Bruce Springsteen

Title: The Man, The Songwriter, The Performer
Label: N/A
Catalog #: N/A
Format: flac from Tape Transfer
Source: Radio Broadcast
Bruce Base: N/A
Story Teller: N/A
Total Time: 4 hours 38 minutes 14.36 seconds
Date: September 1981				
Location: WNEW-FM New York Radio Broadcast

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Tracklist:

Part One: The Man - hosted by Dave Herman

Disc 1: (72:02.73)

01 Intro And Music Montage (1:53.27)
02 Gary US Bonds Miller Commercial (1:01.06)
03 Part One Intro by DJ Dave Herman (0:36.67)
04 Dave Marsh comments (1:10.64)
05 Growin' Up (3:04.49)
06 Bruce on his school years With Richard Neer (2:27.56)
07 This Little Girl (Gary US Bonds) (3:17.30)
08 Bruce With Richard Neer on recording Greetings (4:03.56)
09 It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City (2:49.29)
10 Gary US Bonds on meeting Bruce (1:22.34)
11 Dave Marsh discusses rock drug culture (1:26.65)
12 Spirit In The Night (4:56.46)
13 Bruce with Mary Turner on the Sing-Sing prison show (1:21.37)
14 I'm A Rocker (3:34.56)
15 Alan Pepper discusses initial impressions Of Bruce (2:51.48)
16 New York City Serenade (8:47.71)
17 Gary US Bonds Miller Commercial (1:00.71)
18 John Scher-Bruce fans in NJ (2:45.71)
19 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (5:37.10)
20 The Ties That Bind (3:57.72)
21 Alan Pepper-Bottom Line 75 and press hype (2:47.37)
22 Thunder Road (4:30.08)
23 Backstreets (6:36.38)


Disc 2: (62:41.08)

01 WNEW-FM promo album giveaway (0:51.65)
02 Dave Marsh on early live performances (1:11.29)
03 Alan Pepper-Bruce at Rachel Sweet show (1:57.52)
04 Ramrod (4:09.04)
05 Bruce With Richard Neer on performing with the band (0:42.66)
06 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (3:06.23)
07 John Scher discusses Bruce and his fans (2:07.17)
08 Crush On You (3:12.72)
09 Gary US Bonds on Bruce producing Dedication (0:36.15)
10 John Scher on seeing SSJ with Bruce (0:55.57)
11 The Promised Land (1:57.48)

Part Two: The Songwriter - hosted by Richard Neer

12 Part Two Intro by DJ Richard Neer (0:28.34)
13 Bruce with Richard Neer on writing during Born To Run (0:45.67)
14 Jungleland (9:06.50)
15 Dave Marsh on Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1:19.08)
16 Badlands (4:00.57)
17 Bruce with Mary Turner on his trip To Tijuana with his father (1:29.70)
18 Independence Day (4:07.36)
19 Dave Marsh on WIESS (1:41.63)
20 Incident On 57th Street (7:10.53)
21 Robert Gordon on meeting Bruce and recording Fire (1:02.54)
22 Fire (Robert Gordon, live) (3:17.09)
23 Warren Zevon on Jeannie Needs A Shooter (1:23.74)
24 Jeannie Needs A Shooter (Warren Zevon) (3:25.62)
25 Rendezvous (Greg Kihn Band) (2:31.48)


Disc 3: (69:57.47)

01 WNEW-FM promo album giveaway (0:49.17)
02 Gary US Bonds on recording the song Dedication (0:58.38)
03 Dedication (Gary US Bonds) (2:45.57)
04 Sherry Darling (3:50.59)
05 Because The Night (Patti Smith) (3:10.12)
06 Blinded By The Light (Manfred Mann) (7:19.30)
07 Blinded by the Light (Bruce) (4:59.62)
08 Allan Clarke of The Hollies on covering Bruce's songs (1:29.26)
09 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (The Hollies) (3:43.61)
10 Southside Johnny on The Fever (0:30.18)
11 The Fever (Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes, Live) (6:13.68)
12 SSJ-recording with Ronnie Spector (0:24.09)
13 You Mean So Much To Me (SSJ with Ronnie Spector) (3:36.31)
14 Out In The Street (4:14.39)
15 For You (Bruce) (4:48.69)
16 Wrap Up Of Part 2 (0:11.24)
17 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2:16.60)

Part Three: The Performer - hosted by Scott Muni

18 WNEW-FM promo album giveaway (0:58.65)
19 Jackson Cage (2:55.44)
20 Part Three Intro by DJ Scott Muni (0:35.21)
21 Cadillac Ranch (3:01.65)
22 Roy Bittan on Bruce (0:16.48)
23 Bruce with Dave Herman on the band (0:47.47)
24 Adam Raised A Cain (4:00.47)
25 Roy Bittan on performing and touring (1:00.56)
26 Bruce with Dave Herman on performing and work (1:27.20)
27 Prove It All Night (3:30.04)


Disc 4: (73:32.58)

01 Southside Johnny on Bruce and his audience (1:28.66)
02 Something In The Night (4:44.24)
03 Bruce with Richard Neer on performing and critics (1:40.18)
04 Kitty's Back (6:59.26)
05 Allan Pepper-Bruce studio vs live (2:11.07)
06 Night (2:44.05)
07 The River (4:54.54)
08 Danny Goldberg on Bruce at the MUSE concerts (1:06.73)
09 Stay (No Nukes Soundtrack) (4:06.42)
10 Jon Landau discusses the 1981 European Tour (1:30.10)
11 You Can Look (But Yoiu Better Not Touch) (2:34.55)
12 Jon Landau on European audiences and Hamburg show (1:47.27)
13 Point Blank (5:35.64)
14 Jon Landau on Hungry Heart sing-a-long in Hamburg (0:41.39)
15 Hungry Heart (2:49.01)
16 Dave Marsh on the Paris 1981-04-18 Show (0:39.29)
17 Factory (1:57.36)
18 Fade Away (4:28.05)
19 I Wanna Marry You (3:19.74)
20 Gary US Bonds Miller Commercial (0:59.73)
21 Jon Landau-Swedish press and dog story (2:36.47)
22 Two Hearts (2:41.25)
23 Dave Marsh-Pete Townsend at UK shows (1:48.51)
24 Devil With The Blue Dress Medley (No Nukes) (4:44.31)
25 Danny Goldberg on Survival Sunday show (1:10.38)
26 Jole Blon (Gary US Bonds) (3:00.44)
27 Jon Landau on Bruce's next project (1:10.69)


Notes:
Three part, 6 hour special produced by WNEW-FM radio in New York City, broadcast around Bruce's birthday in September 1981.  Each 2 hour segment focused on a different aspect of Bruce's career, highlighted with lots of music and interviews with collaborators, music industry insiders and Bruce himself.  

This version is from 1st generation tapes traded for in the mid-80s.  It was likely made from an edited copy of the broadcast and transferred on an auto-reverse cassette deck (there are some slight drops in quality on Side B of each tape evidenced at the tape flips).  It is about 99% complete, missing only the last minute or two of each part resulting in some cut songs.  An interesting listen, transporting you back to Fall 1981 as Bruce wrapped up The River tour.


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Edited on 2020-03-26


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