A Love So Fine

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A Springsteen original that was eventually released as "So Young And In Love" on Tracks, 1998.

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Performances

^{Performed live 50 times.}

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Performed live 15 times as "So Young And In Love". 2013-06-22 Goffertpark, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2012-04-03 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ 2009-11-03 Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 2009-09-13 BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, FL 2009-04-22 TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA 2008-06-23 Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium 2008-05-07 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 2008-02-28 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT 2003-12-08 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 2003-12-07 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 2002-11-23 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL 2001-12-07 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 2001-12-03 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 2000-12-18 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 2000-12-17 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

Performed live 33 times as "A Love So Fine". 1975-09-14 Music Hall, Houston, TX 1975-08-08 Akron Civic Theatre, Akron, OH 1975-08-01 Mosque (The), Richmond, VA 1975-07-30 Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Washington, DC 1975-07-28 Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Washington, DC 1975-07-26 Keystone Hall, Kutztown, PA 1975-07-25 Keystone Hall, Kutztown, PA 1975-07-23 Music Inn (The), Stockbridge, MA 1975-07-22 Geneva Theatre, Geneva, NY 1975-07-20 Palace Concert Theater, Providence, RI 1975-03-08 DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, DC 1975-02-23 Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY 1975-02-19 University Auditorium, University Park, PA 1975-02-07 Widener Field House, Chester, PA 1975-02-05 Main Point (The), Bryn Mawr, PA 1974-12-08 Burlington Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT 1974-12-07 Geneva Theatre, Geneva, NY 1974-12-06 State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ 1974-11-29 War Memorial, Trenton, NJ 1974-11-23 Mainstage Auditorium, Salem, MA 1974-11-16 Leonard Gym, Washington, DC 1974-11-15 Kirby Field House, Easton, PA 1974-11-02 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA 1974-11-01 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA 1974-10-29 Music Hall, Boston, MA 1974-10-26 Julia Sanderson Theater, Springfield, MA 1974-10-25 Spaulding Auditorium, Hanover, NH (Late) 1974-10-20 Dining Hall, Carlisle, PA 1974-10-19 Memorial Chapel Concert Hall, Schenectady, NY 1974-10-18 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 1974-10-12 Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ (Late) 1974-10-06 Atwood Hall, Worcester, MA 1974-10-04 Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY

Performed live 2 times as "A Night Like This". 1974-09-22 Student Center, Union, NJ 1974-09-19 Main Point (The), Bryn Mawr, PA (Early)

On The Tracks

A NIGHT LIKE THIS - V1		uncirculating
A LOVE SO FINE - V2	3:47	BIS / WAR / ET / BWNH / BTRS(12) / ETRJ
SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE - V3	3:47	TRACKS / BTRCS

Note: Springsteen introduced a new song at a rehearsal show at the Main Point on September 19, 1974. By October, it would come to be known as "A Love So Fine", but in early performances the chorus was "A Night Like This" and the title was written as such on at least one contemporary setlist. On October 4, 1974, Springsteen changed the chorus, replacing the "A Night Like This" with "A Love So Fine". His musicians carried handwritten setlists that night, that still used the title, "A Night Like This".

Studio logs show that a track titled "A Night Like This" was recorded at 914 Sound Studios on October 16, 1974. While there is little doubt this was "A Love So Fine", it is not known how many takes and configurations were taped. Only an instrumental backing track of "A Love So Fine" remains from this era. It has been in heavy bootleg circulation since the late seventies, first issued on vinyl 'E Ticket', and then on many CDs from 1989 onwards, including 'Born In The Studio' and 'War And Roses'. There is evidence it was the October 16 recording. According to studio documentation, a session on that day produced a two-inch master reel that has "A Love So Fine" and "Born To Run" paired, supporting this viewpoint, and that an engineer used the old title of "A Night Like This".

It appears that Springsteen took the "A Love So Fine" backing track and the verses he had fine-tuned on stage for a year, changed the chorus for a third time, and created "So Young And In Love", which was issued on Tracks in 1998. The contradictory liner notes date the recording to 1/6/74 (January 6). Bruce was on tour in Cambridge, MA that day, and musicians Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg, also credited, did not join the band until August 1974. However, the rest of notes indicate the venue was Record Plant Studios in New York City, and Jimmy Iovine was the engineer. It is possible the correct date was January 6, 1978, during sessions for Darkness On The Edge Of Town, and that the liner notes date is simply a misprint. However, close listening reveals the backing track is the exact same track he laid down in October 1974, but now with overdubbed vocals. It is possible the vocal track was recorded in January 1978, with Bruce singing over the 1974 backing track. Springsteen has also stated in an interview with Mojo in 1998 that the cut on Tracks is from the Darkness sessions. "So Young And In Love" was mixed in 1998 by Ed Thacker and sequenced amongst Darkness-era songs. An early Tracks track list uses the title "A Love So Fine", and an auctioned annotated lyrics sheet also use that title, but the chorus is correctly "So Young And In Love", suggesting some internal confusion.

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^{Studio Sessions: Born To Run}

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