Bruce Springsteen Sells His Masters and Music Publishing to Sony in $500M Deal

[onomatopoeia]

SONY might also release some of the songs Bruce wrote and recorded in demo form before deeming them unworthy of commercial release. We'll likely also see re-releases of older material geared toward those boomer audiophiles who still have good hearing. Years ago, I head the 'half speed master' edition of Born to Run on vinyl, and the depth of the sound was astounding. I like the songs from Darkness on the Edge of Town most for live performances, but I always found the mix on the studio LP to be kind of muddy.

 

[shack]

and you know what ST ?...he was humble enough to give the spotlight to some artists who were with him on stage...Roy Orbison and Darlene Love come to mind...

And Gary US Bonds.

 

[onomatopoeia]

I have a huge collection of unreleased Springsteen music, almost entirely from before Born in the USA. Quite a bit is on audio cassette and, to my knowledge, has never been released in digital form. One of my friends in Montreal from the early 80's was a big time concert bootlegger who did a lot of trading with his counterparts in other cities. Some of my cassette tapes are dubbed from the master recording, after it was improved by the guy who did the recording.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Forty-three years ago tonight, I saw Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at the El Casino club in Montreal, (capacity about 400), on the Hearts of Stone Tour. It was the first concert I ever saw in a nightclub, as opposed to in a stadium or an arena. The El Casino was one of several clubs above stores on Ste-Catharine Street, across the street from Place des Arts. It was one or two doors away from The Rising Sun, which usually booked Jazz or Blues acts.

 

[ogibowt]

And Gary US Bonds.

really eh?....i.ll have to find that on You Tube......years ago i saw both Gary and Chubby Checker in a oldies show at the Royal York hotel

 

[onomatopoeia]

And Gary US Bonds.

really eh?....i.ll have to find that on You Tube......years ago i saw both Gary and Chubby Checker in a oldies show at the Royal York hotel

Bruce sang one verse and backing vocals on Jole Blon and wrote This Little Girl, Your Love and Dedication on Gary's 1981 album Dedication. I saw his 1981 show at Le Spectrum in Montreal. The ESB also played on Bonds' 1982 Album On the Line, and there are a few Bruce penned songs on it, including Rendezvous, which Bruce played live frequently, particularly between the Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town tours.

At the time, Bruce was in litigation with his former manager Mike Appel, and a court injunction prevented him from releasing any new recordings during court proceedings. Bruce & TESB played a lot of small venues in 1976-77, (to March 25 in 1977), but without a new album to promote. Even on the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, he was playing a lot of medium sized venues, (under 5,000 seats), and when I saw him at The Montreal Forum, it was Concert Bowl configuration, the stage at center ice of the rink, instead of the north end, and seats behind the stage not sold. That left 5 - 6,000 seats.

All of the E Street Band played on the Dedication and On the Line, (1982) albums.

Bruce ended many, MANY concerts with Bonds' Quarter to Three.

 

[curr3n_c1000]

A year ago around the same time Bob Dylan sold his catalogue as well. The estimate was $300 million.

Why Bob Dylan Sold His Entire $300 Million Music Catalog to Universal Music

Bob Dylan recently shocked the world by selling his entire music catalog to Universal Music.

www.cheatsheet.com

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[ogibowt]

Bruce sang one verse and backing vocals on Jole Blon and wrote This Little Girl, Your Love and Dedication on Gary's 1981 album Dedication. I saw his 1981 show at Le Spectrum in Montreal. The ESB also played on Bonds' 1982 Album On the Line, and there are a few Bruce penned songs on it, including Rendezvous, which Bruce played live frequently, particularly between the Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town tours.

At the time, Bruce was in litigation with his former manager Mike Appel, and a court injunction prevented him from releasing any new recordings during court proceedings. Bruce & TESB played a lot of small venues in 1976-77, (to March 25 in 1977), but without a new album to promote. Even on the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, he was playing a lot of medium sized venues, (under 5,000 seats), and when I saw him at The Montreal Forum, it was Concert Bowl configuration, the stage at center ice of the rink, instead of the north end, and seats behind the stage not sold. That left 5 - 6,000 seats.

All of the E Street Band played on the Dedication and On the Line, (1982) albums.

Bruce ended many, MANY concerts with Bonds' Quarter to Three.

Gary is/was underrated imo

 

[y2kmark]

Heard some bio material where he admitted he never worked in a factory or lived a middle (or lower middle) class existence. It's always been about what he could sell. He's just dropped the other shoe...

 

[jcpro]

Never been a fan- his music is the very definition of average. Smart move, though, especially for the aging musicians who can no longer produce quality material and are too old and broken for live gigs, but want to get paid. I remember when Paul McCartney "sold out" to Visa and the controversy that followed. Today's musicians, thankfully, no longer hide their true face.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Heard some bio material where he admitted he never worked in a factory or lived a middle (or lower middle) class existence. It's always been about what he could sell. He's just dropped the other shoe...

Bruce's father was a bus driver and his mother was a legal secretary. The family were below the middle of middle class. Bruce did, indeed, never work in a factory. He made a subsistence living as a musician before signing with Columbia Records at age 23.

Don't believe everything you read on Twitter, or in a y2kmark post.

Never been a fan- his music is the very definition of average. Smart move, though, especially for the aging musicians who can no longer produce quality material and are too old and broken for live gigs, but want to get paid. I remember when Paul McCartney "sold out" to Visa and the controversy that followed. Today's musicians, thankfully, no longer hide their true face.

Bruce recently completed a solo show on Broadway, which ran non-consecutively from October, 2017 - September, 2021, after originally being scheduled for eight weeks. I don't listen to his recordings from the past 40 years or so, after the Nebraska album. From Born to Run in 1975 to present, only one of his studio albums has failed to reach the top 5 in the Billboard album charts, and that was the solo/ acoustic The Ghost of Tom Joad, so clearly a lot of people like his newer material, or they buy whatever he releases as soon as it comes out. His live shows were always better than the studio recordings; those are what I listened to, mostly.

 

[downbound123]

Forty-three years ago tonight, I saw Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at the El Casino club in Montreal, (capacity about 400), on the Hearts of Stone Tour. It was the first concert I ever saw in a nightclub, as opposed to in a stadium or an arena. The El Casino was one of several clubs above stores on Ste-Catharine Street, across the street from Place des Arts. It was one or two doors away from The Rising Sun, which usually booked Jazz or Blues acts.

This brings back memories of a small venue.. Feb 18, 1983, Barrymore's, Ottawa, James Brown. Small venue and as usual JB did not disappoint.

 

[Robert 21]

Springsteen always puts on extended Shows (over 2-3 Hours)

First time I saw The Boss was on Sunday November 15 1992 Hartford Civic Center
"Lucky Town" tour, which took weeks to sell out the Civic Center…He did not tour with the E Street Band. Played 7 Songs for the Encore.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruc...rtford-civic-center-hartford-ct-63d63ec7.html



Sunday March 2nd 2008 Bell Center Montreal had GA Floor Tickets and I invited a SP… SO double the Fun…
The Crowd sang along, and I remember Badlands being a great Song. Played 5 Songs for the Encore.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce-springsteen/2008/centre-bell-montreal-qc-canada-5bd6bfc0.html

Wednesday August 15 2012 Fenway Park Boston Bruce played 2 Encores with 8 Songs.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce-springsteen/2012/fenway-park-boston-ma-7bdc2a24.html

***BADLANDS***
https://genius.com/Bruce-springsteen-badlands-lyrics
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you’ve gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

 

[poker]

Forty-three years ago tonight, I saw Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at the El Casino club in Montreal, (capacity about 400), on the Hearts of Stone Tour. It was the first concert I ever saw in a nightclub, as opposed to in a stadium or an arena. The El Casino was one of several clubs above stores on Ste-Catharine Street, across the street from Place des Arts. It was one or two doors away from The Rising Sun, which usually booked Jazz or Blues acts.

That actually sounds like an amazing time to have been hanging around Rue St Catharine...

My only experience on that street was a little strip club, early 90's, where after the waitress gave us our drinks, she put money in the juke box and was also the only stripper working...

 

[onomatopoeia]

Heard some bio material where he admitted he never worked in a factory or lived a middle (or lower middle) class existence. It's always been about what he could sell. He's just dropped the other shoe...

Bruce admits this in one of his monologues included in Springsteen on Broadway, a Netflix special from December, 2018. I found a copy on the weekend, with Italian subtitles during the autobiographical stories between songs. Bruce's father DID work in a factory at times, and many of the songs Bruce wrote about working class life are from his father's perspective, rather than his own. That's very different from, say, a rich kid from Forest Hills pretending to be from the ghetto.

 

[jcpro]

Bruce's father was a bus driver and his mother was a legal secretary. The family were below the middle of middle class. Bruce did, indeed, never work in a factory. He made a subsistence living as a musician before signing with Columbia Records at age 23.

Don't believe everything you read on Twitter, or in a y2kmark post.



Bruce recently completed a solo show on Broadway, which ran non-consecutively from October, 2017 - September, 2021, after originally being scheduled for eight weeks. I don't listen to his recordings from the past 40 years or so, after the Nebraska album. From Born to Run in 1975 to present, only one of his studio albums has failed to reach the top 5 in the Billboard album charts, and that was the solo/ acoustic The Ghost of Tom Joad, so clearly a lot of people like his newer material, or they buy whatever he releases as soon as it comes out. His live shows were always better than the studio recordings; those are what I listened to, mostly.

A lot of people eat at McDonald's, too. It doesn't mean that their "food" ain't shit.