmith Odeon is more satisfying as it is originally penned and in fact written the day before Bruce's birthday this past September. Bruce talks about how he felt about the hype and the marquee and the tearing down of the posters and the tension before the show. The DVD itself is the first official full release concert from the preceding century. Though the release proclaims this is never before seen footage there is quite a few bootleggers who would beg to disagree. Bruce acknowledges as much when he mentions that the" legendary performance marked only in memory, bits of bootleg tape and `I was there when' stories" For those that have the bootleg concert I would suggest that both versions are from the same source as it has the same grainy elements and camera angles. For those that have not seen it, this is not the buff Springsteen who muscled his way through the Born in the USA tour but a taut, skinny, hungry performer going for broke to win over a foreign audience with an impassioned delivery. It highlights why Springsteen and the E Street band garnered their reputations for being the premiere live performers in concert that they remain to this day.

The third disk is a wonderful little documentary titled "Wings for wheels" which was one of the original titles for the song that came to be known as "Thunder Road". The disk contains archival footage from the making of the album and current footage from all the key players including ex band members Ernest "Boom" Carter and David Sancious as well as the production team. Highlights include some of the versions (both good and downright cringe worthy) that didn't make the final cut, modern acoustic versions of select songs with detailed explanations in the mode of the recent Storytellers DVD and the Somerville theatre benefit shows from 2003 and a small segment that has Bruce showing of the famed Esquire telecaster.
The DVD concludes with a live three-song performance from 1973 including Spirit in the night, Wild Billy's Circus story and Thundercrack.

All in all it's a great testament to the greatest album and while I'm aware that most everyone who will purchase this is probably as bad as myself when it come to all things Bruce I congratulate those who are about to be introduced to Mary, Wendy, Terry, Eddie, the Magic Rat, the barefoot girl, Scooter and the Big Man for the very first time. Prepare to be enchanted.

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Dont deny this review because im a "kid"
If you haven't experienced "Born to Run"...
Estreet boys
One of the best...
Show a little faith there's magic in the night...

Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Dont deny this review because im a "kid".......2007-07-15

If you haven't experienced "Born to Run"..........2007-07-07

Estreet boys.......2007-06-27

What can I say.It was a revelation in 75 and is still important to me.When you have lived a song or the whole record,it is important to feel that way 0ver 30years later.

One of the best..........2007-06-07

Born to Run is an incredible work---by far one of the best rock records ever made. It remains timeless too---year after year.

Show a little faith there's magic in the night..........2007-04-25

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The right singer for the right music
wonderful

Songs of Alec Wilder

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2000-09-26

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The Lake Isle Of Innisfree
The Colleen
The Rose On The Wind
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Spring
Margaret
Easter 1916
When I Am Dead, My Dearest
In The Morning
Definition
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Where Do You Go?
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The right singer for the right music.......2002-12-21

I love music like this that straddles the border between classical and pop or jazz. I had never heard of Valerie Errante before, but she has a perfect voice both for the more classical pieces at the beginning of the CD and the jazzier pieces at the end. She is one of those rare singers (Dawn Upshaw is another) who seems equally comfortable with both styles. If you don't already own a recording of "Blackberry Winter," it's one of those rare songs which can genuinely be said to be worth the price of the entire CD. Wilder reminds me in some ways of another composer who deserves a wider hearing--Ricky Ian Gordon. Hopefully this CD will help bring this composer the attention he deserves.

wonderful.......2002-10-22

Wonderful voice makes this a fun CD to listen to on any occaision. You won't be disappointed.

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Born to Run
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Born To Run (The Legend Of Smarty Jones)

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Born To Run (The Legend Of Smarty Jones)

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Album Description

A moving tribute to America's horse, Smarty Jones. "Born To Run"(The Legend Of Smarty Jones) covers vocally, the racing history of a thoroughbred the nation adopted as their racing favorite. Smarty's owners, Roy and Patricia Chapman, along with trainer John Servis have made this phenomenon possible. Smarty Jones has truly become the idol of the 2004 thoroughbred racing season.

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