Home demo version 1
Ah, in the Jackson Cage
Down in the Jackson Cage
Down in the Jackson Cage
Down in the Jackson Cage
The above lyrics are for a short solo acoustic guitar demo of JACKSON CAGE recorded at Springsteen's home in Holmdel, NJ, sometime between September and December 1979. Springsteen recorded many demos at his home around the time The River was being cut in studio. These home demos were not professionally recorded; it seems that Springsteen used a regular cassette recorder. They were just song fragments, and there is much stopping and starting heard as Springsteen records bits and pieces, manually stops the recorder, and then returns sometime later to add more ideas.
This home demo version of JACKSON CAGE can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 7 (Labour Of Love) [track 19] and The Definitive River Outtakes Collection Volume 2 (E. St. Records) [disc 1, track 03] bootlegs. On the latter, home demo version 1 and home demo version 2 are indexed on the same track.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of JACKSON CAGE on this website:
JACKSON CAGE [Album version]
