Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. was the first album recorded by Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music), and sold about 25,000 copies in the first year.

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Asbury Park - N.J. - Bruce Springsteen - 1973 - 1973 in music

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Springsteen and his first manager Mike Appel decided to record the album at the low-priced, out of the way 914 Sounds Studios to save as much as possible of the CBS advance and cut the record in a single week.

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Mike Appel - 914 Sounds Studios - CBS

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Both "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirit in the Night" were released as singles by Columbia, but neither made a dent in the US charts.

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Ken Emerson wrote in Rolling Stone magazine, "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ . . . was like "Subterranean Homesick Blues" played at 78 RPM, a typical five-minute track busting with more words than this review. . ."

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Ken Emerson - Rolling Stone magazine - Subterranean Homesick Blues - 78 RPM

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