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my first one was The Wild, the Inocent and the E Street Shuffle, and it still be my favorite bruce record. when I was 16, I guess.

By the time I already had listened born in the usa album on tape, and when I bought The Wild I was with the Born in the USA sound in my mind. The Wild was the greatest surprise that I had at the time. At the time I was ( and I still be) a Doors fan. I don't know how much times I listened the Wild album until today, maybe 300/400 times, but I don't think that I'll be ever tired of that great album.

My second one was Nebraska, a great masterpiece. Next Born to run and greetings in the same day...

If instead of the wild, I decided to bought Lucky town or Human touch, I think that I'll never be a springsteen fan. smile
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I can't recall what LP I purchased first for myself, but the first songs I listened to must have been from BTR or Darkness. Too long ago to recall. "The River" was the first LP that I waited for its official release. I recall WNEW 102.7 playing the LP from beginnng to end on the day it was released. That is how I heard it for the first time.
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Originally Posted By: Buddhabone
I don't understand why everyone here bashes BIUSA.

I remember going to Big Ben's on Ventura Blvd in the Valley a few days before it came out. They used to have those big billboards out front. I remember the excitement leading up to the release.

It was fun.
That's because you were 8.
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Originally Posted By: bgboss
I was disappointed that The Fever wasn't on that album since it was in heavy rotation. One of the first things that hooked me about Springsteen was that song, particularly the first time I heard the whole band sing, "But he can't keep his mind on the show." I sat up and thought who the hell is this?
Could't you have just downloaded it from iTunes? That way, you wouldn't have to shell out for an entire album of songs you already had. That's what I did. wink

It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive.

Can't compete with that I'm afraid.

My Dad invited me round for a (small) family get together a few years back - we'd recently lost a relative and the mood was pretty sombre. My Dad (who's a bit of a softie) had videoed an episode of "Top of The Pops 2" and showed us the video for "If I Should Fall Behind". I remember my Uncle saying how great a guitarist Nils was (though he just makes me laugh in that video) and everybody got a bit glassy eyed.

I went out and got the Live in New York CD and from there the Greatest Hits, Live 75-85, The Rising and GOTJ. I backpacked on these albums and then picked up BTR in Sydney which did me for about 3 months. When I got home I had ToL on repeat for a month til my girlfriend came home and it remains one of my favorites.

Gig-wise, a work colleague saw I had a copy of The Rising on my desk, revealed himself as a Bruce fan and mentioned the upcoming tour (Crystal Palace). Later I managed to get tickets for the Royal Albert Hall and gave him 2 spares - he repaid me with a bunch of bootlegs (and keeps me ni good supply) which I now listen to more than any of the official releases. Nassau Night was the first of those I believe...
I recall the period leading up to the BITUSA release as very exciting, and yes, fun. It was clear that every corner of the globe was finally going to find out what me & my cult knew for the last 7 years...that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band was the best band in the world.

Of course, this opened the floodgates and effectively killed the cult. But no Bruce album before or since, knocked me out-right out of the gate-like BITUSA. Yes, the album is a piece of cheese, but cheese can be mighty tasty.
Darkness & BTR on 8 Track.....it was a copy a friend made for me in the summer of '79. I wore the shit out of Darkness and hardly listened to BTR.
The first offical buy for me was The River the following year. And after seeing Bruce for the first time at the Spectrum in Philly on the River tour, the very next day I went out and bought the other 4 albums....
After that, i discovered Thunder Road & Jungleland and realized i had the copy of BTR for over a year and never listened to it.
Is There Anybody Alive Out There.......
In 1985 I was 14, I loved music and I learned to play piano. But my background was nothing but some italian songwriters, italian and international revival of the sixties and the rising pop and dance music of the 80ies.
I knew exactly nothing about rock, only knew some rock'n'roll classic such as Elvis and Chuck Berry and the hits by the Beatles.
One day a friend of mine came and said: "Listen to this, there are 12 songs and they're all wonderful!"
In that moment, listening to BITUSA album, I knew the most important person for my cultural and intellectual growing.
I remember three things in particular: 1) I went crazy for the way Max played those songs, mostly Bitusa and No Surrender; 2) for some months I listened to Bobby Jean 6 or 7 times in sequence, with that final sax solo that made me cry; 3) when I went to the pub, while all the guys and girls put on the juke-box George Michael, Duran Duran or Spandau Ballet, "I pushed b52, bombed them with the blues"....it's was Dancing In The Dark, my first Bruce single.
They thought I was going mad and perhaps they were right...those songs changed my life.
Now I know that Bitusa is not his best album, but everyone has something very special to remember and to tell; that was one of the best periods of my life
After I heard Born To Run on the radio I bought that "The River - Born To Run" - "Rosalita" 12". Great songs, great cover with Bruce sitting outside a gas station. I played it nonstop for about a week before I bought The River. ("Most music for the buck")

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Originally Posted By: benny
For me it started when I was 10. I got the 5 elpees of Live 1975-1985 as a present in 1987.
Since then I try collect as much as possible of his works and performances.

elpees or LP it has been a while since I put a needle on a record. Mine are still in the basement, I think it may be time to toss them out.
Like BIGRAY I had BTR on 8 Track as well.
but my first LP was Greetings.Not only my first LP of Bruce but my first LP.I played that thing to death.Then I got Wild then BTR
then they were bought as they came out.All but the River.I won that one off WNEW.they had a contest when it was about to be released.They played Bruce A-Z and left out songs ,if you knew which one and called and were what ever number they said you won a copy before the release date.
If I remember correctly it arrived in the mail three days after it hit the stores. grin

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I was working at a small college radio station. We played mostly soft rock and dabbled in the new "alternative" country rock stuff that was starting to happen (Flying Burrito Brothers, etc.). The music director has a corner pile of "reject" albums in his office that either he didn't like or that didn't fit the format and we jocks were welcome to sort through it and take anything that struck our fancy.

That post card cover, and a quick scan of the lyrics on the album liner had me hooked. I just _had_ to hear this. So I went home that day with a copy of Greetings and life was never quite the same again.
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