
BOUND FOR GLORY
by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Compact Disc
LFMCD516
Label: LEFT FIELD MEDIA
THE RARE 1973 BROADCASTS - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED EARLY BROADCAST FEATURES RARE VERSIONS OF MANY EARLY SPRINGSTEEN HITS.
By mid 1972 the rock landscape was looking decidedly dull. The search for a new Beatles or a new Dylan to re-unite the Woodstock generation and their younger siblings had come to nothing and the natives were getting restless. So when word began to filter through of new-kid-on-the-block Bruce Springsteen breaking out of home city Asbury Park, New Jersey, and playing shows nationwide that reconfirmed audiences faith in the redemptive power of rock’n’roll, hope began to restore. Bruce had signed a recording deal with Columbia in mid-72 and had been working on his debut record since. Greetings From Asbury Park saw the light of day in early ’73, and within the week Springsteen, with a little help from three of the soon to be named East Street Band, were performing their first ever radio broadcast, aired on Boston’s WBCN FM. A quite remarkable performance ensued with Bruce and the boys in excellent humour and fine form as they played a terrific set, although remarkably including just one cut from Greetings.
1. SATIN DOLL (Ellington) 2. BISHOP DANCED 3. CIRCUS STORY 4. SONG FOR ORPHANS 5. DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET?
Tracks 1 – 5 Live broadcast on WBCN-FM BOSTON 9th Jan 1973
6. NEW YORK SONG 7. CIRCUS STORY 8. SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT 9. DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET? 10. SANTA ANA 11. BORN TO WIN 12. THUNDERCRACK
Tracks 6 – 12 Live broadcast on WMMR-FM PHILADELPHIA 24th April 1973 from The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia.