Read E Street Shuffle: The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Online
Authors: Clinton Heylin
Prodigal Son
(bootleg version)—2 CDs, Demos & studio o/ts 1972–73 + Berkeley 3/73.
The Demo Tapes
—1972–73 publishing demos.
The Unsurpassed Springsteen Vol. 3
: CBS Audition (Yellow Dog)—The John Hammond demos 5/3/72.
Running Out of Innocence
(Godfather)—2 CDs, Studio o/ts 1973–75.
The Definitive Darkness Outtakes Collection
(E St. Records)—2 CDs, Darkness o/ts 1977.
The Ties That Bind
—Unreleased 1979 LP.
The Lost Masters Vol. I
(Labor of Love)—The “original” Nebraska tape 1/82.
The Lost Masters Vol. II
(Labor of Love)—Darkness o/ts 1977.
The Lost Masters Vol. III
(Labor of Love)—Darkness o/ts 1977.
The Lost Masters Vol. IV
(Labor of Love)—Rehearsals & demos 1979.
The Lost Masters Vol. X
(Labor of Love)—Solo demos 1–4/82.
The Lost Masters Vol. XIII
(Labor of Love)—Band rehearsals 1/80.
The Lost Masters Vol. XVI
(Labor of Love)—Solo demos 1–4/82.
The Lost Masters Vol. XVII
(Labor of Love)—Solo demos 1–4/83.
The Lost Masters Vol. XVIII
(Labor of Love)—Solo demos 1–4/83.
The Lost Masters Vol. XIX
(Labor of Love)—Born In The USA o/ts 1982–83.
The Lost Masters
(Labor of Love)—Essential Collection I. 2 CDs, Demos & studios o/ts 1977–83.
The Lost Masters
(Labor of Love)—Essential Collection II. 2 Cds, Studio o/ts, demos & rehearsals 1977–83.
Murder Incorporated: The Lost Masterpiece
—
Born In The USA
o/ts 1982–83.
The Genuine Tracks
(Scorpio)—4 CDs. Misc. studio/live 1972–96.
Deep Down In the Vaults
(E St. Records)—3 CDs. Misc. studio/live 1966–96.
Live CDs:
Note: Remarkably, the twenty-odd-year-old 5–CD boxed-set,
All Those Years
, from the first of the pro-Springsteen bootleg CD labels, Great Dane, remains a terrific collection of great performances from the halcyon days and, save for marginal upgrades in the sonic department, could hardly be bettered, even now. Though Godfather have recently been responsible for a fine series of classic seventies performances of the E Street Band (and beyond), the benchmark for most live Springsteen bootleg CDs was set many years ago by three Springsteen-specialist labels, Crystal Cat, E Street Records and the –R label, Doberman. The first of these continues to match presentation to quality source material in a way that puts most official record labels—and certainly Sony—to shame. Both Godfather and Crystal Cat also maintain a surprising willingness to keep their perennial sellers in print, so many of the following titles should still be available from your local bootleg emporium, should such a thing still exist.
All Those Years
(Great Dane)—5 CDs. Misc live 1971–82.
Max’s Kansas City Night
(Crystal Cat)—Max’s Kansas, NY 1/31/73.
My Father’s Place
(Great Dane)—My Father’s Place, Rosslyn, NY, 7/31/73.
Live From Joe’s Place (Godfather)—Joe’s Place, Boston, 1/6/74.
The Lost Radio Show
(Whoopy Cat)—KLOL, Houston, Tx. 3/9/74.
Rock & Roll Punk
(E St. Records)—Harvard Sq. Theater, Cambridge, Ma. 5/9/74.
Flesh & Fantasy (Doberman)—2 CDs. Music Hall, Boston, Ma. 10/29/74.
You Can Trust Your Car to the Man With the Star
(Labor of Love)—2 CDs. Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 2/5/75.
A Star Is Born
(Godfather)—2 CDs. Palace Theater, Providence, RI 7/20/75.
The Roxy Theater Night
(Crystal Cat)—2 CDs. Roxy, Hollywood, LA 10/17/75.
London Calling
—2 CDs. Hammersmith Odeon, London. 11/24/75.
Mountain of Love
(Godfather)—Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pa. 12/31/75.
Hidden Worlds That Shine
(E St. Records)—2 CDs. Michigan State Uni., East Lansing, Mi. 4/4/76.
Runners in the Night
(Doberman)—2 CDs. Allen Theater, Cleveland, Oh. 4/7/76.
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
(Great Dane)—2 CDs. Palladium, New York 11/4/76.
Higher and Higher
(Doberman)—3 CDs. Music Hall, Boston, Ma. 3/22–25/77.
Roxy Night
(Crystal Cat)—3 CDs. Roxy, Hollywood, LA 7/7/78.
Passaic Night
(Crystal Cat)—3 CDs. Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ 9/19/78.
Second Night at the Capitol Theater
(Godfather)—3 CDs. Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ 9/20/78.
Last Night at the Capitol Theater
(Godfather)—3 CDs. Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ 9/21/78.
Winterland Night
(Crystal Cat)—3 CDs. Winterland, San Francisco. 12/15/78.
Coliseum Night
(Crystal Cat)—3 CDs. Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 12/29/80.
Follow That Dream
(Godfather)—3 CDs. Isstadion, Stockholm. 5/7/81.
A Night for the Vietnam Veteran
(Scorpio)—3 CDs. Sports Arena, LA 8/20/81.
Alpine Valley Night
(Crystal Cat)—3 CDs. Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wi., 7/12/84.
Where The Rivers Meet
(E St. Records)—3 CDs. Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA 9/22/84.
Broken Dreams & Reasons to Believe
(Godfather)—3 CDs. Live versions of Nebraska songs: 1984, 1990, 1996 & 2005.
Greetings From Buffalo, Dream Night
(Crystal Cat)—3 CDs. HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY 11/22/09.
The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of this book. To find the corresponding locations in the text of this digital version, please use the “search” function on your e-reader. Note that not all terms may be searchable.
Page numbers followed by “fn” indicate a footnote
“Action In The Streets” 136
“Adam Raised A Cain” 153–4, 160 fn, 168, 290
Ahrens, Susan 96
“Ain’t Good Enough For You” 156
“Ain’t Got You” 293
Album #3 101
Album #4 14, 155, 168, 170, 187, 193, 200, 208, 250
Album #5 156, 168
Album #6 169–70, 208
Alfano, Bobby 22, 23
“All Night Long”
see
“Breakout”
Allen, Woody 253
Alpine Valley 281
Altman, Billy 216, 217
Amnesty tour 275, 294
“The Angel” 44, 46, 47, 53, 298
“Angel Baby”
see
“Night Like This”
The Animals 12, 14, 15, 134
“The Answer” 239
Appel, Mike 4, 35, 43–4, 45–6, 47, 48–9, 50–2, 54, 61, 62, 65, 66, 71, 74, 77, 80, 82, 83, 84, 87, 89, 91, 92–3, 97, 99, 100–1, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108–9, 110, 111–12, 116, 118, 119, 121–2, 173, 200–1, 290–1, 296–7
lawsuit against 137–41, 142–3
management contract 58, 123, 124–8
relationship with Hammond 48, 50, 51–2, 72–3
Springsteen’s production deal with 45, 50–1, 58
Appel, Steve 79
Appleton, Michael 118
“Arabian Night” 41 fn, 43, 44, 53, 54
Arista 72, 88
Asbury Park 16, 23, 35, 130
Astral Weeks
(Van Morrison) 53, 81, 129
“Atlantic City” 242–3, 247, 249, 261, 278
Atlantic Studios 144–5, 149, 152, 153, 154, 159, 161
The Attractions 59
Avery, Kevin 185
“Baby Doll” 35
“Baby I” (Castiles) 18–19
“Baby I’m So Cold” 231, 245, 246, 252, 254
Back In The USA
103
“Backstreets” 15, 96, 100, 106, 108, 111, 114, 134–5, 149, 180, 184, 291
“Badlands” 149, 160 fn, 161, 167, 168, 174, 175, 218, 225–6
Badlands
(film) 235
Baker, Arthur 280
“The Ballad (Castaway)” 156
“Ballad of a Self-Loading Pistol” 67
The Band 59–60, 75, 250
“The Band’s Just Boppin’ The Blues” 34
Bangs, Lester 59, 60, 85, 117
Barry, Jeff 91
Batlan, Mike 242, 250, 261, 282
“Be True” 194, 195, 198, 199, 211, 214, 293
Beach Boys 95
Beatles 10, 14, 86, 91, 138
Beaver, Ninette 235
“Because The Night” 135, 144–5, 147, 148, 156, 159, 174, 178, 179, 219
“Because You’re Young” (Duane Eddy) 91
Beck, Jeff 167
Bernstein, Joel 199, 200, 213
Berry, Chuck 9, 47, 156, 220
“Betty Jean” 263, 264
“Between Flesh & Fantasy” 101
“The Big Payback” 245–6
Biograph
(Bob Dylan) 290
“Bishop Danced” 1, 2, 66, 78, 190
Bittan, Roy 94, 115, 185, 294–5, 298
Black Oak Arkansas 70
“Blinded By The Light” 46, 54, 57, 70, 71, 103, 136–7, 297
Blond On Blonde
(Bob Dylan) 18, 117, 250, 259
Blood, Sweat & Tears 70
Blue Belles 86
Blue, David 55
“Bobby Jean” 269, 270, 272
Bonds, Gary US 208, 210, 223–4, 245
bootleg recordings 1, 100, 116, 136, 176, 187–90, 193, 236 fn, 238, 245, 259, 268
“Born In The USA” 227, 232, 238–9, 242fn, 243, 247, 249, 251–2, 257, 269, 279, 282, 284, 289, 293
Born In The USA
album 1, 129, 168, 229, 246, 248, 251–7, 263, 268, 270, 271–4, 275, 276, 278, 280, 291, 293
tour 78, 151, 235, 275, 276, 280–6, 288–9, 293
“Born To Run” 89, 90–2, 98–9, 100, 111, 112, 140
Born To Run
album 89, 101–12, 122, 129, 150–1, 166, 170
tour 113–22, 129, 134–5
Bottom Line 87, 88, 90–1, 113, 115–16, 132–3, 136, 170
Bowie, David 39, 62, 93–4, 137, 138, 185, 276
“Breakaway” 144
“Breakout” 156
Brendan Byrne Arena 225
Brickman, Marc 87, 179, 198, 282
“Bright Lights, Big City” (Jimmy Reed) 86
“Brilliant Disguise” 292
“Bring On The Night” 193, 194, 195
Broken Dreams & Reasons To Believe
(bootleg recording) 236 fn
“Brothers Under The Bridges” 271
Brown, James 64, 173, 227
Brown University 82–3
Browne, Jackson 55, 124
Bruce Springsteen Band 17, 33–5, 39, 44, 45, 79
Burchill, Julie 216–17, 224
Burdon, Eric 15, 134
The Byrds 17, 196
“Cadillac Ranch” 210
Cafe Wha 19, 54
“California, You’re A Woman” 42
“Candy’s Boy” 135, 148, 149, 162
“Candy’s Room” 135, 149, 160 fn, 161, 162, 168, 181
“Can’t Help Falling In Love” (Elvis Presley) 221, 223, 287, 293
“Carol” (Chuck Berry) 120
Carr, Barbara 215, 217, 224, 283
Carter, Ernest 80–1, 89, 90, 92
Cash, Johnny 186, 232, 233
The Castiles 15, 18–19, 22
Cats On A Smooth Surface 249, 278
CBS
see
Columbia Records
“Chain Lightning” 190, 191
Charlie’s Place 84
“Chevrolet Deluxe” 209–10
Chicago 70, 71
Chiffons 9
Child 27–8, 56
see also
Steel Mill
“Child Bride” 242fn, 243
“Chimes of Freedom” 294
Chinook, Bill 26
“The Chosen” 54
“Chrissie’s Song” 100, 103
Christie Institute Benefit 236
“Cindy” 198, 200, 210
cinema, influence of 69, 153, 160–1, 184, 227, 237, 239, 253, 256
Circus
60
“Circus Song” 73, 74
“City of Night” 156
The Clash 146, 147, 204–5, 216, 234
The Clash
146
Clemons, Clarence 26, 34, 57–8, 63, 70, 80, 90, 96–7, 101, 110, 149–50, 184, 273, 297
Cliff, Jimmy 224
Clover 59
Cocks, Jay 117, 122
Cohan, Lou 188
Cohen, Mitch 167
Collins, Edwin 288
Columbia Records 49, 59, 60, 62, 72, 76, 78, 83, 86–7, 88, 89, 92, 99, 103, 119, 126, 136, 137, 154, 164, 165, 166, 173, 175, 177, 187, 189, 204, 217, 259
CBS-Laurel Canyon production agreement 51, 54, 125, 128, 138
considers dropping Springsteen 82, 86
Springsteen auditions for 47–9
Springsteen’s contract with 50–1, 124, 142
Springsteen’s demo tape 49–50, 52
“Come On, Come On (Let’s Go Tonight)” 159, 161–2, 210, 222
“Common Ground (Stay Hungry)” 254, 255
community, songs of 205, 206
Conley, Arthur 223
Cooke, Sam 86, 96
Costello, Elvis 59, 182–3, 234
country music 185, 232, 233
“County Fair” 265
“Cover Me” 245, 255, 268, 270, 274
“Cowboys of the Sea” 41 fn, 44
Crawdaddy
17, 43, 55, 60, 92, 165, 167
Cream 23, 27
Creedence Clearwater Revival 219, 223
Creem
60, 81, 117, 167, 189, 216, 217, 260
Cretecos, Jim 43–4, 45, 52, 92, 93
“Crush On You” 203
Crystals 9
“Cupid” (Sam Cooke) 96
Curz, Jules 92–3
“Cynthia” 265, 268, 269, 297
Dadomo, Giovanni 73
“Dancing In The Dark 273–4, 280
Dannen, Frederic 50
“Darkness On The Edge Of Town” 129, 135, 151, 153, 160, 161, 168, 170
Darkness On The Edge of Town
album 67, 129, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153–5, 160, 161–70, 173, 203, 217, 218, 219, 221, 256, 290
tour 40, 173, 174–82, 183–4, 185–7
“Darlington County” 168, 256, 257, 262, 270
Darvin, Karen 110, 112, 131, 133, 150, 229
Davis, Clive 50, 51, 52, 54, 59, 72, 83, 86, 88
Davis, Richard 53
Dean, James 153
“Dedication” 204, 210
Dedication
(Gary US Bonds) 208, 223–4
The Deer Hunter
(film) 227
Defries, Tony 137, 138
“Delivery Man” 263, 264
DePugh, Joe 253
“Deputy” 243
DiMartino, Dave 217
Dinkins, Barbara 33
“Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?” 49, 53, 58, 122, 297
“Dollhouse” 214
Domino, Fats 33, 79, 86
“Don’t Back Down (On Our Love)” 262, 263, 264
“Don’t Look Back” 136, 144, 147, 159, 160 fn, 163, 167, 297
“Don’t Say No”
see
“I Wanna Be Wild”
The Doors 23
“Down By The River (Say Sons)” 156
“Down, Down, Down” 255, 257
“Down In White Town” 195, 209