On The Line

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Commercially Released: June, 1982
Label: EMI America
Produced by Bruce Springsteen and Miami Steve
Recorded by Neil Dorfsman and Bill Scheniman at The Power Station, New York City
Mixed by Toby Scott and Neil Dorfsman, at Clover Recording Studios, Los Angeles
 and The Power Station, New York City
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer
Design by Amy Nagasawa
Photography by: Alen MacWeeney and Mark Weiss

Overview

On The Line is an album released by Gary U.S. Bonds in 1982, the second of two on which he collaborated with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, the first being Dedication, released the previous year, 1981. The musicians accompanying Bonds on the album include many members of the E Street Band. The album includes seven songs written by Springsteen, one written by Steven Van Zandt, and two written by Bonds himself, and features a duet with Steven Van Zandt on the track "Angelyne". The album produced one single, "Out Of Work". According to the liner notes on the Razor & Tie reissue, after recording the album, Columbia Records had Bruce Springsteen remove his vocals from the tracks, specifically from the track "Angelyne", so Van Zandt stepped up to record the duet instead. Because of this, although Springsteen can still be heard on several of the tracks, he is not credited in the original liner notes. Additionally, the liner notes state that three other songs were recorded for the album but not present on the final release, including Springsteen's "Action In The Streets", "Lion's Den", and "Savin' Up". Springsteen's studio version of "Lion's Den" and a live version of "Rendezvous" were eventually released in 1998 on his boxset Tracks, and "Savin' Up" appeared on Clarence Clemons's first solo album Rescue (1983); "Action In The Streets" remains unreleased. Springsteen's studio version of "Rendezvous" was finally released in 2010 on The Promise.

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Released

On The Line

#	Song Title	Running Time	Release
1.	HOLD ON (TO WHAT YOU GOT) (1)	3:05	GUEST: LINE
2.	OUT OF WORK	2:56	GUEST: LINE / 1982 single
3.	CLUB SOUL CITY (1)	3:38	GUEST: LINE
5.	LOVE'S ON THE LINE	3:41	GUEST: LINE
7.	RENDEZ-VOUS (1)	3:38	GUEST: LINE
8.	ANGELYNE	4:08	GUEST: LINE
9.	ALL I NEED (1)	5:08	GUEST: LINE

^{1: Written by Bruce, not recorded with Bruce.}

^{Total Running Time: 40:29}

Additional Information

Artwork

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Personnel

• Gary U.S. Bonds: lead vocals
• Roy Bittan: keyboards
• J.T. Bowen: backing vocals
• Clarence Clemons: saxophone, backing vocals
• Rusty Cloud: keyboards, backing vocals
• Bill Derby: guitar, backing vocals
• Danny Federici: keyboards, accordion
• Chuck Jackson: backing vocals
• Joe Martin: guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Micara: drums
• George Ruiz: bass, backing vocals
• Bruce Springsteen: guitar, backing vocals
• Joey Stann: saxophone, backing vocals
• Garry Tallent: bass
• Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
• Max Weinberg: drums

Related Releases

• All Versions
  • On The Line
  • Dedication/On The Line
  • Tracks
  • Rescue
  • The Promise

• Single
  • Out Of Work

On The Tracks

ANGELYNE V1		uncirculating
ANGELYNE V2	4:16	private
ANGELYNE V3	4:03	GUEST: LINE

Note: Recorded at Power Station on February 1, 1980. Donated to Gary U.S. Bonds for his album On The Line, released in 1982 with Bruce on guitar and backing vocals. Bonds likely overdubbed his vocal onto an E Street backing track. A version with Springsteen's lead vocals (V1) was included on a 1993 in-house Tracks concept album. V2 is Bonds' version, which found it's way to YouTube, with Springsteen's vocals prominent in the mix, including taking lead on the second verse; for the album track, V3, Steven Van Zandt sung this part. This is not the same song as "Oh Angelyne", a totally different track that eventually became "The River".

LOVE'S ON THE LINE V1		uncirculating
LOVE'S ON THE LINE V2	3:38	GUEST: LINE

Note: Recorded at The Hit Factory in January or February 1982 (V1). Probably the same core recording as V2 found on the U.S. Bonds album (i.e. the E Street Band, including Bruce's backing vocals) – but with the Springsteen lead vocal.

OUT OF WORK V1		uncirculating
OUT OF WORK V2	2:53	GUEST: LINE / 1982 single

Note: Recorded at The Hit Factory in January or February 1982 (V1). Probably the same core recording as V2 found on the U.S. Bonds album (i.e. the E Street Band, including Bruce's guitar) – but with the Springsteen lead vocal. Springsteen filed a copyright on April 27, 1982.

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^{Studio Sessions: Collaborations
Recorded: February, 1982}

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Lyrics

• Out Of Work
• Love's On The Line
• Angelyne

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