Track 8 of Born To Run, 1975.
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- Born To Run (1975)
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
- Roy Bittan: piano, organ
- Clarence Clemons: tenor saxophone
- Suki Lahav: violin
- Garry Tallent: bass
- Max Weinberg: drums
Released on Born To Run (1975) and The Essential (2003).
Live versions are released on Live In New York City (2001)/PBS Exclusive (EP, 2005) (recorded June 29, 2000), Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2006) (recorded November 18, 1975), The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts (Compilation, 2010) (recorded October 29, 2009), and The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021) (recorded September 21, 1979).
Live versions are available on the following 64 official live downloads:
- 2024-09-15 Beach, Surf Stage, Asbury Park, NJ
- 2023-09-03 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
- 2023-04-01 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
- 2017-02-16 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 2017-02-11 Hanging Rock, Mt. Macedon, Victoria, Australia
- 2017-02-07 Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2017-01-25 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2016-09-14 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
- 2016-09-07 Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA
- 2016-09-01 Nationals Park, Washington, DC
- 2016-08-30 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
- 2016-08-23 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
- 2016-07-31 Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2016-07-16 Circus Maximus, Rome, Italy
- 2016-07-11 AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
- 2016-07-03 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
- 2016-06-27 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2016-06-14 Malieveld, The Hague, The Netherlands
- 2016-06-05 Wembley Stadium, London, England
- 2016-05-27 Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
- 2016-04-18 Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA
- 2016-03-28 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
- 2016-03-19 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA
- 2016-03-03 BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI
- 2016-02-12 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
- 2014-05-18 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
- 2014-03-02 Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2014-02-12 Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- 2012-11-12 Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
- 2012-09-22 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
- 2012-07-28 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2009-11-10 Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
- 2009-05-04 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
- 2008-08-23 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
- 1999-09-25 First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA
- 1999-07-18 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
- 1984-08-20 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
- 1984-08-19 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
- 1984-08-06 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
- 1984-08-05 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
- 1981-07-09 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
- 1981-06-05 Wembley Arena, London, England
- 1981-06-04 Wembley Arena, London, England
- 1980-12-31 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
- 1980-12-29 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
- 1980-12-28 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
- 1979-09-22 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
- 1979-09-21 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
- 1978-12-16 Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
- 1978-12-15 Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
- 1978-12-08 Summit (The), Houston, TX
- 1978-10-01 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
- 1978-09-30 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
- 1978-09-21 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
- 1978-09-20 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
- 1978-09-19 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
- 1978-08-09 Agora (The), Cleveland, OH
- 1978-07-01 Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA
- 1977-02-08 Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY
- 1977-02-07 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY
- 1975-12-31 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA
- 1975-12-12 Post Dome, C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY
- 1975-11-24 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
- 1975-10-18 Roxy Theatre (The), West Hollywood, CA (Early)
One of these recordings is also available on the playlists The Live Series: Songs Of Summer (2020) and The Live Series: Songs Of New Jersey (2023).
JUNGLELAND - V1 | uncirculating | |
JUNGLELAND - V2 (August 1, 1974) | uncirculating | |
JUNGLELAND - V3 (poss. October 16, 1974) | 1:33 | BIS / WAR / ET / BTRS |
JUNGLELAND - V4 (early 1975) | 9:44 | ESR / BTRO |
JUNGLELAND - V5 (probably April 1975) | 9:37 | DDITV / BTRS / BTRCS / UBTROC / WAR / URT1 / ROOI |
JUNGLELAND - V6 (April - July 1975) | 9:14 | ROOI / UBTROC |
JUNGLELAND - V7 (finished around July 20, 1975) | 9:32 | BTR / ESSENTIAL: 2003 / BTR: 30 |
Note: In his book Bruce, Peter Ames Carlin claims that from January 8, 1974 Springsteen and the band spent "a couple of days fiddling with rudimentary versions of both "Born To Run" and "Jungleland"" at 914 Studios. The accuracy of this statement is unverified, but we've included it here for reference. V1 above represents those sessions. The first circulating live performance of "Jungleland" is from the July 12, 1974 show at the Bottom Line in New York City, over seven months later. V2 is a complete take in the studio, cut August 1, 1974 and known from a Record Plant log sheet. It's likely that this is the January 8, 1974 recording referred to by Ames Carlin, with the day/month reversed in the European format on the worksheet (right) by Louis Lahav. V2 was recorded before David Sancious and Ernest Carter left the band, and took inspiration from "Zero And Blind Terry".
Through 1974 and early 1975, Bruce continued to play and develop "Jungleland" on stage, and worked on it the studio; V3 is a segment of Bruce and Suki Lahav recording vocals for dubbing, and the recording captures her talking to Bruce and singing the song coda with heavy echo. Suki recorded the violin intro at some point at 914 Sound Studios, later overdubbed to the final master at the Record Plant in 1975. Bootleg sources have dated this brief recording to October 16, 1974. During the second half of 1974 and the first half of 1975, lyrics included "there’s a crazy kind of light tonight, brighter than the one that sparked the prophets" which were changed in July 1975 to "the midnight gang's assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night." Similarly, the 1974/early-1975 lyrics "the street's alive with tough-kid Jets in Nova-light machines, boys flash guitars like bayonets and rip holes in their jeans" later became "the street's alive as secret debts are paid, contacts made, they vanished unseen, kids flash guitars just like switchblades hustling for the record machine."
These lyrics can be heard in V4, probably from 914 Studios. Take 16 was first heard in a memorable scene on the Wings For Wheels documentary in 2005, as Bruce hears the introduction for the first time in many years, and can be easily identified by Suki's unique, dramatic viola performance. The take was later broadcast in its entirety on E Street Radio. Aside from the introduction, the lyrics and instrumentation are almost identical to the performance at the Main Point in February 1975, potentially dating this recording to around the same time. Given Lahav's presence, it must date from before late March 1975, when she returned to her native Israel.
Jon Landau relocated the Born To Run sessions to the Record Plant on April 18, 1975, the studio from which the other circulating versions emanate. These sessions did not include Suki Lahav, but her violin overdubs survived. Much of the first day was devoted to "Jungleland", and in the first week there were more sessions on April 23 and 25. It's likely that V5 was recorded during this period, using a guide vocal by Bruce, strings and no sax. The "sparked the prophets" lyrics are still in place. According to the incomplete logs, Springsteen didn't give any more attention to "Jungleland" until July 14, with new vocal overdubs, but still lacking a lead guitar track and the sax solo (V6). Work was finally completed over two days from July 19, and it all came down to the last minute on July 20, according to Bruce: "Clarence and I finishing the "Jungleland" sax solo, phrase by phrase, in one (room), while we mixed "Thunder Road" in another, singing "Backstreets" in a third as the band rehearsed [for the tour that was to begin that evening] in a spare room upstairs."
Studio Sessions: Born To Run
Jungleland |
The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line
Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants, together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane
Well the Maximum Lawman run down Flamingo chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl
And the kids 'round here look just like shadows, always quiet, holding hands
From the churches to the jails tonight all is silence in the world
As we take our stand down in Jungleland
The midnight gang's assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night
They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light
Man, there's an opera out on the Turnpike, there's a ballet being fought out in the alley
Until the local cops, Cherry Tops, rips this holy night
The street's alive as secret debts are paid, contacts made, they vanished unseen
Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine
The hungry and the hunted explode into rock and roll bands
They faced off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland
In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage
Inside the backstreet girls are dancing to the records that the deejay plays
Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners desperate as the night moves on
Just one look and a whisper, they're gone
Beneath the city two hearts beat, soul engines running through a night so tender
In a bedroom locked, in whispers of soft refusal and then surrender
In the tunnels uptown, the Rat's own dream guns him down as shots echo down them hallways in the night
No one watches when the ambulance pulls away or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light
Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz between what's flesh and what's fantasy
And the poets down here don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be
And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment and try to make an honest stand
But they wind up wounded, not even dead, tonight in Jungleland
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