E Street Shuffle: The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (51 page)

Hilburn, Robert—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Melody Maker
8/24/74 &
Thunder Road
#1.

Hilburn, Robert—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
LA Times
7/2/78.

Hilburn, Robert—Review of Nebraska, LA Times 9/19/82.

Hogan, Peter—“Tunnel Vision,”
MM
7/2/88.

Humphries, Patrick—Review of Manchester Apollo show,
MM
5/23/81.

Humphries, Patrick—Review of
Nebraska
,
World Music
9/21/82.

Irwin, Colin—Interview w/ Warren Zevon,
MM
1980.

Katz, Robin—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Street Life
11/1–14/75.

Kent, Nick—Review of
No Nukes
,
NME
12/22/79.

Kirkup, Martin—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Sounds
8/31/74.

Kent, Nick—“Springsteen: Forged Passports To A Promised Land,”
NME
7/4/81.

Knobler, Peter—“Who Is Bruce Springsteen…?,” interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Crawdaddy
3/73. [RITS]

Knobler, Peter—“Running On The Backstreets,” Crawdaddy 10/75.

Knobler, Peter—“Wounded in the Badlands,”
review of Darkness
,
Crawdaddy
8/78.

Knobler, Peter—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Crawdaddy
10/78.

Kubernik, Harvey—“Springsteen: re-born & running again,”
MM
5/27/78.

Leyland, Don—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Sounds
10/18/75.

Loder, Kurt—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Rolling Stone
12/6/84.

Lombardi, John—“Saint Boss,”
Esquire
December 1988.

Mann, Billy—“The Final Screw?,” review of
Live 75–85
,
Sounds
11/15/86.

Marcus, Greil—“Between Rock and A Hard Place,”
New West
7/2/79.

Marcus, Greil—Review of
Born To Run
,
Rolling Stone
10/9/75.

Marcus, Greil—“The Man Who Would Save Rock & Roll,”
NME
2/28/81.

Marsh, Dave—Review of
Greetings
,
Creem
5/73.

Marsh, Dave—“Walk Tall…Or Don’t Walk At All,”
Creem
10/74.

Marsh, Dave—Review of the Bottom Line residency,
Rolling Stone
9/25/75.

Marsh, Dave—“Little Egypt from Asbury Park,”
Creem
10/75.

Marsh, Dave—Review of
Darkness
,
Rolling Stone
7/27/78.

Marsh, Dave—“Bruce Raises Cain,”
Rolling Stone
8/24/78.

Marsh, Dave—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Musician
2/81.

Martin, Gavin—Review of
Live 75–85
,
NME
11/15/86.

Martin, Gavin—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
NME
3/9/96.

McGee, David—“Springsteen at New School,”
Record World
12/25/76.

McGee, David—“Bruce Springsteen reclaims the future,”
Rolling Stone
8/11/77.

McGee, David—“Little Steven on Main Street, USA,”
Record
September 1984.

McGee, David—“Blinded By The Hype,”
NME
7/18/87.

McLeese, Don—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Record World
October 1984.

Meltzer, Richard—“The Meaning of Bruce,” in
Penguin Book of Rock and Roll Writing
.

Meola, Eric—In Conversation with Mike Appel,
Backstreets
#90 [Winter 2011/12].

Mitchell, Greg—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Sounds
9/6/75.

Morley, Paul—“The Springsteen Syndrome,” NME 10/6/79.

Murray, Charles Shaar—Review of
Greetings From Asbury Park
&
The Wild, The Innocent
,
NME
2/1/75.

Murray, Charles Shaar—“The Sprucing of the Springbean,”
NME
10/11/75.

Nelson, Paul—“Is Springsteen Worth The Hype?,”
Village Voice
8/25/75.

Nelson, Paul—“Springsteen Fever,”
Rolling Stone
7/13/78.

Nelson, Paul—Review of
The River
,
Rolling Stone
11/12/80.

Nesin, Jeff—Review of
Born In The USA
,
Creem
9/84.

O’Grady, Lorraine—“A Critic’s Look at Bruce Springsteen,”
Playback
2/74.

Orth, Maureen—“Making of a Rock Star,”
Newsweek
10/27/75.

Parsons, Tony—“Blinded By the Hype,”
NME
10/9/76.

Parsons, Tony—“Bruce Is the Word,”
NME
10/14/78.

Percy, Will—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Double Take
Spring 1998. [RITS]

Phillips, Christopher—“Guitar Man: The Nils Lofgren Interview,”
Backstreets
#74 [Spring/Summer 2002].

Phillips, Christopher—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Backstreets
#80 [Summer/Fall 2004].

Phillips, Christopher—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Backstreets
#87 [Spring 2008].

Pond, Steve—Review of
Nebraska
,
Rolling Stone
10/28/82.

Pond, Steve—Review of
Tunnel of Love
,
Rolling Stone
12/3/87.

Rambali, Paul—Review of
Darkness
,
NME
[6/10/78].

Rath, Fred—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Record Mirror
7/22/78.

Robertson, Sandy—Preview of
BITUSA
,
Sounds
6/9/84.

Robinson, Lisa—review of Bottom Line gig,
NME
8/30/75.

Robinson, Lisa—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
NME
3/26/77.

Rockwell, John—“Springsteen’s Rock Poetry at its Best,”
New York Times
8/29/75. [RITS]

Rockwell, John—“New Dylan from New Jersey?,”
Rolling Stone
10/9/75.

Rockwell, John—Review of Buffalo gig,
New York Times
5/25/78.

Rockwell, John—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
New York Times
5/26/78.

Rolling Stone
[eds.]—100 Best Singles [inc. “Born To Run”],
Rolling Stone
9/8/88.

Rolling Stone
[eds.]—100 Greatest Albums of the Eighties [inc. BITUSA],
Rolling Stone
11/16/89.

Rose, Cynthia—“Old Glory Days,”
NME
10/5/85.

Sacks, Leo—“Springsteen Speaks,” ??? June 1978.

Santinelli, Robert—Interview w/ Vini Lopez,
Backstreets
#15 [Fall 1985].

Santinelli, Robert—Interview w/ Boom Carter,
Backstreets
#17 [Summer 1986].

Santinelli, Robert—Interview w/ Vini Roslin,
Backstreets
#19 [Winter 1987].

Santinelli, Robert—Interview w/ George Theiss, B
ackstreets
#20 [Spring 1987].

Santinelli, Robert—“Exit Off E Street,”
Backstreets
#42 [Spring 1993].

Schruers, Fred—“Bruce Springsteen & The Secret of the World,”
Rolling Stone
2/5/81.

Schwartz, Tony—“Springsteen Resprung,”
Newsweek
6/5/78.

Sciaky, Ed—Transcript of interview w/ Bruce Springsteen on WIOQ 8/78,
Thunder Road
#3 [Spring 1979].

Silverton, Pete—Review of
Darkness
,
Sounds
6/10/78.

Simmons, Sylvie—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen, Sounds 7/29/78.

Springsteen, Bruce—Transcript of induction speech for Bob Dylan at R’n’R Hall of Fame 1/88,
Backstreets
#24.

Springsteen, Bruce—sleeve-notes to
Greatest Hits
(Sony, 1995).

   —sleeve-notes to
The Essential Bruce Springsteen
, 3–CD edition (Sony, 2003).

   —sleeve-notes to
Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75
(Sony, 2006).

   —2010 sleeve-notes, lyric drafts and related ephemera, circa 1976–77, in
The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge of Town story
(Sony, 2010).

   —letter to Jon Landau, circa January 1982, reproduced in
Songs
(Avon Books, 1998).

   —transcript of key-note speech @ South By South West, Austin, TX, March 15, 2012 on rollingstone.com.

Springsteen, Bruce—sleeve-notes to
Greatest Hits
(Sony, 1995).

Springsteen, Bruce—sleeve-notes to
The Essential Bruce Springsteen
, 3–CD edition (Sony, 2003).

Springsteen, Bruce—sleeve-notes to
Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75
(Sony, 2006).

Springsteen, Bruce—sleeve-notes, lyric drafts A releated ephemera, circa 1976–77, in
The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge of Town Story
(Sony, 2010).

Springsteen, Bruce—letter to Jon Landau, circa January 1982, reproduced in
Songs
. (Avon Books, 1998) pp 137, 140–41.

Springsteen, Bruce—transcript of key-note speech @ South by South West Austin, TX, 3/15/2012 on rollingstone.com.

Sutcliffe, Phil—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Mojo
#146 [January 2006].

Sutherland, Steve—Review of
Tunnel of Love
,
MM
10/10/87.

Swartley, Ariel—“T
he Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
,” in
Stranded
, ed. Greil Marcus (Knopf, 1979).

Sweeting, Adam—Review of
Born In The USA
,
MM
7/28/84.

Sweeting, Adam—“Springsteen: The Boss Is Back,”
MM
6/8/85.

Sweeting, Adam—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Uncut
#64 [September 2002].

Taylor, Neil—Review of
Tunnel of Love
,
NME
10/10/87.

Thrills, Adrian—“What The Boss Does After Work,”
NME
6/20/81.

Turner, Steve—“Was Bob Dylan the previous Bruce Springsteen?,”
NME
10/6/73.

Tyler, Andrew—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
NME
11/15/75.

Tyler, Tony—“The Buck Stops on E Street,” review of Hammersmith gig,
NME
11/29/75.

Viola, Ken & Cohan, Lou—Interview w/ John Hammond,
Thunder Road
#5 [Winter 1979/80].

[Viola, Ken]—Interview w/ David Sancious,
Thunder Road
#5 [Winter 1979/80].

Waller, Johnny—Review of
Nebraska
, S
ounds
, 9/25/82.

Waller, Johnny—“Boss A Nova!,”
Sounds
7/6/85.

Walls, Richard C.—Review of
Nebraska
,
Creem
1/83.

Ward, Ed—Review of
The Wild, The Innocent
,
Creem
4/74.

Washburn, Jim—“I Owe Bruce Springsteen $63,536.50: A History of Orange County’s Illicit Recording Industry,”
O.C. Weekly
4/4/96.

Watts, Michael—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Melody Maker
11/30/74.

Watts, Michael—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Melody Maker
7/22/78 [includes quotes from Mike Appel and Jon Landau].

Watts, Michael—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Guardian
[]/5/81.

Werbin, Stuart—“Bruce Springsteen: It’s Sign Up a Genius Month,”
Rolling Stone
4/26/73.

Wheelock, Jim—“Growin’ Up Part 1: Early Asbury Park,” Thunder Road #4 [Summer 1979].

Williams, Paul—The Lost Bruce Springsteen Interview 10/13/74,
Backstreets
#24 [Spring 1988]. [RITS]

Williams, Richard—“A Responsible Rocker,”
Sunday Times
5/31/81.

Wolcott, James—“The Hagiography of Bruce Springsteen,”
Vanity Fair
December 1985. [RITS]

Zeff, Sharisse—Interview w/ Bruce Springsteen,
Upbeat
December 1980.

(v) Websites

Backstreets.com

brucebase.wikispaces.com

Killing Floor database [brucespringsteen.it]

Springsteenlyrics.com

brucespringsteenspecialcollection.net

The official discography of the E Street era—the seven studio albums and a ghastly 3–CD live anthology—has been significantly expanded since 1998, with the release of
Tracks
,
The Essential
Bruce Springsteen
(with a bonus disc of rarities), a complete Hammersmith 1975 show, and the 2–CD set of
Darkness
outtakes,
The Promise
. But there remains a substantial body of live and studio recordings from the years 1972–85 available only on bootleg CD (and, as an inevitable by-product, download). Since I remain a fan of the artifact, and since a bootleg CD is likely to exist somewhat longer than some of the website links which afford fans the opportunity to download these precious, unauthorized moments, I have provided a subjectively selective list of recordings that will help fill in the blanks, affirming to anyone with ears the E Street Band’s incontestable status as the most consistently great live American rock band of the seventies!

Studio CDs:

Note: Of the four classic vinyl bootlegs of Springsteen studio outtakes—
The Demo Tapes
,
Fire On
the
Fingertips
,
E Ticket
and
Son You May Kiss the Bride
—all save
E Ticket
have been issued on CD (in
Fire On the Fingertips
’ case, as the equally splendid
Forgotten Songs
). However, the
Son You May Kiss
the Bride
CD should be avoided at all costs, being simply a very poor transfer of the vinyl version. The release of
Tracks
and the unauthorized
Prodigal Son
has rendered
Fire On the Fingertips
largely redundant. As for
E Ticket
, all the tracks can be found on the 2–CD Godfather set,
Running Out of
Innocence
. Of the nineteen volumes of
Lost Masters
issued from the Mike Batlan tapes in 1996, a significant number were taken from band
rehearsals, recorded with a condenser mike on a ghetto blaster, and probably qualify as “for completists only.” The few highlights of these rehearsal tapes do, however, appear on the second of the two 2–CD
Essential Lost Masters
anthologies, issued at the same time by Labor of Love. As for the recent 6–CD set of
Darkness
outtakes issued by Godfather—
The Unbroken Promise
—it probably represents overkill, and I have preferred an earlier collection on the inestimable E Street label. In the anthology department, for all its failings in presentation,
The Genuine Tracks
remains the best one-stop shop of Springsteen rarities—live and studio—available in the netherworld of boots. Suffice to say, equally essential is some version of the 1979 single-album he aborted,
The Ties That Bind
; if not the bootleg CD, then the recent upgrade available online.