Bruce Springsteen - Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR)
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Bruce Springsteen - Bass, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Congas, Harmonica, Handclaps, Backing Vocals [click here to see more Vinyl / SACD featuring Bruce Springsteen]
Backing Vocals – Clarence Clemmons, Vincent "Loper" Lopez*
Drums, Handclaps – Vincent "Loper" Lopez
Piano, Organ – David Sancious
Saxophone, Handclaps – Clarence Clemmons
Bass – Garry Tallent
Piano – Harold Wheeler
Double Bass – Richard Davis
Written and arranged by Bruce Springsteen
1 Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR
Limited numbered edition
Stereo
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original label : Columbia
Recorded June 7 – October 26, 1972 at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York
Engineered by Louis Lehav
Remixed by Jack Ashkinazy
Photography by Fred Lombardi [Back Cover] and Tichnor Bros. Inc. [Front Cover]
Produced by Jim Cretecos, Mike Appel
Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Originaly released in January 1973
Ressued in 2023
Tracks:
- Blinded by the Light
- Growin' Up
- Mary Queen of Arkansas
- Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
- Lost in the Flood
- The Angel
- For You
- Spirit in the Night
- It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Reviews :
“Bruce Springsteen's debut album found him squarely in the tradition of Bob Dylan: folk-based tunes arranged for an electric band featuring piano and organ (plus, in Springsteen's case, 1950s-style rock & roll tenor saxophone breaks), topped by acoustic guitar and a husky voice singing lyrics full of elaborate, even exaggerated imagery. But where Dylan had taken a world-weary, cynical tone, Springsteen was exuberant. His street scenes could be haunted and tragic, as they were in "Lost in the Flood," but they were still imbued with romanticism and a youthful energy. Asbury Park painted a portrait of teenagers cocksure of themselves, yet bowled over by their discovery of the world. It was saved from pretentiousness (if not preciousness) by its sense of humor and by the careful eye for detail that kept even the most high-flown language rooted. Like the lyrics, the arrangements were busy, but the melodies were well developed and the rhythms, pushed by drummer Vincent Lopez, were breakneck.” AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.07 / 5