BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN TO RUN EX RARE WHITE LABEL PROMO LP TIMING STRIP NR MINT

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN~BORN TO RUN~EX RARE WHITE LABEL PROMO LP~TIMING STRIP~NR MINT!

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "BORN TO RUN" COLUMBIA RECORDS PC 33795   VERY RARE WHITE LABEL PROMO IN STUNNING CONDITION!!! THIS WAS BRUCE'S GAME CHANGER AND IS EXTREMELY RARE IN THE PROMO FORMAT!! VERY FEW COPIES EVER MAKE IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC - ESPECIALLY IN CONDITION AS GOOD AS THIS!! THE COVER IS CRISP AND CLEAN WITH SOME LIGHT DISCOLORATION DUE TO AGE. BECAUSE IT IS A PROMO, THE TOP RIGHT CORNER IS CUT. THERE IS A TIMING STRIP ON THE FRONT FOR RADIO STATION USE. THE WHITE LABEL VINYL IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION - OUR HIGHEST RATING! - AND APPEARS COMPLETELY UNPLAYED!! WE HAVE ONLY SEEN A FEW COPIES OF THIS ALBUM AS A PROMO OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS AND NEVER ONE IN AS GOOD CONDITION AS THIS ONE!!   With "Born to Run," Bruce Springsteen achieved the perfect balance between working-class reality and rock & roll mythology. A blue-collar fairy tale evoking Phil Spector in its romanticized grandeur and Bob Dylan in its street-corner poetic grit, critic Greil Marcus once described it as "a '57 Chevy running on melted-down Crystals records," a superb metaphor which mirrors not only the song's sonic ambitions, but its thematic aims as well. "Born to Run" is teen melodrama in excelsis, overblown and histrionic in ways Spector never imagined; it smacks of the kind of palpable, life-or-death desperation which threads its way through everything from Romeo and Juliet to Rebel Without a Cause, where every action, every thought, and every word bears the complete weight of the world. When Springsteen sings "I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight in an everlasting kiss," the moment trembles with apocalyptic fervor. Set against the backdrop of the Jersey shore, "Born to Run" paints a remarkably vivid portrait of life on the margins -- its characters prowl their territory like caged tigers, dead-end kids cruising up and down the strip searching in vain for their escape route out. "The highways jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive/Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide" -- hopes and dreams become virtually indistinguishable from resignation and acceptance as the images pile on top of each other. Still, for all its melancholy and poignance, "Born to Run" is first and foremost a celebration of the rock & roll spirit, capturing the music's youthful abandon, delirious passion, and extraordinary promise with cinematic exhilaration. It's the record which made Springsteen a superstar, and its raw vitality and epic scope remain unmatched.     From the collection of a late music industry veteran who received a generous amount of material from the record labels, and was extremely active during the 1970s. Most of this collection appears unplayed, as they have been filed away remaining untouched for over 30 years. Most are PROMO copies, and are also the earliest pressings. This is a rare opportunity to own the earliest pressings of classic material.     
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