Bruce Springsteen – Greetings From Asbury Park NJ
(CBS Records 32210)
Matrix No’s: A5/B4 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners, some light ringwear rubbing near top and crease top left corner
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his work with the E Street Band. Nicknamed “The Boss”, he is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, Americana, working class, sometimes political sentiments centered on his native New Jersey, his distinctive voice, and his lengthy and energetic stage performances—with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running at up to four hours in length. His artistic endeavors reflect both his personal growth and the zeitgeist of the times.
Springsteen’s recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born to Run (1975) and Born in the U.S.A. (1984) find pleasures in the struggles of daily American life. He has sold more than 120 million records worldwide and more than 64 million records in the United States, making him one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award as well as being inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1999. In 2009, Springsteen was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, in 2013 was named MusiCares person of the year, and in 2016 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He married Patti Scialfa in 1991, and the couple have had three children – Evan James, Jessica Rae and Sam Ryan.
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the first studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1973. It only sold about 25,000 copies in the first year of its release, but had significant critical impact. It was ranked at #379 by Rolling Stone on its list of 500 greatest albums of all time. The album also hit the #60 spot on the Billboard 200 albums listing.
Track listing
All songs written by Bruce Springsteen.
- Side one
- “Blinded by the Light” – 5:06
- “Growin’ Up” – 3:05
- “Mary Queen of Arkansas” – 5:21
- “Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?” – 2:05
- “Lost in the Flood” – 5:17
- Side two
- “The Angel” – 3:24
- “For You” – 4:40
- “Spirit in the Night” – 5:00
- “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City” – 3:13
Personnel
The E Street Band
- Clarence Clemons – clapping, saxophone, vocals
- Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez – clapping, drums, vocals
- David Sancious – keyboards, organ, piano
- Bruce Springsteen – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, clapping, congas, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards, piano, vocals
- Garry Tallent – bass guitar
Additional musicians
- Richard Davis – upright double bass on “The Angel”
- Harold Wheeler – piano on “Blinded By the Light”
- Steven Van Zandt – sound effects on “Lost in the Flood”
Production
- Louis Lehav – engineer
- Jack Ashkinazy – remixing
- John Berg – cover design
- Fred Lombardi – back cover design
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