Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
Tracklist
| A1 | Born In The U.S.A. | 4:39 | |
| A2 | Cover Me | 3:26 | |
| A3 | Darlington County | 4:48 | |
| A4 | Working On The Highway | 3:11 | |
| A5 | Downbound Train | 3:35 | |
| A6 | I'm On Fire | 2:36 | |
| B1 | No Surrender | 4:00 | |
| B2 | Bobby Jean | 3:46 | |
| B3 | I'm Goin' Down | 3:29 | |
| B4 | Glory Days | 4:15 | |
| B5 | Dancing In The Dark | 4:01 | |
| B6 | My Hometown | 4:33 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bruce Springsteen
- Copyright © – Bruce Springsteen
- Distributed By – Columbia Records
- Pressed By – MPO
- Recorded At – Power Station
- Recorded At – The Hit Factory
- Mixed At – Power Station
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
- Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment
- Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Harmony Vocals – Steve Van Zandt
- Art Direction, Design – Andrea Klein
- Backing Vocals – Ruth Jackson (tracks: B6)
- Band – The E-Street Band
- Bass, Backing Vocals – Garry Tallent
- Crew [Roadwork] – Mike Batlan
- Drums, Backing Vocals – Max Weinberg
- Engineer [Assistant] – Zoë Yanakas*
- Lacquer Cut By – CB*
- Lead Vocals, Guitar, Written-By – Bruce Springsteen
- Management – Jon Landau
- Management [Associate] – Barbara Carr (2)
- Management [Office Manager] – Denise Sileci
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Mixed By – Bob Clearmountain
- Organ, Glockenspiel – Danny Federici
- Other [Homework] – Obie (6)
- Photography By – Annie Leibovitz
- Piano – Danny Federici (tracks: A1)
- Producer – Steve Van Zandt
- Recorded By – Toby Scott
- Saxophone, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Clarence Clemons
- Synthesizer, Piano, Backing Vocals – Roy Bittan
Notes
Catalogue numbers: QC 38653 > Spine - 88875014281 > Back cover / Barcode sticker / Front cover sticker
Front cover sticker:
"Born In The U.S.A. Bruce's Pop Masterpiece features the hits Dancing In The Dark Glory Days Born In The U.S.A. Remastered from the original source tapes faithfull recreation of original LP packaging 180-gram audiophile vinyl 88875014281"
Some copy with other sticker: "14.99 € ORIGINAL MASTERS [SONY MUSIC Logo] FSTI7404"
Runouts are etched except [MPO Logo]® and numbers that follow which are stamped
Issued with printed inner sleeve, lyric sheet, poly lined white paper inner and (for some copies) code card.
On back cover: © 1984, 2014 Bruce Springsteen / ℗ 1984 Bruce Springsteen / Distributed by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment / Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH, PO Box 510, 33311 Gütersloh,
Columbia is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment. Made in the EU. 88875014281
Front cover sticker:
"Born In The U.S.A. Bruce's Pop Masterpiece features the hits Dancing In The Dark Glory Days Born In The U.S.A. Remastered from the original source tapes faithfull recreation of original LP packaging 180-gram audiophile vinyl 88875014281"
Some copy with other sticker: "14.99 € ORIGINAL MASTERS [SONY MUSIC Logo] FSTI7404"
Runouts are etched except [MPO Logo]® and numbers that follow which are stamped
Issued with printed inner sleeve, lyric sheet, poly lined white paper inner and (for some copies) code card.
On back cover: © 1984, 2014 Bruce Springsteen / ℗ 1984 Bruce Springsteen / Distributed by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment / Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH, PO Box 510, 33311 Gütersloh,
Columbia is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment. Made in the EU. 88875014281
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (UPC-A, printed - sticker): 8 88750 14281 8
- Barcode (UPC-A, scanned - sticker): 888750142818
- Label Code: LC00162
- Price Code: FSTI7404
- Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): QC 38653 AL 38653 88875014281A
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): QC 38653 BL 38653 88875014281B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 1): 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 B MPO MPO®18 34768
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 1): 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 B MPO MPO®18 36974
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 2): 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 B MPO MPO®18 19692
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 2): 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 B MPO MPO®18 19689
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 3): 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 B MPO 18 03414
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 3): 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 B MPO 18 06310 MPO 18 06311
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 4): 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 CB MPO [MPO logo] 20 187470
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 4): MPO 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 CB
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 5): 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 B MPO MPO®20 180390
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 5): MPO - 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 B MPO®20 180329
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 6): 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 B MPO®20 153245 MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 6): 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 B MPO®20 153244 MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 7): 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 B MPO®20 187797 MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 7): 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 B MPO®20 187801 MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 8): 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 [MPO Logo]® 18 34798 CB MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 8): 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 [MPO Logo]® 18 37391 CB MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 9): MPO 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 CB [MPO Logo]® 22 284064
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 9): MPO 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 CB [MPO Logo]® 22 284071
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 10): MPO 14-0466 / 88875014281-A2 CB [MPO Logo]® 19 121696
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 10): MPO 14-0466 / 88875014281-B2 CB [MPO Logo]® 19 121697
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Born In The U.S.A. (LP, Album, Stereo) | Columbia | QC 38653, 38653 | Canada | 1984 | ||
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Born In The U.S.A. (Cassette, Album) | CBS | 40-86304 | Europe | 1984 | ||
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Born In The U.S.A. (CD, Album) | CBS | CDCBS 86304 | Europe | 1984 | ||
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Born In The U.S.A. (LP, Album, Sunburst Label) | CBS | CBS 86304 | UK | 1984 | ||
| Born In The U.S.A. (LP, Album, Stereo, Carrollton Pressing, Masterdisk, RL Etching) | Columbia | QC 38653 | US | 1984 |
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Beautiful packaging, but lousy sound quality. Other owners have mentioned it being sibilance, but to my ears it sounds a bit like sibilance but in reality it was just high-frequency distortion in the left channel.
Other than being off-centre, the MPO pressing was flat and clean and the mastering EQ was quite good, but the distortion was too much. It was returned -
Terrible sibilance, but very quiet pressing. And what's the most surprising is that the record is placed into the white paper sleeve with antistatic nylon inside !!!!!! That's awesome, because 99 percent today's records come in shitty paper sleeves that damage them. Record buyers should strike and stop buying those with no antistatic nylon sleeves........
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Sold my copy once I got an NZ original. I would avoid this pressing and just pick up an original copy (it isn't rare or expensive) -
As it is with most everyone else, sibiliance is terrible. While it isn't the worst record in my collection, it is in the top 5. I would love to hear what people call a "GOOD COPY" of this sounds like. STAY CLEAR!!! -
I guess I am in the minority here. I find this copy is actually bit more “meaty and solid” than my original US and Canadian pressing. The first track “born in the USA” right from the beginning (Bruce voice) is do or die test. Original copy is so thin and sharp like knife cutting ear, this one while still bright (that’s way in recording) at least it managed to survive. So for me this is the keeper.
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Edited 2 years agoI had an original pressing that is noisy between songs so I bought this "audiophile" edition from 2014, assuming it would sound better. But, it sounds very digital, not good. The energy in the vocal and in the mix is just missing. So it IS quiet between tracks but the songs sound kind of fake compared to the original vinyl, not the experience I was looking for.
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Glad to see that the sibilance issues aren’t because of my system. I run an ATVM95ML, a very forgiving stylus, and Bruce’s “s” sounds are just dreadful. Such a shame, given the fact that everything else about this pressing sounds amazing. So hard to believe that this made it to market given the extreme sibilance issues…all over the record, not just inner grooves. No other record in my collection has sibilance issues like this pressing. I’ll have to try to find a good, clean earlier pressing. All the other reissues from this box set are free of the sibilance issues heard on this pressing (Bruce always has some sibilance, but not like this pressing!). Such a shame.
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Same MPO pressing as the US release... yep also getting alot of sibilance at my end on some songs and yet some sound warm even but then i use a vintage Shure cart on a vintage Pioneer DD and expect some warmth. Some of the mastering is dreadful and unpleasant to the ear. FURTHERMORE.... its pressed at MPO which means a near certain guarantee of non fill defects and so it is with this one... not once, but on two copies in identical spots. Its not the worst and its mercifully brief versus most MPO presses but it is there and its distracting enough (and quite simply shouldnt be happening) that i will return both copies and seek out a NM original. Also noted on my old elliptical theres quite abit of IGD and "my home town" especially ends up sounding pretty dull and rough at the same time..not good. A better cart would sort the IGD but may exacerbate the non fill and only expose the crappy mastering even further. YMMV but with NM originals out there aplenty im not sure this is the one.
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